''Bridge'' is the first solo album by Californian
punk rock musician
Joey Cape, frontman of
Lagwagon and
Bad Astronaut
Bad Astronaut is an American indie/alternative rock band founded in 2000 by Joey Cape, singer from Lagwagon. In Bad Astronaut, Joey Cape explores a style of alternative rock, with lyrics often about deep and intricate personal matters.
The band ...
, released on September 29, 2008, through
Suburban Home Records
Suburban Home Records and Distribution is a record label based in Denver, Colorado, United States. The label was founded in 1995 by Virgil Dickerson, and is known for focusing on vinyl releases and bands in the pop-punk and alt-country genres. Its ...
.
Unlike Cape's work in his bands, the album is an
acoustic alternative
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indie rock
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album, much like his work with
Tony Sly
Anthony James Sly (November 4, 1970 – July 31, 2012) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the front man of the punk rock band No Use for a Name. In his later years he also gained attention for his acoustic ...
on their collaborative album ''Acoustic'' from 2004. In the album's booklet, Cape describes the solo album as a "
rite of passage
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."
5 songs on the album are acoustic renditions of songs previously released on the
Lagwagon EP ''
I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon
''I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon'' is a Lagwagon EP released in 2008. It is their first recording released since 2005's ''Resolve'' and final recording with longtime bassist Jesse Buglione, who left the band in 2010.
Track l ...
'' which was released in August of the same year. Those are: "Errands", "B Side", "Memoirs and Landmines", "No Little Pill" and "Mission Unaccomplished".
Track listing
Personnel
*
Joey Cape - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, production, engineering
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Joey Cape albums
2008 albums
Suburban Home Records albums
Albums produced by Joey Cape