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Release Date: 2021-06-18Label: Forge Again Records
From listing at https://forgeagainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/demented-wings:“Nobody should miss out on this LP - so we've done a second press, this time on magenta vinyl. Like the first press, these include full color jackets, inserts, and a download code. Pressed by the fine folks at Smashed Plastic right here in Chicago.
Chicago has known MIKE LUST for decades as a powerful figure on both sides of the microphone. To speak of his time as frontman for TIGHT PHANTOMZ is to speak of a rock and roll apparition bursting with charismatic song-craft. The group’s epic, 36-track double album, Silk Prison, is the reach of imagination meeting the grasp of talent, a special wonderment with songs that reached millions through appearances in both film and television (including the hit series Breaking Bad).
As a complement to this inventory of bonafide bonafides, we look to Lust’s reputation as an experienced force in the recording studio. In addition to being the sound engineer for The AV Club’s A.V. Undercover series, he’s also produced or engineered albums by URGE OVERKILL, WILLIAM ELLIOT WHITMORE, JOAN OF ARC, and RUSSIAN CIRCLES, to name just a few.
The latest chapter in Lust’s rock and roll legacy is Demented Wings, his first solo album and a delightfully wide-eyed approach to circumnavigating the sonic feelings around dreaming broken (and vice versa).
At ten songs and 25 minutes in length, Demented Wings is a sprint of distorted smears, crushed percussion, and weirdly-appropriate vocal
swagger that smashes dream pop, garage rock, electronic, folk, and more all into a tight succession — sometimes in the same song. This self-recorded, self-produced album is a tremendous achievement, a singular vision with an evergreen reach.
This is all say that Demented Wings sounds like fascination becoming itself: the place where trouble begins.
released June 18, 2021”
From the insert:
“All songs written, recorded, performed, and produced by Mike Lust
All background vocals performed by Sue Roth and Kortland Chase Hetzel
Scream on “Lusty vs Talking Heads” by Angela Mullenhour
Bass on “Somewhere to Run” by Stephen “The Kid” Howard
Bass on “Chrome Intentions” by Ryan Weinstein
Drums on “Danceteria” and “Lusty vs Talking Heads” by Chris Dye
Drums on “Somewhere to Run” by Noah Leger
Drums on “All We Could Do” by Stephen “The Kid” Howard
“Centipede” directly inspired by the song “Contact” by Serge Gainsbourge 1968
Mastered by Carl Saff
Cover photo by Ryan Weinstein
Lust cover photo and album layout by Ryan Bardsley
Special thanks to Justin Wexler/Forge Again Records, Ryan Bardsley, Katie Hovland, Ryan Weinstein, Sue Roth, Kortland Chase Hetzel, Chris Dye, Noah Leger, The Kid, Brendan Leonard, KarenKathyKim, Ghost Town, Jen Trok, Tony Lazzara, Allen Epley, Brownstone, Pete Falknor, Mindy Taylor, Bruce Lamont, Marti Ciarleglio, Steve Reidell, Pete Croke, Tight Phantomz, Empty Bottle, Josh Davis, Ryan Werner, Michael John Grant, Alianna Kalaba, Gina and Luca Giordano, Brian Case, Angela Mullenhour, Cayce Key, Robby Haynes, Jeff Rice, Jason Sipe, John and Emily Sturdy, Joe Carsello, Bob Adams, Nathan Ozug, Jim Becker, Scott Spidale, and all those who have listened and helped me in any way throughout the making of this album. Love Lust
Dedicated to JB
In Loving Memory of JB & Christen Thomas”