Sunday, June 30, 2013

DELUXE BONUS TRACKS ADD EVEN MORE MELON LOVE TO TRIBUTE ALBUM

YakMusic are proud to announce the final track-listing for the new Digital Release Deluxe Edition which is due to hit online stores this coming Friday (5th July) web-wide!

1. Jamie Shields - Deserted
2. Empreinte Galactique - Drive
3. David Aaron - Life Aint So Shitty
4. The Velmas - New Life
5. Easily Amused - Dear Ol’ Dad
6. MoeDell - Toes Across The Floor
7. Kurt Vatland (featuring Defuze) - Pull
8. Spider - Mouthful Of Cavities
9. Exposed in the Drawing Room - Soak The Sin
10. Flames of Troy - Galaxie
11. Superextra - 2X4
12. 12 Daze - Glitch
13. The Holy Crabs - Letters From A Porcupine
14. Jena Kraus - Tickled Pink
15. David Aaron (featuring Danny Axel) - Change* 
16. East Road - Vernie* 
17. Shinobi Ninja - No Rain*
18. Renzo!! - All That I Need*
19. Superextra - Walk*
20. 12 Daze - Ever Had the Feeling*
21. Jamie Shields - St Andrews Fall*

* Deluxe Bonus Tracks

"The new tracks have added even more Melon love to what was already an album bursting with heart felt dedication to an amazing band" YakMusic founder Mark Davis said. 

"I can't wait for these additional tracks to be heard."

The bonus tracks are a mix of older and new tunes. 

"Some of the songs we used on the Deluxe Edition were previously submitted, or were meant to be submitted, to us way back in 2005 during production. Some of them were too good to have left unheard so we contacted those bands to ask if it were ok to include them." Mark added.

"Then we also had a few tracks recorded especially for the re-release. Some of the artists were just itching to be part of this again and naturally we were over the moon when some of them contacted us."

"Every deluxe (bonus) track has a direct or semi connection to the artists who appeared first time around."

THE BONUS TRACKS IN DETAIL

15. David Aaron (featuring Danny Axel) - Change

David Aaron, who is also known as Duke Sims in Brooklyn Hip Hop/Punk/Metal/Reggae/Rock entertainers Shinobi Ninja, recorded two tracks for the Blind Melon Tribute Album back in 2005.
His amazing rock out version of Life Aint So Shitty made the cut while his version of Change had to be put on the back-burner...until now.

16. East Road - Vernie

French Canadian band Empreinte Galactique, who appeared on the original version covering Drive, have since gone on a hiatus and several bands have since formed on the other side.
One of them was East Road, which features Empreinte Galactique's Rami Renno on bass, drummer Pete Pételle & the soulful Jean-Michel Renaud on guitar/vocals, who offered a beautiful rendition of Vernie for the deluxe edition.

17. Shinobi Ninja - No Rain

Fittingly one of the big omissions from the Blind Melon catalog on Twenty Stories Below previously was the band's biggest hit No Rain. David Aaron got his Shinobi Ninja crew together for the deluxe edition to record (and have some fun with) this Melon classic and the results are what you expect from these Brooklyn Hip Hopping-Punk-Metal-Reggae-Rockers.

18. Renzo!! - All That I Need

Around the time they recorded Drive, Guitarist/Vocalist Rami Remmo, with his Empreinte Galactique bandmates Daniel Lemay (guitarist), Carl Vaudrin (Keyboard) had also recorded All That I Need with their side project Renzo!! It wasn't submitted to YakMusic at the time but was later unearthed for the Deluxe Edition.

19. Superextra - Walk

Argentine Rockers Superextra originally appeared on Twenty Stories Below covering their own guitar driven version of 2X4. This time the distorted guitars have been put aside for a stunning rework of the classic Walk from Blind Melon's Soup album.

20. 12 Daze - Ever Had the Feeling


12 Daze
, aka Matt Theberge, performed a dark driven rendition of Glitch on the original version of Twenty Stories Below and has returned with a thumping rendition of Blind Melon's unreleased track Ever Had the Feeling. The song was also mixed by Brad Smith of Blind Melon.

21. Jamie Shields - St Andrews Fall




















Like she began the album, covering Deserted on the original version, Jamie Shields once again sends chills with a soulful melodic version of St Andrews Fall (which we all know also features the album's title in the Bridge). A fitting way to come full circle....

Make sure you purchase your copy for only $9.99 from one of CDBaby, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Mp3s or 7 Digital.
Watch the promo video on Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/68474719

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