WILL WOOD & THE TAPEWORMS 'EVERYTHING IS A LOT (2015 MIX)' 2LP

LABEL: Hostile City
RELEASE DATE: 05/23/2025
VARIANT: Black Vinyl 2LP

Double vinyl LP pressing. "Everything is a Lot" began it's long production in 2014, when the singer-songwriter was still 20 years old and performing drunken alt-comedy at open mics. With no funding, Wood led a slapdash band into the studio to bring songs mainly from his teenage years to life, and the unstructured production process and youthful experimentation gave it a uniquely loose and chaotic feel. The debut LP's sound is defined by Wood's Jay Hawkins-esque vocal delivery, an out-of-tune old upright piano, wailing wind instruments, jangly guitar, high-powered yet loose drums, and sardonic overdriven kazoo solos. Delivering everything from swing jazz and twee indie pop to pseudo-mariachi and waltz, these sounds and their accompanying bizarre lyrics come together to match the existential title, "Everything is a Lot."

TRACKLIST

1. 6up 5oh Cop-Out [Pro/Con]
2. Front Street
3. ¡Aikido! [Neurotic/Erotic]
4. White Knuckle Jerk (Where Do You Get Off?)
5. Cover This Song (A Little Bit Mine)
6. Thermodynamic Lawyer Esq, G.F.D.
7. Red Moon
8. Lysergide Daydream
9. First Step
10. Jimmy Mushrooms' Last Drink: Bedtime in Wayne, NJ
11. Chemical Overreaction/Compound Fracture
12. Everything Is a Lot