Yo Banana Boy!
Yo Banana Boy is a palindrome. It is also a split CD I did with Space Marine 17 (hereon referred to as SM17 since I’m lazy). We thought that would be a great title. Fitting, given the cover is a Milkman yelling at an Ice Cream Man. My tracks were recorded in 2005, and the CD was released that summer.
Most of these tracks would later be re-recorded and put on future releases, but the happy-go-lucky $P$G, and the polar-opposite in mood In Static would never make it to any future OTP release; so snatch up those forgotten tracks. Quick, while you still can!
I borrowed SM17’s synthesizer, which explains the formation of $P$G and 1 x 1. At this point, I had already written the songs Senescence, Quickly to a Smile and Forming Angels, but I was preparing those for a future CD, so they didn’t make it on here. Plus, even though In Static is a bit of a downer, there’s an element of silliness to this whole split that I really enjoy. I feel these tracks suited the release nicely.
Even though my section of the split starts with an instrumental track, harkening back to Selcouth/Sysiphian which did the same thing, there are big differences in the overall sound of my section on this CD. Our Twilight Pastime became more of a singer/songwriter project, and less of a soundtrack-esque project of compositions (as it was on Selcouth/Sysiphian). I could ramble on about why this change started to take place, but if you’re really interested, come up and ask me at a show, or shoot me an e-mail. Yo Banana Boy doesn’t need an intro the same length as a Beatles’ release—although music critics are still undecided about exactly which album is more important: this one, or Rubber Soul.
All tracks listed above written, recorded, and performed by Mike Goldense
Copyright 2005, Mike Goldense