1. Another Dead Medium - The Civil Disobedients
2. Losing Weight - Naysa
3. Test of Time - New Renaissance

It took six years, but the Civil Disobedients stopped being super lazy procrastinators and finally released the follow-up to Sell Your Soul Until You Can Buy It Back.

“We’re pretty happy we broke the Winnipeg curse because there are so many bands that break up after one record, so releasing this was pretty important to us,” vocalist Jeremy Williamez says.

The hard-rock band recorded Another Dead Medium in guitar player Jon Kirouac’s basement and created something that’s more dynamic than the first, with a wider mix of softer and harder songs.

“We really lucked out because we got free recording and mixing from him and he worked so hard on it. I felt really guilty so I tackled the album artwork to try and make myself feel better,” Williamez says.

The last track, “Gall,” is a 10 minute epic about Jehovah’s Witnesses and was written because they would always come to Williamez’s house early in the morning
on weekends.

“I have nothing against religion, but as soon as someone comes to my door and tries to tell me what to believe I just lose my shit. I was all full of teen angst about that so I decided to write about it,” he says.

Overall, the record is a little dark and a definite departure from the solo comedy tracks Williamez also finds the time to write and perform.

“Car Seat” is inspired by an American woman who made the news years ago because she drove her car into a river while her kids were inside. He was intrigued by the story and ended up writing the song from the kids’ point of view.

“These songs are definitely weirdo dark and I don’t know even know why I write songs like that, but I do.”

Part of the series: The Uniter 30

Published in Volume 69, Number 15 of The Uniter (January 7, 2015)