♪ Goodbye to Me ♪ ♪ Like a ladle from a cradle pouring freedom ♪ ♪ Goodbye to Me ♪ ♪ I'm a sailor the for the tailor that can ♪ It’s time to see ♪ I'm Glenn Richards and this is WUFT Amplif Showcasing some amazing artists for your l On this episode, we're going to meet Mamish with Michael Amish on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Andy Lord on bass, Dave Lebleu on drums and vocals, Ryan Baker on keyboards, Mark Archer on guitar, pedal steel and banjo and vocals.

We've got Andy Steinberg on electric guita Thom Doughty on music synthesis, Calvin Martin on trumpet, and Dana Meyers on vocals from their full length debut, album Out of the Darkness, here's “Goodbye to Me”, Mamish on WUFT Amplified.

♪ Goodbye to Me ♪ ♪ Like a ladle from a cradle pouring freed ♪ Goodbye to Me ♪ ♪ I'm a sailor the for the tailor that can ♪ It’s time to see ♪ ♪ She's a painter quite the painter who’s to blame her?

♪ ♪ It’s time to be ♪ ♪ She's a vision that’ll lead you to the reason... ♪ [Vocalizations] ♪ Diamond Rings ♪ ♪ They shine so fine.

♪ ♪ I’ll make you mine they buy us time A crime to be ♪ ♪ To be so close to be alone to be without ♪ So set this free ♪ ♪ Take a picture you may miss her there’s a fissure ♪ ♪ Get on your knees ♪ ♪ Find the answer, there’s an answer if you chance it.

♪ [Vocalizations] ♪ Don’t lie to me ♪ ♪ You're a searcher go berzerker try to find me ♪ ♪ I’m in the sea ♪ ♪ Going deeper I'm a sleeper no one save me ♪ ♪ It's time to see ♪ ♪ She's a painter quite the painter we should paint her ♪ ♪ So set me free ♪ ♪ Take a picture you may miss her I'm a pi [Vocalizations] This song’s called “King of Space” Um...This is about the race for space.

And, um, everybody trying to make money off of it.

We know there's a few of those people in the news and the world we know... And, um, we just don't need to do that.

We got a place right here.

It's quite beautiful, right?

Don’t we all agree?

Yeah, yeah.

Love your mother.

♪ In the mind of the Silver King of Space, ♪ Lays a universe that he can complicate.

♪ In the mind of the Silver King of Space, ♪ Rocket ships fly from crimes that we create.

♪ ♪ In the mind of the Silver King of Space, ♪ Halved and quartered a game that we all [Vocalizations] [Vocalizations] ♪ In the mind of the Silver King of Space, ♪ There's a race for all the silver ♪ ♪ they can take ♪ ♪ In the mind of the Silver King of Space, ♪ Bells and whistles ♪ ♪ all the silly we can make ♪ ♪ In the mind of the Silver King of Space ♪ What he lacks in wit he makes up in conf [Vocalizations] ♪ In the minds of the Silver Kings of Spac ♪ The rich that die writing crimes to recreate ♪ ♪ Comes a time all the Silver Kings of Spa ♪ Comes a time all the silver dreams we ch [Vocalizations] [Vocalizations] ♪ King of Space.

♪ That’s “King of Space” from Mamish on WUFT Amplified, “Goodbye to Me” starting things off.

Michael, good to see you.

Glenn, great to see you!

Like, to actually see you in person, and i In person?

I should say that about you.

We just hear you all the time on the radio.

This is true.

Good to see you.

So after a storied career in some Gainesville stalwarts like Subrosa and Bears and Lions, tell us how you brought this project out of the darkness.

Oh, wow... Well, um, it was um, many days and many nights in a very deep, dark place in a cave.

And I, um, brought them out of the cave... Out of the darkness.

It sounds like a Bears and Lions story.

It should be, shouldn’t it?

No cheating.

Yeah, I found the songs just all - they were just laying around all over the place.

I mean, were these, like, uh, songs - How long have you been writing these songs Um, yeah... Ever since, um, I just wanted to get away from Andy and Bears and Lions.

And yet you called him over to sit next to you.

Yeah, I know, I know... Who, me?

No, but seriously, how long have you had - I mean, are these songs that were, you know, could have been Bears and Lions songs or you just, uh, started them after Bears and Lions?

I mean, I think I did bring a couple to Andy, and we were both like, no, these are too dark and like, you know, felt too raw.

The kids wouldn't - it wouldn't be good for the kids.

Um... and it was a time of where I was, um, you know, kind of discovering some new musical - exploring some new musical things, some new personal things.

I, um... Just - yeah.

You kinda had to take off the costume, felt like we were living behind the costume in a lot of ways.

And... I was afraid, kind of, to take it off and, you know, it was a superhero outfit of sorts.

