2008 - 2009: What I Wanted

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1.	______ 00:15	buy track
2.	I'm still Right 04:12	buy track
3.	Target 02:02	buy track
4.	Kill The Light 04:30	buy track
5.	Moving Out 03:24	buy track
6.	It's a Man's World 07:44	buy track
7.	White Walls 01:34	buy track
8.	History Repeats (God Bows To The Past) 01:29	buy track
9.	Tommy Krang 00:25	buy track
10.	I Know The Light In Your Hall 04:55	buy track
11.	What I Want 06:15	buy track
12.	Just A Door 03:26	buy track

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From the depths of the mid-to-late aughts - a truly confusing era for music outside of an underground context… The very first iteration of Merchandise: thee good ol’ power trio version. Carson Cox, David Vassalotti, and Pat Brady wield guitar, drums, and bass (respectively) on these rarities. Both tapes were recorded in a homemade oversized drum-room in Mama’s garage off of Habana and Hillsborough Ave in working class West Tampa with only the most spare and choppy 2007/08 digital equipment.

This original demo was the first sentence of a novel. You can hear Punk’s growing pains in the seesaw of melody and dissonance on these early tracks. The transition from JNCO’s to Levi’s was well underway… These tracks expand and contract, taking cues from bands like Mission of Burma, Hüsker Dü, and the Replacements while introducing something very isolated, very Floridian, into the equation. Originally released as a CD-R and distributed primarily on Cult Ritual’s second NA tour, it was immediately thrown in the trash upon the discovery that it was not, in fact, hardcore (or even black metal). It was rereleased shortly afterwards as a cassette on Drugged Conscience.

'Terminal Jagger Jane’s Addiction Boxset' saw the band refining the pop-craft of that first demo while starting to embrace more of that ‘out’-ness they seem so annoyingly fond of. This was released to no fanfare and the band subsequently went on hiatus while the members tried (and failed) to figure out their lives.

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released May 1, 2020

TRACK LIST:
01 - 06 from Self-Titled Demo Tape (D.I.Y. / Drugged Conscience)
07 - 11 from 'Terminal Jagger Jane's Addition Boxset' CD-R / Cassette (D.I.Y. / Drugged Conscience)
12: Unreleased Track

LINE-UP:
Guitar, Vocals, Pedals: Carson Cox
Bass: Pat Brady
Drums: David Vassalotti

Recorded and produced by Carson Cox (2008 - 2009).
Mastered By Maurizio Baggio at La Distilleria (2020).

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