"We Don't Shout..."

"We Don't Shout..." is the second EP by the Oberlin rock band The Trashbirds, released in the Fall Semester of 2005. It was recorded in Oberlin, OH at the TIMARA studios with the help of sound technician Leif Shackelford '06.

This would be the Trashbirds' first and only professionally produced recording, though it would never see an official release. This is the last recording to feature Jay Barone '08 on bass.

This album, recorded over the course 3 brief sessions, mostly features rerecorded songs from The Boobfuck EP, which was too lo fi for promotional use or commercial distribution. The band unexpectedly decided to add a brand new song to the EP, "The Slits," during their first recording session. The song was only just recently introduced to the band by drummer Wes Cowie '06 before the recording sessions began. The EP can still be found in circulation as a legal download on the Oberlin College P2P networks.

[edit] Track listing

  1. (no signal) - 0:10
  2. "Little Narcissa" (Butler/Cowie/Kallberg/Santoro) – 3:11
  3. "Get Tethered" (mus. Kallberg/lyr. Santoro) – 3:04
  4. "Molly" (Butler/Cowie/Kallberg/Santoro) – 2:46
  5. "Long Way Down" (Butler/Cowie/Kallberg) – 3:39
  6. "The Slits" (mus. Cowie/lyr. Kallberg) – 2:09
  7. (no signal) - 0:10

[edit] Trivia

The inside cover of the EP.
  • The cover for this EP was taken from a 1950s LIFE Magazine advertisement. The ad was for a now defunct television network which promised not to air advertisements at volumes louder than the regular programming. The only alteration to the original photo was to insert the Trashbirds logo onto the television screen.
  • The inside cover of the EP is a re-creation of the original ad using the members of the band.
  • The Trashbirds were concerned that the high level of production on this recording did not properly reflect their live sound, and so abandoned the use of a producer and professional equipment to get more of a lo fi sound on their first LP, Bender.
  • This album originally featured the song "Amphetamine Dreams," but it was cut in later distributions due to the band's dissatisfaction with their performance in the studio. The song was later rerecorded for Bender.
  • The static at the beginning and ending of the album was downloaded from a free sound site on the internet, and intended to reflect the dead air during the early and late hours of the day on television during the 1950s and 60s.
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