A Tater Patch in Hell was written back when I was playing with The Gorgeous Boyscouts. It was a pretty straight forward idea that sat in a notebook for 5 years. A little writing and move to Portland later, here is the first B and The McCools release in over a year.
A Billion Ways to Look Up
At the start of 2021 I decided I was going to record an album.
It has been 14 months since I made this decision and today I am proud to present, A Billion Ways to Look Up, my first solo album in 14 years. Now available anywhere you stream or download music. Also available for streaming below:
I had some help from my friends along the way.
B and the McCools are:
Brandon Albu
Mike Lomangino
Julie Jamgochian
Micheal DiRoma
John Zilka
Steisha Ponczoch
Jim Shliferstein
Anastasia Roloff
All songs written, recorded, and produced by Brandon Albu. Mixed and Mastered by Brandon Albu and Mike Lomangino. Album artwork by Julie Jamgochian.
A Tenderfoot's Duty: The Call of the Void
This post is about two years too late. As I was updating my webpage for an upcoming music release I noticed this album was never posted to my site. This is the second Gorgeous Boyscouts album to have been recorded. I have learned a lot about recording since this release, part of me wishes I still had the files to go back and remix/remaster these tracks. After recording this album we added a new member to GBS, Michael DeRoma, he played lead guitar and this would not be the last time we made music together. Come back soon for a big reveal - until then, here is, A Tenderfoot's Duty: The Call of the Void
Witchland
Sometime in the summer of 2021 - I was asked to write a score for a play. I have never done this but jumped at the opportunity. I wrote it with my friend Steisha, who was actually the reason I was involved at all, thanks Steish. I don't have much else to say about it so here is a link to the play's website where you can hear our song.
B and The McCools - John Frum
This song is about John Frum. I tried to tell a story with this video. The song was written and recorded sometime in 2018. My computer crashed again and I lost a lot of files. I was able to recover this song so I decided to make a video for it and just release it. My luck with the computer hard drive has not been great in these past 7 years. Tired of losing files. Song written and recoded by myself, Pineapple recoded the lead guitar for this one.
B and The McCools - Oh Siddhartha
My last post was some cover songs I had made. Since then COVID has been going strong and so has my video skills. I recently bought a greenscreen and with the help from my friend Pineapple we recorded and shot this video for Oh Siddhartha. I have posted The Gorgeous Boyscouts version of this song previously - here is the newest rendition:
B and The McCools
So ... COVID happened, I needed to kill the time, I started a band of clones. Here are some of the videos/music I have created over the past months.
Ocean Man (Ween Cover) - The proof of concept video: I bought a mandolin during the lockdown, I had a great financing deal and was bored with guitar. I learned the one mandolin song I knew and later I looked at the bass tabs and realized I could play all the instruments. I hadn't had a video project in a while and because of all the recent Zoom meetings with their digital backgrounds gave me an idea.
I have no idea if any ever goes to my website. I have never told anyone about it really. Its just an online record of stuff I have done. In case there are people that look at this:
Though I am going to be making more of these I am not going to be posting anymore on here. If you want to see the new ones I make the best place to go is the Instagram page I made for them.
The Revenge of GBS
So it has been a very long time since I have update this page. My band The Gorgeous Boyscouts had split up back in 2018. As of the end of 2019 we have reformed - this time with an additional member. A longtime friend of Nick's moved to San Diego and started playing lead guitar. We had our first show back in almost two years on February 28, 2020. Here are two videos from the nights show.
