Old Blood

LULLABY FOR THE WORKING CLASS singer/writer with members of CURSIVE in the band.
The instrumentation of Old Blood is referential to the Lullaby staples of guitar, vibraphone, strings, and banjo, extending the formula with piano, organ, tympani, and loads of guest vocals. The resulting sound is both raw and ornate. Revisited themes of spring, rebirth, solidarity, florescence, and distress establish a unity of imagery amidst sporadic changes in song dynamic. The songs were selected from a long and arbitrary collection of demos that have been in the works for years. The name “Mayday” is significant in that Ted and friends have held a small concert billed as Mayday each May 1 for the last six years.