You could do anything, you know, in that.

But at the same time, to be vulnerable had to take it off.

So here we are.

Unmasked.

Or, I am....And, um, yeah.

And so this is a whole new project birthed from that.

Out of fear, Out of the Darkness.

Gotcha.

You, um, created a really neat world to - to - to live in, like, aurally, um... I really enjoy it.

I mean, I - I'm a big, uh, Beatles nerd, so it's very Beatlesesque in many ways, but I mean, baroque pop, um, I think, uh, I need to find because I can't recreate this from memory.

A mix of folk piano mash, sloppy country, uh, which is why you brought Mark Archer in.

Hey...Zing.

Okay, give me more sloppy Mud rock, dirty Beach Boy.

Eclectic rock.

Um, it's really, uh, so many different influences, but... you've created this, like, palette.

Uh, that's really enjoyable to listen to.

Yeah.

Thank you.

It was really hard to actually come up with, What does it sound like?

When people ask me that - especially people who’ve known me for a long time or have, known Bears and Lions.

So, um, yeah, it was - there were no boundaries with it.

There were no rules.

There was - and I think that's what - what made it so cathartic was that, um, it just whatever came to me, um, was going to go on the album.

You've got some, uh, you know, many of the folks here, uh, performed on the album, but you performed a lot of it yourself, recorded a lot of it, as well as writing.

Uh, and Andy... You brought Andy along.

So, Andy, you got nothing - nothing going on?

No, I don't, yeah, I get paid a lot of money to do this.

That's not true at all.

No, but - and you, you co-wrote, uh, one of the songs on the album... Maybe.

Maybe.

Yeah.

But, you know, to be humble here.

And Mike's being very humble about all of this, I think, um, you know, I think as artists, everybody has these ideas in their head and these songs that they craft on their own independently.

And I think all of us that are sitting around here encouraged him to go off and do this independently and get that out of them, um, because it was pretty amazing.

You know, sometimes playing a supporting role in a - in a feature film like this is pretty, pretty awesome.

You know, in - in some of the songs.

I mean, it sounds like an adult Bears and Lions.

I mean, some of these songs - this one could very well have been a - a Bears and Lions kind of song.

I mean, because it's, it's very positive.

It's got, you know, uh, positive message and all that sort of thing.

Yeah.

I was thinking about my kids, actually in this one.

My - Zander and Ava, my son and daughter.

And, um, if I - was really bad giving them advice, you know, like, thinking what fatherly advice can I give them growing up?

I always felt like, God, you just failed again at that.

So this was kind of that for them.

All right, well, let's hear one more from Out of the Darkness.

This is “Be Simple” from Mamish on WUFT Amplified.

♪ Go in the world, but please be careful ♪ ♪ There’s lots of grey, some good advice ♪ ♪ Obey the rules, but be sure to break them.

♪ ♪ Yeah, if you find they complicate what's ♪ And please be careful ♪ ♪ But don't be afraid of the other side ♪ ♪ And please be simple, ♪ ♪ But don't take along what you should leave behind ♪ ♪ No need to complicate the basic stuff in ♪ Don't over-contemplate what you know to be right.

♪ ♪ Yeah.

♪ ♪ Bah, bah, bah, ♪ ♪ bah, bah, bah, bah bu-badah ♪ ♪ Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, ♪ ♪ bah, bah, bu-badah ♪ ♪ Go in the world, but please be careful ♪ ♪ In every valley there's a hill to climb ♪ It might be long but be sure to pace it ♪ You never know what you're sure to find ♪ And please be careful ♪ ♪ But don't be afraid of the other side ♪ ♪ And please be simple ♪ ♪ But don't take along what you should leave behind ♪ ♪ No need to complicate the basic stuff i ♪ Don't over-contemplate what you know to ♪ Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, ♪ ♪ bah bu-badah Bah, bah, bah, ♪ ♪ bah, bah, bah, bah, bu-badah ♪ ♪ And please be simple ♪ ♪ But don't take along what you should leave behind ♪ ♪ No need to complicate the basic stuff i ♪ Don't over-contemplate what you know to be right ♪ ♪ Yeah!

And please be careful ♪ ♪ And please be simple.

♪ ♪ Please be careful ♪ ♪ Please, please, please ♪ ♪ Yeah please be simple... ♪ ♪ And please be careful ♪ ♪ Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, ♪ ♪ bah bu-badah Bah, bah, bah, bah, ♪ ♪ bah, bah bah, bu-badah ♪ ♪ Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, ♪ ♪ bah bu-badah Bah, bah, bah, ♪ ♪ bah, bah, bah, bah... ♪ ♪ There's a place that we go when we're all alone ♪ ♪ Cul-de-sac in the back with a corded phone ♪ ♪ Tonight’s the night that we sneak out ro ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway through the past lives ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway to the moon light.

