OK, so we are starting to really get rolling again with the "Rejoice/Black Castle" album release. I'm sorry it's been taking longer than expected... we have been sidetracked by the state of the economy, AND the sad state of the music business! We have been basically running against the wind (to quote the great bob seger) with this one, but we're not going to let it stop us. anyway, so, basically, i want to keep everyone up on the shit, so here's where we're at today...
we have started working on the album packaging design, and i am very psyched about this because i think packaging is needed, and REQUIRED, to complement the music on any album, especially this monstrosity two album set. we are using some of my art, as well as my old old friend rob marcario (who did the diamond artwork and other sou stuff you would recognize), and a new artist i recently met named hayes roberts who totally captured the black castle vibe. Aaron Tanner (who's done art/layout for ween for years) is taking all of the art and is putting together a great double album package.
finally, we are going to be mixing black castle! it has been finished for months, but the mixing part, has been in purgatory for way too long. we will be mixing some songs with matt gill (engineered rejoice with us) starting this week in brooklyn, and then i am going to chicago next week to mix the remainder of the songs with keith cleversley (flaming lips, hum, mercury rev, and our own "you are the best"!) at his studio, the playground - which is where we recorded "you are the best". it will be fun to whip the songs into shape, and get to work with keith again, who is the absolute mad scientist of rock (http://www.playgroundstudio.com/discog/index.htm)!
so, after the mixing, we will master the album, and then it is DONE and ready for a release date.
again, i will keep you up to speed on the progress... so stay tuned... and get ready for some new urchin music to be fed to your ears. we can't wait to dump this shit on you!
tomato
