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| *dusts off proverbial cobwebs* Wow, it's been quite a while since we've posted. Sorry for the lack of updates guys, but there hasn't been much to report... until now! The album has been finished, produced, and is now available for order!!! Check it out here: http://www.antiphonic.com/store/product.php?productid=622 You can order it from antiphonic, from our web site, or you can get ahold of Ezra or myself (if you live near us) and we will give you a copy. Also check out http://www.saintsandchildren.com for information and fun extra stuff. It's still sorta-under construction, but is ready for people to glean information from at least. We're excited! Let us know how you like it. We'll post more thoughts on here soon. love, joanna & co. | | |
| Recording continues. Micah recently finished some really awesome vocals for a song I wrote called "I've Woken" (it took ridiculously long to decide on that title!). They sound very 60s-esque, which is something new for us, and I'm really liking it. Vocals have been a pretty big focus with this album, as Nathan mentioned in the last post... lots of interesting harmonies, many times in three parts.
As always, recording is a learning process. We've already encountered our share of road blocks... I can't tell you how many times I've been nearly finished with a song and then decide it's terrible, scrap the whole thing & start from scratch. These things are rather bothersome at the time, but looking back I see that it's all for the best. Things usually turn out a lot better for me the second or third time around.
In other news, we went to see Lady in the Water this weekend and loved it to death. Go support good ol' M Night if you get the chance!
love,
joanna & co.
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| Well! Nathan returned home this past weekend, & there ensued, despite the stifling muggy Maryland heat, two intense days of recording. Here's a little of what happened:
- Latin vocals were added to "Ascensiontide"
- Vocal harmonies were written & recorded for the same song
- The vocal melody for "My Lost Youth" was recorded
- Harmonies for that song were written & recorded
- Music, vocals, & harmonies were recorded for "Lull Me to Thee"
- A rough draft of music & vocals were recorded for "The Wait for New Year's Morning"
Besides those for songs, Ezra has written & begun recording an amazing piece called, I believe, "Walking Day". It involves poetry recital as well as singing, & is sure to be a smash. Also, two tracks by Joanna & one by Micah are under way & sounding fabulous.
We hope to be done by early August - which is horrifying, because we have so much left to do. But we can promise you that this album is taking Saints to a new level. More anon. - Nathan | | |
| Work on the new album is underway! Yes, it is for real...we are recording again. It's good to be back. Micah, Ezra, Nathan and I have all written several songs which will come together as a twelve track album exploring the idea of seasons (of life, the church, weather, etc). What can you expect? Baroque synthpop with a folk influence. Thoughtful lyrics. More percussion (we're using an Irish Bodhran and Spoons). We're veryvery excited.
Stick with us--more updates and some teasers are coming.
p.s. Eating peanut butter & then trying to sing in latin is NOT a good idea. | | |
| This morning I found a poem I wrote on Thanksgiving morning last Fall:
Thanksgiving morning.
Geese honk away over the fields.
Six pumpkins sit in a row on my porch, small to big.
The grass has reappeared during the night,
leaving of last night's snow only icy white crystals
clumped in bits over the green.
The roof still drips the night's damp,
but the sky is a clear, cold, soft pastel blue,
covered by long, wind-blown scuds that drift slowly
North past an almost-risen sun,
which lights them up orange when they go by.
Snow still lies in patches on the rows of the soy field.
A sweet-gum tree stands firmly before the furrows,
guarding them from my view,
while its still-hanging leaves sway
green and purple in the cold breeze. | | |
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