Synthetic Socks is a very early recording by Gene Ween

Gene Ween

Aaron Freeman , best known as Gene Ween, is a musician and a founding member of the experimental alternative rock group Ween...

, released on TeenBeat Records

TeenBeat Records

Teen Beat is an independent record label, originally based in Arlington, VA, now based in Cambridge, MA. It was founded by Mark Robinson in 1984 at Wakefield High School along with Phil Krauth , Andrew Beaujon , Tim Moran , and Ian Zack .The label was originally set up like a lending library...

 in 1987. It is almost entirely the product of Gene Ween making personal recordings in his bedroom (Dean Ween

Dean Ween

Dean Ween is the stage name of Michael "Mickey" Melchiondo, Jr., American guitarist and half of the alternative rock group Ween.-Biography:...

 appears only a few times on this cassette).

Instruments include Synsonic Drums, Korg Poly-800

Korg Poly-800

The Korg Poly-800 is a synthesizer released by Korg in 1983. Its initial list price of $795 made it the first fully programmable synthesizer that sold for less than $1000. It featured a 49 key non-velocity sensitive keyboard, two buttons for data entry, and a joystick controller, which could...

, piano, and reel-to-reel. Scott Lowe assisted in post production using delay and additional keyboards.

Credited as Synthetic Sox (not "Socks" as in the album title), three of the TeenBeat tracks; Tree, Sea of Mellichis, and Investigating Tornadoes were released on vinyl as part of Shadow Mouth: Compilation One, released on the Shadow Mouth Record label based in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Synthetic Socks features a very embryonic version of Ween's trademark sound.

Track listing

1. "Baked Potatoe"
2. "Cops"
3. "Hence it Came (Instrumental)"
4. "Living Together"
5. "Once I Lived"
6. "Anything Quickly (Instrumental)"
7. "Get Back Here Son (take the .45)"
8. "Gi. Go. Stop. No"
9. "Ho Ho Ho"
10. "Some Weird Shit"
11. "Eurshishyshen"
12. "Tree (Instrumental)"
13. "Love"
14. "Justcruisin'"
15. "Acoustic Lawn Jam"
16. "I Hate Snuggles"
17. "Style of Carpet (Instrumental)"
18. "Collectives"
19. "Cheese Fries"
20. "I Had A Party"
21. "What do you think about a woman?"
22. "Sea Of Mellchis"
23. "Investigating Tornadoes"
24. "Today It Is My Birthday"
25. "Sonata in A#G Overture (Instrumental)"
26. "Happy Family"
27. "School Days"
28. "Prank Calls (Literally)"