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Your themed episodes for the month of February are "Heart on a Chain" and "The Hole in the Head Gang"

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Take up your pencils, class; we are going to discuss the death of Mercutio. Love is stronger than death tonight, as we watch Heart on a Chain.

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The Eeriversary is on the 15th of the month and this also marks the start of our annual rewatch. If you'd like to watch along, the R2 DVD is about £15 on eBay or Amazon, and in the US is free to stream for Amazon Prime customers. Check out our "where to watch Eerie Indiana" tag for more options.

We'll be starting with the pilot episode, ForeverWare, on 15 September at 7:30pm BST, and the rest of the schedule is below:

2021:09:15: ForeverWare

2021:09:22: the Retainer

2021:09:29: ATM with a Heart of Gold

2021:10:06: the Losers

2021:10:13: American's Scariest Home Video

2021:10:20: Just Say No Fun

2021:10:27: Heart on a Chain

2021:11:03: Broken Record

2021:11:10: the Dead Letter

2021:11:17: the Lost Hour

2021:11:24: Who's Who

2021:12:01: Marshall's Theory of Believability

2021:12:08: Tornado Day

2021:12:15: Hole in the Head Gang

2021:12:22: Mr. Chaney

2021:12:29: No Brain, No Pain

2022:01:05: Loyal Order of Corn

2022:01:12: Zombies in PJs

2022:01:19: Reality Takes a Holiday

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We're one month out from the Eeriversary and the start of our annual rewatch. If you'd like to watch along, the R2 DVD is about £15 on eBay or Amazon, and in the US is free to stream for Amazon Prime customers. Check out our "where to watch Eerie Indiana" tag for more options.

We'll be starting with the pilot episode, ForeverWare, on 15 September at 7:30pm BST, and the rest of the schedule is below:

2021:09:15: ForeverWare

2021:09:22: the Retainer

2021:09:29: ATM with a Heart of Gold

2021:10:06: the Losers

2021:10:13: American's Scariest Home Video

2021:10:20: Just Say No Fun

2021:10:27: Heart on a Chain

2021:11:03: Broken Record

2021:11:10: the Dead Letter

2021:11:17: the Lost Hour

2021:11:24: Who's Who

2021:12:01: Marshall's Theory of Believability

2021:12:08: Tornado Day

2021:12:15: Hole in the Head Gang

2021:12:22: Mr. Chaney

2021:12:29: No Brain, No Pain

2022:01:05: Loyal Order of Corn

2022:01:12: Zombies in PJs

2022:01:19: Reality Takes a Holiday

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Heart on a Chain #eerieindiana

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#repost
#danielleharris
#eerieindiana
@horrorgal
#omrikatz
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Previously available only on Patreon, Center of Weirdness: An Eerie, Indiana Podcast is now free for all! New episodes drop every Monday and Thursday.

If we were less than impressed with the last episode, "Heart on a Chain" comes back strong, with murderous milk trucks, dangerously fast games of stabberscotch, and a cuckolding spirit. It's all really something.

Rate and review us wherever you find the show!

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The Eerie, Indiana episode "Heart on a Chain" is the only one in the series that never answers its mystery. A shy, terminally ill girl has a crush on a devil-may-care boy, who dies in a freak accident. A heart transplant from his fresh corpse saves her. She then begins acting increasingly bizarre (with a lot less self-control). It is left completely unclear until the end whether his heart's personality has taken over hers (as the Agent Mulder believes), or whether guilt has made her not herself.

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@horrorgal AWESOMENESS 2 THE FULLEST!!!! #eerieindiana #livefastdieyoung

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Harris’ next foray into horror came in the cult classic, Eerie, Indiana, in the 7th episode of the only (shamefully) season, Heart on a Chain (1991). While Eerie was a kitschy sort of show, this episode tugs at the heartstrings. If her performances in the Halloween sequels didn’t do tug those heartstrings, this episode of television should have done the trick.

