Frustrated Ape

During the terrible wildfires in Los Angeles, Rich Mouser’s studio - The Mouse House - has burned to the ground.

Fortunately Rich and his family are safe and well, but his home and workplace are gone.

Obviously this means further delay in our plans to release our EP, “Equilibrium”, despite the fact that Rich managed to grab our hard drive while evacuating for which we are all immensely grateful and utterly surprised. He is currently sorting out a base of operations and new equipment and he assures us that the show will go on.
 
The other disaster seems almost insignificant in comparison, but here it is anyway. Pete suffered second degree burns to his left hand in an accident involving a wood stove and cramp. Medical advice seems to be of the opinion that he will be able to resume playing two handed instruments by February so not a big deal really.
 

Anyway… we do hope your 2025 has been better than ours so far and although the wait for the EP goes on, it will be all the sweeter when it’s finally here. 

Cheers,
Team Ape.

Here's the thing about working with really talented people...

Other people want to work with them too...famous people, talented people...

We at Frustrated Ape recognise that we are not really any of these things tbh ;-).   So sometimes you just have to wait your turn in the queue.

Happily, the calendars of Steven Leavitt, Rich Mouser and Jimmy Keegan aligned on the 19th of November and Pete was lucky enough to join in video link to a drum tracking session for a song which will appear on the forthcoming album...

Yes, album!

Obviously the E.P has not been born yet but we at Frustrated Ape plan a large family, so whilst we had Jimmy we decided to add some flourish to make the E.P even better.

Everything has now been handed over to Rich Mouser and final choices for mixing the E.P have been made.

This is happening now. That means the E.P will absolutely, definitely and unequivocally be finished very soon.

We are going to have Maor Appelbaum master it as soon as he is free.

Then it will be yours to listen to and on behalf of Pete, Alan and Steve (as well as all the other amazing contributors) we really can't wait for you to hear it. 

Thank-you for your patience while we do the best to give you the best we can do.

Festive Greetings from the Apes.

Steven Leavitt here... Pete asked me to give you an update after we went dark for a brief period, due to no slacking on our end in spite of some of the most daunting of times (it seems to be going around)…

I’m excited to announce that we have just handed off the tracks for the Frustrated Ape EP to Rich Mouser for mixing.

By my calculations we are on track to complete the Frustrated Ape EP approximately 88% faster than the debut Lobate Scarp album Time and Space. That means we should be ready to announce that we’re taking pre-orders within the next 6 weeks.

Stay tuned! We’re having an epic amount of fun on this and hope to let you in on more sneak peaks coming up.

Meanwhile sign the mailing list… follow Frustrated Ape at all the @s and relax, nothing really matters anyway.

Steven Leavitt, producer

Yes, the E.P. was supposed to be out by now… life is a slippery serpent sometimes and we’ve all experienced a concentration of venomous bites this year.

But with love, excitement and an unyielding sense of fun, we are marching on towards the fruition of our dreams.

Steve Leavitt will be handing our tracks to Rich Mouser imminently and he will imbue them with his unique audio magic (and play guitar on one song), then mastering, cd manufacture and then…

RELEASE!!

We hope to have our first single available next month with the full E.P. soon after.

Your patience will be fully rewarded. That’s a promise.

Cheers,

Pete and Alan

Relax! Nothing really matters anyway...

Production of our long awaited E.P. continues both here in Scotland and far away in California. Most recently, via a remote recording session with Steve Leavitt, Alan’s backing vocals for “This Quixotic Life” were completed and will blend perfectly with those already recorded by Steve, Adam Sears and Pete.

Soon, everything will be sent to Rich Mouser at the Mouse House studio for mixing.

Due to 2024 being an extremely cruel year to most of us so far, it’s all taking longer than anticipated to put together, but we refuse to take shortcuts or to compromise quality so it’s going to take as long as it takes.

Hopefully we will have our debut single ready by September with the E.P. dropping in October. Your patience is appreciated and we all know that the finished product will be well worth the wait.

Stay tuned for updates, additional silliness on the website, and the sending of our inaugural e-mailshot.

Cheers, Pete & Alan 🦍