♪ ♪ La la la la la la la la la la la ♪ ♪ la la la la la la la la la la la la ♪ ♪ la la la la la la la la la la.

♪ ♪ Let's runaway, runaway, runaway to the badlands ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway to the badlands ♪ ♪ You can stand in your way or you have a ♪ Grab your drums, two guitars now you found your voice ♪ ♪ Sing along with our songs all you girls and boys ♪ ♪ Runaway, runaway, runaway through the band boys ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway runaway with the bad choice ♪ ♪ La la la la la la la la ♪ ♪ la la la la la la ♪ ♪ la la la la la la la la.

♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway to the badlands ♪ ♪ Let's runaway, runaway, runaway to the badlands ♪ ♪ You can stand on this ground, yeah, where once we swore ♪ ♪ Couldn't take us like all those who've g ♪ Slow decay from today radioactive core ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway from the badlands ♪ ♪ Let's runway, runaway, runaway from those badlands ♪ ♪ La la la la la la la la la la la ♪ ♪ la la la la la la la la la ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway to the badlands ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway to the badlands ♪ ♪ Time is slow when we're waiting for life to go ♪ ♪ Now’s so fast as when we look at what’s lost to past ♪   ♪ In this dream, yeah, we seem, yeah, to ebb and flow ♪ ♪ In this dream, yeah, we seem, yeah, to ebb and flow ♪ ♪ In this dream, yeah, we seem, yeah, to ebb and flow ♪ ♪ Let it go ♪ ♪ Let it go ♪ ♪ Let it go ♪ ♪ La la la la la la la la ♪ ♪ la la la la la la la la la la ♪ ♪ la la la la la la la la la la la ♪ ♪ Let's runaway, runaway, runaway to the badlands ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway to the badlands ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway to the badlands ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway to the badlands ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway to the badlands ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway to the badlands ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway... ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway... ♪ ♪ Let’s runaway, runaway, runaway... ♪ ♪ Have I become what I have loathed?

♪ ♪ In the moon light, I’m exposed ♪ ♪ The secret life of me, the secret life of trees goes on below ♪ ♪ I secretly believe the secrets that you are not unknown ♪ [Vocalizations] ♪ Have I become what I have loved?

♪ ♪ In the sunlight, I explode ♪ ♪ The secret life of me, the secret life of trees go on below ♪ ♪ I secretly believe, the secrets that you [Vocalizations] Actually, you know, this is the one song do have a story about.

It was - Calvin... We were on a camping trip and, uh, canoe camping trip, and Calvin and our friend Nick.

Oh, no, it was Nick...and Joe got lost in the darkness.

And so Calvin and I started singing a song that had sounded nothing like this, but it said something like out of the darkness, and we sang them back to camp.

We rescued them.

♪ We can hardly see a thing ♪ ♪ So hold my hand that holds the ring ♪ ♪ Out of the darkness ♪ ♪ Don't be afraid, ♪ ♪ we’ve got it made We'll sing our songs ♪ ♪ and we'll play Out of the darkness ♪ ♪ We will sing, we will sing ♪ ♪ Out of the Darkness ♪ ♪ We will sing, we will sing, ♪ ♪ Out of the Darkness.

♪ ♪ We will sing, we will sing, ♪ ♪ and we won't be afraid of a thing ♪ ♪ We will sing Out of the Darkness ♪ ♪ As we wade into the night ♪ ♪ I’ll hold you tight, I'll lead the way ♪ ♪ Out of the Darkness ♪ ♪ Our arms entwined ♪ ♪ I'll be your guide The moon is high as we sway ♪ ♪ Out of the Darkness.

♪ ♪ We will sing, we will sing ♪ ♪ Out of the Darkness ♪ ♪ We will sing, we will sing ♪ ♪ Out of the Darkness ♪ ♪ We will sing, we will sing, ♪ ♪ and we won't be afraid of a thing ♪ ♪ We will sing Out of the Darkness.

♪ ♪ Some say the darkness has no light ♪ ♪ If that's true, ♪ ♪ how did I wake up in the morning and find you?

♪ ♪ The darkness is a place we all come from ♪ And eventually we make our way to the light ♪ ♪ And slip away, hey, ♪ ♪ Out of the Darkness ♪ ♪ We will sing, we will sing, ♪ ♪ Out of the Darkness ♪ ♪ We will sing, we will sing ♪ ♪ Out of the Darkness ♪ ♪ We will sing, we will sing ♪ ♪ and we won’t be afraid of a thing ♪ ♪ We will sing... ♪ ♪ You're a good boy and you’ve been patien ♪ Think you should get what you should get ♪ A big red corvette ♪ ♪ A pretty lady, some cash to spend ♪ ♪ So settle down ♪ ♪ a steady job, a wage that pays the rent ♪ Hard times you’ll find are better spent ♪ Singing what you should have sung ♪ ♪ Ah, cause we're headed to the great beyond.

