pinkerton
09/21/05, 04:20 PM
from the thursday message boards, posted by him:
posted Wed, Sep 21, 2005 (5:03pm)QUOTE (http://www6.islandrecords.com/thursday/www2/bbs/bbs1_7/newmsg.php?site_num=111&id=569528819640&folder_num=399&thread_num=10285989"e_id=10285989) http://www6.islandrecords.com/thursday/www2/bbs/bbs1_7/spacer.gifHey friends-
SO... we see that the early demos we did for the record have FINALLY leaked. In this day and age anything and everything that passes through a computer eventually ends up being available to everyone at the click of a button. Many of you know that Thursday is one of the few bands that actually supports file sharing!!! We love the fact that music is available to everyone whenever they need it. We have always told our friends and 'fans' that they should download any of our albums that they can't afford or can't find in stores.
These demos, however, weren't ready for anyone to hear. These songs have all changed substantially since those demos and will probably change between now and the recording. Just to help you guys understand these demos, here's a user's guide:
1. most of these songs don't have names because the lyrics are still being written... a song only really becomes a song for us when we figure out EXACTLY what it's about.
2. One of these songs is actually the reincarnated out-take of a song that we cut from war all the time.
3. Andrew had just joined the band as a full fledged member when we recorded these and his keyboard parts were still sketchy at best.
4. There is one song, however, that is much closer to finished than the other's. It's called "At This Velocity" and it's about a crash landing in an airplane on the other side of the world. This song was started when we were in Australia on tour with the Flaming Lips, the Mars Volta and Poison the Well. The first line of the song is, "We were safe, Now we're paralyzed, Suspended in flight..." We hope you enjoy it.
On a related and timely note, we are very excited to announce that we will be heading into the studio with Dave Fridmann at the beginning of October to start on our new album. His work with the Flaming Lips, Weezer, Mogwai and Sleater Kinney has produced some of the finest albums of the last ten years. Dave is one of the few modern producers really pushing the medium and he's one of the nicest guys in the business. We started preproduction on the sixteen songs we've written. In the short amount of time we've been working with Dave he's already pushing us to new musical and emotional ground.
Anyway, thank you all for the love that you have always shown us. These demos aren't really a good indication so try not to listen to them too much (we don't want you to get used to them this way!!!). We're just happy that all the really great stuff on this album is still a secret!!!
Keep checking the website for updates and tidbits.
thanks and love,
Geoff (and all the Thursday boys)
i hope this hasnt been posted yet.
posted Wed, Sep 21, 2005 (5:03pm)QUOTE (http://www6.islandrecords.com/thursday/www2/bbs/bbs1_7/newmsg.php?site_num=111&id=569528819640&folder_num=399&thread_num=10285989"e_id=10285989) http://www6.islandrecords.com/thursday/www2/bbs/bbs1_7/spacer.gifHey friends-
SO... we see that the early demos we did for the record have FINALLY leaked. In this day and age anything and everything that passes through a computer eventually ends up being available to everyone at the click of a button. Many of you know that Thursday is one of the few bands that actually supports file sharing!!! We love the fact that music is available to everyone whenever they need it. We have always told our friends and 'fans' that they should download any of our albums that they can't afford or can't find in stores.
These demos, however, weren't ready for anyone to hear. These songs have all changed substantially since those demos and will probably change between now and the recording. Just to help you guys understand these demos, here's a user's guide:
1. most of these songs don't have names because the lyrics are still being written... a song only really becomes a song for us when we figure out EXACTLY what it's about.
2. One of these songs is actually the reincarnated out-take of a song that we cut from war all the time.
3. Andrew had just joined the band as a full fledged member when we recorded these and his keyboard parts were still sketchy at best.
4. There is one song, however, that is much closer to finished than the other's. It's called "At This Velocity" and it's about a crash landing in an airplane on the other side of the world. This song was started when we were in Australia on tour with the Flaming Lips, the Mars Volta and Poison the Well. The first line of the song is, "We were safe, Now we're paralyzed, Suspended in flight..." We hope you enjoy it.
On a related and timely note, we are very excited to announce that we will be heading into the studio with Dave Fridmann at the beginning of October to start on our new album. His work with the Flaming Lips, Weezer, Mogwai and Sleater Kinney has produced some of the finest albums of the last ten years. Dave is one of the few modern producers really pushing the medium and he's one of the nicest guys in the business. We started preproduction on the sixteen songs we've written. In the short amount of time we've been working with Dave he's already pushing us to new musical and emotional ground.
Anyway, thank you all for the love that you have always shown us. These demos aren't really a good indication so try not to listen to them too much (we don't want you to get used to them this way!!!). We're just happy that all the really great stuff on this album is still a secret!!!
Keep checking the website for updates and tidbits.
thanks and love,
Geoff (and all the Thursday boys)
i hope this hasnt been posted yet.