At the turn of the century, a girl walks into a living room where a boy is watching a Phil Collins concert DVD. She is confused because it will still be several years before this sort of behavior is widely acceptable again. She wonders who he is and what gives him the audacity to enjoy what he likes. The boy’s name is Burke Sullivan, and the girl cannot know what he will become. Flash-forward to the advent of marketable bedroom records, those helplessly viral offspring of affordable home recording and conceived-in-the-80s nostalgic baggage. Whether this union is divine or demonic, salvation or sacrilege, is in the hands of the priest who marries them. The combination of a keen melodic talent, an exceptional work ethic and a uniquely Midwestern perspective make Sullivan a worthy minister of the elements. On Mother, nothing is rushed. Like Dad always told us, if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing right. Sullivan draws from a decade of experience in local music scenes and a passion for the perfect pop song to create a debut that burrows a New Terrors-shaped hole deep into the middle of your heart, and eats it from the inside out. What if groups like Tears For Fears and Thompson Twins had spent their formative years listening to alternative rock, making radio-ripped mix tapes of songs by Nirvana, The Verve Pipe, and The Toadies? What if Kevin Shields and Brian Eno had made a record together in 2001? While comparisons may be drawn to artists such as Washed Out, Flying Saucer Attack, Small Black and Aphex Twin, Mother shares more sonic likeness to the instrumentation found in the verses of Heart’s “These Dreams”, with an affecting emotional maturity that is neither ironic nor trite.

TRACKLIST:
1. Teething Troubles
2. Seagulls
3. Feather Fingers
4. Mouths
5. Twins
6. Snakeskin
7. Night of the Creeps
8. Souvenir (Cassette Only)

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