Stromboli’s Alarm Clock

***Stromboli's Alarm Clock*** is the twenty-fifth released album by Moes Haven. It is considered by Matt Farley and fans of the band to be their greatest album.

*Stromboli's Alarm Clock* was released a few years after the band's last proper album, which was *December*, since much of the material on *If Not Us, Who?* and *This is My Millennium* contains older work. Farley and Scalzo took a great deal more time on this album than any of their prior albums, and it was trumpeted at the time of release as their final album.

That the album would one day exist is referenced in the last song on *December*, from the 2006 album-a-day project, "Moes Haven's Five Year Plan". That song pledges that the band would not make another album for five years. However, they completed *Stromboli's* in 2010, and therefore released it early. The wrote at least 200 songs for the album, which they narrowed down to 16. The album is discussed in depth by Farley and Scalzo on MMIP #25 (Jan. 19, 2015).

A thousand CDs were made of the album. The cover art is by Elizabeth Peterson. Tom Scalzo decided on the track order of the album. There are references to Creepy Bobby on the album, and most of the album is about his story (see "Moes Haven continuity" page), but it's not entirely a concept album.

Julia R. Stefano reviewed the album in early 2011 for *The Noise*, writing "While some tracks are downright peculiar and will certainly cause listeners to raise an eyebrow, the majority are just plain beautiful and serve as a testament to the band’s well-rounded career."[1]

Three songs from this album were performed in 2017 on *Live in Danvers! (World Motern Day Extravaganza)*, two appear on *W.M.D.E.2 (live)* (2018), and three on *Motern Extravaganza 2019*. Songs from the record were performed at the *2020 Extravaganza**,* but due to a recording error, they do not appear.

The Passionate and Objective Jokerfan album *Songs About Albums: Record Reviews and Ruminations* (2011) includes the song "A Review of "Stromboli's Alarm Clock"." [2] Outtakes and demos from this album appear on the *Songs From the Vault* albums, including "Don't Count Me Out Now, Baby".[3].

## Track listing

*Out With the Old* (2004) • *Dislocated Songs* (2004) • *Svetlana* (2005) • *Someone Else.* (2005) • *Explorations in Madness* (2005) • *Moe's Haven* (2005) • *Sir Paul Made Ram. We Made This.* (2005) • *Down With Memories* (2005) • *January* (2006) • *February: From the Bayou to the Barnyard and Back* (2006) • *March: of the Aliens* (2006) • *April: What A Cruel Month* (2006) • *May: I Buy You A Sandwich?* (2006) • *June* (2006) • *July: In The Sun With Me?* (2006) • *August: of Temporal Inconsistency* (2006) • *September: In Manchvegas* (2006) • *(SH)OC(K)TOBER* (2006) • *November the Tar!* (2006) • *December* (2007) • *If Not Us, Who?* (2007) • *This is My Millennium* (2008) • ***Stromboli’s Alarm Clock*** (2010) • *Metal Detector Maniac* (2022) • *(Several Supreme Beings Told Us To Make This) One Last Album* (2023)
**Compilations**: *Victory is Ours! (For Now)* (2007) • *It Takes a Lot of Guts!* (2009)
**Songs from Deep in the Vault (1996 - 2010)**: *Vol. 1* (2013) • *Vol. 2* (2017) • *Vol. 3* (2017) • *Unheralded Origins of Genius* (2021)