Algebra & Arsenic

released January 22, 2026

Packaged liner notes, Algebra & Arsenic
January 22, 2026

hey friends, this is mike jones.  thanks for purchasing this album instead of downloading.  do that all you want to the satan machine that is the RIAA.  take 15 dollars out of their precious billions they could be using to free repression in east timor or putting music programs back in schools.  the satan machine will be just fine without that fifteen dollars, don't worry.  but when you buy an indie album such as this one, you are helping to keep the scene alive, and for that i sincerely thank you. 

i'd like to kill a tree here and list some of the bands i've become friends with, you should check them out

* splinterhead * strike! swiftly soft * the nacho cheese ambassadors * appletooth * the john stinnett band * the captain crunch manifesto * remembering st. josh * the arizona army corps of engineers * deathdozer * boy constructs supercollider * blazing & glamorous * the angry taxpayers * saltwater sundays * baptized by ovaltine * strichnine * j. edgar hoover and the the happy lot of pygmies * elevenday * your dog stuart * grasshouser * invite to a party * asphalt altar * chemical dreams * paige dissenter * the outer space grave robbers * atomfoot * genderknee * the karate chop sarahs * noisebucket * monday somerset * lampbucket * [readymadejunctioneer] * bloodbasket * out of town none gladly * wordbullet * miles standish * stalwart.seafaring * kitchenelbow * the breakneck uvuli * position! it's merely with *

make sure you check them out, they put on some killer shows.  if real music is to survive it's up to us.  remember, if you dig deep enough, there's always good music out there. and if you dig deeper, there's admittedly bad music that survives on the strength of word-of-mouth and street cred.  in indie rock it's all about the music, except of course when it is about hipsterism and and an inescapable superficialism that is commonly known as human nature.  yes, the same sort of superficialism that we revile mainstream rap for.  hopefully this album's lo-fi recording and rustic lack of production or effort will help you to forget this double standard.  i bet those rap guys don't even know what "rustic" means.

-  m  j

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Track listing
1. Novacaine
2. Dramamine
3. Aderol
4. Tylenol
5. Pepto-Bismol
6. Methamphetamine
7. Ritalin
8. Accutane
9. Jessica
10. Lortab
11. Adhesive bandage product