Mutts

We're excited to premiere Mutts' new video, 'Prizefighter'. The song which is in the vein of artists like Tom Waits and Damien Jurado, features Mutts lead singer/pianist/protagonist, Mike Maimone, who trained for six months with amateur fighters to prepare for his role as an illicit underground fighter.

The video was shot over four days, and even edited it in four days, so not only did they have the fighting spirit within the video, they had the fighting mentality to get the video nailed in such a short amount of time. The dedication from Mike going into the video is something you rarely hear about for a band, and it's refreshing to hear about.

Watch the video in the massive player above and get your gloves ready!

Here is what Mike Maimone had to say about the video for 'Prizefighter':

"Ian Scott Mccullough - Director & Editor (Annotation Films). He’s a film student at Columbia College in Chicago, and essentially did this video for free (we had to rent a bunch of gear and feed/water the extras, so that ate all of our budget). I was so impressed with the way he laid out the schedule and shot list, found the actors and managed the extras for the fight scenes, while also operating the camera himself. We shot for 4 days, and then he edited the whole thing in 4 days. All in all it only took about a week to put this together; the guy is amazing!

"The video was mainly at Bob’s house in Chicago, and the Logan Square neighborhood.

"It was exhilarating and exhausting. I trained for 6 months to portray a fighter, and when it came time to do the fight scenes I was glad I was in shape! It was surprising how much effort is involved in just acting like a boxer. After 6 hours of shooting I was spent. But having a crowd of good friends cheering and getting rowdy made it a lot of fun. We went through 90 beers, 3 large pizzas, and had Fugazi and Nirvana records blasting to set the mood. During breaks we would laugh about how sweet of a ballad the actual song is.

"Then the next day there was no rest; Ian had me running behind a car and hitting the heavy bag for a few hours. And all for like 10 seconds of footage in the final cut!

"Although the majority of the punches were fake, I did get hit in the face a few times. It didn’t make the final cut, but it did hurt." - Altsounds.com

An entirely unplugged affair, the Chicago trio’s third full-length flips the coin on last year’s amped-up companion, “Separation Anxiety,” stripping down to piano, upright bass and drums for a rowdy, rhythmically rich mix of skid row show-boating highlighting biting blues and hootchie-cootchie boogie. Fleshed-out by contributions from This Is Cinema, Hemmingbirds and Lying Deliah, “Permanence,” lurches from sloppy bullfrog bop to crooning juke-joint stomps, spewing nubile truths beneath ragged bar-room ballads while compiling street-wise asides inside scorching carny bargains. Toddling honky-tonk broncos riding grizzled social missiles over melodic boxer’s logic, Mutts’ gruff constructions creep, leap, and enliven, primed in ivory-tickling testifying dancing to rousing vagabond chronicles. Touring this spring throughout Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio, and Illinois, Mutts’ vibrant live shows are not to be missed. - Maximum Ink Magazine

Chicago trio Mutts’ nimble, funky rhythm section, with Bob Buckstaff on the low notes and Chris Pagnani behind the kit, would be entertaining to watch on its own, but throw in growling, keyboard-wielding frontman Mike Maimone, and you’ve got a monster on your hands. Their fall 2012 album Separation Anxiety focused on Maimone working through the process of coming out, fueling a stormy blast of garage-revival blues with touches of prog and swampy metal. Scant months later, the group is touring behind a new album that represents a nearly 180-degree shift in style: Object Permanence sees them unplugging their amps and digging into their jazz and blues roots, with Buckstaff scaling back to an upright bass and Maimone focusing on grand piano and organ. Comparisons to Tom Waits are inevitable, but more than just approximating one of Waits’ styles or inhabiting one of his many characters, the band members use their own skills and world-weariness to develop an original take starting from Maimone’s perspective, from the bouncing “If It’s Hot It’ll Sell” to the pointed New Orleans R&B number “Pray Like a Vigilante” to the smoke-wafting closer “Uncivilized.” – Stephen Traseger - Nashville Scene Magazine

Pray for Rain earns #26 spot on Huffington Post list! - The Huffington Post

Chicago’s rock trio Mutts is known for gritty, grungy guitar distortions and loud in-your-face blues rock. But on their newest album, Object Permanence, you’ll hear none of that. Mike Maimone’s guttural vocals take the center of attention, delivering poignant social commentary over stripped down, unplugged arrangements. The band joined Jesse Menendez on The MusicVox to talk about the new songs and the change of sound. - Vocalo.org

