30th April 2008 Delomazing
Party people.
So things have been bloody mental the last few weeks. We have been up to our eyebrows with recording. In the last couple of weeks we have completed a couple of new tunes. One is a rather epic scene setting story track titled “The Predicament”. It’s difficult to describe musically, but is built around a relentless piano line and swirling strings backed by fast thumping drums and bass. The relentless piano feel works well with the predicament the character in the story has I think.
We also put the finishing touches to a song that had been in the pipeline for yonks. It’s a song called “Geography” and we finally finished off the chorus last week thanks to the vocal talents of the Delorentos. We asked them a while ago would they sing on the song but were trying to figure out when we could record it together. So last week they popped up to Labbey Road for the evening. After a bit of banter we chatted about the song and how to make it as good as possible. Kieran recorded his stuff first and then Ro laid down the harmonies. It was such an easy collaboration as both the lads are pros and were really professional. I couldn’t help but think throughout the session how alike we were in many ways. They seemed to have this secret code between them just as MJ & I have, except ours is presumably far more immature. I just can’t imagine many people in the world discussing some of the lewd content we do, but if there is then the world is in a much healthier state than I thought.
We have also been finishing up a couple of other tunes. One track has been causing us problems as we recorded two versions of it so far and neither is right yet but third times a charm! Turd time is a completely different thing but can also be charming, especially if you’ve been holding it in for ages. So things are going well for the new album. It’s a building block thing and all that. Hopefully recording a brass section soon, which should be ace.
On a final note I went to see Bjork in Belfast this week. Holy fuckballs she’s amazing. It was such an amazing show. Great songs, spectacle and performance. I also saw an old man cycling down the road this week with his arms out waving them around as if he was flying – it was great.
TRACK OF THE DAY: The Last Shadow Puppets – “Meeting Place”
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