After weeks of pre-production, tracking and mixing the recording process for The Restoration is finally over. There a few more technical things to be done before the album is ready for your hands (not to mention art and package design) but Stephen’s work producing and my work tracking/mixing is complete. We are very proud of the work we’ve done and look forward to everyone being able to hear and enjoy it as well!
Now that we’ve gotten that business out of the way we are on a collision course with The Fire Tonight EP and boy, is it going to be awesome. After doing some soul searching about why we are even bothering with this whole music thing we all realized that we really enjoy it. We like performing, we like writing, we like recording. To that end we are pursuing the fun-factor for this batch of songs by including an omage to ridiculous classic rock, some genre influences that we would have previously said didn’t sound like The Fire Tonight, and more surprises that we are bursting at the seams to tell you!
I know we keep talking about the album without sharing specifics because, like many groups, we don’t want to let the cat out of the bag too early. So what would you guys like to get before it comes out? What are some things that bands you like have done to treat their fans before they released something? As much as we are making this to have fun we’re also making it because we want to do something for you guys. So let’s open up a discussion.
Everything
Free downloads always make me happy.
Sometimes remixes make me happy but not always.
I’m a sucker for “pay a little extra, get a Tshirt or poster or sticker” deals.
but mostly, I just wanna hear you guys make music.
Lori
on Nov 20 @ 11:39 pm
Aww shucks : ) Thanks for the suggestions! Of course all of our plans are still in the “super secret” The Fire Tonight vault. But I’m pretty sure you won’t be disappointed (*wink*).
Collin
on Nov 21 @ 11:19 am
Teaser samples! Those are for the win! They give you just enough to know if you’ll be stoked for it but not enough that when you actually hear it everything’s been ruined for you.
But, like Lori, I’m just excited when you guys come to town! I just wanna hear the music. I mean, you guys are pretty much my favorite band ever. STILL. :3 Even though I’ve been too poor to make some of the past shows. (No longer! I live just down the read from the NBT in Columbia. lol No excuses now!)
Also, you guys are great at this music. Everything comes out so professional sounding, so cohesive. It’s beautiful. Have you guys thought of maybe attempting a thematic album, or something sorta like a rock opera that tells a story through the different songs? Those things are amazing. (Though no doubt difficult.) In any case, I’m sure you guys already thought of that. :3 But I’m just saying it just in case.
Cassie
on Nov 29 @ 12:12 pm
Wow! Thanks for the compliments! I think that you too will be happy with some of our pre-release plans.
We have talked about trying a thematic album and one day we hope to do that. But probably not for a while because, you’re right, they are hard! If you like concept albums though you should definitely check out The Restoration’s album when it comes out next year. And speaking of shows at NBT, we’ll be there on New Years. Hope to see you there!
Collin
on Nov 29 @ 3:34 pm
Damn Collin that was a great plug!
Stephen
on Dec 03 @ 6:30 am
I do what I can
Collin
on Dec 03 @ 1:14 pm