{"id":243,"date":"2025-01-29T10:47:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willsisskind.com\/blog\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2025-10-20T17:35:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:35:55","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/willsisskind.com\/blog\/music\/","title":{"rendered":"Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I make music under the name THE PARIS BUNS, and have done so since 2015, when I first put an album of lo-fi acoustic tracks on Bandcamp. I have played in bars, in subway stations, on beaches, and in many other places for ne&#8217;er-do-wells around New York, New Jersey, and Boston. Big shows include the 2019 Jersey Shore Festival, the 2024 Melrose Porchfest, during a very rowdy St. Patrick&#8217;s Day at Paddy Reilly&#8217;s on Second Avenue, and on a Zoom call with the staff of the Internet Archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE PARIS BUNS have released several LPs and EPs, and a handful of singles on all the major streaming platforms. They have also moonlighted as a Mountain Goats cover band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may see the entirety of THE PARIS BUNS&#8217; discography below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2014 &#8211; Monday Morning Sessions (LP, 9 tracks, unreleased)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 &#8211; Bound To Brooklyn (LP, 10 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017 &#8211; Salt Town (EP, 5 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018 &#8211; Push Gently (LP, 11 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019 &#8211; Tulpa Infinitive (EP, 6 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020 &#8211; 37 total tracks:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>January &#8211; Metromania I: Charm (EP, 5 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>February &#8211; Metromania II: Pain (EP, 4 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March &#8211; Metromania III: Merit (EP, 5 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April &#8211; Metromania IV: Concept (EP, 4 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May &#8211; Metromania V: Laze (EP, 5 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June &#8211; Metromania VI: Trauma (EP, 6 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July &#8211; Metromania VII: Self (EP, 4 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>August &#8211; Metromania VIII: Chaos (EP, 4 tracks)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022 &#8211; Memory Box (LP, 12 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024 &#8211; This Way To The Swan Pond (EP, 6 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2025 &#8211; 24 total tracks:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>February &#8211; Songs For The End Times (LP, 9 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April &#8211; Seek Alternate Route (EP, 4 tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>October &#8211; Polyrhythms (LP, 11 tracks)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TOTAL TRACKS AS THE PARIS BUNS: <\/strong>120<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have also made music as THE WORK FROM HOME SINGERS, a sister group of THE PARIS BUNS, which dabbles in more silly or off-the-cuff ideas. See their discography below as well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2023 &#8211; 49 total tracks:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>June: Songs About The Alphabet, Maybe! (LP, 27 tracks). <em>An album where each track starts with the following letter in the English alphabet, a.k.a. A for &#8220;Antelopes and Aardvarks&#8221;, B for &#8220;Beetles For Breakfast&#8221;, and so on until Z, &#8220;Zipper Got Stuck&#8221;. The last track goes back to A, and is called &#8220;Antelope Afterword&#8221;, therefore creating a cyclical nature. <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>September: Live From Verona (LP, 22 tracks). <em>An album where each track is based &#8211; loosely, in some cases &#8211; on a Shakespeare story or character, such as &#8220;Bloody Bloody Richard&#8221; about Richard III, &#8220;Falling Up&#8221; about Falstaff (in rap form), &#8220;I&#8217;m A Madman&#8221; about King Lear, and &#8220;Brave New World&#8221;, told from the viewpoint of Prospero from &#8220;The Tempest&#8221; (despite Miranda saying the famous &#8220;O, brave new world&#8221; quote. I said these songs were <\/em>loosely<em> adapted.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/willsisskind.com\/blog\/music\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Music\"><p>I make music under the name THE PARIS BUNS, and have done so since 2015, when I first put an album of lo-fi acoustic tracks on Bandcamp. I have played in bars, in subway stations, on beaches, and in many other places for ne&#8217;er-do-wells around New York, New Jersey, and Boston. 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