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Happy Valentine’s Day one and all 💘 What better time to revisit our HEART ON A CHAIN episode?! 🫀🫀

🎧LINK IN BIO

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It's Tuesday, so today you get a choice between two prompts. Pick one, combine both, pit them against each other - on Tuesday, you choose!

This week, your options are:

Devon versus Tripp

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Your themed episodes for the month of February are "Heart on a Chain" and "The Hole in the Head Gang"

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Watch it here.

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Eerie Indiana was great. Dont think they made many Series of it if I recall

My favourite episode was the boy who died and gave his girlfriend a necklace. And when she was getting closer to the main character the necklace would 'beat' because he'd captured his heart in the necklace or something???

I have the My so called life and Eerie Indiana box sets. Had to buy a new DVD player to watch them as they were in a different region. Worth it.

I liked the lad from Eerie Indiana too, though I stopped watching it after the "Foreverware" episode as it freaked me out so much 😂

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Watch it here.

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That was a great episode of #EerieIndiana (The Lost Hour). I didn't even know Peter Stringfellow was in it. pic.twitter.com/uwMC8UcDai
— Dave of Androzani (@BungleSir) November 20, 2020

What was the episode where the girl got a lads heart as a donor used to like that one
— Andrew Somers (@Somersa2) November 20, 2020

'Heart on a Chain', it's a great episode. For a kids series it has some great, quirky ideas.
— Dave of Androzani (@BungleSir) November 20, 2020

That’s it really need to watch these again
— Andrew Somers (@Somersa2) November 20, 2020

They still hold up well. They should stick it on Netflix, todays kids would love it.
— Dave of Androzani (@BungleSir) November 20, 2020

Yeah not sure where I can watch it to be fair
— Andrew Somers (@Somersa2) November 20, 2020

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Episode 7 of Eerie Indiana "Heart on a Chain" pic.twitter.com/g3JLtmn2CC
— James Gormanley (@JamesGormanley) November 8, 2020

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Eerie, Indiana tea blends, part one! #eerieindiana pic.twitter.com/CbDZaPTzus
— Alien Supporter 👽 (@skallagrimjones) October 27, 2020

Bigfoot Eats My Garbage - a blend of pumpkin spice black tea, tiger eye, and vanilla. Check it out here: https://t.co/FERcxxCu3W #eerieindiana pic.twitter.com/qhImty0LMZ
— Alien Supporter 👽 (@skallagrimjones) October 27, 2020

Miss Tornado Day - a blend of vanilla oolong, almond oolong, and dewy cherry. Check it out here: https://t.co/d6kwCGtEvu #eerieindiana pic.twitter.com/LqP0lAUZYS
— Alien Supporter 👽 (@skallagrimjones) October 27, 2020

Loyal Order of (Candy) Corn - a blend of tiger eye, caramel, and cream. Check it out here: https://t.co/ZRByGmXImF #eerieindiana pic.twitter.com/I7vQReHS00
— Alien Supporter 👽 (@skallagrimjones) October 27, 2020

UFO Prediction Permit - a blend of peach oolong, vanilla oolong, and ginger. Check it out here: https://t.co/nnMFyhibOb #eerieindiana pic.twitter.com/qACBz75o1i
— Alien Supporter 👽 (@skallagrimjones) October 27, 2020

Thank You, Little Paper Boy - a blend of honeybush banana nut, honeybush chocolate, and honeybush vanilla. Check it out here: https://t.co/2440Su1aaC #eerieindiana #elvis pic.twitter.com/NEjDNmDpNz
— Alien Supporter 👽 (@skallagrimjones) October 27, 2020

We'll Take Care of Mother - a blend of cherry green and vanilla green. Check it out here: https://t.co/QuhTZv8Njp #eerieindiana pic.twitter.com/jQG3eZtbo7
— Alien Supporter 👽 (@skallagrimjones) October 27, 2020

