Thanks For Nothing, Day 2
So, it’s 10am on Sunday and Tim, Matt and John are back in Moonbase with Jon the engineer, mapping out the day’s work. We’re finishing up the brass first, John is honing his lyrics to ‘Quit On You’, then Tom will be joining us later to get started on some vocals.
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| Recording Thanks For Nothing (Day 2) |
9 hours, 16 minutes into recording and Tom’s arrived!
Tim has just played a note so perfect it cannot be heard by the human ear, even on repeat listenings. The computer, however, cannot be argued with and clearly shows this little slice of brass perfection in all it’s glory. Good work.
We just spotted that ‘I Can’t Help It’ is 4 bars too long in the breakdown. Not sure how we managed that…
Fashionably late baby!
On my way…
And the brass is done. We now have 4 and a half hours to get the vocals done. No pressure, Tom!
Can Tom read and sing? Will he ever get through ‘Chop off your feet’ without giggling? Answer to this and more later.
John is the consummate studio professional knocking out some fantastic vocals while Tom and Tim put their heads together for a last minute lyric writing session.
Songs that previously didn’t have words now have words, and the boys are putting down their ‘Hey!s’ on Goatpuncher….
Sam is about to record his first (and last) ever lead vocal, on the anthemic ‘Maverick (Theme for a Runcorn wrestler)’
And Tom has left the building. Only backing vocals on ‘Good To Talk’ to do now.
One set of fingerclicks and handclaps later and that’s a wrap. 12 songs, running the gamut from Mariachi Hardcore to Rockabilly to Pompous Doom Metal to Epic Judithcore, covering subjects as diverse as drinking, drinking and fighting, fighting zombies, pulling a killer robot, not pulling at all, infidelty, wrestlers, a bit more drinking and punching goats. All in 2 days.
Well done indeed guys…
Takes skill to perform a true piece of perfection whilst half cut