A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FROM COSMIC KITTEN TO YOU! BUST OUT THE EGGNOG!
so this here record comes with a story, so imagine me as mr.scrooge except instead of chestnuts roasting on an open fire it's the a blue lives matters flag.
Once upon a time, Cosmic Kitten was cursed a curse most foul. A curse that burdened them with continual heart break, bass players came and went and came and went...and came...and also went....
it was January 2022 and Cosmic Kitten had a new lockout studio to rehearse and have a goodtime in! Then an idea comes...what if instead of an acoustic cover record, we record a full band cover record since we have a place to be loud in now! We can record it ourselves! Just for our friends and fans! Nothing fancy!
They asked their new bass player, he was down, and so they started tracking drums. Bass player wasn't ready to record...no problem! We'll do guitars and vocals and wait till bass is ready! Time passes, it's March...bass player isn't ready...No worries! still more to do! It's May, tracking is done, 4 recording session cancellations later, bass player still isn't ready. Then the text "Maybe you should do it yourself, they're just covers anyway." Sadness...
Time passes, the cover album is a fading memory. Cosmic Kitten records a new LP of original music, things are great! but also turbulent...it's now September 4th & the curse...continues...Cosmic Kitten parts ways with yet another bass player, auditioning starts, Though Cosmic Kitten's soul is bruised and the process is disorganized and disheartened.
As the hunt continues, suddenly, friend Don Mozzochi appears from the nether regions of the world. "Hey! I'm moving back to LA! Let's build a studio!" and so Zach & Don start out building a creative space for musicians affectionately dubbed "Break of DON Studios" they set out to help bands get their first good recordings made and out into the cosmos, but where to start?
"Hey dude, this kind of bummer thing happened would you be into helping me make it right?" Zach muttered defeatedly "Say no more my dunce-like ardent friend!" & so it began, the idea morphing instead of an album about the bass player curse, into an album celebrating bass players in all their glory. So it was wrought, a blood curdling cry shouted to the heavens and friends of Cosmic Kitten large of heart and kind of soul came to lay down the LOW END.
and it came to pass, that JEELI BEELI 3 came into existence. We couldn't have done it without all of the beautiful souls who believed in us enough to make this music with us (Listed Below), and without the influences of the people that came before (also listed below).
MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!
xoxo
-CK
credits
released December 12, 2022
Recorded at Break of Don Studios - Long Beach, CA
Engineered by Don Mozzochi
Assisted by Zach Huckabee
Mixed by Don Mozzochi & Zach Huckabee
Mastered by Zach Huckabee
Cover art shot & edited by Zach Huckabee
01. "Prologue" Written by Zach Huckabee
Voice Over - Don Mozzochi
02. "The Big Takeover" Written by Bad Brains
Vocals - Sky Wilson & Zach Huckabee
Guitars - Karen Marie
Bass - Sky Wilson
Drums - Zach Huckabee
03. "Gimme Danger" Written by The Stooges
Vocals - Karen Marie
Lead Guitars - Karen Marie
Rhythm Guitars - Zach Huckabee
Bass - Joshua Drew
Drums Zach Huckabee
Pianos - Zach Huckabee
04. "Down in a Hole" Written by Alice in Chains
Vocals - Karen Marie & Zach Huckabee
Backing Vocals - Karen Marie, Zach Huckabee & Michael Parent
Guitars - Zach Huckabee
Bass - Michael Parent
Drums - Zach Huckabee
05. "Over the Edge" Written by The Wipers
Vocals - Zach Huckabee & Kierin Simich
Guitars - Zach Huckabee
Bass - Kierin Simich
Drums - Zach Huckabee
06. "The Gravedigger's Song" Written by Mark Lanegan
Vocals - Karen Marie
Lead Guitars - Karen Marie
Rhythm Guitars - Zach Huckabee
Bass - Zach Huckabee
Drums - Zach Huckabee
07. "HAHAHA" Written by Flipper
Vocals - Karen Hernandez
Backing Vocals - Karen Marie, Zach Huckabee, & Don Mozzochi
Guitars - Karen Marie
Bass - Don Mozzochi
Drums - Zach Huckabee
08. "Your Eyes" Written by Monomen
Vocals - Zach Huckabee
Guitars - Zach Huckabee
Bass - John Haro
Drums - Zach Huckabee
09. "Scentless Apprentice" Written by Nirvana
Vocals - Karen Marie
Guitars - Karen Marie
Bass - Dylan Falcon
Drums - Zach Huckabee
10. "Oh Nina" Written by The Muffs
Vocals - Zach Huckabee
Screams - Karen Marie
Guitars - Zach Huckabee
Bass - Zoe Rawrz
Drums - Zach Huckabee
11. "Sugar" Written by Bikini Kill
Vocals - Karen Marie
Backing Vocals - Ale
Guitars - Karen Marie
Bass - Ale
Drums - Zach Huckabee
12. "Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More" Written by Mudhoney
Vocals - Karen Marie
Guitars - Zach Huckabee
Bass - Jonster Pawn
Drums - Zach Huckabee
13. "Transmission" Written by Joy Division
Vocals - Karen Marie
Backing Vocals - Zach Huckabee
Guitars - Zach Huckabee
Bass - Karen Marie
Drums - Zach Huckabee
Keys - Don Mozzochi
14. "Sex Beat" Written by The Gun Club
Vocals - Karen Marie
Guitars - Karen Marie
Bass - Jay Vesper
Drums - Zach Huckabee
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