Eighth Whale at Cedars
Some exciting news for all of you.
We are hard at work at a new set of Eighth Whale recordings for our first full length release. We have all the drum tracks completed and are in the process of finishing all other relevant pieces.
Trevor deserves some serious high fives all around for the time he is putting into recording and mixing all the delectable whale sounds. Or you can give him a hug. But he seems more like a high five type of person. I would stick with that. Also mad props to DJ for his ability to record all his parts in a single day, unlike a certain keyboardist.
We don’t have a name for the album or artwork yet. I think we have a semi-official song ordering. Someone who was paying attention could probably tell you what that song ordering is.
photo by D Sharon Pruitt. released under creative commons
As of this August, we are officially 2 years old! Cue the balloons! Set off the fireworks! Baby proof the music venues!
I guess the 2 year figure really depends on how you are counting. We had the full guitar, bass, keyboard, drums lineup by August. There are a few hasty practice recordings dated from July from before we any bass player. There were even more demos between Trevor and I before DJ was even in the picture. Interestingly enough, some of the songs we had from those early practices, we still play today.
Others we don’t. Some of them for very good reason. “Hot Pizza”, I’m looking at you. You are a miserable relic from our past and shall never be played again. Don’t ask us to play it. Don’t ask us for the recording of it. It has been stored in a vault and sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. Or maybe the Pacific ocean. I forget.
I digress. It is an honor to play and write crazy music with such open and creative individuals as Trevor, DJ, and Allison. Its cool to look back and see how we progressed into the band we are today. The last two years have been great and here is to even more!
To those of you blubbering on about how we need to play more shows, fear not. You can have a whale sight seeing party on Sept 24 at the Smiling Moose. You can debate with your friends about whether you think the band or the venue’s name is better.
