dear reader,
my posting is sadly in arrears. deepest apologies. i’m hoping you all had a great weekend, forgot to read this blog, and will resume with me on this monday afternoon as if nothing had happened and with renewed excitement for tomorrow.
honestly, i’ll be happy to abandon these every-day duties for a while, but i do feel the need to go out with a bang. here’s a glut of demos.
that was also from “week’s worth,” and it’s one of my favorite demos. it was one of those songs that feels good right away.
the next three are from a disk call “three hearts” that i made and i think pretty much kept to myself. when trevor uploaded these for me today he remarked that he had never heard them. [he also said he was just about to punch a kitten in the throat. that’s just trevor. (just kidding, trevor is actually a sensitive guy whose jeans never wear out. and that’s the only true thing i’ve said here.)] each of these songs exceeds the legal limit for electronic kick drum.
the next example contains a mercifully rare example of my bass playing. if i were mikael jorgensen, i’d definitely tell me not to play slap in the control room.
wow, i can’t imagine if this were on the album. the intro sounds like house. can you hear the hip hop claps?
i’m glad each of these songs landed where it did, although i’m not sure i want to think about the number of hours we spent as a band (in fact, the hours span multiple line-ups) bringing them in. in a way that makes tomorrow’s release that much sweeter.
if you don’t already know, the whole album will be available for listening and purchasing tomorrow on www.goodnightstates.com, and there’ll be a track or two available for free. help us get the word out, and above all have a safe a happy tuesday.