B|*ZZ4rD

is almost complete! :-)

For a few months on and off the 6 stringed section of hollow have been recording acoustic versions of songs, much like the ones performed at crosses corner most Monday nights, using Robs laptop.

9 songs will be 10 when Suddenly something is completed.

Me and Rob did the mix down of most of the tracks last night, and listing to the burnt cd today it sounds pretty good :-)
Some cool extra harmonies and guitar parts

we recorded:

Foothold
Wait
Not Job Here
The Ghost
Last Time
Care
Worn Down
The Outcast
Your Song


Suddenly something is waiting a guest vocal from my brother but we hope to have it done and dusted pretty soon.

We will be giving these out to friends, and at our acoustic gigs,
so if you would like a free copy let me know by emailing me your address.

here is my track by track break down:

Foothold
sounds good! Rob recently commented he prefers this song acoustic, I can see what he means. I like the end extra harmony I put on this, almost sounds like a cello.

Wait
quiet a popular song. the recordings captured the song quiet well

Not Job Here
sounds strong in the recording. Not job here can be a bit hit and miss when we practice it, but this version sounds good imo.

The Ghost
nice to have Robs guitar parts recorded finally! I hear then whenever I play this song now even if he isn't playing!

Last Time
sounds great. strong harmony all through the song. again this song can be a bit hit and miss with the band, but this recording sounds right!
very radiohead esq in some ways.

Care
again nice to record with robs guitar parts, we had to do this song twice as the first time I recorded it I got too into it and sped up, so we had to record the song us both doing our guitars at the same time.
where as with the rest of the songs we recorded my vocals and my guitar at the same time, then rob added his parts.

Worn Down
really like this. we may need to re record the end vocals as I made it peak and distort coz I was shouting too loud ;-)
other than that its great, some nice weird guitar parts and spooky harmonies

The Outcast
just me and my guitar, this sounds great with the full band so Rob didn't want to add to the acoustic version, but I thought as we had recorded it we may as well put it on :-)

Your Song
also just me and my guitar. we have struggled to play this as a band, and even to have extra guitar parts etc. I guess this song was meant to be played by just me.
sounds good though having it more intimate etc.


btw band practices generally have been going well, and the band have co written a lot of new stuff since its last gig at the end of the October, almost a albums worth of new songs.