Soapsud Clown by ACR (Aaron Charles Read)

recorded february 2023 - october 2023

6 songs for your ears.

Put my blood sweat and tears into this shit. (tone: comical aggression)

Hope it moves you, hope it soothes you, hope it grooves you.

Made with broken and borrowed gear and a&w large coffees

couldn't of done this w/o my community <3

my mom still pays my cell phone bill (I'm in debt from art school) middle class stuff you know? bootstraps baby, all me NO HELP!

big thanks to ellis s for mixing this one into the bliss zone

huge thanks to jay and the Franklin City Rockers for letting me use your amps, pre-amps, drums, and the one synth on the record the korg polysix (run through my guitar amp).

and jay for putting the equine ear to these tunes and mastering this into a deluxe slice

this one's for dede, mama, dad, nana, syd, rae, arlo, ellis, calum, raisie-rae, caitlan, emily, the serv, my comedy/music/art friends, the C.L.a pit rippers, tom, nicky, drew, larissa, cam R, amanda j, christine n' jay, cami, anya, virtual trainer, andy c, banjo, kaelie, lu'ma, abdul plus family, brent, maddy, the compositionist, the king of misdirection, ryuji, shinji, nelda, imelda, sean n' amanda, the deliman, uncle dave, ehren, tim, amar, emmett, clownblood locke, bita, the fox, dan C, vegas diet coke, lovely, arnel, sophie, Nina (get up here girl), the mr. met couple, anna, sharkey, jay n jessica, blue meanie burrus, amanda,ola (adgtdh) the ghosts, lee, casey c, handhouse, ese, ellis s, jordan, scott hill, duffins, uncle fatih's, night bruiser, dang plus family, and the good people at aa furniture on kingsway and knight st.


influences are: friends and family first, don cherry (free jazz not the racist picnic blanket donut man), alice coltrane, women, fountain 2, don cab, hella, talking heads (right start), stephanie mills, kittie (spit), thin lizzy, limp bizkit, literal parking lots (a chillers' delight), papa roach, this heat, slipknot, warren zevon, fake simpsons porn, devo, margo guryan, nasa nixon, travelling willburies, elvin jones, rashied ali, pharoah sanders, prince, margo guryan, thinking fellers union local 282, shakatak, dennis/brian wilson, paul II, george harrison, songs ohia, bart, reddit elvis, hall and oates, chaka khan, dumb, Michael Winslow, david berman, kurt vonnegut, bell hooks, kobo abe, seinfeld season 9, mariah carey, ancient pepsi, albert ayler, telex, dolly parton, hiroshi sato, goblin, milk jr. , eggs on rice, carpenter, chris & cosey, neil young (trans), polvo, arthur russell, future star, beak, black dice, john coltrane, sonny sharrock, max payne (first video game), dj dishes, michael winslow, the sounds of the construction site near my friends studio, and the sound of hard techno inside a hangar but hearing it from the parking lot.

Peace and respect, be good to ur friends that's all u got motherfucker! (tone: comical aggression)

Aaron Read is a comedian, visual artist, and musician.

"ACR" is the moniker of the music I make, like my Soul poetry.