I guess after playing together for many years, the three of us know when there’s going to be change-ups, lulls or rockin’ parts. With that said, we thought you’d like to hear a couple jam sessions from our last practice. They flow into each other, so you’ll notice some re-used melodies and textures.

(Remember, all of this stuff is made up on the spot without prior writing involved…so don’t judge)

Make it either way (Part 1)

Make it either way (Part 2)

Rain the Shining - In the Studio

Well, we’re happy to announce that recording has commenced. Yes, we’ve said that we’ve been busy working on new material, and getting everything ready for a while now, but now it’s happening. Thanks to a few new pieces of recording equipment (I’ll let Jonny write about the details on that stuff) and some much needed discipline at practice, we’ve started recording two songs, “Shotgun Eyes” and “Newborn.”

I have to say that the greatest part about recording on our own, is having the freedom to actually create while producing. In the past, we’ve been so rushed in the studio to save on studio time, that we approached the song-writing/recording process with such tunnel vision. The goal was to always nail it on the first try, and get stressed if you don’t. The basement studio gives us the ability to write bigger, take our time and actually enjoy doing it.

Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo fame puts it best: “We just like playing in the room. We think it sounds really good. And I think there’s something we deal with that I would think a lot of bands deal with, and that’s the idea of going to a recording studio and kind of tightening up a little bit. ‘Okay, this is for all the marbles. Go!’ We try to put ourselves in a setting where we’re at our most comfortable, and recording in our rehearsal space seemed like something where we might sacrifice something technically, but we might make up for that in just the feeling.”