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The Boxmasters are a '60s-influenced rock and roll band and the melodic songs on Speck are reminiscent of that era. The album was produced by Geoff Emerick (4x Grammy Award winner; engineer on Beatles' albums, Revolver, Sgt Pepper's, Abbey Road; plus records by Badfinger, The Zombies, America, and Paul McCartney). Featuring eleven originals, Speck is the tenth album for band members Teddy Andreadis (vocals, keys), J.D. Andrew (vocals, drums), and Billy Bob "Bud" Thornton (vocals, drums). Sonically it touches on all of The Boxmaster's influences, including The Beatles, The Byrds and Big Star but there are new sonic touches as well; ukulele, cardboard boxes and the Beatle's famous "tea towels on the drums" trick pop up on songs throughout. "Lyrically it deals with every thing from personal relationships to politics, and social issues. The theme being that we are all specks in this universe trying to navigate it, during trying times in the world we still have our own loves, desires, problems and dreams as individuals," says Bud. "We're just little humans. No matter what our standing is in society."