February 23, 2010

57: “Devices + Emblems” LP

Works Progress WP003 / Comedy Minus One CMO016 | © 2010 Tre Orsi

Available in two different formats:

  • Limited edition LP, 224 copies made. Assembled by the band. Comes with a free, high-resolution MP3/FLAC/Ogg download of the album. (via Works Progress) – Out of print
  • Digital download via iTunes, eMusic, and other retailers (via Comedy Minus One)

Available March 23, 2010.

Songs:

  1. Manumission
  2. The Engineer
  3. The Visible Hand
  4. And If I Never
  5. Sargasso
  6. Toward St. Ambroise
  7. Best Kind of Failure
  8. Tiny Executive
  9. Declaring Space

Produced by Bubba Kadane and Tre Orsi. Recorded by Matthew Barnhart at The Echo Lab, Denton, Tex.
Mastered by David Willingham at 70 Hurtz Audio, Denton, Tex. Vinyl master lacquer cut by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service, Chicago, Ill.
Jennifer Seman sang on “Toward St. Ambroise”. Cover illustration by Daniel Hayes.

This recording would have been impossible without: Clare Surgeson, Bubba Kadane, Issac Turner, Matt Kadane, Chris Brokaw, Mike Donofrio, Jordan Geiger, Andy Byers, Brian Phillips, Nick Christus, Jason Molina, Jason Groth, Mark Rice, Pete Schreiner, Mikey Kapinus, Tim Midgett, Andy Cohen, Brian Orchard, Chris Manfrin, Gerard Cosloy, Owen Ashworth, and Michael Dahlquist.

Recording notes for the obsessive

As usual, recorded mostly live, save for vocals and a couple of little guitar things. Songs were recorded in three different sessions: August 2008, February 2009, and and August 2009. Mixed in August 2009.

Four of these songs were previously released on nos. 30, 43, and 56. The versions on this LP are all new mixes.

A different version of “Sargasso” appears on no. 30 as “Salgazo”.

Tracking: Studer A827MCH 2″ 24-track. Tape: ATR Master Tape and Emtec SM900, 15 ips, CCIR EQ, no NR. Reference fluxivity: 500 nWb/m2. 3.5db of overbias @ 10kHz.

Mixing: Studer A80RC Mk II 1/2″ 2-track. Tape: ATR Master Tape, 30 ips, AES EQ, no NR. Reference fluxivity: 355 nWb/m2. 1.5db of overbias @ 10kHz.

Mastering: 24-bit/96 kHz captures from the original analog tapes through Apogee converters. No peak limiting or compression was used on the vinyl master.

Reviews

“. . . one of the year’s best albums.” – The Unblinking Ear

“These nine songs don’t stick around long enough for eye-rolls to register, and the brevity of the album as a whole might point to its success, but the impeccable craft and the earnest spirit poured into the mold is all their own. . . The notion of ‘90s indie rock might as well be folk music but goddamnit, this is my folk music, and I’m sure more than a handful of you wouldn’t argue that it’s yours, too.” – Dusted Magazine

23 Feb 2010