The Lunar Laugh was a power pop band based in Oklahoma City. Their final album, In The Black, was released on November 3rd, 2023. The album features Jared Lekites (guitar, vocals), Connor Anderson (guitar, vocals), Campbell Young (guitar, vocals), Triston Lightner (bass, vocals), and Levi Sherman (drums, vocals). On this podcast, we heard from Jared, Connor, Campbell, and Levi. We talked about the events preceding and surrounding the album's creation, each individual track and its production, and a quick retrospective on the history of the band.

I'm sad to say goodbye to this band, but they left us with a great album, which you should listen to.

You can follow the individual members of the band on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jaredlekites/

https://www.instagram.com/connorandersonn/

https://www.instagram.com/campbellyoung14/

https://www.instagram.com/shrmn8r/

https://www.instagram.com/tristonlightner/

Or you can follow the band's Instagram still:

https://www.instagram.com/thelunarlaugh/

The song playing at the end of the podcast is "Born Weird", which you can listen to here:

https://open.spotify.com/album/24no7nR9Td7LXRMJM27AQH?si=32IVFsc0RN6kwh4AtRbZGw

Bit Depth:
https://santiagoramones.com/podcast
Music:
https://santiagoramones.com/music
Discord:
https://santiagoramones.com/discord

The song by me playing at the end is not released yet.

No Justice, No Peace is a one-act opera composed by Chris Prather and co-written by Kenneth Ray Woods and Megan Prather that presents the real-life effects of police brutality on families and communities, specifically following one fictional family. We talked about how the opera began as a 10-minute opera, how it grew into a full one-act opera, the challenges and successes in the process, and our personal experiences and perspectives about police brutality.

You can watch the whole opera on YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/aZEl8lbvNd8

You can follow each of them on their respective Instagram accounts here:
Chris
https://www.instagram.com/chrisprathermusic/

Kenneth Ray Woods
https://www.instagram.com/mister_woods/

Megan Prather
https://www.instagram.com/meganpratherjpg/

The music at the end is from this trailer:
https://youtu.be/rHBYg3KDbw4

Bit Depth:
https://santiagoramones.com/podcast
Music:
https://santiagoramones.com/music
Discord:
https://santiagoramones.com/discord

The song by me playing at the end is not released yet.

Ryan Smith and Nich Allen met doing compost-adjacent things. When Nich heard Ryan play his music, he knew he wanted to play music with him, somehow. They’ve been playing together for some time. They both frequent the Red Dirt Poetry Open Mic, at which I was playing, too. I actually know Ryan through mutual friends, and I went to the same high school as Nich. So we got to reconnect through the open mic and I asked them to be on my podcast, that night. They agreed to my chaotic request and here they are, giving them the push they needed to decide on a band name. We talked about music, how they got together making music, academic musical knowledge and how much it isn’t needed, emotional communication, and how we grow through the music we make. Get to know Compost Adjacent!

You can follow them on Instagram here:
https://instagram.com/compostadjacent
https://instagram.com/nallenwrites
https://www.instagram.com/rsmithtxco123/

The song at the end is “Linger” by Compost Adjacent, for which this is the first recording, and had to be a little quiet because we were trying not to wake Sable up. Catch it live to hear the big screams.

Bit Depth:
https://santiagoramones.com/podcast
Music:
https://santiagoramones.com/music
Discord:
https://santiagoramones.com/discord

The song by me playing at the end is not released yet, but it is the song I mentioned.