Steve here.
While we’re working on sorting out our recording arrangement (meaning, the location and situation in which we’ll finally make this album), we’ve been doing as much pre-recording as we can.
Today: guitar parts for “In My New Language.”
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.
dear reader,
just finished up rehearsal here. the new song sounds like… well, like the primordial ooze that it is.
it’s kind of reassuring to be writing about these demos during the potentially frustrating part of a new song; it reminds me that the process usually comes to a delightful close.
like this, for instance. “killer” sounds nothing like this on the record.
(thanks for reading. also, i’m tired from driving in the snow.)
dear reader,
no unrelated editorials today, i promise.
in fact, since we’re going to be working on new material this weekend, i may not take the time to say very much else before tuesday’s big release. (but that’s not likely.)
“week’s worth” was another mini-album, although i seem to recall some band members exempting themselves from its reception in order to hear the songs as absolutely fresh in a rehearsal setting. that sort of thing has never really bothered me, and i usually try a song a few different ways before i commit to one.
for instance, this version of “i am the loser”–my brother reminded about this demo. if you like casio drums louder than death, this is your jam:
“week’s worth” also featured three new tracks that found their way onto the new album, and this was the first one:
enjoy.
dear reader,
today’s demos are the last three tracks from “working titles” that grew up into good night, states songs. (the remaining two tracks of those demos will go unreleased, although “honey, it’s true” remains an acoustic-set favorite.) they’re all pretty short. i like to hear myself mess up the words to my own songs.
ah, to recall when one’s swans were cygnets!
here’s adrian tweakin’ it out last night. (it’s great to have mastering wrapped up.)
(thanks for reading.)
