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Caverns

We started recording this at the very end of 2008. It was inspired by Silent Hill, Jimmy Eat World, and And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead’s song Source Tags and Codes, which has the lyric:

You picked me up and we went for a drive
into the stained glass cavern of the night.

Adam’s vocal was perfect, as usual, but then something on the muted TV made us laugh. We got another take but I left the laughter in. I originally programmed really hectic drums, as I’d been listening to The Most Serene Republic a lot. Some of it sounded good but I couldn’t get it just right. Tweaking the timing and velocity for each hit was so laborious I ended up leaving it alone, fiddling once every few years and eventually dumping the drum track for a more spacious mix.… Continue reading...

People Are Guitars playlist

I’ve cobbled together a playlist for People Are Guitars. I started recording these instrumental tracks in Cornwall, which is where the title ‘Do Nothing Beach’ came from. Except I couldn’t do nothing and started playing around with two new toys: Ableton Live and a Fender Strat. I tried to play some sparkling arpeggios like you hear on early Jimmy Eat World tracks.

We’ll see what happens next. I have a few new songs to record and am thinking about stripping back production in the next release for a sparser sound overall. You can see that direction on some of these tracks, though ‘When Feelings Attack’ definitely maxes things out. More Uffmoor Woods Music Club tracks can be found on SoundCloud.… Continue reading...