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Single color design printed by Ben Allen on Port & Company Core Cotton 50/50 t-shirt in pink. Artwork by Kim Darling.
Single color design printed by Ben Allen on District 100% cotton t-shirts in black. Artwork by Kim Darling.
18 x 24 - "Just Leave" Album Release Party Poster - Designed and screen printed on poster board by Ink Tank Merch. A commemorative piece to help recirculate what you forgot from that evening. Artwork by Kim Darling.
Limited Edition run of Pale Blue Vinyl while supplies last.
Send the Wolves is the product of thirty years spent on basement steps, idolizing guitars; a reflection of what life is like when the initial thrill never goes away. When it’s carried through adulthood. Through having children and marriage and bartending into bartending into bartending. That persistence of spirit lends a sincerity to Send the Wolves. It captures the feeling of going paycheck to paycheck, scrounging tips for the early tours, leaving with nothing and coming back with less. Those tours when the van breaks down on the side of the highway but it doesn’t matter because you’re out there doing it. Send the Wolves captures the triumphs, too. The packed shows. The reviews, features, interviews. The things that prove you’re playing to something other than corn and soy and prairie. Throughout all the ups and downs, Landon and Dan have remained the same wide-eyed kids on the basement steps, just wishing they were big enough to pick up the instruments.
Send the Wolves has been nine years in the making, with several members coming and going. The result is cohesive yet nuanced. There is a singular sound that is unique to Little Brazil, but Omaha’s fingerprints are all over the album, with a handful of the city’s finest adding guest contributions to the final cut. Those who helped shape Little Brazil over the years come from different musical backgrounds, age, and experience but they all have one thing in common: at a certain point when they were too young to know any better, they all fell in love with loud guitars in shitty basements. If you at all know the experience, Send the Wolves will punch you in the gut. And it’s not a sucker punch. It’s a good sincere uppercut, straight from the basement. I hope that spirit never dies.
LP INCLUDES
Digital Download (code to be sent with vinyl)
Printed inner sleeve
Sticker
4 Color Album Artwork Printed on Bella Canvas 3001
INCLUDES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CODE!
Yes Men b/w Still Lazy After All These Beers
All songs written and performed by Leafblower.
Recorded by Ian Aeillo at Studio D
Mixed and Mastered by Ian Aeillo at A Sun Room
Artwork and Design Layout by Matt Pollard.
Max Trax Records (MTR-5)
All rights reserved. Copyright 2020.
1 color front on Anvil 980 Heather Royal (black ink)
1 color front on Anvil 980 Heather Graphite (black ink)
Limited Edition run of Fluorescent Pink Vinyl while supplies last!
The two consistent members of Little Brazil, Landon Hedges and Dan Maxwell, have been chasing the same thrill since they were five years old, back when Dan’s older brothers started a punk band, with a practice space in the Maxwell basement. Hook, line, and sinker. Landon and Dan had no choice but to spend the rest of their pre-pubescent years crouched on the basement steps, not wearing earplugs. It didn’t matter if the music was good or bad or too loud to tell. J. Mascis and D. Boon and Paul Westerberg were alive in that basement, cranked through budget amplifiers and out of tune guitars.
Fast forward three decades and Landon and Dan are still making music together. Little Brazil is their most accomplished and longest running project - 20 years. Over that time the band has built an impressive resume. They’ve released four full lengths and done the national tours, both headlining and as support.
Longtime friends Shawn Cox on lead guitar & Austin Elsberry on drums complete the band’s lineup. The new record titled, “Just Leave,” is a 10-track exploration of life-long relationships, internal perspective & personal growth. Releases Friday, June 3, 2022 on Max Trax Records.
Just Leave
Shawn Cox - Guitars, Vocals
Austin Elsberry - Drums, Vocals
Landon Hedges - Guitars, Vocals
Danny Maxwell - Bass, Vocals
Additional Instrumentation:
Ben Brodin - B3 Hammond Organ, Piano, Fender Bass VI, Auxiliary Percussion, String Arrangements
Austin Elsberry - Auxiliary Percussion, Timpani, Tubular Bells, Vibraphone
Chris Machmuller - Vocals
Kyla Jerousek - Vocals
Megan Siebe - Cello, Violin, Viola, Upright Bass
Michael Saklar - Guitar
Artwork by Kim Kuhn
Photos by Chip Duden
Layout Design by Ben Allen
Produced by Little Brazil and Ben Brodin at Another Recording Company
and Hand Branch Studio in Omaha, NE, 2020.
Recorded and Mixed by Ben Brodin.
Additional Tracking by Nate Van-Fleet at Studio D in Omaha, NE.
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering in Chicago, IL.
Thank you to our families for their support over the years
and to everyone who made this record possible.
Dedicated to the memory of James Elsberry.
All songs written by Landon Hedges (BMI)
Published by Jack The Nipper (BMI)
All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2022.
© ℗ 2022 Max Trax Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Unauthorized Duplication is a Violation of Applicable Laws.
LP INCLUDES:
High-quality (32 PT) Printed Inner Sleeve with Lyrics & Credits
Digital Download Code (to be sent with vinyl)
Sticker