Able Baker Fox

We woke up around 7:30 am and started moving all gear into Studio B. Today we started tracking the record. It was damn good to see Ed Rose again. The last time we all spent time in the studio together was six years ago when we were working on The Casket Lottery/Small Brown Bike split EP.

Since we’re all flying in from different states, we’re borrowing guitars, basses, amps and drums. Jeff picked out a kit and Ed got the mics set up. After a few more minutes of getting the sounds tweaked, we got to work. When we practiced back in January, we kept track of the beats per minute for each song, so we just used them as the starting point for each song.

Jeff finished all of the drums, ate ice cream, and smoked cigarettes today. He’s a true pro. We started working Mike’s first track guitars after that and got through about half of them before we closed up shop. In the apartment above the studio we fell asleep watching Arrested Development, and ghosts watched us slumber.

After a year of trading MP3’s and one weekend worth of practice, the day is finally here.

Nathan picked Jeff up at KCI and headed straight out to Black Lodge for some rehearsals. Two songs deep we felt solid enough to head to Wendy’s for some Frosty’s. Picked Mike up at the airport at 9:00pm. After a quick stop for some food, we headed back to Black Lodge for a few more hours of practice.

The songs felt good and we didn’t make too many changes from how we left them in January. We closed down around midnight and crashed in the control room. Nathan heard ghost woman seducing him through the vents. The control room door mysteriously opened and closed at around 4:00 am. The spirits are with us, my friends.

We’re about three weeks away from recording at Black Lodge Recording with the one-and-only Ed Rose. The last time (and only time) that the four of us practiced was back in January in Chicago. Let the good times roll…