Day I. The Calm.

.Sunday, March 27

(Drum setup)

Well, it's Sunday, at about 7PM and I am just arriving in La Crosse after an amazingly scenic and relaxing drive from where I live in Wausau, Wisconsin. I was trying to listen to albums on the drive that would not only put me in the mindset for what the week was to be, but also to keep thinking about guitar tones, drum tones, etc. I have been excited about this record for a LONG time, so I have been trying to be as prepared as possible.

Anyway, Mr. Steve Henningsgard has come to La Crosse to record us in our "natural environment" haha. We are super pumped to have Steve recording this record for us. We felt that he was the perfect candidate to help us get the sound we wanted for this new record, and we knew we had our guy within an hour.

We got right to work and got the drums set up and started shooting tones. Right off the bat, we stumbled upon our kick sound. Seriously, the kick drum on this record is going to make you shit… haha, in a good way! It took us a while to figure out the snare, but eventually, we ended up picking up a new one all together and it just kind of worked out.

All and all it was a very productive night. We had a lot of fun hanging out and everyone was just really excited to get started. This record has been almost 8 months in the making, and we're finally recording it.

- T