♪ ♪ You're a tough girl ♪ ♪ and you can take it ♪ ♪ No question gonna make it ♪ ♪ You're gonna get what you think that you ♪ Don’t know who's gonna pay for it ♪ ♪ So settle down a pretty house, a dog, ♪ ♪ you say you’re set ♪ ♪ But love is gone and all you found is your regrets ♪ ♪ For doing what you should have done ♪ ♪ Ah, cause we’re headed to the great beyo ♪ Give everything away you’ve got ♪ ♪ Ah, cause we're head to the great beyond ♪ So settle down ♪ ♪ a steady job, a wage that pays the rent ♪ Hard times you’ll find are better spent ♪ So settle down a pretty house, a dog, ♪ ♪ you say you’re set ♪ ♪ But love is gone and all you found is your regrets ♪ ♪ For doing what you should have done ♪ ♪ Ah, cause we’re headed to the great beyo ♪ Give everything away you’ve got ♪ ♪ Ah, cause we’re headed to the great beyo ♪ Sell everything away you’ve bought ♪ ♪ Ah, cause we’re headed to the great beyo ♪ Rethink everything you've thought ♪ ♪ Cause we're headed to the great beyond ♪ ♪ Cause we’re headed to the great beyond ♪ ♪ Cause we’re headed to the great beyond ♪ ♪ Cause we’re headed to the great beyond ♪ That’s “The Great Beyond” from Mamish on WUFT Amplified, the title track to their 2024 album Out of the Darkness.

Ahead of that, “The Secret Life of Trees”, “Badlands”, and “Be Simple” starting things off.

Uh, Michael, you've assembled quite an impressive group of musicians.

You want to talk a little bit about some of the folks you've got here doing magical things, uh, during all of these songs?

Yeah.

I mean, the things that people do when you have things on them, like blackmail, they'll like - they'll - they'll play with you.

I pay them well.

Really well... No, I don't.

They're just great musicians, they are like you said.

I'm really fortunate that, um, they want to play.

Um, know they've got a lot of other things going on in their lives... Um, but they've carved out time for this, and they - when we played our first show, um, I think there were some words that were said is “Are we going to play more?” And so that was, uh, music to my ears.

Oh that's great.

And you guys put out a physical version as well?

Here's - here's the actual album.

I want to show this because this is a diorama, that Joe and I built, uh, in his room and his - in his house.

Um, and each little character that you see on the album represents one of the songs here.

Um, this happens to be the hummingbird this next song.

So one more from Mamish.

The - The Hummingbird?

Yeah, it's The Hummingbird.

Si’l Te Plait Marie on WUFT Amplified.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5... ♪ Loving me, I'm loving you ♪ ♪ The dirty things I wanna do ♪ ♪ Don't take my heart, just take my hand ♪ ♪ And help me feel and understand ♪ ♪ What will we, see when we disappear?

♪ ♪ These two of hearts, shedding tears ♪ ♪ We’ll take our time, we'll take what's h ♪ And then we’ll leave, dear never fear ♪ ♪ And we're smiling in the sun ♪ ♪ Your favorite fruit, my favorite poem ♪ ♪ And under islands, over trees ♪ ♪ Help me keep these memories ♪ ♪ And we driving on a beach ♪ You’re my favorite song, you're my favorit 10,000 miles.

♪ 10,000 miles, 10,000 lives ♪ ♪ Yeah, help me keep these memories ♪ ♪ Loving you, you’ll be loving me ♪ ♪ A naughty joke, laughing like we do ♪ ♪ If we break apart, I might break in half ♪ Can eternal flames ever end?

And we’re driving on the beach ♪ Your favorite song my favorite peach ♪ ♪ 10,000 miles, 10,00 miles ♪ ♪ Yeah help me keep these memories ♪ ♪ And we’re smiling in the sun ♪ ♪ My favorite song, my favorite song ♪ ♪ 10,000 miles, 10,00 lives ♪ ♪ You help me keep these memories ♪ ♪ These memories ♪ ♪ Si’l te plait Marie These memories ♪ ♪ Si’l te plait Marie These memories ♪ ♪ Si’l te plait Marie ♪ ♪ Si’l te plait Marie, ♪ ♪ Si’l te plait Marie ♪ ♪ Si’l te plait Marie ♪ ♪ Si’l te plait Marie ♪ ♪ Si’l te plait Marie ♪ That’s “Si’l te plait Marie” on WUFT Amplified from Mamish.

Find out more about WUFT Amplified, check out past episodes at WUFT.OFG/AMPLIFIED I'm Glenn Richards.

Thank you to Mamish for being here everybody... fantastic.

Thank you for checking us out.

We’ll see you next time!

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