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title: "applied communications bites the big one"

description: "September 25, 2026 LP by Max Wood (applied communications), nine tracks. Luke Francis Walton mixed; Riley Knapp mastered. Bandcamp Daily Album of the Day the day it came out. The selection is the album's."

year: 2026
releaseDate: 2026-09-25
releaseType: album

artist: "applied communications"

bandcamp: "https://applcomm.bandcamp.com/album/applied-communications-bites-the-big-one"

tracks:
  - { title: "donna deegan", duration: "2:18" }
  - { title: "return of jafar", duration: "2:24" }
  - { title: "tarot sans tinseltown", duration: "2:35" }
  - { title: "rococo", duration: "1:24" }
  - { title: "cowboy bebop & eric's trip", duration: "2:50", song: cowboy-bebop-erics-trip }
  - { title: "butcher", duration: "2:41" }
  - { title: "gracie mansion comfort zone", duration: "2:40" }
  - { title: "i want you to be okay", duration: "1:36" }
  - { title: "peonies", duration: "4:37" }

press:
  - outlet: "Bandcamp Daily"
    url: "https://daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-day/applied-communications-applied-communications-bites-the-big-one-review"
    date: "2026-09-25"
    desc: "Album of the Day, Luke Jackson. The review is of the album and does not name the mix."
  - outlet: "Instagram: @appl.comm"
    url: "https://www.instagram.com/appl.comm/"
    date: "2026-09-25"
    desc: "Wood's release post names Scoobert Doobert mixing engineer and Riley Knapp mastering engineer. Transcript: /press-kit/evidence/#applied-communications-bites-the-big-one."

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**applied communications bites the big one**, nine-track LP by **Max Wood** as [applied communications](https://applcomm.bandcamp.com/album/applied-communications-bites-the-big-one) (**September 25, 2026**). Washington, D.C. It follows the [2024 comeback EP](/albums/applied-communications-has-a-midlife-crisis/) and the singles after it. Wood's release post calls it his first new LP in about 20 years.

**Mixed by Luke Francis Walton (Scoobert Doobert). Mastered by Riley Knapp.** Those engineer lines are Wood's, not the review's. Posting as [@appl.comm](https://www.instagram.com/appl.comm/), he names [@scoobertdoobert.pizza](https://www.instagram.com/scoobertdoobert.pizza/) mixing engineer, "whose creativity and thoughtfulness made each song he touched an entirely new - and always better - thing," and [@riley__knapp](https://www.instagram.com/riley__knapp/) mastering engineer ([transcript](/press-kit/evidence/#applied-communications-bites-the-big-one)). Bandcamp's album page lists the date and the nine tracks; it does not print the engineer credits. Track 5, [**cowboy bebop & eric's trip**](/songs/cowboy-bebop-erics-trip/), already carried them on its own Bandcamp page when it came out as a single (May 27, 2026): written, performed, and recorded by Max Wood; mixed by Scoobert Doobert; mastered by Riley Knapp.

[Bandcamp Daily](https://daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-day/applied-communications-applied-communications-bites-the-big-one-review) made the album its **Album of the Day** on release day (Luke Jackson, September 25, 2026). Bandcamp selected the album. The review does not name Walton. It points at **butcher**, **gracie mansion comfort zone**, and **return of jafar**.

The same post thanks @barnonerecords for help putting the record out, @terrorbirdmedia and @geosushigourmet for helping people find it, and @emperorx for help finishing it. Those are Wood's thanks. They are not Walton credits.

Luke did not write these lyrics: **mixing credit only** (not produce).

Listen: [Bandcamp](https://applcomm.bandcamp.com/album/applied-communications-bites-the-big-one). [With applied communications](/with/applied-communications/) · [Catalog](/catalog/#applied-communications) · [Press](/press/#press)

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