Old Blood

Old Blood was recorded in May and November of 2001 at Presto Studios in Lincoln, NE. Mayday features the vocals and compositions of Lullaby for the Working Class frontman Ted Stevens. Ted is joined by the remaining Lullaby members, including Mike and A.J. Mogis, whose talents extend from behind the mixing console as players on the recording.

The instrumentation of Old Blood is referential to the Lullaby staples of guitar, vibraphone, strings, and banjo, extending the formula with piano, organ, tympani, and loads of guest vocals. The resulting sound is both raw and ornate. Revisited themes of spring, rebirth, solidarity, florescence, and distress establish a unity of imagery amidst sporadic changes in song dynamic. The songs were selected from a long and arbitrary collection of demos that have been in the works for years. The name "Mayday" is significant in that Ted and friends have held a small concert billed as Mayday each May 1 for the last six years.

Ted has spent the last couple of years playing in Cursive, as well as backing up Bright Eyes, Dave Dondero, Azure Ray, Simon Joyner, and The Good Life. As Lullaby, Ted, Tiffany, Mike and A.J. released three albums on Bar None Records and a host of vinyl releases for Saddle Creek.

For even more Mayday, scroll backwards at the beginning of the first track to reveal several more songs buried in the CD's preroll.

Release Date: May 6th, 2002

TRACK LIST
01. Cinquefoils
02. Come Home
03. Captain
04. Tone/Atone/Atonal
05. Lullaby for the Sleeping Elephant
06. I Know Moonlight
07. Confession
08. Pilot
09. Temple/Temporary/Extempore/Tempo