Casual Technicians
Deeply Unworthy

pysch-pop / weirdo dad jams / lo-fi pop / indie folk

“Deeply Unworthy” has many of the touchstones of their March self-titled debut; genre-hopping pastiche work, equally at home exploring emotional themes with humor and humorous themes with emotion. The first album serves as an introduction to the band, exploring themes of getting older, settling down, and creating narratives based on actual experiences, overheard conversations, and anecdotes of the locals near Boone’s Chittenango, NY farm. “Deeply Unworthy” in comparison is more lyrically focused. In conversation, one of the members said he had been informed by his wife that he was somewhat (or perhaps completely) lacking in emotional intelligence. The trio (each of whom are husbands and fathers) found that they had this same deficit in common. They quickly realized that the themes of emotional intelligence, avoidance, and masculinity were fertile ground for lyrical exploration. Most of the songs circle around the ideas of numbing out, inability to name feelings, and “tough guy” culture. A lot of inspiration was taken from truck decals and imagining the internal lives of men compelled to cover their vehicle windows with aggressive, confrontational and isolating slogans. There is something equally hilarious and sad about false bravado and the insecurities attached to it, and it is a little hard to face the truth that we all carry these same traits within ourselves. The boys of Casual Technicians hope, nay, demand that their families will be impressed with the inner growth and self-acceptance this album exhibits.

Much of the instrumental work was produced by Tyler at his home in Orange, New Jersey. They then gathered at Boone’s farm in Chittenango, New York and posted up in an amazing little attic studio that Boone built above the sheep shed. Over the course of a particularly cold, wet and muddy March week they wrote and recorded the vocal melodies, harmonies, and lyrics and put the finishing instrumental touches together. On top of the music-making they spent the week meeting local characters, hanging with Boone’s in-laws, toddler, and brand new month and a half old baby. His wife Megan even cooked a leg of lamb over an open fire. Keep an ear out for additional instrumental contributions on the album including: Fraser A. Campbell on saxophone, Dave Majerus on guitar, and Yotam Ben-Or on chromatic harmonica. In regards to Yotam, Tyler saw him performing at the airport and contacted him to record some tracks. Pretty cool! At any rate, Casual Technicians hope you enjoy the new album and urge you to look within, give your inner child a hug and switch out some of those naughty bumper stickers for something a little more loving and cool.