With dark lyrics and vocals that sound like unfiltered Camels soaked in whisky, it’s no wonder Time Out Chicago once described the Chicago band Mutts as “Tom Waits fronting a garage band.” Usually plugged in, Mutts will bust out the acoustics to perform songs from their new album, Object Permanence. We’ll talk to the band about the release, and hear some live music. - WBEZ

Dialed down but certainly as intense as some of their previous harder rocking efforts, the new Mutts release has some of the bands best songwriting and a sweet reworking of “Prizefighter” which you first heard on Local Anesthetic off a Mike Maimone solo disc in 2008. Maimone is the keyboardist, vocalist and principal songwriter in Mutts but bassist Bob Buckstaff and drummer Chris Pagnani make the music swing. And sway. I describe the Mutts sound on Object Permanence as late-night cabaret meets Tom Waits meets Kurt Weill in a Wiemar Republic speakeasy. It’s already perched itself as one of the Anesthetic Best of ’13. Enjoy. – Richard Milne - WXRT

Mutts perform If It’s Hot It’ll Sell with help from Lying Delilah‘s Jodi Rosenthal, from the new LP Object Permanence. - WGN

Mutts lead singer Mike Maimone seems like a man who can go from resting, from sitting on the couch experiencing little to nothing, to suddenly having his brain and everything connected to it light up like the Las Vegas Strip, like all of the pull machines and marquees hitting jackpots… He goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most… He’ll just throw that barroom piano over into the corner of the room and rowdily bang on it as the flames climb the walls and get into the ceiling, where they can really begin their engulfment.

Mutts music embraces the inner turmoil, the things that are striven for, the ways that we fall short, the ways we’re let down, as well as the few things that spark us back onto the right track, even if those are the rare moments, the briefest of comebacks. - Sean Moeller - Daytrotter

Three Mutts LPs have now charted on the CMJ Top 200! Pray for Rain charted for 6 weeks, peaking at #107 in early 2012. Separation Anxiety debuted at #134 on August 28th, 2012 then broke the Top 100 at #91 on September 4th. And now in April 2013, Object Permanence is climbing the charts. - CMJ

Top Adds #15 - August 21, 2012
Top 200 #134 - August 28, 2012
* Second Mutts LP to chart in less than one year! - CMJ

I’ve never met a band that fuses so many genres into a sound uniquely their own. You can hear the grunge in the sounds they choose for their instruments, along with the heavy drumming. You can hear King Crimson in the odd time signatures they effortlessly move through. And you can hear Tom Waits meeting Randy Newman in Mike’s whiskey-soaked melodies. The result is a band who has been placed on bills with metal bands (albeit a tad awkward), while also having a residency at Uncommon Ground, a hushed, coffeeshop environment. Nowhere can the range of their sound be heard better than on their new album Pray for Rain, due out in December. - Indie Monday

They’ve released consistently great music for a while now, blending the most deranged sensibilities of Tom Waits and Man Man into some sort of nightmarish bluesy post-punk – and it’s never sounded better than it does on their upcoming release, Pray for Rain.
Pray for Rain opens as explosively as it possibly can with “Fool” and from that moment onwards, it becomes clear Mutts aren’t holding anything back on this one. The first time I heard “Fool” it absolutely tore my head off; the fact it still does is indicative of a surprising staying power which is something that often proves to be the downfall of bands that could be (incorrectly) scraped into the “novelty act” tag. However, here the songwriting, musicianship, and arrangements are transcendent enough to avoid that. Every member is a powerhouse at commanding and finessing their individual talent and it shows in abundance at the immediate outset of this album as well as its closing moments, and everywhere in between - Playground Misnomer

Chicago’s Mutts released their full-length debut, Pray for Rain, late in 2011, but the album still managed to get the attention of college radio and select blogs before the holidays. We are happy to weigh in on this amazing, if divisive, collection of songs as the year races to a close.
Pray for Rain, like the Mutts stage show, is not for everyone. The album is too thick and greasy for most pop fans. That said, if you like music with some grit and noise, the album flails and lurches with enough gonzo abandon to make one punch-drunk after listening. - Radio One Chicago

What makes your live show great?

