JUNK: Volume 1

JUNK: Volume 1 was the first release by Friday Mortimer and the Beautiful Monsters. It was released on September 20th, 2009. Only 10 copies were made. It contained five tracks and ran 16:20.

At the time, only two people were in the band; founder Friday Mortimer and Carroll Davenport. Carroll played all the guitar and bass for the demo, and Friday was responsible for everything else, including vocals, tape manipulation, drum tracking and keyboards.

The demo's lyrics were mostly free-verse poetry written by Friday during his years in high school, and the music was composed by the duo during the summer and early fall of 2009. Only three instruments were used to record the entire demo; a keyboard, a guitar and a bass. All the other sounds were made using a microphone and a hand-held cassette recorder.

JUNK: Volume 1 was Carroll Davenport's only entry with the band, although a bass line he recorded was used on the following demo, Bombing The Classroom With Paper Airplanes in 2010. He quit the band the week after the demo was released to pursue other musical ventures.

The entire demo can be heard here.

Track List:

1. Down The Rabbit Hole

2. Family

3. Shopping Cart Graveyard

4. Boys And Girls

5. Creation