WILL WOOD & THE TAPEWORMS 'EVERYTHING IS A LOT (2015 MIX)' 2LP

LABEL: Hostile City RELEASE DATE: 05/23/2025 VARIANT: Black Vinyl 2LP Double vinyl LP pressing. "Everything is a Lot" began it's long production in 2014, when the singer-songwriter was still 20 years old and performing drunken alt-comedy at open mics. With no funding, Wood led a slapdash band into the studio to bring songs mainly from his teenage years to life, and the unstructured production process and youthful experimentation gave it a uniquely loose and chaotic feel. The debut LP's sound is defined by Wood's Jay Hawkins-esque vocal delivery, an out-of-tune old upright piano, wailing wind instruments, jangly guitar, high-powered yet loose drums, and sardonic overdriven kazoo solos. Delivering everything from swing jazz and twee indie pop to pseudo-mariachi and waltz, these sounds and their accompanying bizarre lyrics come together to match the existential title, "Everything is a Lot." TRACKLIST 6up 5oh Cop-Out [Pro/Con] Front Street ¡Aikido! [Neurotic/Erotic] White Knuckle Jerk (Where Do You Get Off?) Cover This Song (A Little Bit Mine) Thermodynamic Lawyer Esq, G.F.D. Red Moon Lysergide Daydream First Step Jimmy Mushrooms' Last Drink: Bedtime in Wayne, NJ Chemical Overreaction/Compound Fracture Everything Is a Lot