We did a daytrotter session a year or two ago and it has made the light of day. I was a bit apprehensive about releasing something from so long ago, as we have been evolving a bunch with this new record, but I really love these takes. I also love the mixing that was done. So please enjoy and we look forward to letting the world here our new record. Its ever so close.
pattern is movement’s chris ward riffs on our first ever african mahogany gladstone shell’d c&c kit. guest sax : andy stack photographed by mr david gaume/cave
Also, another interesting development this week is that an interview from last years SXSW made it into a documentary which is screening at this years SXSW. You can check out the trailer which includes a second of me on screen and then a nice sound-bite right at the very end.
Wanted to report that the new record is almost done. I recorded the drums this week and its sounding wonderful. We have to wrap up the vocals and then we’ll be able to turn this bad boy in. Below - I’ve posted some photos from the studio (nerdy mic placement photos) and a video from the little vocal booth where I setup some of my drums. We’ll keep updating more photos and videos as we come to the finish line.
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I was recording in a vocal booth and I turned my iphone on and decided to give y’all a guided tour of my drum set as well as smack the drums for good measure. I am pretty sure we had 9 or 10 mics in that little booth.
This is the drum set up for the currently titled ‘River’. The kick drum below is an old ludwig that Andrew uses when we play live. Its got an insane amount of low-end and I’m super happy how it came out.
This photo is from Andrew while in the control room. Dave Downham, the engineer from Gradwell House, is tweaking the four mics we placed on the above mentioned kick drum above.
Here is another photo from the vocal booth. As you can see, I’m using this amazing little Gretsch kick drum that my good friend Scott lent me. Its from the Catalina series and the low-end was insane in that little room. It was as if the whole room became the kick drum!
Andrew and I are currently in the middle of finishing our new record, but we have a bit of a treat for y’all. Now, we don’t have anything yet to show the world, but we do have an amazing song that Andrew sang on for our friends The Forms. I really think the song captures Andrew’s range in a wonderful light and is a precusor of what y’all are about to hear on our new record.
You can hear the new track here on the blog Stereogum. Let us know what you think and keep your eye out for Derealization, the EP by The Forms due out in February which has special guests - The National, Dirty Projectors and Craig Wedren.
