It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot
Teen Suicide – It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot All music and lyrics written by Sam Ray except “The Hurricane”, co-written with Spencer Radcliffe. Trumpet on ‘Living Proof’ played by Max Kuzmyak. Additional vocals on ‘Living Proof’ provided by Sean Mercer. Drums on ‘Living Proof’ played by Sean Mercer. Additional vocals on ‘The Big Joyous Celebration’ provided by Harmony Tividad, David Courtright, Neil Sanzgiri, Alec Simke, Kinsey Matthews, Elizabeth Sea, Owen Pallett, Josephine Ray, Spencer Radcliffe, Sean Mercer, John Toohey, and Caroline White. Additional Guitar on ‘Alex’ provided by John Toohey. Drums on ‘Alex’ played by Sean Mercer. Bass on ‘Alex’ played by Alec Simke. Additional Vocals on ‘Violets’ provided by Harmony Tividad. Additional percussion on ‘Obvious Love’ provided by Mat Cothran and Delaney Mills. Additional Vocals on ‘It’s Just a Pop Song’ provided by Lexi Williams, Caroline White, Spencer Radcliffe, and Mat Cothran. Production & drums on ‘Wild Thing Runs Free’ provided by Mat Cothran. Additional vocals on ‘Bright Blue Pickup Truck’ provided by Harmony Tividad. Additional instrumentation & production on ‘Bright Blue Pickup Truck’ provided by Dexter Tortoriello. Bass on ‘What You Want’ played by Alec Simke. Bass on ‘God’ played by Alec Simke. Drums on ‘God’ played by Eric Livingston. Additional vocals on ‘God’ provided by Caroline White. Additional vocals on ‘Neighborhood Drug Dealer’ provided by Harmony Tividad & Spencer Radcliffe. Drums on ‘Devotion’ played by Eric Livingston. Bass on ‘Devotion’ played by Alec Simke. Additional vocals on ‘I Don’t Think It’s Too Late’ provided by Madeline Ava. Drums on ‘Long Way Down’ played by Sean Mercer. Additional vocals, keyboards, drums, lyrics, and all horns on ‘The Hurricane’ provided by Spencer Radcliffe. All songs recorded by Sam Ray except ‘Living Proof’, ‘Alex’, and ‘Long Way Down’, all recorded, engineered, and mixed by Sean Mercer. Thank you to everyone involved and everyone who helped in any way. Copyright 2016 Run For Cover Records
Teen Suicide is the old band of Sam Ray, whose other projects include Ricky Eat Acid and Julia Brown. He resurrected the band for a 26-track blowout of an album that is constantly absorbing and equal parts astonishing and frustrating.
Although it's billed as their final album, It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot is only the second LP from Maryland-based indie outfit Teen Suicide.
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