Working on an album is a bit like raising a child. You set
out with certain goals in mind, you want to raise it to be a productive member
of societ….Wait a second. I have no idea what its like to raise a child. What
do I know how to do? Ok. Lemme try again.
Working on an album is like making a delicious bowl of
guacamole. Yes. This is way better. Its like making a giant bowl of guacamole
for a big party that you’re having. You know what the base is going to be. You
need to take a look through all the avocadoes that you have and choose the best
ones, then mash them up and youre off to a good start. Then you need to start
adding elements, salsa, lemon, fresh cut tomatoes, onion, chives…it takes a lot
to make a really good bowl of guac. And so it is when you work on an album. You
bring in songs and the songs change and take new shape through the recording
process, they develop new personality as you add fresh instruments to them,
they shine with their own particular personality and taste by the time that
you’re through.
Today, I am sitting outside, by the pool, about to record the final vocals for the newest
Remus Lupins album “The Rest is Silence”. The first song we tracked drums and
bass for was “Lovely Lily”, the album’s opening tune, and it will be the last
song that we record vocals for. It has a sort of wonderful circularity to it.
That said, the record should be done and mixed in the next
few days, and sent off to the duplicators. The album should be printed and
ready for mass consumption by May 29th, so I think that’s a pretty
good date to release it. The official release of the CD will be a show in Los
Angeles, and the CD will be available for purchase at all of our summer tour
stops as well. If you aren’t going to make it out to one of our shows this
summer (What the heck?? Come to the show…) then you should pre order one. After
we leave for tour on June 5, no CDs will be sent out until we are home from
tour, so if you want a copy of The Rest is Silence, you need to order it
between now and then.
When the album is released, I will post another blog with a
bit more in depth discussion of the songs, but for now, here are the songs that
will appear on the record:
Lovely Lily
The Marauders Worst Memory
Don’t Duel
War is Over
Artwork at Malfoy Manor
Tomorrow Starts Tonight
Loose Lips
The Whole World is in Love with You
Precious Days
Perfect for Each Other
Graduation Day
The Wedding
At Hogwarts
Imprisoned Lightning (Potterwatch)
Revolution is Now
The Rest is Silence
16 tracks. As always, we endeavor to give you as many songs
as we can pack onto a CD, and give the wizard rock listener the most for the
money they generously spend on our album.
Pre orders are open – tomorrow morning.
The Rest
is Silence – USA
The Rest is Silence –
UK/Canada/Europe/Australia/International
Hugs and Chocolate. More soon.