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STEVE

by Sean McVerry

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    STEVE was an exercise in creative constraints. It was crafted and chipped away over the course of two years in tandem with a weekly ritual of Brooklyn songwriters known as “song challenge”. McVerry, along with members of We Are Scientists, Au Revoir Simone, Chairlift and others would designate a day once a week to write and record as many songs as humanly possible, sharing them in a roundtable that evening.

    This yielded an unwieldy pile of over ninety songs. As time went on and the list was refined, an album narrative became clear. It was a snapshot of an omnipresent metropolitan mania, a cynical nihilistic presence rearing its head around the door of the subway - and ultimately, the quiet resistance and defeat of that nihilism through the love and fortitude of your closest friends. The album was recorded and produced by McVerry and Zeno Pittarelli, with additional engineering from Abe Seiferth (Battles, DFA, Nation of Language). ... more
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    STEVE on 12" vinyl.
    Design and layout by Molly Styslinger

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    Side A
    Theme to Steve
    Disposable Income
    Down Low
    Stimulation
    Better
    Artificial Light
    Covering My Eyes

    Side B
    Rialto Grande
    Time As A Stage
    Materialize
    Ricky 17
    Hard Drive
    Blood Bruise

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Down Low 03:12
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Stimulation 02:30
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Better 03:13
You showed up late to the birthday party An unmistakable look on your face The record scratch like a sitcom moment Some candle wax on my piece of cake There is a joke and I never get it there is a wall that they're building up a human pyramid to the heavens Not sure that anyone sees the top It’s not a doll it’s an action figure they say the line when you pull the string reanimated the corpse and quoted Some adaptation of Stephen king This whole charade’s got me going loco everyone’s outfits are fitting just right Hop on the high horse and set out riding I’ll drink a couple and run some red lights Better than you Better than me Better believe It’s better that we are seen And the light is on us only for a time Better than you Better than me Better believe It’s better that we are seen And the light is on us only for a time for a time for a time
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Materialize 02:26
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Ricky 17 03:51
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Hard Drive 01:08
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Blood Bruise 04:06

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released June 26, 2025

Mixed by Zeno Pittarelli
Mastered by Katie Tavini at Weird Jungle
Executive Produced Sean McVerry, Eric Holsten and Zeno Pittarelli

Abe Seiferth - Additional Production/Engineering on "Better, Artificial Light, Down Low, and Time as A Stage"

Keith Carne - Drums on Better, Ricky 17, Time as A Stage, Down Low, Blood Bruise, Materialize

Zeno Pittarelli - Bass on Ricky 17

Issac Stalling - Guitar on Ricky 17

Jack Broza Lawrence - Guitar on Ricky 17

Meels - Backing Vocals on Materialize and Ricky 17

Bobby Hawk - Violin on Covering My Eyes

2025 Better Company Records

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Sean McVerry Brooklyn, New York

is an artist and producer based out of Brooklyn, New York. He had a bio here for a little bit, but didn't really feel like it captured his ~essence~. If you've made it all the way to the bio page of his Spotify profile, chances are your mind has already been made up on this guy. ... more

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