Category: Blog

on

by

Brooklyn-based indie-punk band Big Bliss have released “Tell Me When You’re Ready”, the latest single from their upcoming album Vital Return. The track premiered on Under The Radar, who called it “a supremely energetic effort, with Tim delivering a passionate vocal performance atop nervy guitars and feverish drumming.” I produced & recorded the album with lead singer/guitarist Tim Race at Figure 8 Recording and Light Show, and I mixed it at Studio Windows; Sarah Register mastered the LP. Vital Return is out August 18 via Good Eye Records.

on

by

NYC’s May Rio returns with her sophomore record French Bath. Following a series of singles and interviews in Dazed and Office, the album follows her first record Easy Bammer (2021). I worked with May to shape the arrangements and do some additional recording at Studio Windows, and once again had these songs pop into my head at random moments. I’ve worked with May on various projects over the years, and this is the most impressive one yet! French Bath is out now on DPI Music.

on

by

“Gorgeous” by Foyer Red is one of Rolling Stone’s Best Songs Of 2023 So Far! The single is from the group’s debut album Yarn The Hours Away, which I produced, recorded, and mixed at Figure 8 Recording and Studio Windows. Here’s what they have to say:

“The Brooklyn band’s debut is called Yarn the Hours Away, an evocative phrase that perfectly describes the conversational drift of its music — guitars pinging through the air, drums ambling at odd angles, voices building off each other in a lovely, ensnaring chatter. The appropriately named “Gorgeous” is almost like post-punk doo-wop, the sound of a slow, happily stoned stroll through the coolest part of town on the first night of summer.”

Yarn The Hours Away is out now via Carpark Records.

on

by

The Slab EP – the latest from Louisville trio Wombo – is out now on Fire Talk Records. This four-song collection – as covered by So Young, Flood, The Line Of Best Fit and others – ranges from post-punk thrashers to dream pop and acoustic songs. The EP was recored in Louisville by Nick Roeder, mixed by me at Studio Windows (in Brooklyn, NY), and mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering Service. The Slab EP is out now via Fire Talk Records.

on

by

Arthur Moon – the Brooklyn-based avant-pop project led by Lora-Faye Ashuvud – is back with Chaos! Chaos! Chaos! Side B. The singles were covered by New York Times, NPR, and Under The Radar, and Brooklyn Magazine profiled the project. The EP features a wide range of collaborators, and I was fortunate to have mixed two songs for the record (“Say Less” and “It Calls”) at Studio Windows. Both sides of Chaos! Chaos! Chaos! are available on limited-edition vinyl via Vinyl Me Please, and are available for download via Bandcamp.

on

by

NYC art-pop-freak quintet Foyer Red have released their debut LP Yarn The Hours Away. SPIN and Flood both ran features on the band, alongside rave reviews from Allmusic (Editor’s Choice), Loud & Quiet (“upfront, earnest music for upfront, earnest hearts”), Paste (“a roller coaster ride from start to finish that keeps you completely engaged and on the edge of your seat”), and Brooklyn Vegan (“technicolor blasts of manic pop, catchy whirwinds that shift gears frequently… sweeping you off your feet, spinning you round and depositing you somewhere else entirely, dazed and giddy”). I produced this album with the band, recording primarily at Figure 8, with additional overdubs & mixing done at Studio Windows, and the record was mastered by Joe Lambert. I love this band – they’re terrific live and absolute sweethearts – and I’m so proud of the work we did on this album! You should absolutely check this one out. Yarn The Hours Away is out now on Carpark Records.

on

by

Memento Mori – the debut LP from Bambara‘s touring guitarist/keyboard player Sam Zalta – is out now. “An album of ambitious, lush, evocative soundscapes” (Frontview Magazine), these songs were recorded & performed by Sammy – with assists from Blaze and Reid Bateh from Bambara – and I mixed & mastered the record at Studio Windows. Check out the video for opener “My Prayer” below, and pick up the limited-edition handnumbered LPs direct from Bandcamp. Memento Mori is out now!

on

by

Louisville-based power-trio Wombo are back with “Slab”, the title track from the upcoming Slab EP. The track (and its surreal band-made video) was featured on Northern Transmissions and Our Culture, and was released on the eve of their first UK tour. The EP was recored in Louisville by Nick Roeder, mixed by me at Studio Windows (in Brooklyn, NY), and mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering Service. The Slab EP is out June 9 via Fire Talk Records.

on

by

My group P.E. is back with Volume 2 of the NOPE Tapes! This edition is once again live improvisation, and features Andrya Ambro (of Gold Dime & Talk Normal) alongside myself, Bob Jones, and Ben Jaffe. Treble Zine premiered the lead track “I Felt Something Earlier Today”, calling it “a sensory overload mix of industrial noise, sampladelic pulse and hypnotic rhythms, somewhere between the wildest moments of early no wave and experimental ’80s industrial”. We’re also hitting the road with FACS this month – check out the dates below and come hang if you’re in the Northeast! NOPE Tapes Vol. 2 is out now on Wharf Cat Records.

on

by

NYC freak-pop quintet Foyer Red have shared “Pocket”, the latest single from their upcoming LP Yarn The Hours Away. The single -which was accompanied by a wild stop-motion video from Dewey Pileggi – was featured on Stereogum, Our Culture, and Brooklyn Vegan, who also interviewed the band about their influences. This song was one of the last written for the record – and “by all means a wild card”, according to Elana – so it’s fun to see this released as a single. Yarn The Hours Away was recorded at Figure 8 Recording, mixed at Studio Windows, and was mastered by Joe Lambert. The album comes out May 19 via Carpark Records, and I’m DJing the record release show at Union Pool on May 26!