“Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Marshmallows”

The Fright Album
Prickley Pete

Original Release Date: 07/07/2041

A million-to-one-shot. Million-to-one. Prickley Pete had grown peckish during the recording of his latest album, at the time it was slated to be called Company? At This Hour!? What should have been a four-second trip to the vending machine located outside of his studio turned into a 96-hour fight for survival. Little did the ghostly crooner know, but the machine had been coated in an invisible layer of sealant that was poisonous to otherworldly beings. With a stubby arm full of change, Prickley Pete was on his way to Crunch City (his favorite candy bar), however, the fumes from the sealant suddenly made him tired, his blobby body lurching forward and into the vending machine itself, imprisoning him. Unable to free himself, for fear of the debilitating effects of the sealant, Prickley Pete set about redefining himself yet again. The recording equipment was dragged into the hallway while his sonic séance hummed with hissy tape loops, ghostly flomps, and emotional sweetness. To make matters worse, as the artist waited for rescue crews to cut open the vending machine, three bizarre moon phases caused untold damage to the electrical grid, pausing the recording devices with aplomb and imbuing them with an eerie essence that musicians across the Universe envied. The Fright Album, as we now know it, is built on the back of paranoid ballads, woozy tributes, frog laughter, and an accidental voicemail from Prickley Pete's hometown mayor: Archibald T. Buttersworth-Burlington; all of which was infected with the satisfy crunch of choco clusters, the creamy middles of nougat and caramel, and the aftertaste of artificial berries. The eight tracks that emerged cemented Prickley Pete as king of the hill (though Friendly Neighborhood Ghost and Ghost Town did have the moxie and album sales to hold their own), and as a result, his popularity grew exponentially. After four Earth days trapped in the vending machine, he was finally freed, leading a crusade both for the marketing of The Fright Album but also to help enact legislation that prevents conglomerates from using such deadly and poisonous sealants on their tasty junk food distribution machines. So, dear Audionauts, drop in a few coins, hit the H-H button, and snack on the tasty beats of The Fright Album.

 

Side A

  1. Who Do I Have To Scare To Get Some Service Around Here?

  2. I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing

  3. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Marshmallows

  4. Let's Not Bring Ink and Paper Into This

 

Side B

  1. Saved By The Buoyancy of Citrus

  2. Take Me Down to Crunch City

  3. I'm Not Locked In Here With You; You're Locked In Here With Me!

  4. End Credits for a Show That Never Aired

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