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Friday, December 12, 2008

"Somebody help me! I'm being spontaneous!"


December 12. National Geographic is reporting today will be the biggest, brightest full moon of 2008. I'm here to report it will be the day Library Voices sheds their biggest, brightest smiles of 2008. Today marks the day we break from the studio for the holidays, and take time to evaluate the first mixes of our new album.

It's (semi) official! The album will be called Museum of Natural History & Make Believe and features 11 new songs. Over the past 3 months, between tours, work, and life, we've been tucked away crafting our first full length record. Thanks to the support of the Sask Arts Board and the unmatched patience of engineer Orion Paradis, this time has afforded us the opportunity to experiment a lot more in the studio. An old tube radio that belonged to Orion's grandmother was rewired to act as an amp and all sorts of instruments and vocals were run through it to create a warm, authentic 60's sound. Brennan got the chance to plug in his old, staticy surf guitar amplifier. I got the chance to fiddle over a handful of handmade instruments including circuit bent children's toys and a prepared music box. Darcy ran her brand new Nord Electro through virtually every device we own. Brett proved that somehow there is room for Daydream Nation era feedback in quiet pop songs. Wind chimes? Check! Thunderstorms? Why not! A gong? Well, we'll have to wait and see...

The experience, although at times trying, has been incredibly fulfilling and rewarding - and now in retrospect I can't think of a better way to spend a Tuesday afternoon than nestled away in the tracking room with Paul and Brennan. Each of them smashing a snare drums simultaneously while I beat on a tin box full of children's tambourines with a maraca.

And so although there will certainly be fine tuning and overdubs to come after the holidays, it's starting to feel like the end is in sight. We're feeling like Jim Carrey at the end of the Truman Show as he braves the waves and inches toward the outside world...

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Home Again

The tour out East was almost a complete success. The only aspect that fell short of expectations was our negligence to the blog. The shows were all great and we met a lot of wonderful people. The weather was on our side and downloading Bejeweled onto my ipod proved to be the best decision of my life, killing literally 100's of hours in the van.

This week Hunting Ghosts (& Other Collected Shorts) gives it the old college try and climbs to #21 on Earshot! campus charts. We're proud of the little late bloomer.

While we were in Toronto this past week we sat down for a couple of interviews. Eoin met with the good folk at blogTO. We gave him only one only one rule - keep it clean! You can check that out here.

As well, CityNews ran a feature with about a bazillion photos and a little video interview. Am I always that shifty eyed?

The above is from our show at Zaphod's in Ottawa and was stolen from Lenny W's flickr page.