The “Malachi”, totally unrelated to the song, is a reference to the main character of The Sirens of Titan. The “Alladbay” is human-latin for “ballad”.
Malachi Alladbay - Tommy Magik and The Wonderfulls
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New Tune! Bouquet of Scissorkicks!
Throwback Two-fer! Flux + A Requiem at 88 mph!
The song titles are a nod to Back to the Future. Great Scott!
Flux - Tommy Magik and The Wonderfulls
A Requiem at 88 mph - Tommy Magik and The Wonderfulls
Throwback Track! Raging Asexual Disaster!
Another TMATW epic! If you listen closely, you can hear some studio chatter captured by the drum mics at the end of the take. Good shit, Ron!
Raging Asexual Disaster - Tommy Magik and The Wonderfulls
Throwback Track! Governess!
Governess is the only TMATW recording to drop an F-bomb. Can you find it?
Balla Waltz - Tommy Magik and The Wonderfulls
The Governess Puts on her Vampire Suit - Tommy Magik and The Wonderfulls
Throwback Track! Darwinian Love Song!
In Brant’s basement, 2001, Darwinian Love Song evolved from concept to final form. It was the first TMATW song to include vocal interplay. In the studio, a third acoustic guitar was added to the track.
Darwinian Love Song - Tommy Magik and The Wonderfulls
Throwback Track! Cop Out Song!
A TMATW fan favorite! Written and recorded as a one-sitting wonder, Rich is the sole vocalist/instrumentalist heard on the track.
The drums were sampled from other tracks on The Mourning After. And that volume-swelled guitar in the intro; that is actually the outro guitar with its playback reversed!
Cop Out Song - Tommy Magik and The Wonderfulls
Throwback Track! The Grundel of Green!
The Grundel of Green was originally a synth-driven tune. This was convenient at the time because, due to a broken hand, Matt was playing one-handed keyboard at practices. The bouncy descending melody, heard at the end of the each verse, was eventually converted from synth to guitar.
The Grundel of Green - Tommy Magik and The Wonderfulls
A new recording of Grundel of Green will be available on TMATW III. Get yourself a FREE COPY at our CD Release Show!
Throwback Track! Cigarette!
The spoken-word vocal during the bridge is an excerpt from the Lord of the Rings. You said it, Gandalf!
Cigarette - Tommy Magik and The Wonderfulls
They looked at him, and for a while he was silent. At last he spoke. ‘My friends,’ he said, ‘and all you people of this city and of the Western lands! Things of great sorrow and renown have come to pass. Shall we weep or be glad? Beyond hope the Captain of our foes has been destroyed, and you have heard the echo of his last despair.
Throwback! Hide and Seek!
To date, the only Tommy Magik song with a key change. The drum machine at the end of the song was a last minute change in the studio, replacing a spoken word vocal: “But you took me away!”
Hide and Seek - Tommy Magik and The Wonderfulls
This tune, and others, now streaming from Science in the Hands of an Angry God!