I Started Something...Typical Me
I have an enormous respect for any who has ever managed to finish and record their album. For that matter, I have enormous respect for people who finish anything. But recording that first album - it is a task that has a difficulty that is very well disguised. It isn't necessarily the amount of hours or the obstacles; sometimes it can be as easy as pressing 'REC' on a tape recorder and getting it done in 45 min in your basement. But it does depends on what you want. Sometimes it takes you six years to realize that the way you want to do it is to press "REC" on a tape recorder in your basement and get it done in 45 min.
But there is some light at the end of the tunnel now. We can now look forward to the imminent recording of our very first EP. I think in some ways it is just a relief to even say it. I have always been scared of saying things- I'm one of these people, that as soon as the words come out my mouth, I feel like I've already done it. Dangerous.
But more than anything it feels right. It really feels like the right time. The other thing is that that advantage to recording an EP (essentially a short album, unlike an LP which is full-length) is that you still dont have that pressure of releasing your first real album. We are looking at doing about 4 songs. That's much easier to get my head around than 10 or 12. It's also a lot less expensive.
But like I said- it feels like the right time. The songs are ready. They have grown as much as we want them to in a live setting, in meager 4-track recordings, and even in our own heads. It's time to cut the rope and give them new life...life in a studio.
So which ones? The lock for the first track is Sweetest Things in Life which we have already spent about 12 hours on in the studio. It is getting there and should be the very first track we complete. For the rest, it has been quite hard deciding.
After much belabouring and "oofing" (that's the sound I make when faced with an uncomfortable scenario), it looks like the other three will likely be Climbing Trees, Bonded, and The Haunt. But it wasn't that easy arriving at that conclusion.
Missed Kiss and In Retrospect received heavy consideration but were omitted for the simple reason that we thought both those songs will be an immense task- one we dont ever want to do twice. Especially with In Retrospect, arugably our most intense song (live anyway), it will take a lot out of us, and I think taking it on this early, is a little like trying to tame a tiger before you feel comfortable petting a dog.
Paratoxic also received some consideration, as did People in Cars, but were left off because I think we'd like to take a different approach with recording them; possibly recording live takes of them with the band first and then touching them up.
But ultimately, it also came down to which songs have received the strongest response from our shows. Again, In Retrospect and Missed Kiss aside, the 4 we are looking at doing seemed to go down quite well with our fans, and that is definitely important to us.
So...that's it...a basic announcement of sorts, but far too early of one to read too much into. One thing I will do though is keep you posted much more regularly once we are in the studio- the taste we have already got is already so addictive, I look forward to describing our thought and process further as we get into it.
In the meantime, I hope the recordings on the website thus far have sufficed and provided you with some enjoyment. (There is a tribute to Kurt Cobain lyric in Bonded - can you guess which one?) It's been a long road for you too, and we appreciate that you can hear past the lucklustre nature of the recordings thus far to believe in their untapped potential, just as we have always done. We wouldn't be at this point, if you didn't. So thanks for staying with us and we'll have something for you in let's say...4 to 6 months. Deal? Deal.
But there is some light at the end of the tunnel now. We can now look forward to the imminent recording of our very first EP. I think in some ways it is just a relief to even say it. I have always been scared of saying things- I'm one of these people, that as soon as the words come out my mouth, I feel like I've already done it. Dangerous.
But more than anything it feels right. It really feels like the right time. The other thing is that that advantage to recording an EP (essentially a short album, unlike an LP which is full-length) is that you still dont have that pressure of releasing your first real album. We are looking at doing about 4 songs. That's much easier to get my head around than 10 or 12. It's also a lot less expensive.
But like I said- it feels like the right time. The songs are ready. They have grown as much as we want them to in a live setting, in meager 4-track recordings, and even in our own heads. It's time to cut the rope and give them new life...life in a studio.
So which ones? The lock for the first track is Sweetest Things in Life which we have already spent about 12 hours on in the studio. It is getting there and should be the very first track we complete. For the rest, it has been quite hard deciding.
After much belabouring and "oofing" (that's the sound I make when faced with an uncomfortable scenario), it looks like the other three will likely be Climbing Trees, Bonded, and The Haunt. But it wasn't that easy arriving at that conclusion.
Missed Kiss and In Retrospect received heavy consideration but were omitted for the simple reason that we thought both those songs will be an immense task- one we dont ever want to do twice. Especially with In Retrospect, arugably our most intense song (live anyway), it will take a lot out of us, and I think taking it on this early, is a little like trying to tame a tiger before you feel comfortable petting a dog.
Paratoxic also received some consideration, as did People in Cars, but were left off because I think we'd like to take a different approach with recording them; possibly recording live takes of them with the band first and then touching them up.
But ultimately, it also came down to which songs have received the strongest response from our shows. Again, In Retrospect and Missed Kiss aside, the 4 we are looking at doing seemed to go down quite well with our fans, and that is definitely important to us.
So...that's it...a basic announcement of sorts, but far too early of one to read too much into. One thing I will do though is keep you posted much more regularly once we are in the studio- the taste we have already got is already so addictive, I look forward to describing our thought and process further as we get into it.
In the meantime, I hope the recordings on the website thus far have sufficed and provided you with some enjoyment. (There is a tribute to Kurt Cobain lyric in Bonded - can you guess which one?) It's been a long road for you too, and we appreciate that you can hear past the lucklustre nature of the recordings thus far to believe in their untapped potential, just as we have always done. We wouldn't be at this point, if you didn't. So thanks for staying with us and we'll have something for you in let's say...4 to 6 months. Deal? Deal.
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