Straight up, I have been obsessed with GIFTS FROM ENOLA for nearly two decades, so when the band agreed to a four-tape discography boxset I kinda lost my shit. Now two years after my initial email, '2006-2013' releases in full on December 22nd, 2023 via 75 of the aforementioned boxsets (45 standard, 25 swirl, 5 tests). Housing every song the band ever released as well as a bunch of demos, lost tracks, and live jams, the four tapes manage to span over five hours of incredible post-rock/post-hardcore in the vein of Pelican, Russian Circles, and even split-mates Caravels. I was lucky enough to sit down with CJ, Nate, and Andrew (aka Barnes) who played in GIFTS FROM ENOLA and now spend time in
Drunk Couples,
Kircher,
Prayer Group,
Fake Fever, and
Florida Man. Here's just a fraction of what we discussed: Fisher Price record players, catering for KISS, are the
Beatles overrated?, learning Garage Band, why there's no bass in "The Vision of Ruby Turpin", movie/t.v. placements & ASCAP, buried-ass vocals,
Andrew W.K. rips shit up, the "rock band" album, from laptops to storage units, kicked out of the studio by
Ludacris, befriending
Caravels, the breakup, the reunion, resurrecting stems and the tape discography set, two inadvertent ZBR connections, etc. Bands played in this podcast:
Caravels,
Finger Of God,
Lower Automation,
Maps,
Voyage In Coma, and
You May Die In The Desert. Listen to podcast #138 which is
available to stream and/or download for free via this link.
GIFTS FROM ENOLA
1 Gifts From Enola Goes to College
MAPS "Breathing Water" (Andrew)
FINGER OF GOD "They Weren't So Much About Being Edge as they were About Being Betrayed" (Dave)
2 Gifts From Enola Drives the Death Trap
YOU MAY DIE IN THE DESERT "International Waters" (Nate)
3 Gifts From Enola Gets the Guillotine
CARAVELS "Safety Jobs" (CJ)
~Dave
GIFTS FROM ENOLA "Homeys"
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