Smallpox is an open-ended, modern rock collaborative formed in 2019, featuring former members of Cupid and Psyche, Shirk Circus, The 65’s and The Subway Surfers.

The project features our good friend *Daniel Smith*, whose album _Groping For Luna, Vol. 1_ we released back in 2014. Dan was also the bass player in the excellent NJ power pop band _Shirk Circus_ (check out the 2011 Dromedary album _This Band Will Destroy Your Life_ as well as their two outstanding albums on the Bar/None label) and played bass and guitar with *The 65’s* on their 2011 Dromedary album _Strike Hard_.

We’ve always loved Dan’s songwriting and his outstanding musicianship. But we also became aware of his fantastic interpretations of other people’s songs. His cover of Liz Phair’s “Fuck and Run” is featured on our 2013 compilation _From ’93 ‘Til Infinity_, a cover he pulled together in less than a day. He also covered Husker Du’s “Flip Your Wig” by our request, which we released as a free download in advance of the _Groping For Luna_ record.

With his collaborative band *Smallpox*, Dan has been building a small library of excellent cover songs, and we feel like they deserve to be heard. 2020 was a miserable year by just about all accounts – heading into 2021, we all want a return to something familiar, something less, well, tense.

The debut album by Smallpox, _…For A Girl_, was recently released on Eyeball Records. As a companion to that release, we will be releasing one new cover song every other week, throughout 2021. For now, the songs will be digital only, available only in our Bandcamp store (no streaming services, no iTunes, etc). You can purchase them for $1 each, or you can simply buy the entire _Covers Album_ for $18 and get every one of the songs as we release them.

As we limp out of the disaster that was 2020, any sane, rational person on the planet is banking on a better 2021. _Most_ of us are depending on a _banner_ 2021, to erase the pain of a year that everybody wants to forget.

We thought it would be a good idea to start the year off with some good mojo right away, so on *New Year’s Day* we will be releasing the latest single from *Stuyvesant* – _Crow_.

The third installment of the band’s “Safari Cards” series of singles, the two-song single will be available as another limited-edition, lathe-cut 7″, as well as on all digital formats. Two more blasts of power pop from our flagship band! Preorders will be available on New Year’s Eve!

We’ve been a record label for 27 years, and we’ve never released a Christmas record.

We’ve been waiting for just the right year to spring just the right beast on you, and a 2020 record by NJ thrash monsters WORLDSUCKS seemed to fit.

We’ll also be making a limited-edition lathe-cut 7″ of this one, but like everything else in 2020, it didn’t work out the way we’d hoped, and we won’t have them shippable until early February. Buy one now for the lower-than-usual price of ten bucks. This one will NOT be a “when they’re gone, they’re gone” release, as we’ll re-press as needed in late 2021, assuming we’re all still here.

“Must Be Santa”/”Must Be Satan” is the perfect soundtrack to your socially-distanced, stay-at-home-alone holiday. So sit back, spike your eggnog, and have a Metal Christmas!

*Karyn Kuhl Band Drops Cover of Donna Summer Classic “I Feel Love” as Limited-Edition
Lathe-Cut 7″ Single*

Hoboken, NJ — October 9, 2020 — Wading through the darkness, inequality, hatred,
divisiveness, suddenly you feel something… different… bubbling up. You feel… love. And the
pulsing soundtrack is the Karyn Kuhl Band’s thrilling new cover of the disco-electro classic “I
Feel Love.” The song is being issued by Dromedary Records as a strictly limited-edition
lathe-cut 7″ single, with complimentary digital download.

Donna Summer’s 1977 recording of “I Feel Love,” which she co-wrote with the song’s producers
Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, hit No. 1 in six different countries, while becoming a top-10
smash in the U.S. But its influence has long surpassed the chart success, with artists such as
David Bowie, Blondie, and Brian Eno citing the musical innovations. The Karyn Kuhl Band’s
fresh take honors the legendary record while adding their own unique, hypnotic rock twist.
Insistent, metallic, garage-rock guitar announces that this isn’t your mother’s “I Feel Love,” just
before Larry Heinemann (Springhouse, Blue Man Group) on bass and Jonpaul Pantozzi on
drums lock into a spellbinding groove. Clear and cool, Karyn’s vocals rise to the top of the mix,
while her guitar trades licks with James Mastro’s (the Bongos, Ian Hunter, reunited Mott the
Hoople). Mastro ups the delightfully strange quotient with touches of keyboard and vocoder.
Wild sounds spin and swirl for 5+ minutes — are the aliens landing in that last bit?!? — before
you’re left spent, on the floor, while over on the turntable the needle clings to that lock groove
for dear life.

“I Feel Love” was produced, recorded, and mixed by Larry Heinemann at his Rabbit Hole studio
in Jersey City, NJ, and mastered by Ray Ketchem (Guided by Voices, Alex Chilton, Luna) at
Magic Door Recording in Montclair, NJ.

Karyn Kuhl first received national acclaim for her early bands Gut Bank and Sexpod, growing
out of the vibrant Hoboken music scene and the legendary club Maxwell’s. (“Gut Bank’s The
Dark Ages is one exceptional debut album.” —Robert Palmer, New York Times ) With her
current group, Karyn rocks more commandingly than ever before. “I Feel Love” follows the
band’s debut album Songs for the Dead (2013) and the EPs The Stars Will Bring You Home
(2016) and Hey Kid (2019).

In 2017, “Say Goodbye” from Songs for the Dead was featured on
the Netflix series Gypsy , and in 2019, their stand-alone single “Be Your Friend” was included on
the Freeform television network hit Good Trouble . In 2020, the band contributed two songs to
the Talk – Action = Zero fundraiser compilations organized by Rough Trade Publishing and
Bank Robber Music. For vol. 1, benefiting the Black Visions Collective, Kuhl submitted her
anthemic track “It’s Over,” for which she also directed a stirring, call-to-action music video. On
vol. 2, exclusive track “The Tower” benefited Spread The Vote, working toward empowerment at
the polls. Currently, the band is working on a new 5-song EP, to be titled HOME:SICK .

The “I Feel Love” lathe-cut 7″ single by the Karyn Kuhl Band will be available for purchase on
November 4 at dromedaryrecords.bandcamp.com

Our newest single is out today, two lightning-fast doses of blistering pop from *Cathedral Ceilings*. The lathe cut 7″ sold out in 24 hours, but you can still get the download. Find out what’s got everyone so excited, check it out “here”:https://dromedaryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/thanks-for-the-guitar-mommy

Thanks to Tom at Look At My Records for their premiere of *Thanks For The Guitar, Mommy* by Cathedral Ceilings, which is out tomorrow.

“The two songs clock in at under three minutes combined, but their brevity and immediacy are key parts of their strengths. They both hone in on the kind of infectious and melodic guitar hooks that are unrelenting and fast, allowing each song’s catchy riffs and rhythms to fester.”

Read the entire review and listen to the songs “here”:https://www.lookatmyrecords.com/premieres/2020/10/20/v6tymb0gahpnh4047jz6hzyuq89kwa – the lathe-cut 7″s are already sold out, but you can purchase the download or stream it everywhere tomorrow!