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Angry Young Man

by L. Mounts

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about

Since I was a kid, I've loved Billy Joel's music, but I was really only familiar with the hits. Earlier this summer, I put a pause on writing and recording acoustic music because I couldn't formulate ideas anymore. I completely broke, to the point where I wasn't sure how long it was going to be before I wrote more pop rock/folk music again. After listening to a podcast where the hosts were going back and forth about their Billy Joel fandom, it made me realize that I hadn't listened to his work in a while. I became deeply invested in his catalogue, digging up interview, live versions, demos, becoming extremely familiar with the collection. Most importantly, his music inspired me to pick up my guitar for the first time in months. I began to learn covers of my favorite songs I had come to appreciate. I always find it interesting when an artist releases a covers record and doesn't go for the immediately recognizable tracks, but now I understand that in those situations, the artist has such a knowledge and appreciation of the music being covered that it's natural not to pick the hits. You pick the songs you love. To help get myself back in the mood of recording songwriting, I chose 12 of Joel's songs that have stood out to me the most over the last few months. I made the decision to not re-record any of his songs that I had already done on the 'Against Billy Jackson' record from last year, though I was rehearsing them during the sessions of these recordings. Joel's music has become incredibly important to me, and I now genuinely herald him as one of the greatest pop and rock songwriters of all time.

I am making this album available for free download because 1) I did not write any of these songs, and 2) if you like my recordings, I would invite you to go use your money to purchase Joel's music, digitally or physically. If you so choose to send money to me, feel free to put a price on any of my other releases.

FPR Catalogue #098.

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released November 20, 2015

All songs originally written by William Martin Joel.
Performed and recorded by L. Mounts.
Cover photography by L. Mounts, edited by Mathew Morand.

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L. Mounts Chicago, Illinois

Singer of songs. Abstainer of substances. Bringer of plagues.

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