Cannonball described Cackles during a Natalie Perez interview on the eve of its release in 2017:

“I wrote most of Cackles in crowded, disorienting bus stations around Europe, and while the last track (“ZOB”) is the only song that actually takes place in a bus station, the whole EP could easily be a trip through the mind of someone waiting for a bus. And that’s going to be a very active mind.

I try to avoid judging my own work after it’s finished. The whole experience of creating something is a real challenge, and it can be any combination of traumatizing and thrilling; once I’ve decided it’s ready to be released, I don’t think it’s up to me to judge the quality of it.

To me, each song on Cackles also has a distinct mood, and whether I enjoy them or not depends on my own mood. “Ailing in Leipzig” is a paranoid, apocalyptic song, inspired by some experiences I’ve had in the US and Europe in the past year. “Orbiting the Pacific” is a poem about the romanticization (orientalism) of what’s often called “the third world”, set to music. “Rabbit” is almost a love song. “ZOB” is hectic and absurd.”

The full interview is available here.

released May 26, 2017

All music and lyrics written and performed by Cannonball Statman.

Engineered by Franz Rodeck at Culture Container in Berlin, DE. March 19th, 2017.

Album Cover by Brian Kelly

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