hi friends and fans,
it’s been awhile so i thought it’d be a good time to write an update.
the big news is that a little batch of songs, in the form of an e.p. titled the pressure / the pleasure, is just about ready for release! this will be mostly a digital release through bandcamp, but there will be a short-run of cds for the few that still believe in the format. you’ll be able to download it FREE on saturday, 9/10/11, or buy a cd for cheap at a show.
the e.p. is an amendment to songs that go together, a move closer towards what minor me is all about. it’s punky, literate, vulnerable, occasionally ironic, but largely just an honest expression.
the e.p. was all recorded in one june day at cave country’s prohaus studios. it was actually super stressful, as early in the afternoon jim reynolds (the engineer at the session) called to tell me that the power had gone out at the studio. there had been so much prep work and band-member coordination up to that point that the news sent me into a mild panic. we had to do it that day!
luckily, about two hours after that original call the power came on and we all converged at the studio.
so what do i mean by “an honest expression”? at the heart of each song is a live, everybody-in-the-room-together performance, usually the first best take that just felt right. i then did no more than two vocal takes for each song, followed by a sweeter vox element contributed by kat von arx. the whole process was about capturing what minor me could do in the moment, without belaboring the point. sure, the lack of studio perfectionism means that there are some blemishes—you’ll hear the occasional out-of-tune vocal or flubbed note. but every track feels so good.
these new tunes make me look ahead—they’re really a preview of what’s to come on the debut full-length album. i’ve been writing songs and thinking about a full album so hard this year, and all the work that’s gone into the pressure / the pleasure and other projects (tall tales & the silver lining, the evan aproberts band, etc.) will really come to fruition in the full-length. it should arrive in 2012, but the pressure / the pleasure should satisfy for the time being.
i’m so proud of us for having pulled it off this way i wanted, so i hope the spirit of it comes through to you. 9/10/11!
-edgar
minor me 