We make better mistakes than on our records.

Describe your sound in five words or less.

Seek definition of Mutt: there.

Tell us something random about the band, and why that's significant.

Before Mutts, we had jobs dog walking, fixing A/C units, delivering beer, sorting beverage distribution, digging trenches, auditing, selling interweb stuff, selling knives, passing out yellow pages, canvassing, sometimes calling/sometimes answering phones, cutting and delivering lumber, manicuring cemetery lawns and whacking railroad track weeds--which is significant in explaining why we are Mutts.

Who would you want to work with, and who would you never work with? Why?

We want to work with John Lennon because he created and destroyed beautifully. We never want to work with John Lennon, because he probably smells horrific and by now doesn't have skin.

If the band was a cartoon character, who would it be and why?

The football in Peanuts, because we would never get kicked.

What's the best album you've heard recently?

The ones Bailiff, This is Cinema, Company of Thieves and Lying Delilah are about to release.

What song do you never want to hear again?

"Taps"

What is Chicago's best music venue and why?

The Mutiny for their frosty mugs of unbelievably affordable beer. - Chicago Red Eye

Mike Maimone’s voice is front and center on (Pray for Rain), which explores some new ground for these gods of the bottom end. The growl of “Fool” is Mutts’ classic sound and the more experimental “Save Us” is a doomed call from the apocalypse if I’ve ever heard one. It’s nice to see Mike and this really tight band exploring new territory. “Done Again” is my favorite track, which finds the guys using a little restraint and some really nice percussion. That fade toward the end and the subsequent buildup is magical. - Dedicated Ears

“Pray for Rain – free to download – holds off on the bpms, but only so their Tom Waits-meets-Oh My God fists can reload to strike again after your skull rebounds off the wall.” - Illinois Entertainer Magazine

After several spins, it’s clear that the band is appropriately named. Bits of heavy metal, blues, rag time and grunge mark this album, which was released in mid-December. Like a good mutt, Mutts exhibits the best characteristics of these genres and seem to revel in their eclectic influences…
Throughout the album, it is clear that the Maimone and Buckstaff are having a lot of fun, and are happy to take the rest of us along for the ride. - The DaDaDa

Serendipitous music: that’s what I say I want, as if you can put a microphone within fifteen feet of a speaker and suddenly have the magic of CD level crisp, distinct and distinguishing sound. But that’s how I want it to feel. I think the actual goal is resonance. Resonance is what happens when you play the string of one guitar and the similar string of another guitar in the room hums sympathetically without being touched. So, what happens when people hear organic sounds, human sounds, sounds let’s call raw? We resonate. These sounds ring a similar bell somewhere inside us and we hummm.

Ragged and raw is a great way to start to describe the Mutts’s warm and atonal form of badass bluesy rock and roll with rollicking dirty piano rolls, fat stand-up bass, fuzzy-filthy guitars, and heavy, jubilant drums. Maybe rich, grimy, or explosive would work too, but with so many angles—so many stories, so many tones and sounds—ragged, raw, explosive, all these words are just a taste, a first-bite, a start to describing something so human. Give it a listen, put it on the speakers, stand in the room, hum. - Hiawatha Review

Take the growl of Tom Waits and the dirty guitar sound of Nirvana, and you have some idea of the excitement that the Chicago band creates both on record and on stage.

The band is receiving heaps of praise for its energetic sound. Haven't heard of Mutts? Well, that's no excuse, especially since the band is allowing listeners to download its three EPs at its website, www.muttsmusic.com

Mutts is comprised of Mike Maimone on keys and vocals, Bob Buckstaff on bass and Chris Faller on drums.

The band will perform Friday, March 11, at Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, www.beatkitchen.com

Also in the bill are the Suns, Bailiff and The Field Auxiliary. The show starts at 9 p.m., and tickets are $10, available at www.ticketweb.com

I had the chance to talk to Maimone about the band and its current projects, which include a new album.


Q - How did you guys get together? Did you guys seem to click right away?

We clicked before we actually started the band, so it just kind of fell together. Chris and I met when I was living at the I.V. Lab studio recording my first album. He was playing drums for a Jon Alvin recording session, and we just started jamming. About a year later I met Bob, when both of us were hired to play for Company of Thieves.

