Mothership Cahokia by The Guide to Fast Living

Mothership Cahokia is the 2nd studio release from The Guide to Fast Living, an indie rock band first established in 1999 as the solo project of Otto's Revenge frontman Kurt Hoffmann, but not fully active until 2014.

The 5-song EP was officially released on October 15th, 2020. This is the follow up to Is It Loneliness or Is It Solitude, released in 2015.

As of its release the record is available in digital format only on most platforms including:
Apple Music
Spotify


Mothership Cahokia was recorded in 2014 to 2015 at Prairie Sun Recording Studio in Cotati, California. While the record was pretty much completed by 2016, a variety of circumstances (fires, family illnesses, death, pandemic) led to the project being delayed until the October 2020 release date.

The musicians included:
Kurt Thomas Hoffmann: guitar, vocals, songwriter
Neil Raphael: Producer who provided creative direction, drums, beats, samples, mixing.
Suellen Primost: cello
Hal Forman: horns

Tracks:
Your Arms Are the Religion
Desolation Flowers
I Keep Travelin'
Your Far Away Face
If You Love Me Prove It

The record cover features what was originally the Lemp Brewery complex in St. Louis of the which the first building was built in 1865 and later was occupied by the International Shoe Company (ISCO) from 1922 to about 1980. Part of the complex is now rented out as rehearsal spaces for local bands. 


Kurt Hoffmann, The Guide to Fast Living, recording Mothership Cahokia in the Tom Waits Room at Prairie Sun Recording Studio in 2014.

Mothership Cahokia Promotional Videos

Your Arms Are the Religion

Your Far Away Face