We Like It When We Play Our Tunes is a short album from All of Our Cornbread made between May 2022 and August 2023. It features performances by Oliver Norred, Ava Lim, Andrew Buckingham, Carlos Alvarez, Aaron Greisen, Gavin Wright, and Wyatt Markgraf. It was produced by Oliver Norred. The cover was shot by Hannah Leahy, on Jonnie Narita’s picnic blanket.
Computer Time!
music video → ableton session tour → block the windows to the trees and flowers this os has got far more power stay awake till ungodly hours stay awake till ungodly hours block the windows to the trees and flowers this os has got far more power stay awake till ungodly hours stay awake till ungodly hours on the computer i can play my videos behind the screen i can be so mean on the computer i can play my videos i can dictate how i'm seen fuck the food you put off in the fridge consume the content fuck the bathroom fuck the bathroom shit in the content fuck the food you put off in the fridge consume the content fuck the bathroom fuck the bathroom shit out the content cast your loved ones to the dark and go nearer the lights that do not matter on the computer i can play my videos behind the screen i can be so mean on the computer i can play my videos i can dictate how i'm seen on the computer i can play my videos behind the screen i can be so mean on the computer i can play my videos i can dictate how i'm seenThe Creature Makes But One Demand
music video → Deep connection through spoken word No cries of anguish left unheard The Creature makes but one demand That we dance together with the band Deep connection through spoken word No cries of anguish left unheard The Creature makes but one demand That we dance together with the bandWho Took This Picture?
Who took this picture of all my friends? I love this picture of all my friends! I love this picture of all my friends! Who took this picture of all my friends? Who took this picture of all my ends? What evil forces will off we fend? What quantum realm rips must we now rend? Temporal errors we have to mend?Helping
music video → ableton session tour → God damn, mashed potatoes are a hug for my mouth And I'm not hungry but I'll throw em straight down It's better than feeling the contemptible words that you wrote God damn, mashed potatoes are a hug for my mouth So I'll just eat here trying to figure it out, Why you won't acknowledge the lump that you put in my throat Please! Can I take another helping? I mean, I could use some helping My stomach missed its cue Please! Can I take another plate? Because I'm not thinking straight I need a helping to get me through Oh man, this peanut butter's got me choked up And now my eyes are filling up with water so much I'm sure it's not related to the shit that you shared with your friends Oh man, this peanut butter's got me filled up I need another spoonful I mean I can still touch The memory of my inbox a minute after you clicked send Please! Can I take another helping? I mean, I could use some helping My stomach missed its cue Please! Can I take another plate? Because I'm not thinking straight I need a helping to get me through Please! Can I take another helping? I mean, I could use some helping My stomach missed its cue Please! Can I take another plate? Because I'm not thinking straight I need a helping to get me through!Markgrafenstraße
[guitar in quintuplets] [horns melody]Too Much Time
music video → [piano] [guitar] [band enters] [sax solo]We Like It When We Play Our Tunes
[synth keys] [horns] [more horns] [Andrew's trumpet solo] We like it, we like it when we play our tunes We like it, we like it when we tap our shoes We like it, we like it when the flowers bloom We like it, we like it when we play our tunesInspirations for the album
Good artists borrow, great artists steal, and we write a big blog post about where every song on our album steals from, mostly as an excuse to share some great music.
Computer Time! was probably an attempt to do a Louis Cole thing. There’s a video I love (below ↓) of Louis Cole, Sam Wilkes, and Jacob Mann with some other guests in France playing “BUTTS TITS MONEY” at a jam/show thing. Sam Wilkes is really good at bass.
And I took the horns melody straight from this Jacob Mann Big Band tune:
The Creature Makes But One Demand is not really a Pharoah Sanders–inspired song, but we quote the bass line from “The Creator Has A Master Plan” in the middle of it, and the lyrics are of course a parody of that tune.
For Who Took This Picture, the chord progression from black midi’s “Welcome To Hell” was just silly and just scary enough to make it in! I think it really fits this song.
I can’t think of any direct inspirations for Helping, but the chorus chord progression maybe sort of came from “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” by Roberta Flack, right before she goes back into the verse. Sort of. You gotta stand on the shoulders of giants, I dunno. This is a great chance to share a great song, anyway.
I think the melody for Markgrafenstrasse comes from Ginger Root’s “Loneliness.” We thought of it during a rehearsal, which is pretty rare. This whole song was thought up collaboratively over the course of a few weeks, and it turned out really nice. Also, not sure how I got such a clean drum sound. Something special in the mic that evening.
I can’t think of a direct inspiration for Too Much Time either, but maybe the I chord to the flat-II7 comes from that one song “Dream (When You’re Feeling Blue)” by the Pied Pipers. I’m not even sure if that’s the chord, but it evokes the same sort of feeling. The celesta accompaniment is really cool.
We Like It When We Play Our Tunes is a direct tribute to Sun Ra’s “Springtime Again.” This song is so beautifully sloppy! It has this sort of “bad mix” sound that I love from the 70s that probably comes from being super rushed in the studio. No such thing as mixing at home back then. Ironically, I spent more time on the track trying to make it sound rushed.