Album Notes

The DNA Vibrators. Weird name. Is it supposed to mean something? Sure, doesn’t everything? In this case, it means the product of three characters: the DNA Vibrator, the Hand Of God, and Mr. Kamikaze. The product of these three is music, specifically, this music right here, that you might listen to or buy.

The DNA Vibrator is getting old, and feeling its mortality, and realizes that its little window of opportunity, relevance and overall ability to play this crap is shrinking, so about two years ago, it decided if not now, when, and commenced to writing and recording as much as possible. The result was about 30 songs or so, the first batch of which went out earlier this year in the form of the release, “The Shape Of Things To Have Come And Gone,” which is available here at CD Baby! (and at The DNA Vibrator’s website, www.the-dna-vibrator.com and all the usual digital places…).

The second batch, “The Result Of Continuous Exposure To Radiation,” does not fall into the “sophomore slump” that you sometimes get from bands---it is still full of the rabid desperation of a tired old bastard realizing his youth is slipping/has slipped away. Most of the songs are new compositions, with a couple coming from DNA’s back catalog. The notable exceptions are “Sixteen Tons,” by Merle Travis, and “Chestnuts,” by Mel Torme and Robert Wells. “Sixteen Tons” is a nod to DNA’s dad, R.I.P., a coal miner all his life, and “Chestnuts” fulfills the oath the DNA Vibrator made to include a Christmas song on every record it makes.

Listen. The DNA Vibrators hope you like it. If you really like it, buy it. If you really, really like it, buy our other records, too. After you buy it, tag the band website. We’ll send you free stuff.