Chris Cass

The Hovering Lava Lamp The Hovering Lava Lamp

Experimental tune utilizing all harmonic notes on guitar for the verses with an excessive amount of delay effects. Possibly best enjoyed in the company of a lava lamp in a dark room...but the chorus hits hard.

Psychedelic Rock

Sham Rock Sham Rock

An experiment in echo guitar effects.

Psychedelic Rock

Trudge (Instrumental) Trudge (Instrumental)

A groove-blues-rock tune.

Alternative General

Fog (Instrumental) Fog (Instrumental)

Raw bluesy guitar riff and drum-driven instrumental.

Blues Rock

Wall Wall

Bright-tone song. First recording attempt playing full drum set on a single track. Acoustic bass.

Alternative General

Cirrus (Instrumental) Cirrus (Instrumental)

Rock General

Lavender (Instrumental) Lavender (Instrumental)

Acoustic ballad, transitioning to electric guitar lead, then back to acoustic ballad.

Instrumental Rock

Flex Flex

Heavy drum-driven song with growling guitar verse riffs.

Power Metal

Hop Hop

A hip-pop-punk-techno song.

Trap-Pop

Funkyjazz Funkyjazz

Acoustic bass-driven funky jazz tune.

Jazz General

Folkygrass Folkygrass

Blending folk and bluegrass in this fully acoustic tune. Overlapped two guitar tracks each played on a separate acoustic guitar.

Bluegrass

Buzzsaw Serenade (Instrumental) Buzzsaw Serenade (Instrumental)

Riff-driven 12 bar blues style with heavy distortion and echo effects on guitar.

Riffs and Licks

Drift (Instrumental version) Drift (Instrumental version)

Recomposed version of one of the heavier songs in the collection (instrumental version). Song was originally written in September 2009, with this revised version recorded in May 2011.

Garage Rock

Tumbleweed (Instrumental) Tumbleweed (Instrumental)

Acoustic open-chord riffs with simple bluesy lead overlay.

Blues Rock

Slip (Instrumental version) Slip (Instrumental version)

Bright tone riffs featuring 1st addition of acoustic bass to the recording collection.

Alternative General

Revive (Instrumental) Revive (Instrumental)

Fast-strumming riffs on acoustic guitar with clean electric guitar backing and heavy drums.

Instrumental Rock

Cedar Cedar

A "slow core" rock song. This song was originally recorded in September 2010, and revised in April 2011 with softer drums and a cleaner electric guitar recording (to get rid of the 'static crackle' on the original guitar track).

Other Alternative

Sonic Phantom (Instrumental) Sonic Phantom (Instrumental)

Acoustic riff-driven song with 'sonic' electric guitar overlays. Starts out acoustic, transitioning to more psychedelic.

Psychedelic Rock

Swift (Instrumental) Swift (Instrumental)

Rock

Crater (Instrumental) Crater (Instrumental)

Bluesy lead over combined electric-acoustic riffs.

Instrumental Rock