Scott Andrew - lo-fi acoustic pop superhero!

So there’s this guy, Matt, who does stuff. A few weeks ago, Matt asked me if I wanted to have a Walkingbirds song included on a special compilation CD that Creative Commons would be handing out at NoisePop this year, it’ll be cool, gonna have DJ Spooky and Dealership and (Byrds guitarist) Roger McGuinn and others on it. And I’m like, can I give you a new song instead? And he’s like, that’d be kewl, and I’m all, when do you need it? And he’s like, by next week.

So then I’m all like, crap! and I run and lock myself in the second bedroom for the weekend and emerge all bleary-eyed and unshaven (which I am most of the time anyway) with this: American Thing (128kbps, 3.5MB).

So, this is a bit different than what I’ve written in the past but more in line with what I’m writing recently. I’m not sure whether to peg this as alt-rock or alt-country, but it definitely shares a bit of DNA with both.

Either way, I’ll leave to you to decide if it sucks or not.