The Kill Screens/
My latest and greatest band, The
Kill Screens!! We do electronic rock/pop. We
experiment with a lot of sounds, build it up, but keep it grounded. Check it out.
PFA/
My former band, Playing for Audrey
was a local Boston Alt-Rock band that played a ton of shows and really
where I learned how to sing. Here's some stuff I kept from those days...
Other Stuff
.:·
Video Games: JellyCar
,
JellyCar2
, and
JellyCar 3
: I'm psyched to have done all the music for these great games! It was
a pleasure working with Disney Interactive on this project. Download
the mp3 files for the Jelly Car 1 music HERE
Video Game: check out video game outsiders podcast here.
It's a great video game podcast without all the cynicism of professional reviewers - not to mention a great community in the forums and good people to play with online.
The Kill Screens
The wait is over! We spent a TON of time in the studio getting the mixes perfect, and we're proud of the
result. Thank you a million times to everyone who bought and reviewed
the album! We've had a great response, with some really amazing reviews. As for sales, we've been charting well on Amazon since the launch - as high as #6 in our subcategorey for mp3 album sales on Amazon (#600 in overall album sales),
and as high as #75 in iTunes under "Electronic" album sales. We're planning some videos, and to
record new songs, of course...possibly some singles, an EP, and definitely another
full length album. We have a ton of ideas, so stay tuned :)
The Kill Screens is an East Coast American Electronic Indie Pop band
that was founded when singer Matthew McCarthy heard an instrumental
electronic song by John Jacobsen on John’s video game podcast. Matthew
was inspired to record vocals for this instrumental and e-mail his
updated version of the song to John, a perfect stranger. Within weeks
they started recording their debut album, Science Fiction Movie, and
The Kill Screens was born. The Kill Screens offered a new perspective
for the duo by combining the sensibility of rock/pop songs with modern
electronica, 8-bit synths, and the occasional dance beat. This was a
welcome change for the two, whose musical histories, they would come to
find out, were strikingly similar. John and Matthew, separately, had
gigged all over Boston, Chicago, and New York in Alt Rock bands, even
sharing the stage with the likes of Third Eye Blind, Five for Fighting,
and others. Fate and video games brought John and Matthew together.
Their love for technology, music, analog synths, 8-bit sounds,
experimentation, haunting guitars, modern beats, and lush vocals shines
through on every track.
The Little
Things (mp3) This is a brand new song and I would love to
know what you think (email
me!)
Yes, I know it's repetitive, it's supposed to be...think trance-like
indie rocktronica. Does this work for you? As we
continue writing songs to fill out the Kill Screens debut album, I'd
love to hear what you think of the works-in-progress! Keep in mind
these are unmastered, and early mixes - we will be tweaking these songs
a lot in the months to come.
The Kill Screens is a new band, a collaboration between Matthew McCarthy
and John
Jacobsen. Though the band name is inspired by a video games,
the music is straight-up Indie Rocktronica. Check it out! We have two
songs just about done, and will keep updating these sites as more is
written and recorded. The debut album is slated to be titled "Science
Fiction Movie" after one of the new songs.
Hold
Me Up (mp3)
This is not a video game song...but it's slightly related. A guy who liked
the Geometry Wars song contacted me about writing a song for an indie
short film he's working on, and this is what I came up with.
Based on the scene he described, the song should be sad (a man and
woman torn apart by death) but have an uplifting quality to it, like
there's hope in strength. I hope I captured the mood!
And I'll put a link to the film here when it's released.
Lyrics:
All this time spent hanging on
How could you have known
What fate intended
Not once did I think twice
About how strong you were
Until it ended
Hold me up
Like the air in my lungs
Hold me up
Like the ground that I walk on
Hold me up
Like the air in my lungs
Gadgetman007 did a brilliant job in this fan response video, he syncs
up the new studio version of the GeoWars song to in-game footage and
some really cutting edge special effects!
JellyCar game (xbox 360 live arcade / PC) now features music by Matthew McCarthy
The new version of JellyCar,
by Walaber,
is out now for the PC. The XBLA version should be out later this year.
The game now features original music by Matthew McCarthy. It's quirky
instrumental stuff, made to fit in the feel of this incredible game.
Think Super Mario with acoustic drums and wierd noises.
Blue diamonds, I hate you
You're so slow and dumb
But you're always getting faster
Green boxes, I hate you too
You're so hard to shoot,
It's the one shape I can't master
Geometry Wars will be the death of me, oh
I desparately need a strategy
Someone post a video to youtube, for me to, get better
Waves mode, I hate you
You're relentless
And you had to throw in the green boxes
And Sequence, I hate you most
Smile achievement feels like punishment
For misdeeds in a past life
Geometry Wars will be the death of me, oh
I desparately need a strategy
Someone post a video to youtube, for me to, get better
Pacifism is a strange word
The more you say it, the more it sounds absurd
Pacifism, Pacifism, it's not peaceful at all
Sure you don't shoot, but you try to, kill em all....
It's genocide of blue diamonds yeah
Geometry Wars will be the death of me, oh
I desparately need a strategy
Someone post a video to youtube, for me to, get better
And I will thank you, personally, when my scores...increase....ten fold
.:· ...it's far too late for some, but
it's much too early to be so numb...
