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Cheap City

Skyscrapers

Released September 2, 2022

Dollhouse Lightning

 

Credits

Brendan Blendell: bass
Cody Gagen: drums
Greg Nahabedian: keyboards, guitar, accordion, vocals
Paul Schmelz: guitar

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Cheap City

 

Recorded and mixed by Cheap City
Mastered by Tyler Bisson at Audio Geography


Christmas in the Dollhouse

Released December 22, 2021

Track 3 ("A Very Cheap City Christmas") on compilation album

Dollhouse Lightning

 

Credits

Brendan Blendell: bass
Cody Gagen: drums
Greg Nahabedian: keyboards, vocals
Paul Schmelz: guitar

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Cheap City

 

Recorded and mixed by Cheap City
Mastered by Paul Schmelz


7.x7"

Released December 4, 2020

Track 2 ("From the Diary of Raymond Wessex Pt. 1") on split EP

Dollhouse Lightning / Flowerpot Records

 

Credits

Brendan Blendell: bass
Cody Gagen: drums
Greg Nahabedian: keyboards, vocals, white noise bongo
Paul Schmelz: guitar

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Cheap City

 

Recorded and mixed by Cheap City
Mastered by Wes Meadows


Stompin' at the Swamp

Released June 26, 2020

Dollhouse Lightning

 

Credits

Brendan Blendell: bass
Cody Gagen: drums
Greg Nahabedian: keyboards, vocals
Paul Schmelz: guitar

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Cheap City

 

Recorded and mixed by Cheap City
Mastered by Tyler Bisson at Audio Geography


Junkluggers

Released May 15, 2020

Dollhouse Lightning

 

Credits

Brendan Blendell: bass
Cody Gagen: drums
Greg Nahabedian: keyboards, vocals
Paul Schmelz: guitar

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Cheap City

 

Recorded and mixed by Cheap City
Mastered by Tyler Bisson at Audio Geography


Tanked for Jupiter (Live)
Released February 21, 2020

Dollhouse Lightning

 

Credits
Brendan Blendell: bass, vocals
Cody Gagen: drums, vocals
Greg Nahabedian: keyboards, vocals, percussion
Paul Schmelz: guitar, vocals

with

June Violet Aino: trombone
Tony Batey: tenor saxophone
Tori Caruso: vocals
Jarryd Conz: alto saxophone
James Ikeda: vocals
Boy Nirvana: vocals

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Cheap City


Recorded by Dan Thorn at Pink Noise Studios
Filmed by Scott Quade
Mixed by Greg Nahabedian
Mastered by Tyler Bisson at Audio Geography


Tanked for Jupiter
Released December 6, 2019

Dollhouse Lightning

Credits
Brendan Blendell: bass, guitar, trombone, mandolin
Cody Gagen: drums, percussion
Greg Nahabedian: keyboards, vocals
Paul Schmelz: guitar, saxophone, vocals

with
Tori Caruso: vocals
Boy Nirvana: vocals
Jill Ross: trumpet, vocals

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Cheap City

Recorded by Dan Thorn at Pink Noise Studios

Mixed by Cheap City
Mastered by Tyler Bisson at Audio Geography


Welcome to Lizardville

Released September 27, 2019

Dollhouse Lightning

 

Credits

Brendan Blendell: bass
Cody Gagen: drums
Greg Nahabedian: keyboards, vocals
Paul Schmelz: guitar

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Cheap City

 

Recorded by Dan Thorn at Pink Noise Studios

Mixed by Cheap City
Mastered by Tyler Bisson at Audio Geography


Do the Pitchfork

Released August 30, 2019

Dollhouse Lightning

 

Credits

Brendan Blendell: bass
Cody Gagen: drums
Greg Nahabedian: keyboards, vocals
Paul Schmelz: guitar

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Cheap City

 

Recorded and mixed by Cheap City
Mastered by Tyler Bisson at Audio Geography


The Pierre Boulez Memorial (Remix)

Released July 19, 2019

Dollhouse Lightning

 

Credits

Brendan Blendell: bass, trombone, vocals
Cody Gagen: drums, percussion, vocals
Greg Nahabedian: keyboards, vocals
Paul Schmelz: guitar, saxophone, vocals

 

with

Nicole Parks: violin

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Cheap City

 

Original track engineered and produced by Dan Thorn at Pink Noise Studios

Remixed by Greg Nahabedian
Mastered by Tyler Bisson at Audio Geography


Rats and Rascals
Released April 5, 2019

Dollhouse Lightning

Credits
Brendan Blendell: bass, guitar, trombone, mandolin, banjo, vocals, glockenspiel
Cody Gagen: drums, percussion, vocals
Greg Nahabedian: keyboards, piano, vocals, glockenspiel
Paul Schmelz: guitar, saxophone, vocals

with
James Ikeda: vocals
Katherine Fuller: vocals
Nicole Parks: violin
Shannon Williams: clarinet

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Cheap City

Engineered and mixed by Dan Thorn at Pink Noise Studios
Produced by Dan Thorn and Cheap City
Mastered by Tyler Bisson at Audio Geography


Clocktower Broke

Released September 7, 2018

Dollhouse Lightning

 

Credits

Brendan Blendell: bass, trombone

Cody Gagen: drums, vocals

Greg Nahabedian: keyboards, vocals

Paul Schmelz: guitar, vocals, saxophone

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Cheap City

 

Recorded by Dan Thorn at Pink Noise Studios

Additional recording and mixing by Cheap City

Mastered by Tyler Bisson at Audio Geography


Post-Nautic

Meridian

Released March 4, 2022

Dollhouse Lightning

 

Credits

Brendan Blendell: guitar, bass, keyboard, vocals

Cody Gagen: drums, vocals

Paul Schmelz: guitar, vocals

 

Lyrics and Music by Post-Nautic

 

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Post-Nautic


The Scholar's Hip Fund

Released May 8, 2015

Track 16 ("Low Tide") on compilation album

 

Funds from compilation to benefit Dérive's college scholarship program

 

Credits

Brendan Blendell: guitar

Paul Schmelz: guitar, bass, vocals

Grant Horner: bass

Cody Gagen: drums

 

Lyrics by Brendan Blendell

Music by Post-Nautic

 

Mixed by Paul Schmelz


Dérive

Instantly Black the Goodness

Released August 25, 2017

Howling Frequency Records

 

Credits

Brendan Blendell: banjo, bass, guitar, vocals
Paul DeGrandpre: drums
Greg Nahabedian: guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals
Paul Schmelz: guitar, alto saxophone, vocals

 

Lyrics by Greg Nahabedian

Music by Dérive

 

Recorded May 2017 at Silver Bullet Studios
Engineered and mixed by Chris Teti
Mastered at Sun Room Audio