Tag: Laura Theis

  • From The Vaults: To Live By A River

    From The Vaults: To Live By A River

    Don’t think I’ve yet shared this live version of March’s bonus tune.

    Spring doesn’t usually come until mid April in these parts, but it really seems to be busting out all over, and currently – writing as I am from my boat on the river – I would have to say I concur with this tune’s sentiments.

  • Sunshine Werewolf

    Sunshine Werewolf

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    Track number 3 from Badass Snow White. We’ve had race car drivers, dodgy princes with necrophiliac tendencies… and now we someone cursed to be a werewolf whenever the sun shines.



    This is the first song on the album that features the full band playing live in the recording studio. (The first two featured some ensemble performing but were mainly constructed ‘in the box’, as the saying goes.)

    We also invited an audience of friends to watch, and even to participate, in the form an impromptu werewolf chorus, which you can hear at the end. Bloodcurdling, no? (more…)

  • The Tyranny of Robot Swans

    The Tyranny of Robot Swans

    You might recognise the fresh face on the video snapshot above as Laura Theis, whose album I produced. Well, one of her many other bands, Robot Swans, is releasing a new album this month (for Facebookers the launch is here).

    It’s called The Tyranny of Robot Swans, and it looks like this: (more…)

  • Chapter 75: Studio Animals


     

    Laura Theis.

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    Dear Diary,

    Well, Sunday was an enjoyable and fairly exhausting 9 hours in the studio, recording tracks for a Laura Theis album I’m producing.  It was a day of checklists:  (more…)