Non-Standard Time - a blend of rooibos orange, blood orange, and kona pineapple. Check it out here: https://t.co/kuTIFBoYck #eerieindiana pic.twitter.com/RmJO2ZD1jt
— Alien Supporter 👽 (@skallagrimjones) October 27, 2020

Off the Chain - a blend of valentines, cream, and summer rose. Check it out here: https://t.co/iWIKkhsfWq #eerieindiana pic.twitter.com/vS3YaInyfu
— Alien Supporter 👽 (@skallagrimjones) October 27, 2020

The full collection of Eerie, Indiana tea blends is available here: https://t.co/KmnnaiIuk5
More blends coming soon! #eerieindiana
— Alien Supporter 👽 (@skallagrimjones) October 27, 2020

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Take up your pencils, class; we are going to discuss the death of Mercutio. Love is stronger than death tonight, as we watch Heart on a Chain.

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Eerie Indiana! That girl who got a heart transplant from her crush and it didn't let him date another boy until she returned a heart-shaped necklace to his grave! And that kid who could read minds of dogs through his braces, and the dogs killed and ate the shelter guard! WTF?!
— Gem the Autumn Lizard 🍂 (@gemlizard) October 25, 2020

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Hi! please find the unroll here: @wiz52: "If you're reading this, I'm either dead or have disappeared under mysterious circumstances..." Anyone else… https://t.co/5c5qggkCfM Enjoy :) 🤖
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) October 24, 2020

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So what are YOUR favourite episodes? How do they compare with @bunnydarke & @JoshuaTonks’ choices?
— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) October 17, 2020

There's a lot of overlap. It's a tough choice, but I think my three favorites of all time are:
-Reality Takes a Holiday
-Heart on a Chain
-Foreverware

(With honorable mention to The Lost Hour for giving us Janet Donner and our first hints at an #EerieIndiana mythology arc)
— 🧟‍♂️ Undead Rebel Scum 🏳️‍🌈 (@deifire) October 17, 2020

I know in the ep you also asked about episodes we think worked less well, but at this point I feel like I've subjected this poor show to more scrutiny than it was designed to withstand and that wouldn't be fair. Besides, there are little moments of brilliance in all of them.
— 🧟‍♂️ Undead Rebel Scum 🏳️‍🌈 (@deifire) October 17, 2020

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Watching some #eerieindiana with the little man guest staring @horrorgal

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When talking about my love for Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark, my girlfriend once mentioned a show from her youth that she preferred to those named Eerie Indiana. I personally had never seen Eerie Indiana, but from that moment on an interest was seeded in me to check it out. It took me some time to eventually get around to watching it in full, but this year I decided to sit down and watch it on our march to Halloween. So, now that I’ve watched it, here is my review, favorite episodes, and a ranking of all the episodes (because of course I ranked the episodes you know how I am by now).

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Song:heartbreak hotel #danielleharris #eerieindiana

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The acting in this is the best I’ve seen this year but it wasn’t without it’s own flaws. The film gave us some amazing performances and unforgettable characters. Damien Puckler, Gary Kasper, and Jon Campling are absolutely amazing in their roles. Kasper steals every scene he is in and his character needs to be in any subsequent sequels. With all that being said, Harris delivers a solid performance but in some of her scenes her dialogue does feel a little forced. I’m a huge fan of Harris’. I grew up with her appearances in the Halloween series but my first introduction to her was Eerie, Indiana. I do enjoy her work but some of her scenes are a little bit underwhelming.

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Our sixth annual Eerie Indiana rewatch starts in twelve hours. Join us at 7:30pm UK time as we watch the Eerie Indiana pilot episode, ForeverWare. A quick reminder, the entire series is available to watch for US Amazon Prime members, as well as various other places.

How are you watching? On DVD, via streaming, online? Are you watching alone or with friends or family? Have you thrown an Eerie Indiana screening party as suggested in this poster?

What snacks have you got lined up? A well-aged bologna sandwich, ForeverWare pancakes, vacuum sealed brains or a pretty pastel milkshake? Feel free to share!

