Round Three

Tuesday night listening party. "The Octopus" is edited & comped and just needs some vocals to finish things off. Aaron needs to add his guitar tracks to "Goodnight, Danny-Boy" and edit our previous guitar work on "First News From the Zephyr." "Weak End With No End" is more or less done and the addition of Mike's live drums have added a whole new jittery dimension to the song. We took a preliminary listen to "Many Days, Many Answers" and once again were blown away by Matt's piano work.

Above: listening to Aaron's two days of work.

Above: Aaron works on the acoustic song, Penn Lane lounges

With the overall form of the untitled acoustic song in place, we embark on an adventure in lo-fi recording. Using my old Fostex and an array of cables & converters, we set up and track several takes. At just over 2 mins, this will no doubt be the shortest and acoustic-ist of all the songs on the new album. Track name and lyrics are in the works.

Above: an ancient Mayan analog 4-track.

Above: Aaron and Penny Lane

Above: Mike wearing the official engineer's glasses

Above: recording