The Evolution of a Song
In 2006 I moved to California and thats when I really started writing music. I didn't have many friends and didn't know of the cool areas in town so I sat around and played guitar all the time. I was going by Slender Loris back then, a name I accidentally stole from a 70s funk band. I gave them their rightful Myspace page and dropped the name. One of the songs I wrote was called Often Times. This song was originally sang by me and I shouldn't even be posting this because it is terrible. But here is the first version of Often Times:
Johnny Z and I have been playing music together since 1999. We were first in a band called Placebo (Also accidentally stolen) with our friends Brian Garrison and Rachel Simondet. We then started writing music as Poor Mister Doggy Man. This was a silly anything goes band. Our three songs were about Tape, Rabbits, and Disney Land. It wasn't until 2008, when I moved back to Minnesota, we formed Girl Shoes. Johnny Z and I finally released an album in 2013 called "Its and EP" and one of the songs on the album was Often Times. We had an old co-worker of mine, Adom do the singing and help with some of the writing. Here is the second recorded version of Often Times:
In 2013 I moved back to California. I eventually started playing in a new band called The Gorgeous Boyscouts. Eventually Often Times made it into our set list. I do not have an official recording of this song preformed by The Gorgeous Boyscouts but we did play it live at a show we did for the Humane Society. Here is the third version of Often Times:
Johnny Z and I have been playing music together since 1999. We were first in a band called Placebo (Also accidentally stolen) with our friends Brian Garrison and Rachel Simondet. We then started writing music as Poor Mister Doggy Man. This was a silly anything goes band. Our three songs were about Tape, Rabbits, and Disney Land. It wasn't until 2008, when I moved back to Minnesota, we formed Girl Shoes. Johnny Z and I finally released an album in 2013 called "Its and EP" and one of the songs on the album was Often Times. We had an old co-worker of mine, Adom do the singing and help with some of the writing. Here is the second recorded version of Often Times:
In 2013 I moved back to California. I eventually started playing in a new band called The Gorgeous Boyscouts. Eventually Often Times made it into our set list. I do not have an official recording of this song preformed by The Gorgeous Boyscouts but we did play it live at a show we did for the Humane Society. Here is the third version of Often Times:
The Gorgeous Boyscouts
Five weeks ago my friend Nick was telling me 1. That he had a band and 2. That they just lost their drummer. I was drunk so I told him I played drums and tricked him into naming the band after my trivia team. Yesterday was The Gorgeous Boyscouts' first show and here is one of the songs we played:
Trampoline - Live at Le Stats (6-17-2015)
Please visit our website www.gorgeousboyscouts.com
Trampoline - Live at Le Stats (6-17-2015)
Please visit our website www.gorgeousboyscouts.com
Cruel Time - Tim's Toys
Even more surprising than more than two of these episodes even existing, I am now releasing the 4th Cruel Time. After the third episode was released the team disbanded and some unfinished work was left on a hard drive. Fernando Jackson requested to do the voice of Evil Wilson after reading one of our completed scripts. We needlessly contacted the co-creator and original Evil Wilson voice, Kurtis Archer for his blessing. I don't remember if we got the blessing but we did release the episode. Enjoy.
Oh Gosh (Laufen Sie)
I did not make make this video. My friend Wes Partch made this video in our high-school video production class. Wes has been holding this VHS since 2002 and gave it to me around 2010. I recently spent $4.00 on a VCR and was able to get an alright grab with my iPhone and a mixing board. So here we are, 4 years later ...
Cruel Time - The Professor
To my surprise Cruel Time made it to a second episode. Introducing, Cruel Time - The Professor.
Cruel Time - Not Again Tim
Some friends came to me with this idea they had for a parody video. I liked the idea and a few weeks later we have the first installment of Cruel Time. Enjoy.
Choppers Greatest Hits
A coworker used to call in sick for work with ridiculous reasons. A song was made out of these reasons.
A coworker used to call in sick for work with ridiculous reasons. A song was made out of these reasons. Only this is Vol. 2
That's Stupid #15
Recorded on Friday the 13th, but released on the second unluckiest day, Thursday the 19th!!! We tried to talk bad luck but it fizzled into really stupid stuff. Fernando eats a pizza on mic for most of the show, so sit back and enjoy the all new THATS STUPID!
That's Stupid #14
After a long time off Thats Stupid is back with a compilation of recordings, we hope you enjoy.
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