2008-05-08 11:23:32 by Alex

100% complete

2008-05-07 19:49:13 by Alex

In my hand, I am holding the final master of the album! That's right kids, the album is finally finished. I posted a few songs for you to hear on myspace/purevolume/trig. Let us know what you think! We started writing this four years ago, so it's a long time in the making.

SNOCAP: So...we are impatient. Earlier today, we had decided on making a digital release date later on this month. But, we are too antsy to do that, so we're just going to put it up tonight. That's right, the entire album will be available to download tonight.

CD RELEASE: Our friend Joel has been working really hard on the artwork, and it's nearly finished. As soon as we get that completed, we will set a release date. Expect it out in June! It will be available to order online and at Psychostick shows. We don't have a record deal for this album, so it won't be in any stores. Someday, maybe!

-Alex

New song up: Velociraptors

2008-04-10 09:33:33 by Alex

New song just posted on our EC myspace page.

Josh is very busy finishing up the mixes on the album, and he sent me the latest track he completed. It’s a song called Velociraptors. Keep in mind, these songs are not mastered yet, so they are all different volumes and everything. Don’t worry, in the end they will sound even better.

Now, about the songs:

NOTHING LIKE YOU  is the second song I ever wrote. I was working at Sonic at the time, and nearly everyone around me thought they knew exactly what was right for me. It was early 2004, and I was trying to learn how to cope with a lot of negative shit that I had to endure as a kid. I just kept hearing, "Don’t worry about it, you’re fine", bullshit like that. It’s a pretty straight forward song from there.

PERFECT RATIO is much more cryptic. I wrote the entire thing in my room super late one night, getting drunk off whatever the fuck beer I could afford. I had just bought my first guitar, my Ibanez GSA60, and I borrowed my roommate’s Peavey 15w practice amp. I was listening to a lot of Alkaline Trio at this point, especially "Good Mourning", which had come out pretty recently, so that was a very big influence on the song. I was just miserable, wondering if everyone went through nights like that. After the first 3 minutes into the song, I just wanted an instrumental ending that sounded bitter. I think it came out really well. Still my favorite song to date.

VELOCIRAPTORS is about a dream I had. The scariest dream I ever had, actually. I woke up and immediately knew that it was a metaphor for child abuse and being terrified for you life. This one sounds really different too because Josh recorded the guitars in the studio’s bathroom to make it a little more eerie sounding. Can anyone guess where the audio clip at 2:00 came from??

-Alex

New songs posted.

2008-02-04 21:41:14 by Alex

Hear the new songs on Myspace, Trig, and PureVolume.

We've spent the last month recording our album, Veracity, and we thought these two songs represent the album very well. As you can hear, it will be very diverse.

Due to time restraints, we won't have the entire album finished until Psychostick finishes its next tour. Josh finished the mixes for the two songs we put up, but the rest still needs work. If you like these songs, know this: I wrote them, but I could not have done it without the help of a few people. Josh and Rob, obviously, for recording guitars, bass, and vocals for me. Thank you guys. These songs mean a lot to me, and it feels awesome to finally have this to share with the world. And a huge thank you to Jason and Renee of Toxic Recording.

Without all of these people contributing, this album would not exist.

So, when we get back from the tour, Josh will finish up the mixing process, and we will have it mastered. At that point, we will finally set a release date and get it out there!

Thanks for listening.

-Alex

Josh is so quotable.

2008-01-27 22:46:25 by Alex

Rob just tracked the vocals for the remainder of "Peace, Love, and Santa Claus" and "The Hole" just now, and they both sound great. The Hole is fucking pissed off. It's a perfect example of what a studio track sounds like; there are several parts with two or three melodies going at once. Cool stuff! We ripped off Brand New, for sure.

Then, we tracked the vocals for "The Damage Has Been Done" in its entirety! Fuck yeah. It's funny though, Rob has trouble getting the rhythm down for the more simple songs, but this one he finished in less than an hour! It's by far the most rhymically complicated song we have, as far as vocals/drums are concerned, and yet we kept most of the first takes.

Tomorrow, we will finish up the recording process by laying down the vocals for "Occational Letter Number One" (tentatively titled). But first, Josh has to finish writing the lyrics...we went back over them and he decided they sucked, so he has to rewrite them now.


"If I have to mix this fucking record, I want some ice cream!"
-Josh

Album progress video, part 2

2008-01-24 21:13:52 by Alex

Drums are finished.
Guitars are finished.
Bass parts are finished.
Vocals are over half way finished.

We are nearing completion!

Visit our Media page for the 2nd installation of the album progress videos.

Yep, updated!

2008-01-15 17:49:52 by Rob

New design. We've got a video you can watch in the media section.

The CD we're recording right now is called "Veracity" and will be out hopefully within the month.

We update our myspace page a bit more than this site at the moment, so keep checking there.

Small update.

2007-07-20 11:04:47 by Rob

Alex posted this on our myspace page:

This September... This September, we will be in Arizona recording a few Pstick songs. While I'm at it, I'm going to try and lay down the drums for the album again. I did once before, but they didn't sound all that great. I have my Pearl set now, and my OC snare, so I'm balls out now. I think it's time to fuck shit up. One day for me, one day for Mike on the bass. That is probably all we will have time for, for now, but it's a start. My goal at this point is to finish it by the end of the year. It's a long process, I know, but for anyone who cares, I want to thank you. Writing this album kept me from going totally nuts when I started hallucinating. I knew no other way to cope, but write the most fucked up songs I could. I promise you this, it will be good. -Alex

Yeah! I hope we can record some stuff with this project. I've been revising a song I wrote for EC a couple years ago, so hopefully we can lay that one down too if I get it done in time.

Hey hey!

2006-06-03 17:03:53 by Rob

Thanks for being patient! Our other band is taking up the majority of our time, so it'll be quiet around here for a while. But, we've got a bunch of stuff recorded that we'll release as soon as we have time. Thanks!

Progress that does not need repair. Hah!

2005-09-21 13:45:08 by Rob

Alex is recording drums as we speak. Here's some info for our next show. Might be a while 'till there's another EC show, so be sure that ya don't miss this one. October 14th 2005 Chaser's - 8005 E. Roosevelt, Scottsdale http://www.chaserslive.com This show is for those 21 and over. There is a $5.00 cover. ---SET TIMES---- 9pm - Toxic Knowladge 10pm - Evacuate Chicago 11pm - Mission G Midnight - Dick Hazard 1:00am - Kill Syndicate ----PROMOTER---- Euphoric Productions www.thisiseuphoric.com www.myspace.com/euphoricproductions ------SPONSOR------ Americana Tattoo www.AmericanaTattoo.com Gift card giveaway during the show Also Kill Syndicate is sponsored by Monster Drinks so they will have free drinks and shirts on hand.