Scott Garred

I am raising money to produce the 14^th full-length album by Super XX Man (pronounced super double x man). The writing, recording, and mastering is 100% completed and funded. Now it’s time to make the final product. My goal with Pozible is to raise enough money to manufacture CDs, Vinyl LPs, make T-Shirts, and update my website (www.superxxman.com).  You will only receive your reward if I reach my target goal.  So, please spread the word.

Super XX Man (pronounced super double x man) is my recording project spanning 17 years and 13 full-length albums. I recently moved with my family to Melbourne, Australia. This is our new home and I am very excited to start sharing my music with everyone in Australia. This album is important to me, as it will be my Australian debut. It has to be special.

This album is a representation of the mundane becoming profound. The brush strokes are minimal. Some of the content is light and some of it, dark. I see myself at the blackboard marking out my lines only to have the song break from what’s expected, either lyrically or musically, causing my hand to shoot off diagonally. Each song contemplates a story about life. I want the listener to “see” the songs. The listener experiences “Kids are gone I might get tired, I might get fat” or “I waited for your fall, I waited just to catch you” through their own unique lenses. This is no screenplay. These are snapshots of my soul realized in song and I invite you to put yourself in these songs, too.

Here’s a little bit about the Australian version of Super XX Man: I have the great fortune of recording and performing with Peter Joseph Head and Hannah O’Keefe. I couldn’t be luckier to have met such truly wonderful musicians and quality human beings. One need only hear the recordings to understand what I’m talking about. Peter’s talents are not limited in any way. He plays cello with a bow, his fingers and he practically makes the thing feedback like an electric guitar. That’s not all either. He also brings a new flavor to Super XX Man – a Japanese instrument called the koto. You can hear this beautiful instrument on tracks “Best friends” and “Sorta heavy metal.” Hannah O’Keefe contributes her voice and her voice is a thing of beauty as she harmonizes on standout tracks “To the water” and “Away I go now,” among others.

Each song was constructed around a live vocal, guitar, and cello performance. Peter and I then overdubbed additional instruments by co-producing and engineering each other’s work. Hannah added her parts after the songs were nearly complete. My good friend Dave McNair of Dave McNair Mastering put the finishing touches on my mixing job and the results are spectacular. I really want you to hear this Australian debut album by Super XX Man. I also want you to see it as you hold it in your hands. The artwork is by my good friend, Shawn Camp. He and I have played music together in my old band, Silver Scooter. He’s a tremendously gifted painter living in Austin, TX.

Should I be successful in raising the money to bring this album to life you will be able to hear it in many formats. In addition to high quality downloadable formats, the album will be available on CD as well as LP. Every LP will come with a digital download. This will be the first ever vinyl release by Super XX Man since the Vol. III EP. 

Praise for Vol. XIV Sorta Heavy Metal:

“I love it. I wait excitedly for each word and then the next. The arrangements are inviting but never overtake the unfolding stories. It really is a stunner!” – Tucker Martine, Grammy nominated producer (The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, Laura Veirs)