We have been busy bee's in the studio last weekend. many thanks to our engineer and friend Dave for managing to rig up jr's studio so we could have a bash. This was not an easy task as we are the first one's to use it. We recorded 4 (FOUR) NEW ORIGINAL SONGS in two takes tops. This was just a test of how the new stuff was sounding and initial results are good. Its abit raw and rough round the edges and perhaps (the lads will kill me for saying this) a little bit fast in two of the songs but this is as live as your gonna get. Dave as done a first mix and on first impressions on that basis we are most pleased. The vocals come across strong, the bass is heavy in the mix, possibly at the expense of the keyboards. But there is so much going on its difficult to get the balance bang on. For instance the fox-eared amongst you may notice a lack of crash cymbals this was due to them dominating proceedings. We were gonna put them on afterwards but this would not have been the live thing.

First up was T.A.B. This was originally only meant to be a warmer upper to get the balance thus what you hear is the one and only take, thus there may be mistakes. However on listen back we decided to keep it and thus recorded an over-dub of vocals. Its mixed to heavy early on with trombone at the sacrifice of the keyboard riff but its alot better than i think any of us thought it would be, as it truly was just meant to be a warm up.

Alter-ego was next. We chose this as it as been a mainstay live wise for a while now. Theres alot going on and thus it good to hear back what it collectively sounds like. Its rough and ready and certain parts musically lack clarity but we like it like that. Its a good impression of what our live sound is like when you can hear the vocals clearly. On initial hearing this was my favourite because its a true representation of the song.

Ted bovis was next. This the bands working title of the song and the one whereby we really wanted to spend most time on. This didn't happen really and there are differences in the band about whether this is the right speed, particularly the intro and dub sequence. Remember this is recorded live and thus is susceptible to nervous energy. There are things such as guitar and snare effects that we may add later on, especially in the dub sequence half-way through the song. Overall though there are very few bands or songs even that sound like this. It will be interesting to hear the feedback. We are as a band proud of this song and Dave as done a good job considering the time constraints of the recording. Dave mixed this himself and i feel that the band will after a listen maybe want a few changes here and there but considering he had never heard the song before again its a good demonstration.

Lastly we blasted through what now appears to be at ferocious speed, a recording of Sunday Morning. Its perhaps alittle to fast for recorded/listening purposes but again a true reflection of it live. Its jaunty and annoyingly catchy i guess without going all pop-charty corny. Early listeners say its like a fast small faces ?? thats your call but its fun to play and always goes down well. Again few bands are doing this, not ant that i've seen anyway.

These are the impressions after les than an handfull of listens and after more i may be more lenient or even critical. Overall though its exactly what a demo should be. A great representation of the songs which with more time, money and gear Dave could have turned into masterpieces.
 
We've been asked to do the first play and interview on BCB radio which we will be taking place within the next two weeks. We are gonna have copies ready to purchase soon. We are also doing a video with an itv crew member (with full pro rig) for one of the songs, again shortly thanks to sy our friend and roadie. The tracks will then be put on myspace for your listen and comments hopefully. cheers the bombs (danny's views are not necessarily those of the band and any copyrighting.........

hi, tis lee the drunk guitarist here, eve is fine by the way i just changed her strings, on a recent check of my body i discovered a seven inch nipple hair! can anyone top that?