The seventh collection of Walmartians material is one of those dreaded double releases. Sort of like Use Your Illusion but without all the 12-minute songs and Paul McCartney covers.

Originally there was supposed to be the full-length collection of Series 7 and then a string of EPs, each of which would be a cover song and then a couple of originals. The recent crash of the Tascam’s hard drive forced me to reconsider this approach as several songs were lost.

So now there is Series 7.1, which is the original release less two songs (Transmigration I, II and III and 2 Pallas Dawn), and Series 7.2, which compiles the various cover songs and originals. Some of the mixes on 7.2 are rough, but as the original hard drive is now a nice paper weight there wasn’t a chance to remix them.

And for those of you that have asked there’s a good deal of singing (!) on this one. Enjoy!

Walmartians - Series 7.1

Series 7.1

1. 2069 (16 Cyg A) (5:16)
2. Stomp, Crunch and Fly! (2:34)
3. Matango (5:17)
4. Jump Jump Jump (2:38)
5. Locusts (4:14)
6. Transport (2:17)
7. 1979 (Pioneer 11) (4:08)
8. Fire Chick Flames Out (2:35)
9. Walmartians (Kontakt Deficio) (3:12)
10. Rendition 9 (4:59)

Series 7.2

1. Bad Moon Rising (3:25) Originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival
2. Hooter Jam (2:44)
3. Almost Prayed (3:14) Originally by The Weather Prophets
4. Before Zero Hour (3:07)
5. Life of Illusion (2:42) Originally by Joe Walsh
6. Armada (3:49)
7. Hello Skinny (3:34) Originally by The Residents
8. Attack Vector P (3:22)
9. Holding Me Up (7:06) Originally by The Dandy Warhols
10. Thoughtless (5:39) Originally by Purple Fish

All songs written by Walmartians unless otherwise noted.

My friend Ayman noted recently, with his usual eloquence, that it was “a real f*cking pain in the ass” to download all the Walmartians tracks individually. So I’ve zipped up all the complete (or nearly complete) collections and made them available. They’re presented in chronological order. Each includes cover artwork for the non-existent CD versions. Hope you enjoy them!

1. bebobebobe (2008)
2. bounce.shake (2008)
3. Quiet Spike EP (2008)
4. Are Gone (2009)
5. Annoy All Monsters! EP (2009)
6. Destination Consternation (2009)
7. This Is How it Ends (2009)
8. Joker of Hair EP (2010)
9. Queen Mother Space (2010)
10. Series 7.1 (2010)
11. Series 7.2 (2010)
12. Viva Las Ocho! (2010)

A new four song collection:

1. Joker of Hair
2. Fairy Annex Inventory Clerk
3. The Instancy Flees Diagram
4. Skylons

The sixth Walmartians collection is a tribute of sorts to Toho Company Ltd. and its series of daikaijũ films.

1. キングギドラ (King Ghidorah)
2. ラドン (Rodan)
3. 大怪獣ガメラ (Gamera)
4. モスラ (Mothra)

All tracks recorded March-June 2009.