Floating Ghost Hotel, by Slink Moss Explosion

Floating Ghost Hotel

by Slink Moss Explosion

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1.	Honey Bee Bop 01:47	buy track
2.	Pass It Around 02:37	buy track
3.	Beware Beware 03:01	buy track
4.	Space Cowboy Number One 03:04	buy track
5.	Bad Bad Blues 02:23	buy track
6.	Kool Kat 02:26	buy track
7.	Let's Explode 03:13	buy track
8.	Loneliness Is Searchin' 02:58	buy track
9.	Magic of the Stone 02:54	buy track
10.	Flower Shop Blues Boogie 02:29	buy track
11.	Ballad X 03:05	buy track
12.	The Doors of Mr. Bones 03:11	buy track

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Conjuring the dynamic energy of 80s neo-rockabilly bands like The Shakin’ Pyramids, The Rockats, and The Stray Cats, the occult macabre of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, the avant-garde of early New Wave, and the outsider punk ethos of The Violent Femmes, Slink Moss Explosion’s spectral sounds will bring you a little closer to the otherworld. The origins of these neo-rockabilly mavericks can be traced to some 30-odd years ago in Hyde Park on Chicago’s Southside, when two young musicians took their rough-hewn love of underground rockabilly and polished it into a mystical diamond. Founded by Slink Moss (aka “Mr. Moss”) and veteran producer and musician Jimmy Sutton (aka “Mr. Bones”) of the JD McPherson Band, this sideband has grown into a venerable supergroup with the addition of ace guitarist Joel Paterson (“Mr. X”) and special guests Scott Ligon of NRBQ (“Von Tork”) and Alex Hall (“Mr. A”). Many years in the making, their new full-length record Floating Ghost Hotel includes freshly re-mastered favorites like the upbeat rockers “Honey Bee Bop” (which appears in the feature film Waitress) and “Pass It Around” as well as a handful of never-before-released songs recorded by Alex Hall at Sutton’s celebrated all-analog studio, Hi-Style Studios. But you’d be remiss to expect an easily classifiable record of straightforward rockabilly; the album’s twelve tracks include haunting ballads, blues boogies, and even a dash of post-punk and supernatural poetry. With Floating Ghost Hotel, Slink Moss Explosion has emerged from the shadows of legend and myth to divine with the rock ‘n roll gods and explode us into the future, one curious hip-shaker and spine-tingling howl at a time.

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released April 1, 2022

Slink G Moss as Mr Moss: vocals, drums and acoustic guitar on “Bad Bad Blues”
Jimmy Sutton as Mr Bones: bass, guitar, vocals and percussion
Joel Paterson as Mr X: guitars, lap Steel, and vocals
Alex Hall as Mr A: piano on "Ballad X"
Scott Ligon as Von Tork: sitar on “Space Cowboy Number One”

All songs written by Slink Moss Explosion
Published by Blue Gargoyle Music (BMI)
Except tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 published by Samovar Groovathon (BMI)

Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 recorded and mixed by Jay O'Rourke at Rax Trax Recording, Chicago, IL
Tracks 3 and 7 recorded and mixed by Alex Hall for Reliable Recorders at Hi-Style Studios, Chicago, IL
Track 4 recorded by Jay O'Rourke at Jay's Garage, Chicago, IL and mixed by Alex Hall at Hi-Style Studios, Chicago, IL
Track 11 recorded by Alex Hall at Long Division, Chicago, IL
Track 12 recorded and mixed by Jay O'Rourke at Jay's Garage, Chicago, IL

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Hi-Style Records Nashville, Tennessee

Founded in Chicago in 2000, Hi-Style Records focuses on American roots music that feeds the soul. Jimmy Sutton, founder of Hi-Style Records (and bassist/partner in crime for the incomparable JD McPherson) has strived to stay true to the heart of this music and make his label a haven for those who cherish the rich tradition of roots music, and at the same time, break new ground. ... more

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