Greetings supportive friends and peers,

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This long-overdue blog post has roots in late-autumn, as the wind got colder, the leaves fell to the ground, and On Bodies began working on a six-song EP at Digital Bird Studios with Martin Horn (a mere coincidence that we chose to record during the darkest of seasons, or another example of hopefully-humorous goth-influence? Not sure). We are nearing the end of the mixing process, which has followed a four day/week recording process sustained by hundreds of coffees, teas, beer, buffalo wing and/or brown rice chips, vegan sandwiches, poutine, and T-Ho’s breakfast sandwiches (our food choices potentially reflect the musical dynamics and variety that can be expected on the EP). We have had the great experience of using some awesome instruments (a Rhodes, an analog synth, an organette and a *cough* tambourine), we’ve had some great musical and vocal help from friends, we’ve negotiated artistic and reflexive conflict on a city bus following a field recording in NDG with an upright piano, and we’ve overcome concerns that vocals were not sounding “badass enough,” or too “barfy,” like muppets, or a “musical theatre villain.” As of now, things are sounding great (or “epic,” or “totally epic”), and a HUGE thanks goes out to everyone who has been involved in the process so far, especially Marty (who has taught us much about recording, reverb, and affinity/infinity groups). Stay posted for news about release dates and show dates.

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“turn down the apocalypse, turn up the post-apocalypse,”

-On Bodies

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