Had our first extended weekend of recording – three extra long days of fluffed takes in a row. It did wonders for getting some perspective on the album. We’re very nearly finished five songs now (Whoop). We also started work on ‘End of Print’ over the weekend, which is shaping up nicely. All in all we’re feeling positive and increasingly excited about this wee record.
Did some cool work on percussion / ambient stuff this week, which included some nice slowed down snare drum, crumpled paper, giant wind chimes, a bunch of kids on a trampoline and a piano fed through a DD5 pedal. It was nice to have some time to try new ideas. More of that lark should be forthcoming as we’ll be starting to join forces for a midweek recording session from next week onwards.
We also enjoyed a bit of barbequed sweet potato and roast pepper during a break from recording and indulged in a spot of freestyle Frisbee throwing. That is, until Daryl lost the bleedin’ frisbee (documented below) – up until that moment I could have sworn Daryl was a semi-professional frisbe-er, such was the level of skill on display…
In between takes we’ve been listening to:
Large Mound – songs from the opus in progress ‘Another Year of Rock’ (You’ll Never See a Dinosaur is a particular favourite)
Caribou – Resident Advisor mix (There’s an amazing afrobeat song near the end – worth downloading for that alone)
Mathewdavid – Outmind (All City calls it ambient / emotional, which I would incline to agree with. Lush)
Friday, July 15, 2011
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