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Mad Hatter

from 1918 by Mike Dillon

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    Vibraphonist/percussionist Mike Dillon has spent the last three decades playing well over 200 shows a year with both his own band, as well as a sideman with artists including Rickie Lee Jones, Les Claypool and Ani DiFranco. So when the pandemic hit in early 2020 forcing Dillon off the road, he instinctively directed his perpetually restless creative energy to writing and recording. Residing in Kansas City after spending 15 years in New Orleans, Dillon and producer Chad Meise would track a trilogy of albums: 'Shoot The Moon,' 'Suitcase Man' and '1918.' Collaborating with his record label Royal Potato Family, they would release these records exclusively via Bandcamp just days after they were mixed and mastered. In 2021, those albums will now receive the full vinyl treatment, as well as complete digital release across all streaming outlets.

    The third in the trilogy of albums, ‘1918’ more heavily focuses on Dillon's instrumentals: the dank, dark Moog/tabla/vibraphone psych vibe of "Pinocchio," the electro analog trance of "Pelagic" and the jungle groove, space rock of the title track. Both the instrumentals, as well as a handful of vocal-based tunes address the Covid-19 pandemic and social issues. "The parallels between 1918 and 2020 are immense. We just have fancier toys, but the tunnel vision and mammalian tendencies are the same if not greater," explains Dillon. 

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lyrics

Going Down
that rabbit hole
your late to the gate
for a flight on hold
 Drinking and Freaking 
in the house of mirrors 
she’s shutting your name
But your too lost to hear her
in Between
the cracks reflected 
Conspiracy man 
Truth Deflected

Your white wash heroes
Your picket Fence
your Doing nothing
But making Folks tense

your blood soaked flag
You star striped rag
chlorinated vaccinations
black lives built
your white house nation
sculptors round
black kings found
history found 
our grandparents bound 
to the cubs a bloodhounds

Your white wash heroes
Your picket Fence
you're Doing nothing
But making Folks tense

Because the tunnel is a house of mirrors
the cracks in between 
reveal your terror
take me back 
to 1950 when life was good
for you only a fountain of youth 
only you got to drink

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from 1918, released December 4, 2020

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