Some things just keep coming back to bite you on the ass over and over again, reminding you to look . It makes you remember them, this biting and nipping. If you hit your thumb flush with a hammer once, you can forget about it in time. It will blend away into the forgone before the end of the month, unless it’s a really huge hammer or a really huge thumb. It’s memorable for a while and then it fleets away like almost every frost by noontime. The Trainwreck Riders hopped off of a tour that next to the current tour of Cold War Kids/Delta Spirit/Tokyo Police Club had been one of the most natural forming Daytrotter showcases to work its way across the country. It was a trifecta of bands that had all been in for recording sessions with us or lined up for a session – Two Gallants and Langhorne Slim – a feat that was completed when this humble, Southern-fried San Francisco band made it into our casa. They showed an armful of hellos at us from Tyson and Adam and Langhorne and all of the gang back on the proper route, set to meet them at that night’s venue. The biting in the ass part of the story comes into play because one of the most memorable power points about this tour and this session flashes up only because of an incident that happened shortly after the Riders were with us – comfortably playing, unaware of the bizarre evening they were about to shortly have in Texas. As tourmates Two Gallants were on stage in Houston, a police officer entered the club, walked up to the stage and told lead singer Adam Stephens to stopping playing because there was a noise complaint. Stephens didn’t stop. He didn’t understand what was being asked. It was a rock and roll show at a legitimate club and a two-piece just isn’t capable of being the impetus for a noise complaint – turned up to everything that amp can handle and pounding louder than an exploding dump truck. What the police officer did next, made news all over the place a few days afterward. He went onto stage and took Stephens down. He tasered random people and members from all three bands were arrested as the club turned into a chaotic mess. This is what I remember about the time surrounding this session. I consider this the last known recording of the Trainwreck Riders before they lost their innocence. They were different men then – not accosted, not haggard, not jilted. Houston changed them. They’re still fighting that racket – with some legal proceedings to take care of this week on their way to South By Southwest. It keeps biting their ass. – Sean Moeller

First song
Wine Stains (Trainwreck Riders) [2.99MB] [1433 downloads]


– original version appears on Lonely Road Revival
Says Pete, “Basically, it’s about being slippery and walking home in the morning.”

Second song
High Tide (Trainwreck Riders) [2.53MB] [1367 downloads]


– unreleased
Says Pete, “It’s written from the perspective of someone that has to do something that he doesn’t really want to do but the stakes are too high.”

Third song
In The Wake Of It All (Trainwreck Riders) [3.20MB] [1365 downloads]


– original version appears on Lonely Road Revival
Says Pete, “Making mistakes, I guess.”
Says Andrew: “And the coming and going of a brief, but meaningful encounter that still lingers — a bit bitter though.

Fourth song
Old Timey Feeling (Trainwreck Riders) [2.52MB] [1343 downloads]


– original version appears on Lonely Road Revival
Says Andrew, “The music captures a feeling and it’s partially about my deceased pet rats and some other relationship stuff that I can’t mention without getting some heat.”