Jams for the post-apocalypse.

The Story

It’s the year 2134. We always knew the world was going to hell by the hand of mankind, but never knew when.

Well on October 15th, 2120, we finally did it. The latest World war had come to a head, and mutually-assured destruction had come to pass. As Russia, China, the US, and most of Europe all figuratively reached for their big red buttons, hundreds of megatonnes of explosions around the world combined into a seemingly single explosion of unparalleled proportions, which blocked out the sun for decades to come leaving only a barren, dead desert landscape. What was left of mankind retreated to desert caves and the basements of hulking, hollowed out shells of former city buildings, to protect themselves from the cold and abrasive sand.

In this new city-desert, two guys dug through rubble of a place called the “Vintage Synthesizer Museum (VSM)” and found what appeared to be several whole pieces of music equipment. They were broken and half-destroyed, but bits of the electronics still were intact. They hauled what they could back to their makeshift lab and got to work cobbling all of the parts together into a desert megasynth from hell.

They became THE OMEGAMEN.

Finally their days had substance. Thus began a 5-year project to compose an album from the soundtrack of “life after life”. Everyday they would convene at the site of the megasynth, startup the fusion generator, and get to work on songs and sounds inspired by their stories of love, loss, and the end of times as they knew it.

When the album was done, there was no one to release it to. So they played it as loud as they could in the desert city.

The Tracks

P.A.L.

Patrick: Lead vocals, guitar

Scott: Backup vocals, synths, bass, drum prog.

Special thanks to JayRom01 on freesound.org

Pencil Beam

Patrick: Lead Vocal, rhythm guitar, drum prog

Scott: bass, lead guitar, synths, additional drum prog

Survivor

Patrick: Lead Vocals

Scott: Backup vocals, bass, guitars, synths, drum prog

Flow

Patrick: Vocals, Piano, Drum prog

Scott: Cello, Double Bass

Free to Dream

Scott and Patrick: vocals

Scott: Drum prog, bass guitar, guitars, synths

Asleep at the wheel

Patrick: Vocals, drum prog, keys

Scott: bass, guitar

Special thanks to Jmbphilmes on Freesound.org

Noah’s ARP

Patrick: Lead vocals

Scott: Backup vocals, guitars, synths, drum prog

Special thanks to AMPI_sound on Freesound.org

RadRise

Scott: bass guitar, synths and drum programming

Bombs

Patrick: Lead vocals, rhythm guitar

Scott: Drum prog, bass guitar, synths

Special appearance by Anthony “Govna” Governanti

Special thanks to Qubodup on Freesound.org

Album Production Notes

OmegaHeads are: Patrick Nelson, and Scott McGrath

Produced and Engineered by Scott McGrath, at Ownrisk Media in Shelburne, VT www.ownrisk.org

Mix advice from Bill McGrath, Jon Tidey

Recording: Patrick Nelson, Scott McGrath

Mastered by Jon Tidey www.epicsounds.ca

(c.) 2024 Shiretown Records

(p.) 2024 Shiretown Music Publishing (bmi)

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