Spelunkers - Demand Your Annual Rent

Spelunkers is a trio from Bloomington, Illinois, whose music twists and turns from the underground to outer space powered by the guitar, songwriting and voice of Tommy O'Donnell. Joined by bassist/vocalist Clay Thompson and drummer John Ganser, this fun and stunning band returns with their second album, Demand Your Annual Rent. Their debut, Breakfast Is America garnered considerable airplay and rave reviews.

This album features thirteen original songs. The title track, in a different version, was previously featured on the Whitehouse Records compilation, Come In 773! The cover art is by noted comic book artist Tim Bradstreet. Fans of Bradstreet's published work who know Spelunkers may have already noticed visual similarities between some of his characters and the band members.

Spelunkers was originally an instrumental side-project of the legendary Something Brothers, a major Midwestern touring sextet in the late '80s and early '90s who never recorded. The 'lunkers continue the tradition of being a great road band playing all over Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Indiana and Iowa as headliners or opening for such acts as Bottle Rockets, Wilco and Smoking Popes.

Blessing
Habanero Halloween
Demand Your Annual Rent
Grapes & Cables
Wag On The Wall
Pain In The Asking
Barnyard Hero
Simple Day's Work
Mr. Claude
Center Of The Universe
Lotus Eater
Make Mine With Cake
Looking At Many

Recorded at Shiny on Top Records by Edwin Pierce
Produced by Edwin Pierce and the Spelunkers
Engineered by Tony San Fillipo 1997 Bloomington, IL
Mixed by John Pines, Private Studios, Champaign, IL
Mastered at Metropolis by Mark Richardson, Chicago, IL

Demand Your Annual Rent
(Whitehouse No. 16)
Their second CD release, includes 13 original tracks, and cover art by Tim Bradstreet.

Breakfast Is America
(Whitehouse No. 11)
Their debut album on Whitehouse.

Come In 773!
(Whitehouse No. 12)
A various artists compilation featuring "Demand Your Annual Rent" (non-album version) and "Bees."