After about six months on the road I had accumulated a lot of ideas from late-night phone recordings on hotel lobby pianos. So one night after a gig, Bob and I were having a few beers, listening to Tom Waits on the coolest jukebox in Florida, and he suggested we hit the studio with Chris and Jon on our next tour break.

It was his call to record it the way we did – unrehearsed, just putting the ideas into songs as the tape rolled. Take 1 would be a disaster, takes 2 – 5 would start to sound like a song, and by take 6 Jon would have it sounding good and we’d nail it down.

After three days we had put together three songs, and then I tracked “Uncivilized” before mixing the EP on our next tour break. Eventually we started playing shows, and that’s when we realized we were a band, deciding on just “Mutts” as the name.

Q - Who are your main influences and how do you think they mesh with the rest of the band?

At least 2/3 of us typically love the same music. For example, Bob and I dig Tom Waits, Chris and Bob love King Crimson, and Chris and I are into the Meters. It seems to keep our tunes from sounding entirely like one thing or another – a simple majority locks into an idea, and then the third guy obliterates it.

Q - It seems that technology has made it easier for bands to get their music out there. One way your band is using technology is allowing people to watch all the behind the scenes action into the making of your new album. How did you come up with the idea?

We’ve never been into documenting our band; we’re just not good with cameras and interviews and the like. But I got a free flip-cam thing from playing Lollapalooza with Company of Thieves, and figured it was time to get with the video age. We’re still no good with it, but at least now anyone who’s interested can get the idea of what our recording sessions are like.

Q - What should people expect from the new album? What goals do you have for the album?

It’ll reach a much broader range of moods than the three EPs. We had just three days to track the EPs, and the sessions were mainly a cathartic break from touring.

So our un-tempered excitement manifested itself in somewhat chaotic-sounding tunes. But a goal with this album is to take our time and reflect a little more. None of our favorite albums are barn-burners for 45 minutes straight, and we know we can write and perform down-tempo as well.

Q - How has the band's decision to give away its first three EPs paid off?

It seems like we’ve gotten a pretty good group of fans in our home town relatively quickly – I’ll never stop feeling incredible when I see people at our shows singing (or shouting!) along with our songs. Now we’re starting to book shows outside of Chicago, and many bands are starting to give away music, so I think a true test will be how many people come to the first few shows as we tour regionally.

Q - How would you describe the band's sound?

This is the single toughest question to answer! Everyone I talk to seems to have a different opinion than I do, so I can only say what it feels like to make the sound. It’s honest, spontaneous, and fun. Have you ever eaten at Kuma’s Corner on Belmont? It’s the heavy metal burger joint… my favorite part is the chalkboard that says “die emo die.”

Q - The band has been getting a lot of good buzz. What other Chicago bands have caught your attention?

Big Science, This is Cinema, Bailiff, Lying Delilah, and even though I just left the band I am still proud of the
new Company of Thieves album about to come out. It’s gonna be a great one.

Q - What are the band's short term and long term goals?

Short-term: finish typing these answers, have a bee - The Total Scene

"Maimone’s low, guttural, forbidding voice sets the speed, while heavy, distorto bass and pound-pound-pounding drums channel Blue Cheer, Cream, and Hendrix’s Experience while Maimone introduces his central weapon: forsaking all guitar, his organ is so piercing, loud, harsh, and mean, you don’t notice. Shifting from New Orleans funky rock like “Masquerade” to a Dr. John-goes-Funkadelic hangover like “Junior”, or throwing needles in the red on The Doors’ “L.A. Woman”-on-angel-dust (or steroids!) “Terranaut,” The Mutts will gleefully wreck a bad party—or save it."
- Jack Rabid - The Big Takeover Magazine

Mutts are a Chicago-based rock band that play rough-around-the-edges rock filled with melodic riffs and interesting ideas. Right off the start, you're smacked in the face by the riff of "Beggar", a loud, fuzzy and distorted piece of lo-fi goodness. What grabbed me here was the drummer (Chris Faller), check out the rhythm between the vocals and the percussion going on under the lyrics "I seen you downtown/still with your hand out". Good stuff. The next track, the titular "We Float", opens with more excellent displays of the drumming talent we have at work here. The bassist (Bob Buckstaff) and Faller have a good rapport here, forming a very solid rhythm section.

