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Open Door Policy

by Alexei Shishkin

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    Pre-order of Open Door Policy. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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    releases June 28, 2024

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    Tapes expected to ship early July but we can not guarantee shipping times.

    Includes digital pre-order of Open Door Policy. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    digital album releases June 28, 2024
    item ships out on or around May 28, 2024

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1.
The Drummer
2.
Autobahn 02:40
lyrics
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And if it takes a little time Well, I’ve got minutes like the autobahn’s got miles So stylish, look at you just groovin You know I dig it, but I’ve gotta keep it movin along Well, when everything’s run its course A scathing wedding and a sympathetic divorce Oh baby, that’s just how it’s feeling You know you’ve got me walking on the ceiling again
3.
Ruby
4.
Rose Gold
5.
Bermuda
6.
Second Glances
7.
Animal Control
8.
Chowder Powder
9.
95
10.
Colonial House
11.
Idk!!!
12.
Covid in G

about

Open Door Policy was recorded throughout a few sessions over a couple years.

If I recall correctly, most of the songs were written in late 2020 and early 2021, and then recorded in May of 2021 at Big Nice Studio in Lincoln, Rhode Island, with the one and only Bradford Krieger.

Then, in May of 2022, there was a session meant for a different project, but it was unfortunately cut short. I believe that session resulted in “Rose Gold”, “Animal Control”, “Chowder Powder”, and a few other tunes that went on to have other lives.

Finally in July 2023, a few finishing touches were put on the album (woodwinds, some new vocals about a woodchuck infestation, etc). This session is where the name Open Door Policy came from – first day of the session, BK and I pulled up and the door to the studio was wide open. It apparently had been that way all night. Luckily, nothing was stolen and no woodchuck damage was detected.

Later that year, I was lucky enough to be introduced to the folks at Candlepin, and they helped quickly bring this album – which had admittedly been marinating way too long – into the world in the summer of 2024.

credits

releases June 28, 2024

Alexei Shishkin - lyrics + some keys + some guitar + vox
Graham W. Bell - guitar + backing vox
Bradford Krieger - production + guitar + backing vox + drums
Dave Kahn - bass
Ian Dwy - drums
Bill Waters - guitar + keys
Ivan Rodriguez - sax (on “Autobahn” and “Chowder Powder”)
Eyal Sela - clarinet + sax (on “Rose Gold”)

Mixed and mastered by Bradford Krieger at Big Nice Studio in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

Album art: “Sleep” Odilon Redon (1898) courtesy of The Met

Special thanks to Rue Defense, John Roseboro, Zach at Candlepin, and anyone who provided ears along the way.

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