Back In The Studio

What a nice day it was on Saturday. Unfortunately for Gethin he was holed up in the studio most of the day along with our good friend and engineer for the album Al Heslop. It’s funny that recording studios never usually have windows. I imagine (although I’ve never done it myself) that being in there with a metal band full of hairy men is probably not the most comfortable of environments. It’s bad enough for us when Ben decides to show up.

We’re now at the mixing stage, and after Saturday’s gargantuan efforts by the pair, are close to being past it in a flash. 7 of the 10 tracks were looked over, dissected, listened to with almost alien like hearing from the pair to see if they could pick out the minutest of sounds that needed to be gotten rid of etc. Things were turned up, things were turned down, but by the end of the day they were sounding pretty damn good – and bang on schedule as well (I love a good schedule).

We want the album in as many places as possible to reflect our live sound, as if we’d basically just rocked up and started playing in front of you. Obviously we can’t help but use a bit of technical wizardry to add 800 fiddle parts at certain times, but the majority – apart from a few effects and double tracks is just the 5 of us, as you would hear us live.

So, have a listen to the snippet we have of The Neverending and see what you think.


Remember – the launch is Friday June 12th, which will be the first day you’ll be able to get your hands on the finished product. Tickets for the Jagz gig are available from any of us, and also the official site.

Phil.