Caught Making Out
Written by Matthew Brown
On Deminski & Doyle, a local radio show, they were discussing this very same subject on Friday. Saturday, Matthew was inspired to write a song about it. Saturday night, a demo was recorded. This is that demo. Tongue was planted firmly in cheek through the whole process. We owe Duane Eddy quite a bit of respect with this one.

Dress You Up
Written by Matthew Brown. All instruments by Matthew Brown and Tim Rimer. This song is one of the darkest songs I think I've ever written, and I think that the demo conveys the sense of dread and weirdness. This was the first in a series of songs that I used a lot of color description in, particularly when describing my hands ("good-and-plenty box"). I'm messed up. Tim and I were really getting into some synth-y delay stuff. I like the guitars. Something about this song scares me.

Let Your Hair Down
This is another demo from the new Garden Party sessions that are going on right now. The boys and girl are trying out new songs and this is one of the many. All instruments and vocals are by Matthew except for the Farfisa and Harpsichord which are by Tim. Recorded on March 24, 2005, as a celebration of Spring Break awesomeness. Written by Matthew Brown. Cheers!

Robots in Love
Robots in Love (Old Version)
The Evolution of a song

So, I've had kind of a bad week. I've had some stuff going on, and I wanted to get away from some things that I didn't want to think about. I made this. Here for your listening pleasure are two versions of the Garden Party favorite "Robots in Love." The original was recorded in September of 2003, and the new one is much expanded and sonically advanced. Tim came over to the house last night and we came up with some freaky stuff. Do enjoy, please. This is the sound of a man who doesn't want to leave his room for a couple of days. For Beth Talag.

Beautiful Like You
Written by Matthew Brown. This is a song written right after the completion of the "Pointed at the Sky" songs. I think it was around Thanksgiving of 2002... but the demo was done on February 15th 2005. Tim Rimer added the Keyboard Vocoding in the second chorus. Matthew did everything else. Then Megan made pizza for herself, Matthew, and Tim. It was really tasty- not too burnt, not too lightly done... just right. Just like the e-bows in the song. Enjoy this as a late Valentine's Day present.

Jeffrey's Bed
Written by Matthew Brown. This is a somewhat true story about Matthew and a few of his friends playing with a Ouija board at a young age and conjuring up the devil. It turns out it was really Rory Garr's hand. Anyhow, this song owes third-world debt to the Kinks for being totally awesome. Enjoy!

Seven Months
Written by Matthew Brown. This is a demo for an upcoming Garden Party song. This was written very tongue-in-cheekly for Matthew's girlfriend as she came back from college. Matthew plays all of the instruments in this recording.

Connecticut North 95
High Voltage Halloween
Both songs written by Matthew Brown and originally performed by another band. These are two recent demo recordings of older songs. One was written in Connecticut at a Holiday Inn with a parrot and a mini-golf course and the other was written in his bedroom on Halloween. Can you guess which is which? All voices, instruments, and mistakes by Matthew Robert Brown.

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