Music

Churn

Release Date: August 18, 1994 • 5 Spot
Re-Released: May 30, 2025 • Settle Up
In 2025 we released an expanded version of our debut Churn on vinyl and all streaming services.

Churn includes the original recordings of most of what became American Standard, including original versions of “Cumbersome” and “Water’s Edge”. This expanded release contains 9 demo tracks, including 3 previously unreleased songs that we found on a 2″ tape deep in storage.

The vinyl is an exclusive Record Store Day release, available at your favorite independent record retailer.

Track list

  1. “Cumbersome” – 6:03
  2. “Water’s Edge” – 5:13
  3. “Devil Boy” – 5:16
  4. “Roderigo” – 5:19
  5. “Lame” – 5:03
  6. “Kater” – 5:59
  7. “Margarette” – 5:01
  8. “Anything” – 5:11
  9. “Punch In Punch Out” – 2:12
  10. “Favorite Dog” – 5:27

Bonus Material: 2025 Reiussue

  1. Wrecking Wall– Unreleased Demo
  2. My My– Unreleased Demo
  3. Over Nothing– Unreleased Demo
  4. Margarette – Demo
  5. 50,000 Spectators – Demo
  6. Marching On – Demo
  7. Devil Boy – Demo
  8. Saturday – Demo
  9. Punch In Punch Out – Demo

Production

Tracks 1-10:
Produced by: Seven Mary Three & Kevin McNoldy
Executive Producers: Seven Mary Three & Mike Moran
Engineered and Mixed by: Kevin McNoldy
Recorded at Dream Sequence Music Studios, 1994
Violins on “Anything”: Virginia Martin

Tracks 11-13:
Recorded August 1994 at Rumble Recorders, Virginia Beach, VA
Mixed in 2025 by Ryan Dean Pickett at Stadium Heights Sound, Durham NC

Tracks 14-19:
Demos Recorded Late 1993-Early 1994 by Kevin McNoldy and Seven Mary Three

Mastered by: Joe Yannece