The listening Stool

 Today was another special studio day, this time in just sitting and listening to the (almost) finalised mixes for the Fox Barn Studios part of the coming EP. 

One track stood out as a potential, though perhaps unusual lead single. 

Afterwards I missed my train by 6 minutes so Dan & I were forced, unwittingly - to the pub! 

Updated 18/05/2025

The band-gang have approved the mixes so the next stage is mastering. 

Outboard spring reverb deployed! 

Automated reverb on lead
vocals - now that's perfectionism! 

Off the tracks

 03/04/2025

Back with project-José , recording vocals & lead guitar for a co-written track. This is for a project that will take some months to complete, so stick around if you want to know more (eventually). 

Perhaps it's because he's a close friend (or am I looking for excuses?), but I did no vocal warm-ups or guitar warm ups before this session AND IT SHOWED! 

We got some great takes in the end though...

 

Spring Shades

 25th April 2025U

Updated 28/04/2025

An absolutely incredible night - I joined Maddison Kent from Somerset, Michael Wack from Germany and the inimitable Simon and Sina - ie Barn 54 at the award winning venue, Percy's Cafe Bar for not just a gig, but Barn54's live album recording. 

A stunning night - you had to be there!

Jonathan White wrote an article about the event here

Photo by TMR Photography

Photo by TMR Photography

Photo by TMR Photography

Photo by TMR Photography

Pre-show - Photo by TMR Photography

Pre-show jam with Barn54 and Michael Wack
Photo by TMR Photography

Photo by TMR Photography

The Cuckoo Set

 20th April 2025

We've been so busy working with just a few songs and their arrangements for recording that we arrived at Tom's Tap and Brew feeling pretty under-rehearsed.

The occasion was to support Tim Lee and his special night launching his beautiful new album - The Cuckoo Set.

Various "Yellas" joined him on stage for different songs including our Em who played - both live on the night and on the album itself, on the sad and stunningly beautiful title track.

The guitar pit

Fox Barn Day 2

 

Another utterly fantastic day for us at Fox Barn Studios under the direction of the mighty sound-brain of Daniel J. Logan. Recording in such a quick, creative way is a big part of what we're all about even if we rarely get a chance to do it quite like this, and - there's a bar!

Paradise.

One of the songs in particular actually transformed in today's session, from sounding more breezy straight-rock to gaining a much more punky approach than we were originally looking at, and we're loving it.  We're loving it all.