Drop the needle on this record and get ready to nod heavy. This ain't no joke. It's a warning. Chris Lujan just hit you with three instrumental/cinematic soul masterpieces.
BANG! Side A (Leave The Gun, Take The Tacos) starts off like a real Italian Horror soundtrack and gives way to some heavy cinematic Spaghetti Western sounds. This one features Ray Jacildo (Aaron Frazer/The Black Keys and quickly becoming Chris Lujan's go-to guy) on Hammond organ, Mellotron, and electric Harpsichord, Michael Reed (Call Sender/Secret Sidewalk) on drums, the Black Diamond Rhythm Band horns, Erik Mekkelson on tenor sax, , Dan Schulman on trombone. The rest of the sounds are all Chris Lujan.
Side B features two short incidental music cues that are ready-made for your feature film. Hey, Quen-fin Tarantino, are you listening? We Delivery is straight Isaac Hayes through the eyes of Chris Lujan; who wrote and played every instrument on this track. Blood On The Asphalt features the members of The M-Tet (Joe Baer Magnant, Gary Pitman, Michael Reed) and was recorded at the same session that gave birth to their Total Nonstop Action LP. Vibraphone was later added by Chris Lujan at Kelly Finnigan's Transistor Sound Studios.
Limited numbers, no repress.
credits
released June 3, 2023
All songs written, produced, and recorded by Chris Lujan
Audio mastered by Joe Baer Magnant
Pressed at Gotta Groove/Wax Mage
Leave The Gun, Take The Tacos
Chris Lujan - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
Erik Mekkelson - tenor sax
Dan Schulman - trombone
Raynier Jacob Jacildo - mellotron, electric harpsichord, lowrey organ, vox jaguar
Michael Reed - drums
We Delivery
Chris Lujan - guitars, hammond organ, glockenspiel, bass, drums, tambourine
Blood On The Asphalt
Chris Lujan - fuzz guitar, vibraphone, bass, tambourine
Joe Baer Magnant - guitar
Gary Pitman - hammond organ
Michael Reed - drums