"Handcuffs" opens with a plodding bassline along with occasional punched out chords on the synthesizer/piano thing. And yet another good melody. We're 3 for 3 so far. On "Mamma's Boy" things slow down a bit, with a Chicago-blues like guitar melody, and truly anguished-sounding vocals from keyboardist/vocalist Mike Maimone. "Let It Be", an aggressive, distorted, clippy hunk of rawk closes out the EP. Maimone sounds truly miffed about something here.

Overall, the best points of this record are the rhythm section; fuzzy, lo-fi sound; and the melodies on most tracks. What needs work? Many times the vocals can't quite keep up with the instrumental chops of the members and the things that are going on musically, so they drag the rest of the song down a bit. This mainly pertains the the yelps, as on "Momma's Boy" and "Let It Be". But then again, many vocalists require some getting used to. Overall, there's great potential here. All in all, a recommended listen. Give it a go.
- Holy Fucking SHit 40000

Chicago-based trio Mutts are just over a year old, and much like the hodgepodge suggested by their moniker, members Mike Maimone (keys, vocals), Chris Faller (drums), and Bob Buckstaff (bass) punch in off the clock from more pedigreed projects (Company of Thieves, The Hush Sound). And like a zealous, unruly year-old puppy, their EP We Float runs the rambunctious gamut of influences, spanning jazz, blues, grunge, metal, industrial and rock, never quite deciding which one to take by the throat and throttle.
Considering the juxtaposed jumble of components, however, Mutts’ combined output is a cohesive sound; it’s evident they’ve done the work of deciding what they want to do, and forging ahead with it confidently. If you possess any manufactured pop sensibilities, delicate or otherwise, you may not immediately find too much to latch on to amidst the stripped down production and frenetic, raw vocal stylings. But there’s a brutal honesty buried in the roughness, and the moments where the melodies begin to surface and take hold add just enough suggestion of shine to keep you listening.
Mutts have a forthcoming release, The Tells of Parallels EP, available on October 1st. They will also be playing at legendary Chicago venue Schuba’s on Monday, August 30 at 8:00PM as part of the Betta Promotions Showcase. The show is $6, 18+ and tickets are available here. Also appearing are DJ Caural, The Sacred Robe of the Ancient Psychedelic Monks, Scott Lucas & The Married Men, and Volcanoes Make Islands.
- Muruch.com

Ever wondered what Queens Of The Stone Age would sound like if they ditched the guitars and started playing some dirty sounding organs? We may never know the answer to that, but we’re pretty sure Chicago’s Mutts get damn close. There’s not a guitar in site for this gritty three piece. They have vocals, keys, bass and drums and nothing more, but their organ tone is so beefy and menacing that you won’t even notice an axe is missing (Check the track “Beggar” form their Myspace). Add to that front man Mike Maimone’s bluesy, frantic vocal delivery, Mutts are seemingly a group on the rise in the windy city. - Loud Loop Press

We featured them back in May, however you cannot fault Mutts for being tenacious and when they sent us a copy of their third EP 'The Tells of Parallels' which is out October 1st 2010, we thought this had better be good if you want another audacious Beehive Candy plug.

Well for starters I think it goes without saying that there is a definite contrast with the previous artist whether you measure it in decibels or any other kind of standard.

Mutts brand new EP is to use their terms "rambunctious keyboard rock music". Well we here at the Beehive needed a few cobwebs blown away and Mutts have delivered on that one. Taking a prompt from the EP cover, it's a bit like standing next to the railway line as a crazy express train hurtles past.

If you like good old rock'n'roll with some attitude and energy and a hint of insanity you will like Mutts. Check out their website for even more music.
- Beehive Candy

Mike Maimone, keyboardist for Company of Thieves, also has a solo project called Mutts. The Chicago-based trio plays frenetic, rambunctious rock music with Mike’s keys and vox at the forefront. Like a modern jam band with some heavy blues and noise rock nuances, the music moves. It’s non-repetitive or stagnant; unpredictable and yet familiar.
Mutts has a new EP circulating (they give away CDs at their shows), “The Tells of Parallels”. If you can’t wait for the October 1st Beat Kitchen CD release party/show, head on over to http://download.muttsmusic.com/, where you can preview the new album and download the band’s previous two releases (free!!!).
- The Mixtress Online

