FOREST CITY LOVERS

So today we actually recorded! For realz for realz. It was an early morning, so Kyle and I made peanut butter-on-baguette toast and amazing espresso coffee (with my awesome stove top espresso maker that rocks) and hopped in the van to drive to Angles Up studio. Christian was already there, with his drums mostly set up.  We’re working with our dear and talented friend James Bunton for this weekend’s session, and he is always a pleasure to work with.

This is James in all his professional glory, talking to us about how the day’s going to go down:

This is a photo of how we listen really well to Jamie:

So Jamie and Christian spent the morning getting the drums to sound really good. Kyle and I watched.  Here is a photo of Christian and Jamie setting up the  sparkly-tacular drums:

The drums finally sounded amazing and so we got the piano ready. Kyle lifted it with one hand. Jamie watched. We recorded the first song (tentatively called Phodilus & Tyto) and  it only took a few takes.  There was even a Kat-and-Mika-sized piano beside the real one, check it out:

We were happy with how the beds sounded for the first song so we moved onto the second song (tentatively called If I Were A Tree) and after twenty three takes (no jokes, we counted them) we got the guitar/drums tracks down. There is no excuse why Christian and I will ever mess that song up again. I promise.  Jamie coaxed me into doing some power chord chugs on top of the other guitar line, so I obliged. 

So, as I said, it took twenty three takes to get the drums and guitar properly done…  It’s a really short song, but Kyle still fell asleep and wouldn’t even wake up when we poked him. We thought it was funny and took photos. 

 After the day’s work we went to our label guru’s house and had a couple beers and talked about our plans.  Stuart was covered with dust because he was stucco-ing his house. I thought it was funny so I took a photo:

We are excited to head in tomorrow. It’s a bass day, so it’s probably best that Kyle slept today because tomorrow he must work work work. We are also very excited for Mika to return from her Brazil trip and add her magic to the mix!

fulla beans,
kb

p.s. it’s NXNE here in Toronto and there are a lot of amazing shows. Tomorrow night especially has a lot of stuff going on….google away and find a new band to check out (let’s see…. The Magic, Ghost Bees, Ruby Coast, Olenka and the Autumn Lovers to to name a few. They might turn into your new favourites…)