We are almost ready to put out a new album, and I’m really
excited about it for a lot of reasons.
One of those is that it will be the first album that every member of the
live band has recorded something for. That
means Ryan playing guitar, George playing drums, me on vocals and a few other instruments,
and Corey on some of the bass tracks.
That includes a really beautiful bass line that Corey added to the end
of one track (that already had amazing guitar work from Ryan). It was really important to me that every
person in the live band play on this, and I am so glad that I stuck to that. As you can probably guess from the title of
this post, the album is called, The Great Repression. I think I would rather let the lyrics speak
for themselves at this point, but it definitely tells a story that is rooted in
far-fetched science fiction and reality simultaneously.
Speaking of that, our plan right now is to do a physical
release that includes a full booklet with lyrics and lots of art. I know a lot of people don’t buy physical
music right now, but I think it is important sometimes to have something to
listen to and also look at that reinforce each other. If you aren’t a physical release kind of
person, it will be available on a lot of digital download and streaming
services too. We are working with a few
artists and also doing some things ourselves to that end for album art. All of the music is finished, so once the
artwork is complete, we are ready to put this thing out. I am looking forward to sharing some of that artwork
from these folks soon too.
I’d also like to take a moment to thank Terry from I Am the
Liquor for finishing up all the mixing on this.
I had gotten to a point where everything was recorded, but I couldn’t
quite let go for a variety of reasons.
Thankfully Terry is someone with lots of talent that I also trust.
We anticipate a summer release for this, so check back as we
share more stuff to see and hear.
