Tripecac - Mouseculine (2006)

  1. If at First [5:00] 2006-07-27 - 2006-08-02
  2. Gimme a Second [5:44] 2006-08-02 - 2006-08-03
  3. Third Take 2 [5:36] 2006-08-08 - 2006-08-09
  4. Fourth Ought [7:04] 2006-08-10 - 2006-08-14
  5. Fifth Year Blues [6:15] 2006-08-14 - 2006-08-15
  6. Sixth Cent [6:42] 2006-08-16 - 2006-08-17
  7. Seventh Sigh [5:17] 2006-08-18 - 2006-08-22
  8. Eighth Note Hit [8:46] 2006-08-23 - 2006-08-24
  9. Not Very Ninth [7:00] 2006-08-28 - 2006-08-29
  10. Tenth Little Piggie [6:08] 2006-08-30 - 2006-08-31
  11. Sap Timber Eleventh [4:14] 2006-09-05 - 2006-09-07
  12. Twelvth Chair [5:14] 2006-09-11 - 2006-09-12
  13. Fried Egg the Thirteenth [4:43] 2006-09-13 - 2006-09-14
  14. Resigh [0:58] 2006-08-18 - 2006-09-18

A handful of musical ideas had been running around my head for years, scampering like mice. I wanted to wait until I was good enough to finish them (humanely, of course). Well, good enough, schmood enough; who'm I kidding? Nothing indicates that Tripecac will improve any time soon. So I decided to go for it. Ready or not, here I come, little micies!

I didn't want to force myself to focus the entire album on past ideas, like I had with Miner. So I kept things flexible: the only rule was that each song title had to reference the track number. Easy enough. And cheesy enough. Prime Tripecac beef jerky.

The numerical song titles were fun. They got me to brainstorm each song's theme before I sat down on the keyboard and smooshed it flat, like a guest of honor. Speaking of smooshing, the album title refers to the "passive aggressive" or "active pacifistic" under/overcurrent that runs through the cardboard tube. Enjoy! - Le Petite Pigaloo