The Mysterious: Red Shirt Freshman
August 19, 2004Upon completion of Conquering Lion Of Judah St. Studio in late 1999, expatriate San Diegan ex-Fern Trio
members Sean Brooks and Kevin Chanel formed with Omaha native Bad Penne
to record hours and hours of rigidly-timed music under the banner Red Shirt Freshmen,
in honor of Chanel’s collegiate basketball status. Utilizing
skewed tunings and found garage sales instruments (toy piano, real
Fender bass amp…), they spent three months on basic tracks alone,
only afterwards going back to overdub amenities on the best tunes only.
The two presented here are among the best of the lot, and made it out
of the basement to appear on compilation cds. Later that year,
the studio was abandoned due to the tenants being evicted. A sad end to
a sweet situation.
