The band, called Endless Mike and the Beagle Club, was born and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They are comprised of fifteen people, all of whom can come and go freely, without responsibility or expectation. Sometimes the band plays as a full 15 piece, spilling off the stage and sounding like a circus. Other times, it’s just Mike by himself with a guitar. Either way, the songs are the same, with a focus on the words, the ideas, and the lifestyle behind them. The Beagle Club have been called catchy and politically smart--sprawling indie pop with all the saws, banjos, and fiddles you can handle. The album, called "The Husky Tenor", was written throughout 2005 right after the results of the presidential election. It was recorded, mixed, and mastered by the band's drummer, Matt Davis. The bulk of the recording process happened at the Soto Voce Academy of Music, a performance hall/dance studio in Altoona, PA. The first 1,000 copies of "The Husky Tenor" were paid for and assembled by the band itself. The Beagle Club played in every state on the East Coast, as north as Kitchner, Ontario, and as west as Chicago in a stretch of 200 shows in under a year. During this time all 1,000 CDs were sold. In October of 2007, The Bronx’s own Crafty Records re-released "The Husky Tenor", with all of the original artwork intact. The CD comes with a copy of a six-page handwritten letter. Please take the time to read it as well as listen to "The Husky Tenor". It may very well be the most important thing this band has ever done with its life. The Beagle club just wrote and recorded the follow-up to the Husky Tenor entitled We Are Still At War, with a 15-person band. This album will be officially released on June 3rd. A 15 person one-month tour will follow. Catchy and clever, raw and relevent, six-piece indie/folk outfit Endless Mike and the Beagle Club uses simple pop songs as well-orchestrated vehicles for biting social satire and insightful observations about the significance of the insignificant and the hope that everything can change. ################################################### I'm 25 years old. I have a part time job that I enjoy doing. I have wonderful friends and am engaged to be married. I am in a band that I adore and have done so much more with it than I ever thought I could have done. And yet, all of this is a struggle to keep together, because every day I am faced with the decision whether or not to give in to the road more travelled, whether or not to turn a blind eye to way things really work, whether to just shut up or to keep shouting, even if no one seems to hear. Some times it's really hard and sometimes it's the most natural, fulfilling, and painless thing I'll ever do. That's what this record is about. That's what this band is about. Thank you for taking the time to listen, to read along, to think about it, to talk about it, whatever. We're all in the same sinking boat, so let's go down singing. Later, Mike |
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Endless Mike is quite the word smith.
Here are the album lyrics to his two Crafty Records releases: We are Still At War The Husky Tenor |
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