Anyways, download this hotcake (the music) or make your eyes bleed with the accompanying blog post.

Edit (8:01 am): Ryan Adams is on this mixtape. I didn’t realize that before posting. I in no way endorse any music on this mixtape, and quite literally am having a hard time not repeatedly showering until I get all the osmotic suck gone. If you feel compelled to toss molotov cocktails my way, I won’t hold it against you.

OPEN YOUR EYES RECORDS AND WHAT.CD PARTNER FOR EXCLUSIVE PRE-RELEASES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Open Your Eyes Records and What.cd have partnered together to revolutionize the industry landscape by making it clear that p2p technology and record labels can work hand-in-hand to accomplish their ultimate goals: getting artists heard and growing their fan bases.

This partnership gives members of the What.cd community the benefit and privilege of being first to get all albums that have been and will be released by Open Your Eyes Records. In recognition of the attraction of having a head-up on the media and mainstream, Open Your Eyes Records and What.cd are catering to the p2p community by getting all new releases, artist news and updates to the file sharing community before it is accessible to the general public.

Open Your Eyes Records is a company built by musicians, for musicians. It strives to make their artists everything they should be to the public and themselves, without taking a big piece of the cake. This is contrary to the philosophy of many of the current independent labels and all of the major label juggernauts because Open Your Eyes Record has a unique vision. Open Your Eyes Records is a launch pad for the nation’s next big acts, and a starting point towards greatness. In its partnership with What.cd, Open Your Eyes Records is recognizing the need to embrace the new possibilities of information exchange of the Internet to fulfill this mission.

All Open Your Eyes releases will be freeleech from this point forward, as will all future releases. Enjoy the tunes, and make sure to support the label and artists!

Open Your Eyes Records has recently signed a new band, “<b style=”color:black;background-color:#ffff66″>I Call Fives</b>,” hailing from Southern New Jersey. The band’s debut album, “First Things First” will be released to the public on December 19th 2008, but the What.CD community will be getting this album exclusively today.

Open Your Eyes Records first signing was Four Year Strong who released their debut CD “It’s Our Time” in 2005 on a fledgling label with a single employee. Since this time, Four Year Strong has gone on to sign with Decaydance Records, home of Gym Class Hereos, Cobra Starship, and Panic! At the Disco.

their live show i saw is still unrivaled in measure of pure energy. i’m not sure how many generations they had on stage, but they were all jamming. if you could buy this disc, i’d tell you to, but you can’t easily. i’m not even sure the emusic store owner is legit.

enjoy this album, on me. if you can find anything else out about this band, please let me know - mattsy@myuzk.com.

Hey,

I’m Matt. I’ve been obsessed with music - creating, listening, and understanding, since I was very young. My first instrument was the piano, but I found that I could work well with anything I got my hands on. (Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Ocarina, Accordian, Synth, Mandolin, Ukelele, etc.) It wasn’t too long before I started writing music and eventually I found myself writing video-game tunes for a decent bandwidth RPG resource page, www.warofthemagi.net.

From there I started jamming with local musicians, but found there was a pretty depressing shortage of drummers. Having a friend with a cheap set, I hopped on and after a month or so I was fluent. Drumming has since become a great passion of mine, as I now play drums for three bands(not including my own projects).

With a wide array of instruments, less than mediocre recording equipment, but big ideas and overflowing passion, I will continue to write, record, perform, and make my music heard. I hope the ride is as fun for you as it is for me.