american hyenas

2011-01-22T04:27:00.001-08:00

on living

2011-01-22T04:21:00.000-08:00

I've been neglecting this way too much. I'm still making music, just less frequently and at odder intervals. I'm also fleshing out a hip hop project entitled Mouse Hands and some visual art endeavors under the name Hunk Finn. I have a girl right now, and she's good to me, but other than that, things are kind of crazy. Living on the couch of one Arthur "Bobcat" Barnes has been as humbling and challenging as it has been liberating. american hyenas is not dead, just bear in mind that I don't have my own computer at present, so recording and general project management have become difficult to take care of. Weston, if you read this, I will record the two tracks for our split, I just need some more time.

The future is till foggy, obviously, but I will try to stay on top of things, and anyone who scopes this out from time to time will be the first to hear of any news.

XOXOXOXO
Thom

present

2010-08-23T17:46:00.000-07:00

that's something I saw on the interwebs that I thought was pretty relevant to my feelings these days.

I'm working on a self titled to be released later this year. sorry I haven't kept up on the blog. played some shows not too long ago. hopefully more in the near future.

-Thom

123448527 (a favor)

2010-06-13T01:13:00.000-07:00

"You will have the only copy, and you will have the power/responsibility of the photos future." - David Horvitz

being civil

2010-03-23T15:38:00.000-07:00

I purchased a fife and I've been practicing, so look for that on the rapid spirits record, because I intend to make full use of it. Speaking of that, I worked out some kinks and it seems like it's all going to flow pretty good. I played what's probably going to be the first track, that is, "A Donald Duck or a Joan of Arc" at Brootal Sun Fest, which was sick for the record. A lot of really good bands played. My setlist for that, if you're curious was,

1.A donald duck or a Joan of Arc
2.Teenage Lobotomy 2: Sawsd
3.No Wave
4.Sensor, (which is going to be on the full length I'm trying to record)
5.D-Day All Weekend
6.Gory For A Monday

I had intended to play a song called "revision" too, but it wasn't ripe yet.

I'll post pictures from that pretty soon, I think.

I'm psyched for the summer. I won't be doing anything in late May because I'll be in san francisco with a friend, but I'll be playing some shows in Tucson later, for sure. And my little brother and I will hopefully finish the full-length for our band Green Taylor Simms. So much work to do, but it's going to payoff. Look Out.

femme

2010-02-25T00:47:00.000-08:00

To quote Grease 2, "I need a girl for all seasons"

winter girl

My friend Alex and I made some recordings this past weekend. You can listen to them at
www.myspace.com/weareamericangods
also, I'm writing for that little record I mentioned which is going to be called rapid spirits, and will be a completely different work than I've done before. Think ancient. I'm kind of simultaneously doing three different works, but that's good, I promise you.

I should have the "bird stomach" single done and readily available for anyone coming to Brootal Sun Fest. Also, if anyone knows some body that is a female, and that female can sing, and said songbird gal would be up for singing on two tracks of my full-length, sometime before the summer, holler at yr boy.

That's it.

former and latter

2010-02-09T12:38:00.000-08:00

I'm writing alot these days. I'm working and reworking alot of different things, and I'm feeling happy right this minute. I'm heading down to tucson this weekend. I'm going to write a new little record for myself. I don't think this one will be readily available to everyone that wants one, as I have some ideas and conceptual stuff that I don't think everyone will be crazy about, but I haven't decided yet. I'll sleep on it.

ALSO: I'm putting together my set list for Brootal Sun Fest. I think I'm going to play D-Day All Weekend, a new song called Sensor, a revised dance version of an old Digital Avalanche song called No Wave, a very special cover, and maybe Gory for a Monday. If anyone has any suggestions on which of my other songs I should play, call me and let me know, or something: (928)-814-0686.

festival of the hunt

2010-02-02T00:07:00.000-08:00

Winter skeletons

Slip and fall and snap your bones

Then rest on sofas

Golden locked girl skulls

Swivel about the party

Navigating foam

Pipe dream stomachache

Seems like you’re out to get me

Getting sick of this

Galahad good knight

What do I really want, God?

Just some peace of mind

So, show, so. The 20th of March I will play 'til I'm full. I will attend all three days if possible or perhaps just the 19th and 20th, due to departure times. All the same, it's going to be tops. Peachcake, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and Treasure Mammal (I believe,) plus many many more incredible groups, including my good friends Stan and Alex and their superb group, The Pro's of Con.

I'm going to have cd's and homemade t-shirts to be purchased and/or pillaged. I will have some records that will only exist in physical form, but if you talk to me, I can make sure you get ahold of what you want, even if they're not sufficiently stocked, or if you can't make it to the show.

Good Shooting,
Thommmm

bird stomach revisited

2010-01-23T15:05:00.000-08:00

Hey, remember bird stomach? Well I'm reworking some of the parts and I'm making it the first part in a two part single tentatively titled stellar devastation.

That single will be released on the page, and maybe I'll make a few physical copies for Brootal Sun Fest.

More surprises in store toooooo

We're Not Getting Any Younger!

2010-01-22T11:41:00.000-08:00

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mqxkq3wxzim/We're not getting any younger.rar

There it is! My debut american hyenas sound compilation! I finished up all the editing and lyric collecting last night, and she is finally finished. Oh joyous day! Oh grand delight! Oh jubilation!

hurrAH! hurrAH!

