(PREVIEW) The long-awaited LP from long-time collaborators BIG CRUX has a release date. Bright, classic punk w/o Marshall stacks -- in the tradition of Big Boys and Minutemen. The record is at the plant in Nashville. The test press is on my turntable. Information on where to buy will be to be announced shortly.
Here's 1 of the 16 tracks, "Wirey." More info on BIG CRUX here.
Scriptures - The Hunters
(ALBUM RELEASE) Here's a taste of SCRIPTURES Hunters EP. The presentation on this teaser video should give you a good idea what you're in for. I've been staring at a copy of this EP this month, while we've been working at HMS on their full length this month. Check out a live set on KEXP's Sonarchy Radio here and see them on the 17th.
HYPE!
(ON TOP) This has been a cool week. HYPE! came to real life. I mixed 10 S>U>B>P<O<P artists in three locations, including Mudhoney, Sera Cahoone and Grant Olsen on the very top of the Space Needle. I also met the Godfather of Grunge, Jack Endino, up there.
Even the Sub Pop Mega Mart came back. When I spotted it in Georgetown on Friday, I had this memory from being in high school in Montana. I'm talking 1997. I used to send my friends who were visiting Seattle on a specific mission to the Mega Mart to pick me up CD's. One of my all-time favorites was Hype! The Motion Picture Soundtrack. They did proper multi-track live recordings of the shows featured in the movie and they sounded perfect.
Even though I've pledged my Seattle allegiance to B>A>R>S>U>K for many years, I gotta hand it to the Sub Pop folks for their "world domination" mentality -- and for being super great to work with in the process.
May 2013
Announcing…. My vinyl-only, European-import only, solo electronic LP.
Or possibly not, but here's a snap from Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona. I'm headed right back on the road through the US on Memorial Day. In the second half of June, I'll dive into an LP with SCRIPTURES as well resuming work on the DEVOTION LP. May '13 included: Kurt Vile & Metz at KEXP, Devotion vocals, and a tour of Europe with The Postal Service.
Iron Lung
(FREIGHT TRAIN) Jensen from SOCIETY NURSE and IRON LUNG, just dropped off copies of the Society Nurse LP fresh off tours on the East Coast and New Zealand.
We also recently knocked out 2 Iron Lung tracks -- recorded and mixed. One to appear on a forthcoming Sub Pop Records compilation (!) the other to kick off the new Iron Lung cassette "Mix Tape II."
Flip The Breaker
(OPEN FOR BUSINESS) When Police Teeth arrived at HMS on October 28, 2011, I had only had power installed for less than an hour. They opened the new studio with a weekend worth of recording that yielded more than two-thirds of new self-titled LP. We were running so much ahead of schedule on the second day that they decided to "write in the studio." One the 2-3 new jams is my personal favorite on the record "Emmanuelle In Renton." Tall Chris on vocals w/ some incognito BGV's from an old bandmate. The 12" LP is available on Latest Flame Records.
Scriptures
In the modern, multi-track software on laptop era, recording an album in a handful of locales by multiple engineers has become pretty darn common -- if not the norm. While it's awesome to do it all, it's also fun to do one piece a recording and then lose track of it for a while. Such was the case when I met up with SCRIPTURES guys in May.
They came bearing gifts -- the debut Scriptures LP on vinyl and cassette. It had been a while since I thought of them and even further since we tracked drums and basics at Two Sticks. After that session, I did a handful of overdub sessions (in at least 2 different places) and pinch hit on mixing duties with Jeff from Scriptures.
Scriptures are the evolved incarnation of The Process of a Still Life, who were once Missoula, Montana's answer to Explosions in the Sky. The new sound is equally as epic, but dirtier and perhaps even psychedelic.
I was psyched to have the guys down to HMS to track their new EP in June.
A track from the new LP:
Trotting with BOAT
For an indie band on the rise, there some sweet landmarks and rites of passage along the way. There many I've yet to experience, but one of the coolest yet would have to doing DAYTROTTER. For BOAT it finally happened on the Spring 2011 DYLI tour. It's a trek getting to Rock Island/Davenport, but it's a worthwhile detour.
I love the premise. Play a short set on the fun/vintage house gear and let them mix the set live to 1/4" tape.
Here was our set:
BOAT at Daytrotter (AUDIO)