The Microphone Doctors & Doctor Noize have a cure for those bad moods! Their new family album, Mood Food, exudes a sense of hope, purpose, and sheer fun for all ages. Mood Food will be released on August 30, 2024.
Picture two guys from wildly different backgrounds having a blast in the studio, not overthinking life, and letting their inner children come out to share the feelings of discovery that a deep new friendship can provide. Mood Food reflects the pure silliness and optimism of childhood, an experience that was interrupted for both Danny Darko of The Microphone Doctors and Cory Cullinan (a.k.a. Doctor Noize) when they were kids.
“The songs I write are just meant to be fun,” says Danny Darko. “My goal as an entertainer is to evoke joy and create happy moments that we can all share. Bringing these moments that I didn’t have as a child to today’s kids has been an unexpectedly cathartic experience. Working with Cory Cullinan was also something I never imagined happening in my wildest dreams!”
“I knew of Danny Darko’s amazing life story, and I thought he was, in many ways, the most intriguing – and certainly the most unlikely – voice in children’s music,” says Cory Cullinan. “So, when he contacted me about producing the next Microphone Doctors album, I was happy to say yes. But I had no idea what a fantastic collaboration this would turn out to be, both musically and personally. We set to out to write, record, and mix a song a day, in a flurry of fun and creativity, and held ourselves to and accomplished that goal! We ended up having such a great time, which no doubt is reflected in the easy feeling of happiness that permeates the entire recording. My transition from producer to co-artist developed naturally as we worked together.”
Cory adds, “It became clear through our chats that Danny and I had a lot more in common than we had suspected. We both had unusual childhoods for people in children’s music. Danny was raised in gang culture, saw many friends die, and was regularly in and out of prison in his youth. When I was a kid, my only sibling died of cancer, and that same year, in desperation, my father died by suicide. Danny and I both decided, at some point, that our lives were not going to be defined by the misfortunes that had occurred in our youth. After much reading, reflection, and planning, we very purposefully and proactively took roads that led in a very different direction. We arrived at children’s music as a creative outlet for similar reasons: We’re trying to relive – and perhaps re-invent – our childhoods a bit and give kids a ‘things are gonna be okay’ feeling – something we probably wish we had a little more of.”
The Microphone Doctors & Doctor Noize Will Release Their New Album, “Mood Food,” on August 30th.
