Bass recorded/post work complete on a fast song.

Earlier this week, I was able to record the bass lines for a new fast-sounding song. This song was definitely written with performing it live in mind, as it is always one that gets our adrenaline flowing wherever we feature it during our set list.

Right now, we've been able to finish the necessary post work on the song, so there's one more ready to go when Joe gets to it on his guitar recording schedule. Everything is moving along, now if I could just get a little more time in the studio, we'll be in even better shape as we move into August.

"Infatuation" bass completed.

A very heavy song that is made heavier as each new instrument is recorded for it. "Infatuation" is pretty loud and imposing when performed live and it is living up to its reputation as we record the studio version. Relentless drums, thundering bass...then in several weeks we'll be adding Joe's guitars when it comes up on the schedule? This song will crush everything in its path.

Bass attack.

This past week was spent re-recording basslines for several songs and doing the post work on them. Only a week to go before we begin recording Joe's guitars! While the bass for the entire album won't be done by the time we begin Joe's guitars, at the very least there should be 7-9 songs ready for his guitars to be recorded to.

Bass for "History" re-recorded.

Sometimes, things go well and other times you think they go well and upon reflection, there's just something not quite achieved that you were striving for.  That was the case here, as there had been some solid bass recorded around a week ago for this song, but for whatever reason, upon revisiting it, it just didn't feel right.

No point in forcing the issue, just re-record it, right?  That is just what we did.  In its place, is exactly what we're looking for in tone and note duration.  The feel of the song, if you will.

"Apparition" bass post work completed.

This song is shaping up nicely.  It's starting to sound like something recorded in or around 1980.  This is a very good thing to recognize.

Lots of post work for the song to get it to sit just right, but as always, the patience and time have proved fruitful and absolutely worth the effort.

Bass for "Wasteland" recorded.

Of course I'm going to find something positive and out of this world to say about every song we record.  If we as a band didn't feel that way about every song, then we should be doing something else.

"Wasteland" just sounds remarkable.  Another short, very much to the point kind of song for us.  The piano really drives the song and the bass is complementing it quite well at this point.  We really can't wait until this song has the guitar and vocals recorded and mixed in.

Bass for "BTSSNY" recorded.

Well, here's another day gone with another bass line done.  This song is one that really brings some different kind of emotion out of me when we perform it live.  I can't really describe the exact emotion; it just comes from a different place.  Perhaps it's a recollection, a nostalgia, something sentimental to me -- I can't place it, I really can't.  All I know is it's an emotion I hope never becomes lost.  Its value to me is irreplaceable.

Bass for "Change Your Mind" recorded.

Productivity rules.  While tweaking sound for what seemed like an eternity -- as if anyone really knows what eternity feels like as it is currently going on -- I was able to capture the feel we were searching for in the bass sound today for this particular song.  Once that was done, it took 15 minutes to record the bass for the entire song.  

Post work was also started and finished on this song today as well.  On to the next song...

Bass for "Apparition" recorded.

Today, we were able to get the bass recorded for "Apparition" and it sounds very, very good.  I'm glad with our updated studio gear we're able to get more of the intended sound recorded than before.

A Bleachers song covered by Lotte Kestner.

This is some interesting news to bring to you: Anna-Lynne Williams, of Trespassers William has recently recorded a cover version of "Stolen" from our album Conjure.

She has been recording songs as a solo artist for some time now under the moniker Lotte Kestner.  Her myspace page -- which at the time of this writing, features "Stolen" as the first song in her song list -- can be found here.

Ms. Williams possesses a remarkable gift in the world of music: A distinct voice and vision.  She is rivaled perhaps only by Chan Marshall and Nina Simone as someone who can take another person's song and place their personal stamp on it.  This is what I felt upon first hearing Ms. Williams' recording of "Stolen".  Please visit her site and check out her interpretation of the song.