This is a separate release for the E&PAB! side of "Hot and Ready".

Funny thing is, I had written an entirely different EP before this one that was MUCH MUCH MUCH more of a Weezer rip-off, but I wasn't happy with how boring it all sounded. So, I put that EP in the back-burner and tried to go for more of an experimental sound. Well, experimental when it comes to me, at least.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THESE AWESOME FOLKS!!!

Cole Bruckner, Jasper Burik, and Sam Park for also helping me along with this experience, I love collaborating with you guys. You all inspire me to keep writing music and stick to what I love most in life. You guys rock!

Wynona Song: Guitar/Bass/Drums/Keys/Synth/Lyrics/Vocals

Cole Bruckner for keys on "Beans"

All songs were written and recorded by Wynona Song in her apartment in the spring. She had written a separate EP before this one, but scrapped the entire thing last minute because she hated it and then proceeded to stress herself out for a month and a half.

Song titles were made up by my friends!

Beans - Cole Bruckner
Embroidery - Nikki Rosa
Cool Phonics - Jasper Burik
You're My Gaslight - Maggie Koshollek
I'm Not Creative - Maria Himelfarb
Raging At Aging - Sam Park

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TRAX, TRACKS, AND TRAQS.
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BEANS:

This song came about when I was listening to a Sidney Gish song, "Sin Triangle." I hadn't really written anything that I particularly liked in a couple of months at that point, so it was a surprise when this came out. As a matter of fact, I liked it SO MUCH that I 1) decided to rewrite my entire side of the collab album to fit this kind of sound and, 2) I made it about a person I was going out with at the time, but that's over so, I rewrote the lyrics. It's a really bittersweet song and, for once, it doesn't feel like I forced it. It was after this song that I wanted to experiment more with weird chords and make it seem like I'm musically well-versed, when in reality, I just have no idea what I'm doing and it somehow sounds alright.

Also, Cole's keys really makes this song go off. I fucking love Cole.

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EMBROIDERY:

This song was originally going to be one called Merry Christmas - which was an old demo I had laying around since the b l e g h days. I went through the trouble of remaking the piano parts for that song to make it less boring when I realized that a song from from an era of my songwriting that far back wouldn't really fit much with where I am now. So, I scrapped that song (again) and came up with this one after getting dinner with some friends one night. I tried to keep it real simple and short, a very intentionally easy and straightforward song. I really wanted it to sound like Weezer also.

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COOL PHONICS:

I wrote this song when I got home from helping one of my friends move into his apartment. I decided to put on some ALONE II by Rivers Cuomo and decided that one particular song sound really fucking good. Like, really fucking fucking good. Enough so that I wanted to write a song like that. So I did just that. I came up with a melody, recorded it on my phones voice memo, took a shower, sat my ass down, and got to work churning out this song. It all came VERY naturally once I found the chords to use. The bassline also came pretty naturally, I only practiced it once while listening back and playing along with the guitar line. You know how they say imitation is a form of flattery? How long can I keep telling myself that before I accidentally write "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived", but in a different key?

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YOU'RE MY GASLIGHT:

This song went through a lot, or this slot in the EP, I should say. There was originally going to be another song called "Dissatisfaction Distress" on here that Justin named and it was a song that I pulled from another project I was working on. It stayed for quite a bit before I just wasn't digging it anymore when the whole EP started to come together more. The sound just didn't really fit with everything else. I scrapped it and put it back for another future album. One night when I was going to sleep, this song popped up in my head so, I recorded it all within the next day. And it's fucking great.

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I'M NOT CREATIVE:

This song is very obviously a "Burdnt Jamb" ripoff, but that was kind of the entire point of this song. I really REALLY wanted to write something that sounded like Burdnt Jamb and I never really made a funk song before so this was the culmination of that experiment. It's one of my favorite songs that I have ever written, period. It's just so fucking catchy! I also reference "Undone - The Sweater Song" in this one.

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RAGING AT AGING:

This song was the hardest to write because I rewrote it three fucking times. The original version was in 3/4 and 6 minutes long. It was a good song, but I didn't feel like it really fit the energy of this EP so, I saved it for later. The second version wasn't even finished and it was more of a Hop Along rip off that I also wasn't happy with and it was also really hard to sing because it was just out of my range. I wrote this version after I came home from work and it fit PERFECTLY with what I wanted for this EP. And it's really riffy! And it came out GREAT.