Trip Metal Alert! Spykes Ahead!
12.12.14 by Mike Haley

I was awoken in the wee hours of the night by a blasting tone and a cautioning voice blaring “Warning! Warning! Warning!”. It was my trusty Trip Metal Alarm. I made it a few months back with the parts of less important smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to warn me if Trip Metal levels get too high. The spewing of aggressively high TM fumes were due to the release of American Tapes #998: The Spykes “Winter Wonder” C90. And it wasn’t just one The Spykes “Winter Wonder” C90, not just two The Spykes “Winter Wonder” C90, but five versions of this Olson solo basement bologna banger, each limited to 30 copies. And it looks like it’s gonna be an ongoing series, lasting all winter, so be sure to collect ’em all for maximum inzanity. They promise a “Classic SPYKES sound spread” and rep hand drawn covers, which are basically some scribblin’, but would you have it any other way? These mugs are eight beans a pop, all available from AT’s Big Cartel, where the only info you’ll find is as follows…

“Its winter…long nights: can only skate three times a week with the crew: what are you going to do? DRAW AND RECORD. EVERYNIGHT. Here are the results. This is going to a long series, cause WINTER is LLOOOONG. Classic SPYKES sound spread out of marathon minutes and all sorts of instruments entanglements. Numbered edition of 30 with hand drawn covers.”

No samples are up from any of these marathon sessions, but here’s a live clip to get ya in the crude mood.