Please Don't Be Dead (VINYL) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

There is desperation and urgency in Fantastic Negrito's new album "Please Don't Be Dead." The record sees the Devil around the corner, and each song is plea to make you aware of what's waiting for you. The artist is screaming at you because he knows what comes next.
The album art features a real life photograph of Fantastic Negrito waking up from a three week coma. His body is shattered, his eyes are staring past you. They're staring at the Devil. But with his new album we hear the voice of an artist who put that Devil in the rearview. Now he's asking America to do the same.
Like Negrito in that photograph, our country is driving off a cliff. We're letting our worst inclinations lead us: hate, division, greed, superficiality. It is going to be a fight to pull ourselves from this toxic mire, and this album is a roadmap by an artist who survived the same journey...battered, scarred, but determined to wake us all up.
"Please Don't Be Dead" is a man standing over something wounded. Something he cares about. He's looking around, and he's saying: "do something."

Label:
Cooking Vinyl – COOKLP705
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Red Vinyl
Country:
US
Released:
2018
Genre:
Rock, Blues
Style:
A1        Plastic Hamburgers
Bass Guitar – Cornelius Mims
Drum Programming – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Guitar – Masa Kohama, Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Guitar [Additional Guitar] – Tomas Salcedo
Organ [Hammond Organ], Piano – Lionel Holoman Jr.*
Percussion, Shaker, Handclaps – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Vocals – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
A2        Bad Guy Necessity
Backing Vocals – Candice Davis, Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Bass Guitar – Cornelius Mims
Drum Programming – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Lead Guitar – Masa Kohama
Percussion, Shaker – Ichitey James, Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Piano, Organ [Hammond Organ] – Lionel Holoman Jr.*
Rhythm Guitar – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Vocals – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
A3        A Letter To Fear
Bass Guitar – Cornelius Mims
Drum Programming – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Guitar – Masa Kohama
Guitar [Additional Guitar] – Tomas Salcedo, Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Percussion – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Piano, Organ [Hammond Organ] – Lionel Holoman Jr.*
Vocals – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
A4        A Boy Named Andrew
Backing Vocals – Hannah Levy, Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Bass Guitar – Cornelius Mims
Drum Programming – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Guitar – Masa Kohama
Guitar [Additional Guitar] – Tomas Salcedo
Percussion, Shaker, Handclaps – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Piano, Organ [Hammond Organ] – Lionel Holoman Jr.*
Vocals – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
A5        Transgender Biscuits
Backing Vocals – Joi Gilliam, Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Bass Guitar – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Cello – Mia Pixley
Drum Programming – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Guitar – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Lead Vocals – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Organ – Lionel Holoman Jr.*
Piano – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
B1        The Suit That Won't Come Off
Bass Guitar – Cornelius Mims
Drum Programming – Alexandro Maloles, Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Guitar – Masa Kohama
Guitar [Additional Guitar] – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Organ [Hammond Organ] – Lionel Holoman Jr.*
Percussion, Handclaps – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Vocals – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
B2        A Cold November Street
Bass Guitar – Cornelius Mims
Drum Programming – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Guitar – Masa Kohama
Piano [Additional Piano] – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Piano, Organ [Hammond Organ] – Lionel Holoman Jr.*
Vocals – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
B3        The Duffler
Bass Guitar – Cornelius Mims
Drum Programming – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Guitar – Masa Kohama, Tomas Salcedo, Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Percussion, Shaker – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Piano [Additional Piano] – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Piano, Organ [Hammond Organ] – Lionel Holoman Jr.*
Vocals – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
B4        Dark Windows
Bass Guitar – Cornelius Mims
Cello – Mia Pixley
Drum Programming – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Guitar – Masa Kohama, Tomas Salcedo, Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Organ [Hammond Organ] – Lionel Holoman Jr.*
Vocals – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
B5        Never Give Up
Instruments, Vocals – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Speech [Guest Speaker] – Malcolm Spellman
B6        Bullshit Anthem
Backing Vocals – Cornelius Mims, Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Bass Guitar – Cornelius Mims
Drum Programming – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Guitar – Masa Kohama, Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Lead Vocals – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Percussion, Shaker – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Piano, Organ [Hammond Organ] – Lionel Holoman Jr.*
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Blackball Universe, Inc.
Copyright © – Blackball Universe, Inc.
Licensed To – Cooking Vinyl Ltd.
Pressed By – MPO
Recorded At – Blackball Universe Studio
Art Direction, Design – Edoardo Chavarín
Engineer [Protools Engineer] – Alexandro Maloles (tracks: A4, B1, B3, B4), Jabari Tawiah (tracks: A1-A3, A5, B1-B3, B5, B6), Nahuel Bronzini (tracks: A1-A5, B1-B9, B11)
Mastered By – Dave McNair
Mixed By – Nahuel Bronzini (tracks: B3)
Mixed By [Mixing Engineer] – Matt Winegar (tracks: A1-A5, B1, B2, B4-B6)
Photography By [Photo] – Lyle Owerko
Written-By, Producer – Xavier Dphrepaulezz
Indie Record Store Exclusive. Possibly a US exclusive.
Includes download card
Barcode (Stickered On Shrink Wrap): 071127520507
Barcode (On Outer Sleeve): 7 11297 52051 4
Label Code: 7180
Matrix / Runout ((A Side)): COOKLP 705 A mpo 18 204622 -lvc-
Matrix / Runout ((B Side)): COOKLP 705 B mpo 18 20447 -lvc-
 

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 06/15/2018