The 5th full-length from The Plurals, originally issued as 3 EPs: Mumblebee (May 2019, tracks 1-5) Grumblebee (December 2019, tracks 6-9) Stumblebee (June 2020, tracks 10-15)
Mostly recorded by Tommy at GTG House (Lansing, MI) from fall 2018-spring 2020, with final quarantine-era sessions at Chim Cham’s Cry Shack (pre-flooded basement, also the backyard) and incorporating elements recorded by Isaac Vander Schuur at Epiphany Sound (Dimondale, MI) in fall 2012, plus various GTG House archives. Songs 1-5 mixed by George Szegedy, songs 13 and 15 mixed by Eric Merckling, the rest mixed by Tommy. Mastered by Tommy at McGorgers/GTG House South in January 2025.
Tommy says (January 23, 2025):
BEES is back on streaming, remastered and presented as one release for the first time.
Our scattered 5th album is my favorite Plurals release, and in a lot of ways it sums up the whole first 20 years of this band. Its creation started in a convoluted manner (Hattie had temporarily moved across the country to start her family and Nich and I put together new songs – based around my newfound acoustic guitar passion – that they then both played drums on) and ended in a much more convoluted manner (spring 2020 plans to finish writing and recording stray ideas were, uh, permanently derailed by The Pandemic but in my possibly misguided determination I built a new studio, used everything ranging from cell phone videos and rough demo tracks to create the foundations for the last batch of songs, recorded Hattie singing outside, then the day after I mixed it the basement flooded and I took the studio down). After the pro studio Nashville excursion of Swish we went back to home recording and self production and by the end of the process Eric Merckling, Isaac Vander Schuur, and George Szegedy had a hand in the audio end and Danielle and Timmy tightened up the vocals on some songs.
We had a plan to collect the songs together after issuing them as the 3 EPs in 2019 and 2020, but there was no chance of the band touring and we had a notion that we would revise the quarantine produced songs on Stumblebee but now when we do get together we just work on new material, and the initial distro deal for the EPs expired last year, so… here it is, together! There’s a vague Fuck Trump subtext throughout it so maybe it’s fitting? Who knows?? (Nobody.) All I know is it’s a batch of tunes I made with my friends that I’m really proud of so, turn it up. xoxo
GTG Records’ 16th annual celebration of live music, independent art, culture, community and Lansing – October 20-22, 2023! GTG Fest 2023 on Facebook
Friday October 20 @ The Avenue Cafe – Punks vs Pokes! 9 PM / $5 / 21+
9-9:30 Kindness, Texas 9:30-10 Flatfoot 10-10:30 Mileage 10:30-11 Cold Mountain Child 11-11:30 The Hunky Newcomers 11:30-12 Jeff Gower 12-12:30 No Skull 12:30 Wild Honey Collective
Saturday October 21 @ The Avenue Cafe 9 PM / $5 / 21+
9-9:30 Mad Moon 9:30-10 Nonbinary 10-10:30 Dale J Gordon 10:30-11 Ambrosia Blue 11-11:30 Narc Out The Reds 11:30-12 Lemoncollies 12-12:20 Blaine & His Keyboard
12:20 The Plurals / GTG Party Band
Sunday October 22 – Parachute Party Potluck @ Hunter Park! 2 PM / All Ages
A Rueful Noise Acoustic, Plurals Acoustic, Open Mic, more!
GTG Fest 2022: October 21&22 in Lansing, MI A celebration of DIY music and community curated by GTG Records.
OCT 21, DOORS AT 8, $5 COVER: 8:15-9:30 Wild Honey and Friends (feat. Harborcoat, Drinking Mercury) 9:30-10:00 Little Things 10:00-10:30 No Skull 10:30-11:00 The Quirk 11:00-11:30 Cutlass Supreme 11:30-12:00 She/Her/Hers 12:00-12:30 The Stick Arounds 12:30-1:00 The Hunky Newcomers
OCT 22, DOORS AT 8, $5 COVER: 8:30-9:00 LoLo / Hattie Plural 9:00-9:30 Cameo Headlands 9:30-10:00 Narc Out The Reds 10:00-10:30 Sweet Pea 10:30-11:00 Lazy Genius 11:00-11:30 Ladyship Warship 11:30-12:00 A Rueful Noise 12:00-12:30 The Plurals 12:30-1:00 The Jackpine Snag
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