Track Listing
Tiny Explosions
Nuthin But Love
Tiger Bomb
Last Girl On Earth
Jazz Guy
Meanwhile Back In The City
Jupiter
Superstar
Death Star
Blank Baby
I’m Mad
Headin Out
Bonus Tracks
Velvet Universe
Hand In Hand
Tiny Explosions (Demo)
Nuthin But
Love (Demo)
Tiger Bomb (Demo)
Last Girl On Earth (Demo)
Meanwhile Back In The City (Demo)
Jupiter (Demo)
Death Star
(Demo)
Blank Baby (Demo)
How come you've never heard of this record by a band that's sold millions? And why did it only sell 25,000 copies when it came
out on dot.com startup Musicblitz.com in 2000?
Well, it wasn't because the record isn't great. Freaked Out And Small got rave reviews in CMJ, Alternative Press and All Music
Guide, among others.
Presidents guitarist Dave Dederer offers a full explanation: "In 2000, the Presidents didn't even exist. We'd been split up for
almost three years. A family friend of mine was doing A&R at this startup, and he offered us some dough up front to go in and
cut a record for a download-only release. We told him we weren't a band, we weren't reuniting, we weren't going to play any
shows, we weren't doing any promo and we'd make whatever the hell record we wanted to make. By the time we were making
the record, Musicblitz realized that the web thing wasn't going to work. They decided overnight to become a brick-and-mortar
record company, something they knew nothing about. And then they went bankrupt just a couple of months after the record
came out. Personally, I'm blown away that it sold as many records as it did. And I'm proud of the record--it's probably my
favorite thing we've recorded."
The Presidents are, of course, reunited. They've been touring the U.S. since early 2003 and released a new album, Love Everybody,
in August 2004. All three of the Presidents' NAIL releases are on the band's own PUSA Music label.