The Reason Post Latest Update on Recording May 8th, 2006
It’s been a while… Here’s an update on the record. In late February we went into the studio with producer Gavin Brown with the intention of recording 6 of the 12 songs for the record. Once those songs were done, the plan was to work more on the other half and record the other 6 songs in early April. Why were we recording the record in two halves? There are many reasons, with the main one being 6 of the songs were great, and 6 of the songs were not as great, long story short. Anyway, during the month of March we worked out all of the kinks, ended up ditching a few of the songs and writing entirely new ones, and the vibe was super positive all around. But with only a few weeks to go until we were supposed to record again, the unthinkable happened…
I’m not going to elaborate on how or why this happened, but a few weeks ago on March 25, our drummer, Cam, broke his right hand. He was fitted with a cast that comes off on April 24, after which at least 2-4 weeks of rehab is needed before the hand can get back to a strength suitable enough to play drums again. Last week we had a big talk, and decided it was best to wait out the injury, and push the studio time back until mid-May. We are all members of this band, and half of a record with someone other than Cam just wouldn’t be the same. Recording is scheduled to begin again around the Victoria Day weekend, once the hand is better, and won’t stop until the entire record is done.
With the record not being completed until June, this means that the release date will be sometime in SEPTEMBER 2006. We will hopefully be heading back out on the road to do some shows (possibly a tour?) sometime in June or July. We miss the hell out of all of you, so in the meantime we will be doing a special ACOUSTIC SHOW in our hometown of Hamilton sometime in early May. Details will be announced very soon… Also to be announced shortly are the name of the new record, and all 12 of the song titles. The original artwork should be ready to view by June, with a preview track or two off the record to be released online this summer as well…
This whole situation has helped us as a band to stay positive, to stick together, and to always look ahead. This is the longest duration this band has ever gone without playing shows or being on the road, and not being in the studio right now is seriously killing me. I’m a firm believer in everything happens for a reason, and in the end i think it will all work out. It always does…
- Adam
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