Pre-breakup, we had talked about putting No Authority, Direction, or Control up here on the site for free download. Since I am an asshole I decided instead to go behind everybody’s back and employ another strategy. I put together “01/07-09/08″, which refers to the epoch since Gerry joined up — the definitive Meltdowns line-up, if you will.  It is every proper recording we’ve finished, gathered chronologically by release date in one handy ZIP file. That includes all of No Authority, the “Yule Tide” digi-single, Them Letdowns, and one new track. You can also grab each track individually if you’d like.

Just head on over to the front page at www.themeltdowns.com to get your fill.

The new track, “Morning News“, is from recording sessions intended for a third EP. I carefully reviewed these sessions (we had six tracks worth after a few days work) and it was the only song that was complete enough to mix. Then I stayed up way too late last night mixing the shit out of it. Despite engineering that session in our tiny hole in the wall studio with inexpensive mics, I am pleased with how it sounds.  The performances were spot-on and there is definitely shit loads of energy. We’re unlikely to ever play the song again, as it wasn’t even in our recent live set, so I couldn’t help myself but give this away for free. So, there it is, the last Meltdowns recording. 

The picture was taken during our trip to North Carolina. The van is all packed up and we’re ready to drive back to Jersey. 

An update: as mentioned below, Adam and I are going to finish out a few of the remaining gigs we booked as Meltdowns with our friends Eddie and Joe from the Imperialists.  We’ve arrived at a name for the interim project.

Ben Franklin

This tickles us to no end.  See you Saturday!