A quick update on how we’re getting along with the album. Thanks to everyone who’s been checking in and offering us kind words of support, we do feel a little bad that we’re making you wait for it, but we just want to make sure it’s as perfect as we can make it before we release it.
We’ve just finished the main recording stage. All the drums, bass and guitar parts are done, along with some piano lines and vocals. What’s left to be recorded is mainly the vocals, some keys and other overdubs. As we’re done with the noisier writing and recording side, we’ve moved out of our English country studio. It was really good to us, and it was a huge help to be able to play through song ideas on endless loops, only disturbing the horses on one side and the graveyard on the other.
For the final stage of this album, the overdubs and the mixing, we’re making a break and moving to California, to add a little sunshine to the feel of it. It’s a move we’ve been thinking about for a while. After last year’s US tour, with the friendly reactions that we found everywhere, we think there’s definitely a home for our music in the US. We will be back to Europe for touring, so don’t worry, you haven’t seen the last of us, but it’ll give us a chance to get to know our American friends better.
En route to California, we are taking a break from recording to play a few shows at Canada’s Indie Week in Toronto. This will be our first time in Canada, and we’re really excited to meet up with some of you who we’ve only met on the internet so far. If it goes well, it could be a great gateway to a full Canadian tour, so we’ve been polishing up our shoes and finishing some new songs to show off. We’ll also be making a stop with the Canadian branch of BalconyTV - a great Irish export that’s taking over the world - we’ll see if they treat you as well in Toronto as in Dublin.
That’s all the news for now, these will be the last shows until the album is completely finished, mixed and polished. Thanks for sticking with us and all the words of encouragement, it really does make it all worthwhile.
- Kathryn, Daniel & Benji
