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Sunshine

3:37 minutes (4.97 MB)

Adam Marcello - drums
Brandon Krueger - bass, guitar
Krister Axel - piano, Wurlitzer, vocals

from the EP release iMTHEGUN (2006)

you started out a face in the street
looking for a sweet kind of stranger
to come by and set you up in style
now you know the way to fit in
to place your bets and win
how to keep your secrets safe

hey sunshine it's been a long time

Eastbound - instrumental

2:55 minutes (4 MB)

mix by Babyhead
Krister Axel - acoustic guitar with slide

This is one of a very small number of slide solos I have taken in my life. There were drums on this track, but they got muted by mistake on this version and I love it. A traveling, self-discovery sort of vibe. Meditate to this one.

brooklyn - live at Kulaks Woodshed

5:09 minutes (4.13 MB)

We had a residency at Kulak's back in the day when I was 1/3rd of Paper Sun's writing team. Good times.

Krister Axel - electric guitar, vocals
Joel Eckels - electric guitar, vocals
Adam Marcello - drums
Carson Cohen - bass

Featuring Sally Jaye and Joel Eckels on backup vocals.
Written by Krister Axel.

erotic blue - live at Kulaks Woodshed

6:09 minutes (5.63 MB)

We had a residency at Kulak's back in the day when I was 1/3rd of Paper Sun's writing team. Good times.

Krister Axel - electric guitar, vocals
Joel Eckels - electric guitar, vocals
Adam Marcello - drums
Carson Cohen - bass

Featuring Sally Jaye and Joel Eckels on backup vocals.
Written by Krister Axel.

rough take

Jaimie Smiles - demos 2006

2:39 minutes (3.64 MB)

Krister Axel - acoustic guitar, accordion

I wrote this for a contest on MySpace. I didn't win, but I still like the song.

There Will Come a Day - unproduced

3:05 minutes (2.82 MB)

there will come a day for you when
nothing makes sense
there will come a day for you when
all you got is you and boy
there will come a day in sunshine
when all you need is wine
there will come a day in time

oh, you'll see what you've done
see what you've done

there will come a day for you when
the sun is gone
there will come a day for you
with nothing left to lose

rough take

I'm The Gun (take 2) - demos 2006

4:14 minutes (5.81 MB)

Krister Axel - Wurlitzer, vocals
Mark Corben (Babyhead) - bass
Chris Lovejoy - drums

An alternate recording of this crowd favorite.
Lush and modern. Big vocal effects.

brooklyn - swexico ep

4:20 minutes (5.47 MB)

The original Axel anthem. Written for a girl from Brooklyn.

Acoustic strum-fest. Faster to medium tempo. Steely Dan elements, with horn arrangement by Bill Dowling.

krister axel - electric guitar, vocals, wurlitzer, B3
Adam Marcello - drums
Carson Cohen - drums

She said show me all the ways that you would hold me
The way that you feel empty to know I’m not around

be good - instrumental

3:20 minutes (3.05 MB)

One of my best acoustic guitar instrumentals, this song is a great example of this Elizabeth Coten style of fingerpicking - aka 'upside down and backwards'.

Written and performed by Krister Axel

Stay - Arms Around the River

4:23 minutes (6.03 MB)

Adam Marcello - drums
Brandon Krueger - bass, guitar
Krister Axel - piano, Wurlitzer, vocals

from the album Arms Around the River (2007)

Stay, if you want to stay
take what you want to take
love who you want to love
break what you're tired of
but don't worry
that the world wants to self-destruct
don't worry
just stay until you've had enough
don't leave before you've had enough

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