Listenting to the new songs, I think the new album might be inspired by: New Order, The Cure, U2, Television, Echo & The Bunnymen, Girls Against Boys, Rush, Queen, Kiss, The Beach Boys, Generation X, The Stone Roses, A Flock Of Seagulls, The Motels, Joy Division, Peter Case, the Rappin' Reverend C. Dexter Wise III, Devo, and something called Slumber Party Suicide.
I might have forgotten something.
And I might have added a few things, too.
for the last couple of sessions, we've abandoned our downtown rehearsal spot for the more comfy confines of a business park in the o.c.
the reason is, we've started working at the northern records offices to begin the initial stages of making the album. we're mapping the songs, recording scratch tracks, and setting the stage for a proper recording.
of course, the actual recording studio that northern is building will not be completed in time for us to use, but that won't be a problem. we've made records in rehearsal studios, management offices, bedrooms, and weight rooms, so this one doesn't seem to be a big challenge.
i know i've said this already, but the way that everyone is talking about this album, it seems like we're making what we think might be the best lassie foundation album yet--if not the best album any of us have ever made, period. there are hot licks, hot hits, and some big beats that will hopefully get some people shakin'.
we better knock knock knock on wood.
In the last few sessions we've been honing the songs will be the album (give or take a couple): What The Beat Is For, Going Home, We Are The Kings, Sunset, Face Your Fun, Baja, The Longest Frontier, Don't Censored With The Money, Blow It, State Of The Union, and Saturday Night.
During this exploration of what this record is going to be, we've talked alot about 80's bands that did it right. Questions such as "What would A Flock Of Seagulls do in this song?" have been raised, and we think that's a good thing. "How could this song be more like '11 O'Clock Tick Tock'?" is not a bad question to ask, as we see it.
This record is going to be pretty upbeat in the sense that the songs are pretty fast. But lyrically and thematically it might be the darkest LF album yet. And we wholeheartedly think that it will be the best one by far. Every band has albums that, whether they admit it or not, are not the complete albums they wanted to make. This album is one that everyone is really excited about, and each track is something we think will be something everyone will find a connection to. We'll see what happens...
Here's the new and improved recording journal. Happy Tsugawa-Banta, our vibes player, designed and (kinda) built this thing, making it easier for us to post important announcements, tell you lies, etc.
You can still read all the other posts in the Archives, if you haven't been back in a while.
Thank you Happy! You are rad!