Mike Randle - Rough Mixes & Demos Pyxis, Vol. 1

Release date: 7/10/20201. How Do I Get Close?2. You Let Me Down3. REVO4. Moana's Town5. Miss Loucifer6. Wait for You7. Twenty YearsRough Mixes & Demo Pyxis, Vol.1, Mike Randle’s third solo record in 20 years (and his first since 2004’s Barstool Blues), is a sort of ‘family’ of songs composed of 4 studio recordings and 3 home studio demos.  The 4 studio cuts are produced, engineered and (rough) mixed by Steve Refling (Stew, The Mockers, Evie Sands, Derek Anderson) and the demos are given the business by Mr. Randle himself.  With the exception of drums on the 4 studio recordings, Mike Randle plays drums, bass, guitars, keyboards and sings on everything.The album begins with yearning, a meditation on how few can get their head around what to do when someone close becomes distant, and the choice of confrontation or indifference.  Nice piano work and a nasty fuzz solo rounds this tune out.   The album then enters territory consisting of betrayal, revenge and a wild Costa Rican party gir