As a reminder, the rest of the rewatch schedule is below:

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Trying to rank our Eerie episodes. What are your Top 3?
— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) September 5, 2020

Reality Takes a Holiday
The Losers
The Hole in the Head Gang
— William Arthur (@Wart_M) September 5, 2020

Reality Takes a Holiday
Heart on a Chain
Foreverware
— 🧟‍♂️ Undead Rebel Scum 🏳️‍🌈 (@deifire) September 5, 2020

Foreverware
Scariest Home Videos
Heart on A Chain
— A Film by M. Night Shyamalan: J.D. in the Water (@JDGravatte) September 5, 2020

Foreverware🥪
Scariest Home Videos📼
Tornado Days🌪
— Becky Darke (@bunnydarke) September 5, 2020

Loyal Order of Corn
The Lost Hour
Reality Takes a Holiday
— Kat Hughes (@GizmoShikari) September 5, 2020

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"i don't care if he's a liberal OR an axe murderer" is the most batshit line of dialogue i've ever heard on show made for CHILDREN (eerie, indiana)
— sean (@gizzverse) September 7, 2020

i mean it first aired on nbc but it was also on disney channel and fox kids, which is just insane considering there's constant references to parental abuse and death. one episode is literally about a young boy getting hit by a truck and dying, and how that affects his friends
— sean (@gizzverse) September 7, 2020

there's an episode about a werewolf where the town's been sacrificing young boys to be eaten every 13 years, super fucked up right? in the end they just shoot the werewolf in the foot with a silver bullet and he's cured, and since he didn't know he's a werewolf he's forgiven
— sean (@gizzverse) September 7, 2020

i cannot believe this is a real show. i love it so much
— sean (@gizzverse) September 7, 2020

ok i've seen episode of eerie, indiana now and i'm extremely upset this obscure 90s supernatural mystery show for kids ended after 19 episodes when it was only getting better and better with more compelling mysteries and plot twists towards its end. hurts like firefly
— sean (@gizzverse) September 7, 2020

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Name the EERIE, INDIANA episode based on the emojis!

1.🐶🗯
2.❤️⛓
3.🌪🗓
4.🌕🐺
5.🌽🌽🌽🌽
6.🙅‍♂️🧠🙅‍♂️🤕
7.👻✉️
8.🎃📼
9.🤠🔫
10.🧟‍♂️ 🧟‍♀️💤#EerieIndiana
— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) September 8, 2020

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Trying to rank our Eerie episodes. What are your Top 3?
— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) September 5, 2020

Reality Takes a Holiday
The Losers
The Hole in the Head Gang
— William Arthur (@Wart_M) September 5, 2020

Reality Takes a Holiday
Heart on a Chain
Foreverware
— 🧟‍♂️ Undead Rebel Scum 🏳️‍🌈 (@deifire) September 5, 2020

Foreverware
Scariest Home Videos
Heart on A Chain
— A Film by M. Night Shyamalan: J.D. in the Water (@JDGravatte) September 5, 2020

Loyal Order of Corn
The Lost Hour
Reality Takes a Holiday
— Kat Hughes (@GizmoShikari) September 5, 2020

froodle

The Eeriversary is on the 15th of the month and this also marks the start of our annual rewatch. If you'd like to watch along, the R2 DVD is about £15 on eBay or Amazon, and in the US is free to stream for Amazon Prime customers. Check out our "where to watch Eerie Indiana" tag for more options.

