WESTERN EYES by Western Eyes

From the ashes of Tot Rocket and the Twins, Western Eyes was born. The name Western Eyes came from the title of a Joseph Conrad book. I worked a location sound job for German televison a while back, and Martin Amis was the subject. Under Western Eyes came up in conversation and I told him that I had used the name for my rock band. He seemed perplexed by this. After the demise of Tot Rocket we asked electronic music composer Nicolas Collins to help us make a record that utilized his home-made channel-gating and primitive digital delay looping setup and offered him a chance to radically deconstruct and re-assemble some of our songs. He did just that. There is an interview about this process included in the bonus material.

Tracklist

1.	A Better Story	4:18

2.	All Too Real	2:18

3.	Exchange It For A Dream	3:07

4.	Swan Song On Broadway	4:30

5.	Sacrifice	5:05

6.	Shroud Of Turin	2:13

7.	Television Rules	2:47

8.	It's A Wonderful Life	3:12

9.	No Less	3:31

10.	Twenty-Four Hour Protection	3:30

11.	New Grub Street	3:19

Credits

released January 11, 2023

Bass – Ron Spitzer
Drums – Ed Steinberg, James Lo (tracks: A1 & B3), Michael Goglia (tracks: B6)
Guitar – Andrew Halbreich, Robert Poss
Harmonica – Andrew Halbreich
Lead Vocals – Robert Poss, Ron Spitzer
Vocals – Andrew Halbreich
Producer – Nicolas Collins
Engineer – Brian Unger, Julian Herzfeld, Miko Nelson
Design – Amy Bernstein
Mastered By – Alan Moy
Cultural Attaché – Susan Tallman
Photography By – Bill Jacobson, Mark Stern

Remix – Nicolas Collins

LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO RITA HAYWORTH
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LINCOLN BRIGADE
THIS WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE MASTERPIECE THEATRE
I KNOW THIS ISN'T REALLY WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE
IT'S ALL TOO REAL
MY HEART POUNDS WITH THE PRESSURE
THE DRUMS BANG IN MY HEAD
THEN A KNIFE CUTS THROUGH THE FILM

Recorded and mixed at Studio 37, Power Play Studios and Paris Studios

Remixed at Airshaft Studios by Nicolas Collins
Mastered at Masterdisc by Alan Moy

Front cover adapted from "Have You A Good Idea?" (1927) by Frank Beatty courtesy of Marvin Heiferman and Barbara Gladstone

Special thanks: Mark Stern, Douglas Simon (Studio Consultants, Inc.), Gerald Lindahl, Mimi Johnson (Lovely Records) and Ellen Poss

(P) & (C) 1984 Trace Elements Music (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved

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