This record was
originally meant to be recorded in October 2004, but didn't get done due
to me going into a coma, and not being able to move for a long time,
including not being able to walk for 8 months. But lots of determination
and hard work got me back to be able to function about 90% back to
normal.
This session, recorded at New Alliance's new location in Cambridge, MA
is a 100% analog recording, recorded on a 24-track, 2" reel machine, and
mixed down to a ½" reel. It was really important for me to have a
true analog sound for this recording, because it is one of the heaviest
sounding things I have ever recorded.
The songs on this record differ from the first record in which the first
record was more of heavy, punk sounding record, and this one is much
heavier, and much more doom sounding. The song, "Leech" is definitely
one of my favorite songs that I have ever written and recorded. It is so
fucking heavy, it totally rules. I don't usually brag about songs
I have written, but this song deserves it. I would say it is probably
the heaviest song ever recorded.
Like our first record, this one is filled with a barrage of negative,
hate-filled lyrics about very personal things. The song on side 2,
"Everything" is the longest song I have ever recorded (over 15 minutes
long) and was written in 1990 for a band I used to be in called George
H. Brown. It is 15 minutes of pure misery...it would be a perfect
soundtrack to a successful suicide attempt. I didn't overdub any
of the vocals in this song - I did it all in one take. Ken Cmar,
who recorded this session, and the people in the room were considering
stopping the reel because (according to everyone there) I looked as full
of extreme torture-filled pain as I sounded...turning various shades of
red, as I exerted as much of nearly 40 years worth of anger, rage, and
violence that I could muster. I quote, "It was extremely
painful to watch him record that..."
"For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" is like if
AC/DC tuned down an octave lower, with a way heavier guitar sound, with
the singer from Anal Cunt screaming the lyrics (which is basically
true). At the end of the song if you turn it up loud, you can hear
Paulie saying "Yay!" triumphantly for getting the song recorded
perfectly on the first take. And the song "Fact Finder," like the song,
"Leech," is about someone who I tend to despise frequently for being a
know-it-all parasite.
To sum up this record, if you like doom- laden,
despair-ridden, suicidal feeling, heavy heavy shit, that's really heavy,
and totally heavy, this is something you must own.
-Seth Putnam / 8-9-08
"Brother, you MUST!!!" - Rob Williams, Everyday of his Life
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