Nostalgia Comedown by Jack Mackrel & The Muddy Skids

Chapter 3

After the release of "Trailblazer" we had to take a break. We had just expelled our personal demons into our music and it had really shown, especially in the last show we had played on New Year's to promote the album. Things got aggressive and confrontational once again and eventually I snapped and said enough was enough. When we said "this will probably be our last show for a while" we weren't goofing around, either. I was on the verge of completely losing it, Walton was starting to show his age more and more as time had gone on, and Princess Commodore 64 had taken up so many different projects that he was too busy to keep an eye on the Skids. During all of this I was still reeling in from the loss of our comrade, Cole Jackson, and the disappearance of our friend Billy Jack Stone. Wherever Cole is now, I bet he's having a damn good time... where Billy is? It's a mystery. We ultimately packed it up and in for a bit and decided to not focus on music for a while. They were on my mind all the time. It was the worst of times and the worst of times only.
In this time while I had temporarily stepped away from the group, I had found myself also stepping out of my comfort zone and doing new things I never thought I'd end up doing before. I walked into my small little town I was living in, I took in new sights and sounds, and I even started trying new foods that I had never eaten before or previously deemed to be too weird/gross. I fell in love again with a dirty-blonde-haired goddess of a woman who made me feel certain ways I didn't know I could feel. It inspired me, and I felt like a new person again, is what this whole thing ultimately comes down to.
Eventually we all met back up in April in our home studio to start writing ideas just to see what would stick in terms of song ideas for a possible next album. We weren't sure if another album was even in the cards, to be honest, but we still managed to hang out at least once every few weeks during the band hiatus as friends so we could catch up and shoot the shit. Colonel Walton had met a wonderful girl who loved him for him and not for some idea of what he thought to be some "rockstar bullshit," which is pretty rich coming from him, but who am I to kill his groove? Walton was living a happy life with a wonderful woman, and was doing things his way whether folks liked it or not. Princess Commodore 64 had just put out a few new projects and was getting ready to release another, to the surprise of absolutely nobody, but he still managed to kill it every single time, with one of the new albums managing to become one of the label's most downloaded releases of all time. Despite his success he never managed to feel complete as an artist regardless of this critical acclaim. Probably because the audiences were picking up on his music at a point where it was too little too late. Whether or not the light has permanently gone out is yet to be determined (though I personally doubt it). I fell in love and I finally felt confident with my songs and the ideas I wanted to put out into the world. We decided in early May to press "record" one more time and kick out the jams once again. These are those jams.
We wrote these songs and this final album in our trilogy of tumblewave LPs with nothing but love coming straight from the heart. The themes in these albums were the closest we're probably ever going to get to experiencing the real feeling or pure, unadulterated Americana and nostalgia for the unknown. We ultimately took inspiration from the folk and country heroes of yesteryear such as Neil Young and Johnny Cash who helped shape the Muddy Skids into who they are today, so if Neil reads this: thank you. Johnny, wherever you have gone: we love you. Whether or not we get back together to make more in the future is also unknown for now. We're just more than content to ride off into the sunset while we're on a nostalgic comedown.

Until we meet again and write the next chapter,
Jack Mackrel, Colonel Walton, and Cameron Kirkpatrick (AKA: Princess Commodore 64)
-Jack Mackrel & The Muddy Skids

Tracklist

1.	Nostalgia Comedown Part 1	3:25

2.	The Blood On Her Hands	1:54

3.	All Hail Hartford, CT	4:45

4.	Riverside Blues	4:07

5.	Moneyshot	2:52

6.	Trip To Nowhere	1:50

7.	State Lines	4:02

8.	Never Coming Home	3:11

9.	Nostalgia Comedown Part 2	3:07

10.	Nostalgia Comedown Part 3	4:48

Credits

released December 2, 2024

Jack Mackrel- Guitar
Princess Commodore 64- Bass, Pianos, Ambient Sounds
Colonel Walton- Drums, Percussion, Slide Guitar

Originally released on Girly Girl Musik in 2019

Previous chapters:

Chapter 1 - Badge Of Honor:
lostangles.bandcamp.com/album/badge-of-honor

Chapter 2 - Trailblazer:
junkmakersounds.bandcamp.com/album/trailblazer

Other releases by Jack Mackrel & The Muddy Skids

Brothers In Conflict:
muddyskids.bandcamp.com/album/brothers-in-conflict

Every Bad Little Thing:
muddyskids.bandcamp.com/album/every-bad-little-thing

Glory Daze:
junkmakersounds.bandcamp.com/album/glory-daze-ep

All-American EP
muddyskids.bandcamp.com/album/all-american-ep

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