Solid State Mercenaries is the forty-sixth album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist, released on April 21, 2017. It is the twenty-first release in the album series initiated by Ipecac Recordings, the ninth of the 2017 series. Original release schedule listed a different title, Baby Teeth Farm. It’s unknown whether this title was meant for this album, or a different release altogether.
Birth of a Ghost is the forty-seventh album by Omar Rodríguez-López, released on May 5, 2017, the same day as the fourth At the Drive-In record, their first in 17 years. It is the twenty-second release in the album series initiated by Ipecac Recordings, the tenth of the 2017 series. The album was produced and arranged by With Lions (Christian Celaya and Woody Ranere), recorded in Baltimore…
…at Destiny Christian Church and Wrightway Studios by Steve Wright. The record was mixed at Wrightway Studios by Steve Wright and Woody Ranere and mastered by Alan Silverman at ARF Mastering, NYC.
Original release schedule listed a different title, Invisible Chain Gang. It’s unknown whether this title was meant for this album, or a different release altogether.