Chicago’s Mutts aren’t playing around. The first aspect of their new EP, The Tells of Parallels, that truly jumps out from the speakers is its pure heaviness. Heaviness in the static-y production value and heaviness in general attitude. Every instrument on the record is mic’ed up to 11: the drums, the bass, the keys, the guitar. Actually, scratch that last one. The trio actually forgoes the guitar and instead relies on a dirty, mud-soaked key tone to drive the melodies. It’s saying something that a band can reach the big rock n’ roll moments of current major acts like Queens Of The Stone Age or the Dead Weather without an axe, but Mutts do and quite effortlessly at that.
The Tells of Parallels is one of those albums that if played at a high volume, the paint on the walls of your one bedroom rental might peel right off. Mutts seem to embrace the low end of the melodic spectrum. Even lead singer Mike Maimone’s vocals are nearly baritone, but his control and ability to hit the notes really flesh out their sound. Then you also have Bob Buckstaff’s fuzz-all-up-in-your-face bass and Chris Faller’s jackhammer drumming that can still sustain a nice groove when the song calls for it.
The EP begins with its most epic moment in “Terranaut”, which opens with some eerie spoken word over the sound of rainfall. Maimone’s vocals creep in with his keyboard ultimately exploding into a roller-coaster harmony with all the power of a 18-wheeler careening out of control on a dark highway. “Symmetry” ups the ante with a bit of a more brash, punk approach that’s fast and frantic. It’s hard to tell if Buckstaff’s bass is acutally playing along with the song or if it’s just a free for all solo, but whatever it is, it works. The song races to a big climax during which Maimone sings “Symmetry scares me!” followed by some fun “Whoo-Whoo-Whoos”. Another big rocker, “Gone” features a bouncy keyboard line that will surely get the listener’s head-a-noddin’ with Faller following behind with some killer snare antics.
“Masquerade” is a bit of a tease as it starts out with that punk aggression heard on “Symmetry”, but suddenly gives way to the album’s most pop-filled moment in a nearly reggae verse section. The record closes with “Junior”, a bluesy throwback that might be the most melodic song on the EP. Maimone really showcases his vocal talent on the track where his range transitions from a deep-throated, Texas-sized drawl to nearly metallic shrieks during the chorus.
In five songs, Mutts pretty much let it all hang out. The Tells of Parallels is not only well produced, a few songs are really fleshed out with some quirky overdubs and in-studio chatter, but it works because of it’s simplicity. Mutts never drag. They give it their all in five-minutes or less, and it really works. The band are poised to become one of Chicago’s top acts if they keep pumping out material that’s as good as what The Tells of Parallels has to offer. One word of warning: this record is made for Saturday night party shenanigans, not for the hangover of the morning after, unless you want your swollen head to get even more pounded.
- Loud Loop Press

The Tells Of Parallels finds Mike and the Mutts achieving a low end blues-rock hybrid that is a genre bender of heavy tunes. Pounding bottom line and one hell of an aggressive organ and piano make for some of the heaviest piano based tunes you will come across. Throw in a touch of funk and the fact that Mutts seem to be getting more and more experimental with every release, and Voila! That's why I love it! Check it out and check them out on Oct. 1 at Beat Kitchen.
- Dedicated Ears

Plenty of swing and a bit of soul and tons of conviction mark Mutts shows. Every Mutts show I have seen has a different twist. In this show the guys welcomed Yoo Soo Kim from the Hemmingbirds to play violin amidst the growl and prowl of Mutts bottom end rumble. It was interesting dichotomy to have the higher end of the violin in that setting. Mutts were supporting the release of their great EP The Tells of Parallels. Mike and the guys did a cover of "Little Wing" (Hendrix) to a crowd that was very amped. Great to talk to Mike and the guys afterward. Please download the album below for FREE if you haven't already. - Dedicated Ears

Local blues-punk act Mutts perform at Beat Kitchen tonight, for the release of the band’s third release, The Tells Of Parallels EP, which is set to go up for free download today at the group’s download page. The group features Mike Maimone, keyboardist of Company Of Thieves, on organ, electric piano, and vocals. For more info, check out the show’s Facebook event page, and for a preview of The Tells Of Parallels, check out the raw, blues-soaked kiss-off below that is Mutts’ “Gone,” available for streaming below. - Chicagoverse United