Please listen and tell me what you think.

bird stomach

2009-12-19T01:09:00.000-08:00

You are what you eat, that's what a little bird told me.
I just polished off a bean and cheese burrito w/ guacamole and an ice cold horchata.

You are what you eat, that's what a little broad told me.
Which is why I've been eating Soylent Green. So I can be a person. So I can feel what people feel.

I'm sure if you're reading this, all you desire to know in life is my eating habits.

Tonight was unforeseeable. Tonight was blindingly obvious.

The album is not going to be finished while I'm down here. I'm not going to rush and half-ass the second part of it, I'll make it satisfactory back in Flagstaff. I will make use of this time, however, and jot down some new lyrics, and hopefully record a song or two for fun, but not intended for "we're not getting any younger".

I'm listening to Monsters of Folk right now, and it's making me feel level. Level and not unsettled and level and not disheveled. I was a clean cut prince tonight. It was the rest of the world that was so terribly screwed up, right? I can't be held accountable for the universe and its rotten ways.

New song coming soon, "bird stomach". It's about the old nova girl, and the new nova girl, and the knots in my stomach, and the knots in my yo-yo string, and Don Knotts. It's my christmas present to anybody who wishes that they were more cold blooded than they are.

It's hard for me to make things crystal clear, but essentially here is how my date with danger went:

day drained delusions

2009-12-10T03:16:00.000-08:00

It is too too late, but my eyelids won't close.

My roommate just went to sleep, despite the fact that he has a final, (within the field of his major,) in the early AM tomorrow.

I'm heading down to Tucson earlier than I initially expected, and there isn't going to be room for me to bring my synth in the transport I'm stowing aboard, so I may need to borrow somebody's keyboard while I'm down there. Or I might just bring my computer over to the Palace of Like, and document some white Russian and/or screwdriver fueled jams on the ole' ivory war machine. I didn't finish recording what I needed to on my synth before heading out of town, and it looks like I'll be leaving early in the day tomorrow, so...hmmm.

Anyways, holidays! Saturday I may go see a brutal hardcore show with my brother. Looking forward to that. And my sister coming to town from Tampa for a brief public appearance. Also, I must admit, I am greatly looking forward to Taco Shop, Mondo Mondays, hot tubbing in strange environments, watching A Christmas Story with my brothers, seeing old faces, finding out what grades I got for this semester, watching It's a Wonderful Life with my cat, Mike Tyson, getting smashed on New Years, (and hopefully landing a new year's kiss on a foxy girl,) skyscraper scaling with the new beat generation, and absolutely writing a plethora of new songsss. Whatddya know about that?

I'm going to abandon ship now, and listen to some top notch recordings from one Freddy Ruppert. good ~~evening~~. er, I mean morning.

haiku for you

2009-12-07T02:39:00.000-08:00

stomach harshly growls
these days are the killing days
storms that hardly grow

first it was that look,
then bubblegum in a dish,
now where can I turn?

melody feel stream
my heart is your trashed campus
faucet nose pouring

how goes your daytime?
as rapid as my sprinter's?
pray that is not so

my dead retainer
feels like an alternative
to lip locking loss

I can't find my past
perhaps I misplaced it here,
underneath these clothes

listen up brothers
you know what we're not getting:
younger at all, huh?

nighttime laughs at me
for being such a maroon
oh, what a bully

art and futures

2009-12-07T02:22:00.000-08:00

here I am. I am here. it is late. I am restless. my mind continues to gravitate to my loves:

I've been listening to unnatural quantities of jam band songs. on a more perilous note, I scaled mt. humphreys yesterday. the view of the setting sun was worth the the pneumonia I will inevitably contract as a result of the sub-zero conditions of the expedition. inspiration for the future...

I drew up the final draft of my liner notes/artwork a short while ago. I feel the final product is quite satisfactory. I'm heading down to tucson on friday morning. I plan to release the album down there. I'll be bringing my computer, so I'll make sure to put a link up, and I will provide a physical copy for anyone residing in the stone age.

stay on your guard, the drones are dead set on bringing you down, and the beginning is ending.

good tidings

busy busy busy

2009-12-03T23:16:00.000-08:00

my ds is my waterloo. you are too.

additionally...

I need a new drum machine for christmas!
+
I'm playing the Brootal Sun Fest (http://myspace.com/brootalsunfest) in March. Sometime from the 19th to the 21st.
music & food & nice folks & grave robbing to the max! Should be super superior.

and by the by,
The EP is coming...
I'm shooting to dot the i's and cross the t's and post the link during this upcoming break.

- Tommy

formal introductions

2009-11-30T22:44:00.000-08:00

Alright, alright here it goes. Hi, I'm Thomas Way, and this is the blog for my music project, american hyenas.

The music is primarily synthesizer based, and usually has a lot of backround noise. All of the songs are extremely valuable to me, as they come from various parts of my personal life. I also write far too often from a pessimistic perspective, but I'm working on turning that around, and broadening my range of feeling.

I'm well underway with my debut ep, "we're not getting any younger". One new song is on my myspace page, along with three old tracks, and I'll probably put another one up after I release the record.

The album is about becoming a realist, moving past high school, trying to find some action, camping, the digital age of music, falling madly in love with someone you know way too much about, nostalgia, siblings, and illness, among other subjects.

I am going to put a link for a free download of it on here, as well as my myspace, as soon as I get all the kinks out.

I am also going to use this blog to list shows I will be playing, announcements regarding new songs/albums, and just as a general space to ramble the night away.

Here's to hoping you check out the songs and feel something nice.

thanks