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Mind Your Manors

Our album is coming along... 54+ hours in we have tracked 10 new songs including the venerable "9to5er", the posturing "Golden Bones", and the fresh yet reviled "Life Is Money" to name a few. Nonetheless we have yet to decide on a title; toiling with the permanence. Examples: "On the Upside of Down." "Are We Loud Enough?" "Aggregator" are some ideas we have plugged thus far... Plus the fact that three of us are derived from the Journalistic brood, and teeter in torment over what questions, cliches, cancerous metaphors, and other uncomfortable jargon the garrulous crows will squawk once their beaks are fed.

However, we take comfort in fact that if we can't fall in line we can always name the work "Ocean Blanket".

I mean that is hysterical and brilliant. The fact that someone else has posited what an ocean blanket could be is just wonderfully bombastic and joy-filled. 

I thought that I would share some photos I took at the Phantom Manor... 

Manor of Speaking

Master Manor

Plug Your Manor

Manorisms

It's a Manor of Respect.

MANors

We are back in the studio Sunday to finish the record. And then Billy will be in Austin, Texas next week to represent Bully in the Hallway... So hit us up and grab some brewha with him.

Get at us.

Simon.

more slices of life at the Manor.

I honestly wish I recorded more of this. Hang ten, Kennedy.

Kajadog was into the bass sessions.

Kennedy and Aaron played "Go" the Oriental Strategy Game incessantly in the Manor lounge. We also watched documentaries covering topics including: the making of Aerosmith's "Pump," a colorful look at Rush's rock legacy as well as an encore showing of Classic Albums: Nevermind (a hit during the Advice EP sessions).

Studio Update

We spent last Saturday and Sunday at the beloved Phantom Manor, and I'm about 30 minutes from being picked up by Kennedy to head right on back. So far we've focused on mic setups for drums, guitars, bass and tracking. We played late into the night Saturday and Sunday. We even managed to completely re-structure the beat for a song (for the better) so we're excited to share that with everyone when it's done. Ok now for some pics from last weekend...

Secret photo of Aaron warming up in the closet. He's a weirdo like that and needs complete privacy.

Looking at this photo, can't you just TASTE the sweat and tears pouring into this record?

Executive Producer

Channeling Rush and Rick Ross.

"I'm losing money RIGHT NOW!"

off to the studio

We're headed to Phantom Manor this weekend, one of our favorite places. We love recording and we've worked hard on these new songs. More updates to come!

In the meantime, enjoy some iconic studio photos while we create our own.