Monday, January 31, 2011

I Remember When All This Was Trees...

I quietly released a solo album a little while back. It's called "I Remember When All This Was Trees" and you can listen to all 11 of these tracks below.

The whole project was a test on two different levels. The first goal was to do something creative that dealt with my memories and the history of the city of Detroit. The second was to write, perform and record the entire thing myself. It may have taken me over a year, but I managed to accomplish both of those goals.




Each track is available here for free download. Please feel free to send them around and share with your friends (and even more so your enemies). If you want to toss a buck or two in the proverbial hat, paypal knows me at cassdetroitATaolDOTcom

I really feel the best way to enjoy the songs is on the vinyl LP available over at http://www.cassrecords.com

Each copy is hand-inscribed/assembled and comes with a code for free download of the tracks. It's pressed on 180-gram vinyl and is limited to 300 copies.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Thanks for listening.


Blood on the Airwaves (for Charles Johnson) by cassdetroit

I Can't See Through Plywood Windows by cassdetroit

National Sound Corporation by cassdetroit

Zero Tolerance Soul Commandos by cassdetroit

48222 by cassdetroit

The Sainthood of Father Solanus Casey by cassdetroit

The Summit (Can You Dig It?) by cassdetroit

Gordon Newton, 1970 by cassdetroit

Tribal Rites of the New Sunday Morning by cassdetroit

The Nain Rouge by cassdetroit

To The Corktown Couple Who Survived the Titanic by cassdetroit

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

A Corktown Couple survived the titanic?

Anonymous said...

Thanks Ben!

grimtale said...

Ben,
I've listened to the album about 5 or 5 times now. I continue to uncover elements of songs each time. Before you posted this today, I was trying to figure out the meaning to a lot of the songs and the album in general. Looks like I had nailed most of the essence of it being about Detroit and your history there. However, some songs may require a conversation over a few drinks to really understand...
Thanks for the expression and cool tunes...
Grim

Jason said...

i can dig it.

Katie said...

awesome stuff ben!

Anonymous said...

the record is great, had it for a couple of weeks and it looks and sounds great. excellent work.