We’ve set up a recording date in early November to work on our record.

Between the five of us, we have a massive amount of digital recording gear that we’ve used for a variety of projects. Scott and I have each recorded records in our houses. When the Kennett Brothers recorded their record in my house, some of the songs had well over thrity instrument and vocal tracks. I like complexity. I like multitracking. I like digital recording. For this project, though, we’ve turned to an outside engineer to help us do something different.

We’re going to record the record live, direct to two-track analog tape. There won’t be any close mics, and there won’t be any overdubs. Just five people making music together. I think this approach makes sense for this band right now.

I’ve played on records where the band was never in the same room at the same time. This approach can work well if it suits the music. But we’re not trying to recreate ‘Pet Sounds’. We’re trying to make a recording that sounds like what we sound like. And we want to make it playing in the manner in which we’re most comfortable: playing together, with no close mics and no headphones, in an informal setting.

In keeping with these goals, we’re not going to do this in a formal recording studio. We’re going to set up a remote studio in one of our houses. I think we will play better outside the confines of a commercial studio.

Barring any setbacks, we should have a record out between Thanksgiving and Christmas.