We'll be starting with the pilot episode, ForeverWare, on 15 September at 7:30pm BST, and the rest of the schedule is below:

2020:09:15: ForeverWare

2020:09:22: the Retainer

2020:09:29: ATM with a Heart of Gold

2020:10:06: the Losers

2020:10:13: American's Scariest Home Video

2020:10:20: Just Say No Fun

2020:10:27: Heart on a Chain

2020:11:03: Broken Record

2020:11:10: the Dead Letter

2020:11:17: the Lost Hour

2020:11:24: Who's Who

2020:12:01: Marshall's Theory of Believability

2020:12:08: Tornado Day

2020:12:15: Hole in the Head Gang

2020:12:22: Mr. Chaney

2020:12:29: No Brain, No Pain

2021:01:05: Loyal Order of Corn

2021:01:12: Zombies in PJs

2021:01:19: Reality Takes a Holiday

froodle

We're one month out from the Eeriversary and the start of our annual rewatch. If you'd like to watch along, the R2 DVD is about £15 on eBay or Amazon, and in the US is free to stream for Amazon Prime customers. Check out our "where to watch Eerie Indiana" tag for more options.

We'll be starting with the pilot episode, ForeverWare, on 15 September at 7:30pm BST, and the rest of the schedule is below:

2020:09:15: ForeverWare

2020:09:22: the Retainer

2020:09:29: ATM with a Heart of Gold

2020:10:06: the Losers

2020:10:13: American's Scariest Home Video

2020:10:20: Just Say No Fun

2020:10:27: Heart on a Chain

2020:11:03: Broken Record

2020:11:10: the Dead Letter

2020:11:17: the Lost Hour

2020:11:24: Who's Who

2020:12:01: Marshall's Theory of Believability

2020:12:08: Tornado Day

2020:12:15: Hole in the Head Gang

2020:12:22: Mr. Chaney

2020:12:29: No Brain, No Pain

2021:01:05: Loyal Order of Corn

2021:01:12: Zombies in PJs

2021:01:19: Reality Takes a Holiday

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Ye Eerie Indiana was class. Early 90s solid gold. Anyone remember this? I think Tobey Maguire was in one of them.
"Elvis lives on my paper route" pic.twitter.com/BJFqV0P9nG
— A s t r a l S t e r e o P r o j e c t (@Astral_Stereo) August 13, 2020

Absolutely amazing show, still is! I rewatch it all the time.

Joe Dante was creative consultant on it too!
— Alpha Chrome Yayo (@alphachromeyayo) August 13, 2020

Yes he was! I remember one about a heart necklace that was really great powerful viewing.
— A s t r a l S t e r e o P r o j e c t (@Astral_Stereo) August 13, 2020

Aw that was soooo great, quite a sad one! They didn't hold back tbh.
— Alpha Chrome Yayo (@alphachromeyayo) August 13, 2020

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Marshall y una compañera de clase, Devon (Cory Danziger) se enamoran de la nueva niña, Melanie Monroe (Danielle Harris) que necesita un trasplante de corazón. Cuando Devon muere en un horrible accidente, Melanie recibe el corazón de Devon, y su personalidad cambia casi de la noche a la mañana. ¿Melanie está actuando porque se siente culpable por la muerte de Devon o el espíritu de Devon vive en su corazón trasplantado, que ahora está en el cuerpo de Melanie?

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This week, a record made and released by close collaborators Eerie, Indiana and Heart on a Chain received a re-release with a deluxe edition to celebrate its 20th birthday

Though the front cover of Marshall’s Theory of Believably, the joint album by bands Eerie, Indiana and Heart on a Chain names only those two bands, the project was a collaboration between all the members of the Indiana seven. The Indiana Seven were a close group of collaborators who had a close working relationship in the 90s, creating iconic tracks and albums. The cover, which depicts a lone man in a ghost costume was shot by Sara Sue, an artist/photographer who shot most of the Eerie, Indiana’s album covers, and a track labeled ‘we gave this track to Tod’ features the enigmatic artist known as Tod, who also helped on the band’s delayed record Broken Record. The album art is different from the works of both bands, with Eerie, Indiana frequently having a sort of DIY feel to their photoshoots and Heart on a Chain tending to the more abstract kind. These particular photos (remastered for the deluxe edition) depict various band members in the dessert wearing a sheet over their heads with large black eye holes. The cover is Holmes, peering from behind a large unlit bonfire at the viewer. The title is written in the handwriting of Janet Donner, who also features as the figure on the CD itself. Teller features on the back of the album, and the back page of the liner notes, waving goodbye. Inside the liner, there are images of X, with Monroe being absent, apparently due to having a broken leg at the time of the shoot following an incident at a waterpark.

