Four Color Press. A solo project with a name inspired by the printing process used to make comic books, and also the four-track machine used to record these songs at home. The original plan was to write and record one song every day.

Made with: Yamaha DX27S, Casio SK-1, upright piano, Pépère’s mandolin and accordion, cardboard box, wooden spoons, frying pan, ice cream scoop, futon mattress, drum machine, egg shaker, sleigh bells, tambourine, bongos, acoustic / electric / 12-string electric guitar, bass, drums, Realistic PZM microphone, Tascam 246 Portastudio

Songs in order of recording:

On My Nerves (spring 1999)
Green Sign (early 2001)
The Great Depression (early 2001)
In the Tradition (early 2001)
What You Want Most To Happen Will Happen Soon (January 2002)
Sad Energy Man (early spring 2002)
It’s a Way (5/7/02)
Left Lane Right Lane Center Lane (5/8/02)
Letter In My Heart (5/8/02)
All Night in the Rain (5/9/02)
Greasy Hair Graveyard (5/10/22)
Rebecca and the Barnacles (5/12/02)
Lonely People Formed an Association (5/25/02)
Mrs. Summer (5/31/02)
Don’t Use Words Like Baby (6/1/02)
The Introducer (6/3/02)
Victor (6/17/02)
Recruiting Talk Outline (started 6/22/02, finished in April 2004)
Tell Me the News (written 5/26/03, recorded November 2003)



released February 3, 2023

Ken recorded, played and sang everything, in a Northampton, MA basement and bedroom with the windows open

Except track 1 recorded in Henning Ohlenbusch’s old apartment, Northampton, MA

and track 16 recorded in the Pedro the Lion practice shed, Poulsbo, WA