The Undesirable Characters

Over the holidays I had the pleasure of doing more recording w/ my friend Ian. I think the final cut was 5 songs, recorded in the same fashion as the Old Custer EP. Ian and I played guitar, Ben Gibson played drums. This recording was entitled The Undesirable Characters.

Ian and I have been playing music together in some form or another for almost 5 years and it's no exaggeration for me to say that there is no other person I'd rather play music with. It's easy to take for granted the fact that he and I can sit back down after not playing for a months and pick up where we left off. I'd estimate that over the years we've worked on over 30 songs together. I remember reading something Chris Staples wrote in a liner notes of some album about how he didn't own a photo album or a yearbook, but he did have recordings that served the same purpose for him. Likewise, every so often it's nice to go back and listen to one or play a riff and have it take me back to a fond memory.

Ian Bowling, Fall 2005