chris harford at 32 Mason Drive, Princeton 1973 by Bill Warren

The latest Band of Changes record, the sixteen song Lay the Passage: Songs for the Antediluvian can be found in the music section of the portfolio and features Matt Kohut, Joe Russo, Scott Metzger, as well as musicians Harford met while traveling through Europe in 2008. The album is mixed by Paul Q. Kolderie and engineered by Reed Black and Bálint Dobozi.

Lay the Passage: Songs for the Antediluvian

Below are four songs from the vault as well as one from the latest record, the song entitled “Everything Goes Away” featuring guest vocals by Jessie Fischer.
Click on the arrow to stream. This page will be updated with b-sides, outtakes and live recordings.

You’re Gonna Die  

Recently re- discovered as Mickey was going through boxes of cassettes.  Melchiondo and Harford wrote and recorded this song on Mickey’s four track cassette machine at his house along the canal in New Hope, Pa in 1992.

Mickey Melchiondo and Chris Harford, Bowery Ballroom, NYC photo by Aaron Freeman

Face Your Doom  

Chris Harford was sent a recording of the song-with Daniel Johnston’s voice and guitar- by Don Goede, and with the engineering assistance of Joe UJJ (Chris’ housemate at the time, Joe also plays keys) Chris added guitar, bass, and backing vocals.
The song appears on Hyperjinx Tricycle.

Joe Strummer’s Midnight Dream  

This version of the song was recorded by Andrew Weiss, on his front porch (Harford and Weiss lived together in the late 80′s) at the Zion House of Flesh in Hopewell, NJ circa 1997. They had a band together called Angeldust briefly in the nineties.
The other version can be found on the album WAKE.

Everything Goes Away  

Recorded by Bálint Dobozi in Zurich, Switzerland. It features a french horn solo by Benjamin Danechovic and backing vocals by Jessie Fischer. This song appears on Lay the Passage:Songs for the Antediluvian.

Jessie Fischer