The album features twelve tracks, with many of them focusing on the idea of cryptids and other mysterious entities to make up the metaphors of the song. On the idea for the Album, Donner said: We wanted to talk about love as we knew it. This broad, mysterious concept that so many people in their twenties make love out to be.” On what she thinks of love now, Donner then remarked: Love is being glad the world hasn’t ended yet. I’ll leave you to make of that what you will. On the album, both X and Teller have cited the other as an inspiration behind the tracks, which will not come as a surprise to anyone who frequently listens to Eerie, Indiana as the pairs sometimes tumultuous relationship is often at the center of the most controversial and interesting projects done by the band. But this album is, more than anything else, a happy one.

The first single released from this album was the track ‘Sometimes I Almost Miss You’ in the one-two punch style of Eerie, Indiana the track is titled like a break-up but is a love song. Over an energetic guitar track and drum machine, Monroe sings about the heart transplant she’d had some years before and how she believes that she can still feel the donor even though he’s (according to the lyrics) long gone and sweetly resting. The track is careful to avoid any religious implications, instead suggesting that the donor (who has since been identified as Devon Wilde) instead rests inside her chest. With X on the guitar and Holmes on the drum machine and (of all things) the triangle, Teller is free to singe verses from the perspective of the heart donor, viewing the world from inside Monroe’s chest while Donner provides very beautiful backing harmonies. The overall mood of the track is one of quiet love and happiness, as well as gratefulness to the young boy who gave her the second chance. Those familiar with the work of Heart on a Chain know that the transplant features heavily in their songs and it’s no surprise to see it here.

The second track released in the work was ‘Me and My Jackalope’ and fueled rumors about a relationship between Teller and his bandmate, Dash X. At the time, both were closeted at the request of the label to avoid scandal. “Being in the closest literally almost killed me.” Teller would reflect later, interviewing for a project he did, releasing tracks for an LGBT themed album in the 2000s.”The funny thing is, I don’t think anyone who listened to us gave a damn. We’d go on stage, and we used to stand so close our knuckles were almost touching getting up in each other’s face and people would just go crazy.” Me and My Jackalope is, as you may have guessed, a song about impossible love. A love that the singer, in this case, mostly Teller, keeps hidden under his bed, only bringing it out to play when he’s alone. It’s a slow, sad track with Teller crooning to his animal “If they saw you, then they’d send you away.” Both Holmes and Monroe are credited as writers on the track, with the usual Eerie, Indiana flavor of complicated guitar playing set aside in favor of Donner and a violin and Holmes playing an assortment of other instruments.

The third and final promotional single was meant to be Skylines, which lyrics from are also featured on the inside booklet of the album however at the last minute it was swapped out to the Meatloaf cover in the center of the album, Midnight at the Lost and Found due to ‘label meddling’ after it was decided they needed another upbeat track after Me and my Jackalope. The track is nothing special, a seemingly typical Eerie, Indiana cover. Eerie, Indiana frequently covered Meatloaf and Jim Stienman tracks, hoping to work with one or the other someday. Sadly, this collaboration never came to be. But it’s a fun song, much like the original version from the 1983 album by Meatloaf. Somewhat of a deep cut by today’s standards, but it’s fun. Which I think was probably the mission statement of this album if Dash X is to be believed (Yes, that’s his stage name, no I do not know his real name). ‘We were a bunch of 20 something friends given a studio and a year or two to do whatever we wanted. So we did whatever we wanted, which was being weird.’

