Baldy Crawlers
Buying a song here isn't the same as streaming it. Streams are fine — you get to hear the song. But that's where it stops. We don't get to know you, and you don't get to know us. Here and on our Bandcamp page are the only places where we get to make a relationship.
We hope you want that as much as we do.
Baldy Crawlers are:
Norrell Thompson — vocals
Elizabeth Hangan — vocals
Marc Weller — M3 guitars, pedal steel guitar
Carl Byron — keyboards, accordion
Jonathan Montes — keyboards
Ross Schodek — bass
José Miguel Perez — drums, percussion
Cougar Estrada — percussion
Renata Bratt — cello
Martin Maudal — vocals, M3 guitars, producer, songwriter
Every song is different. See the credits on each song for who played on it.
Fais Toi Plaisir
Pre-order · the full record December 4, 2026
Three chapters and a growing set of bonus tracks. Pre-order and you get Hatred? and Waterfall Laughter today, and Orbelín and the Black Widow with the whole record on December 4.
You also get a password to a private page where a guitar called Bluesberry gets built, and a song called Waves Across the Green gets written for it. Neither is finished. You're buying the part that isn't finished yet
Pre-order on Bandcamp
Fais Toi Plaisir · Chapter two
Waterfall Laughter
La Tierra Ríe en Cascadas
Released September 18, 2026
A Latin folk groove with pedal steel and piano, and Norrell Thompson on lead vocal. A love song to the earth that ends up on a dance floor.
Norrell Thompson — lead vocals
Jonathan Montes — piano
Marc Weller — pedal steel guitar
Ross Schodek — bass
José Miguel Perez — drums
Cougar Estrada — percussion
Martin Maudal — acoustic guitar, songwriter, producer
Co-produced, mixed and mastered by Barry Wood. Engineered by Jon Crawford.
Fais Toi Plaisir · Chapter one
Hatred?
Released August 1, 2026
Acoustic guitar, cello, and three voices. A deep folk protest song, as beautiful to listen to as it is difficult to contemplate.
Norrell Thompson — vocals
Elizabeth Hangan — vocals
Renata Bratt — cello
Martin Maudal — acoustic guitar, vocals, songwriter, producer
Mixed and mastered by Barry Wood. Engineered by Jon Crawford.
On Those Who Starve Children
Released May 1, 2026
A New Orleans funeral parade on the way to the cemet'ry. Protest? No. It's a curse. Tuba, and no metronome — the tempo breathes because the band did.
Elizabeth Hangan — lead vocals
Norrell Thompson — harmony vocals
Marc Weller — Snow on Mt. Baldy, a guitar by Maudal Musical Machines
Carl Byron — Hammond organ
Vince Tividad — tuba
Ross Schodek — bass
Martin Maudal — harmony vocals; Cherry Pop II, an electric resonator guitar by Maudal Musical Machines; songwriter, producer
Mixed and mastered by Barry Wood. Engineered by Jon Crawford.
Please follow, if you think you can take it, a man who lives with and takes pictures of the children who still live in Gaza even now as I write. Mahmoud has shown me the beauty of those who can still find joy and love in such a place. The mere thought of the beautiful lives taken from us closes my throat like a fist and burns my eyes.
— Martin Maudal
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the Gardener
Released March 16, 2026
Acoustic guitar and a hybrid lapsteel/Weissenborn/resonator slide, sparse and close-recorded. A man whose heart isn't in his chest anymore — it's in the soil, in what grows, in the work of his hands.
David Millard — lead vocal
Marguerite Millard — harmony vocals
Elizabeth Hangan — harmony vocals
Martin Maudal — harmony vocals; acoustic guitar; slide on Barry's Thang, by Maudal Musical Machines
Mixed and mastered by Barry Wood. Engineered by Jon Crawford.
Thick Moon Paint (extended)
Released February 17, 2026
Elizabeth Hangan singing a love song about what the light of a full moon does to everything it touches, with Marc Weller on pedal steel. The extended version runs past where the song ends and lets her go — a long, soul-drenched outro that turns folk into something closer to Aretha.
Elizabeth Hangan — vocals
Norrell Thompson — backing vocals
Marc Weller — pedal steel guitar
Martin Maudal — backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, songwriter, producer
Co-produced, mixed and mastered by Barry Wood. Engineered by Jon Crawford.
Boy
Released January 9, 2026
Hammond organ, a handbuilt electric guitar, and Elizabeth Hangan's voice. Reached #11 on the UK iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart.
Elizabeth Hangan — vocals
Norrell Thompson — harmony vocals
Marc Weller — Snow on Mt. Baldy, an electric guitar by Maudal Musical Machines
Carl Byron — Hammond B3
Ross Schodek — bass
Martin Maudal — acoustic guitar, backing vocals, drums, songwriter, producer
Mixed and mastered by Barry Wood. Engineered by Jon Crawford.
Bring Me a Flower
Released June 19, 2026 · Juneteenth
A ghost story about the border, sung like a prayer. Two-time 2026 Josie Music Award nominee: Song of the Year and Social Impact Song of the Year, Folk/Americana.
Norrell Thompson — vocals
Elizabeth Hangan — harmony vocals
Ross Schodek — bass
Carl Byron — accordion
Martin Maudal — guitar, harmony vocals, composer, producer
Mixed and mastered by Barry Wood. Engineered by Jon Crawford.
“Montes [on piano] is the water the title promised.”
ROMBO →“warm, earthy and quietly joyful.”
No Transmission →“For Baldy Crawlers, reverence is not the same thing as stillness.”
Songplode →“I really enjoyed this song, and think you've created a very good artistic persona that resonates as authentic and thoughtful.”
Gael MacGregor, music supervisorThe guitar on this song
Part electric resonator, part lap steel, part Weissenborn, built in spalted maple by Maudal Musical Machines for Barry Wood, who mixes and masters these records. The slide here is Martin Maudal.
I love to see the thick moon paint wrap you 'round the wind and light have conversations about you And when the breeze has had it's say you rise to me Surrounding me in thick moon paint and Everything is alright
Martin MaudalThis is the extended version
with Marc's pedal steel solo, and Elizabeth channeling her inner ’Retha on the way out.
“Boy is not a puzzle to be solved, but a room to be lived in.”
Radio Brumas, Brazil → Translated from the Portuguese“The hand that carves the wood is the same one that draws the arrangements.”
Radio Brumas, Brazil → Translated from the PortugueseThe guitar on this song
A semi-hollowbody electric by Maudal Musical Machines. The cutout in its body is the silhouette of Mt. Baldy as seen from Claremont, when the guitar is in playing position. Played here by Marc Weller.
“There’s myth here, and madness, and mercy—all wrapped in the plainspoken cadence of a campfire prayer.”
Skope“Norrell Thompson’s lead vocals are as pure as a hymn and as weary as a confession.”
Skope“One of my favourite tunes of the year.”
Savoy Truffle“An essential listen for anyone searching for music that still has something vital to say.”
IGGY Magazine, France → Translated from the FrenchThe guitars on this song
A hybrid electric resonator with a biscuit bridge, built in English walnut by Maudal Musical Machines. Played here by Martin Maudal.
A semi-hollowbody electric by Maudal Musical Machines. The cutout in its body is the silhouette of Mt. Baldy as seen from Claremont, when the guitar is in playing position. Played here by Marc Weller.
“Spare and human, but never small.”
Songplode →“An enveloping folk production, with especially beautiful cello work from Renata Bratt.”
Obscure Sound →“A protest song without the need to shout, allowing empathy to become its most powerful instrument.”
Plastic Magazine →