Interstellar Clambake by The Hydronauts

The Hydronauts began in 2018 when guitarist Ed Desautels took up a challenge from a friend to write and demo a song a month. The result was an album’s worth of poorly recorded but promising instrumental surf numbers.

A couple years later, Ed reunited with college buddy and multi-instrumentalist Glenn Sadin to do a proper recording using vintage analog equipment. Excited by the results, Desautels and Sadin exclaimed as one, “Say, kids! Let’s put on a show!” And so, they wrangled native Californian Michael Kirstein on bass.

The Hydronauts' mission statement? To bring the sound of the surf to Cape Cod and beyond. Everybody up!

Tracklist

1.	Blind Date With Marilyn In The Munstermobile	2:37

2.	Bonfire On The Dunes	3:37

3.	Hyperconnected Isolation Chamber	3:19

4.	Starcraft Outta P-Town	3:05

5.	The Hydronaut	2:58

6.	Space Oasis	3:35

7.	Wampanoag Wave Rider	3:21

8.	Green Peppers	3:00

9.	Más Cerveza	2:18

10.	Surfin’ By Starlight	3:00

11.	Swimming With The Sharks	2:51

Credits

released October 14, 2024

ED DESAUTELS: lead & rhythm guitar, bass
GLENN SADIN: drums, percussion, lap steel guitar, keyboards, rhythm guitar, bass
MICHAEL KIRSTEIN: bass

All tunes composed by Ed Desautels, with the exception of “Green Peppers,” composed by Sol Lake.

Produced and recorded by Glenn Sadin on a c.1970 Teac A-2340 four-track reel-to-reel at Shad Hole Studio, Dennis Port, Massachusetts.

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