Skylines and it’s reprise is a group effort, with every member of the group joining in with the writing process to produce something that could have gone astray but managed to come together into something coherent. Skylines covers the re-treaded ground of many bands, it’s a song set about missing people while on tour. Set against New York’s bright, iconic skyline the track is mostly led by Donner as she wonders what her lover is doing right now. Her lover, played by Teller wonders about if his lover will stay in New York, swept up by the bright skylines, and pleading for them to simply be theirs. The track has backing vocals from all of the members involved, including Holmes who mostly shies away from singing parts. ‘It’s not that I don’t love to sing.” He explains, “I’m just not very good at it. Marshall was always the singer, I’m much happier playing the drums, or a cello or something.”

The final track on the album, clocking in at nine minutes, is Cryptids (I Still Believe in You and Me). This track shows off the impressive guitar skills of Teller and X, this time paired with the violin playing from Donner who shows she can keep up with the boys by playing speedy, intense sections with precision. This Dash X penned track also has extensive work by Holmes on the drums and a solo from a very jazz saxophone in the third act. Ultimately, the song doesn’t quite come together, feeling disjointed and a little over-complicated. But...Maybe that’s how it’s meant to feel. Dash was never brought into Eerie, Indiana as a writer, he was brought on to foil with Marshall on stage and because he was the only person the label could find that could play the punishingly difficult riffs Teller produces. On his Instagram speaking about pride X has suggested that a lot of his music was changed during production because it was too overtly about men, while Donner and Teller both proficiently changed pronouns in there songs, or stuck to calling their love interests you.

The album has three tracks that feel like filler, the intermission track which is not unusual on the cinematic, large scale Eerie, Indiana albums, a seemingly ‘story’ track called ‘Lost in Time’ which is a piece of Holmes poetry performed by Donner and an odd little track called ‘We Gave This One To Tod’ While the enigmatic Tod was often credited on Eerie, Indiana albums and opened for them at live shows he never quite reached the level of recognition his peers did. However, seeing the bizarre and experimental nature of his work, and his goth and punk leanings I think it’s safe to assume he was happier underground than his friends were blinded by the lights of showbiz. This piece features heavy synths and a drum machine. It doesn’t hit for me, but perhaps for a fan of Tod, it could be a holy grail.

On this version of the album, known as the deluxe edition, we’re given three additional tracks. A demo version of Elvis and the Mothman, which is lyrically the same slowed all the way down with the shouting chorus replaced with a mouth against the mic crooner style. The released, upbeat anthem style track is a far better fit for the album. Baba Yaga in Heels is a Heart on a Chain only track, perhaps why it was discarded. It features a techno style dance beat, with the lyrics being about a night out with Baba Yaga, a Banshee, and a harpy. Ultimately, the lyrics are not that impactful but they don’t need to be. The final listed track is a cover of Meatloaf’s Bat out of Hell, which lyrically and sonically is almost identical to the original.

Overall, what Marshall’s theory of Believability tries to do is ambitious. It’s an album between two experiential groups of friends trying to make something that they enjoy. But it’s not the best work of either group, which is a shame because it could have been something very special if they were given a little more time to work out some of the kinks and if they pruned some of the tracks that are superfluous to the story of the album. I’m happy to have a copy in my collection, but honestly, I’d rather listen to something the group produced independently anyway.

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Había otra serie, que vi ya con algún añito más viviendo en Ejea que echaban por Fox Kids: "Eerie, Indiana" Hérodes era más compasivo con los niños que el señor que pensó que era buena idea emitirla. Estoy exagerando por las risas, pero tremenda paranoia. pic.twitter.com/7bApgnlG96
— Carlos (@Metamovidas) July 2, 2020

El opening no da cuenta del trauma que era ver esto. Que me encantaba, por cierto. Pero recuerdo el capítulo de una niña, un collar con un corazón y una foto, y un transplante de corazón y hostia puta, chaval. Ni me rayé ni nada. https://t.co/0xiwcztonu
— Carlos (@Metamovidas) July 2, 2020