We've been working on our new album "World Detonation" for a while now.It is finally mixed and now sent off to be mastered.That's the last stage of finishing the audio side of things.We send it off to someone (in our case it's going to Ed from "Goodlife Recordings" in Belgium) and it comes back sounding even better than before.I don't really understand it myself.It is now time to start organising a decent set list which includes songs from the new album that we have never played live before.We've got two sets to work on,one for our album launch/Bloodstock warm up (date to be announced shortly) and one shorter set for Bloodstock on Sunday August 12th 2012.
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| Typical.Our room starts to leak! |
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| Bison and Ed share a moment |
Organising rehearsals for this band can be a fuckin' nightmare.No-one answers their phone and it takes ages for anyone to reply to e-mails.We don't live in the same areas either so advanced organising is key.Full line up rehearsals are rare as juggling time around everyone's jobs is fuckin' hard too.But the difference with this band is that everyone does their part by practicing on their own.We record rehearsals and when we need to,we can get copies of any of our songs out to any band member and they'll play along with it at home.Then when we play together,it all clicks together like Lego.So long as each member knows what their part is and plays it the best they can,the team works.
So,no Matt Earl means no Bass guitar and with no Bass guitar our songs sound empty.Especially with the twin harmonies in "Heaven Waits/Hell Takes".But we got over it quickly and all was sounding good.Trying a couple of the new songs was strange.We've been playing the EP songs for a while and have them down but songs like the 9 minute title track "World Detonation" takes a bit more effort.After a couple of runs through though,it was sounding good.
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| Ed.If he hasn't got a guitar in his hand,he'll have a can of cider instead |
Next dilemma was trying to write a short set with songs that are 5-9 mins long.A half hr set is nearly impossible with this band.No 2-3 min punk songs here.Even our punky songs like "Born to Die" and "Disconnect" are at least 5 mins long,but a couple of little tweaks here and there and we're confident it will be a blinder. Writing an hrs set for our album launch will be allot easier though.
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| Jon with Bison in the background looking interested |
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| Trying desperately hard to cram our songs into a 30 min set |
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| Jon really needs to get a belt |
After 4 hrs of practicing,talking business, ripping the piss out of each other and discovering Jon really needs to buy a belt we called it a night.We even managed to organise another rehearsal,although Matt won't be there.Still,the good news is,our album will have a release date very soon.In this business,you don't want to put a date on anything just in case you jinx it.I'll keep you informed.
Heres a couple of links to our videos below.Hope you like em.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGe3jWr84p8 "Infernal Conflict" Unmastered.Taken from our new album "World Detonation". Coming soon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV8fmbeRAWY "Disconnect". Taken from our EP "Psycho Intentions". Available on itunes now!
Magic Dave.
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