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Our New Record
Written Wednesday January 23, 2008 by Graham Wright
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Second albums are difficult. You’re supposed to ‘grow’ or ‘mature’, but you’re also supposed to ‘honour your roots’. I think I understand the dreaded sophomore slump now. Its what happens when you try to please everyone. We have no idea how to please anyone except ourselves, and thats what we’ve done with Elephant Shell. I don’t know how you’ll feel about it. But I’ll tell you how I feel about it. Bear in mind that I am just the keyboardist, so you can take whatever I say with a grain of salt.
A Lesson in Crime was a record for Friday nights. It was the record you would throw on at the party with twenty of your friends, the record that everyone could get up and dance to. It was quick and immediate and to the point. But when the partys over, and you’re giving a ride home to the girl you have a crush on, thats when you put Elephant Shell on. Its the record that you listen to when you’re driving around town in the dark, wondering if she likes you, wondering if you should have tried to flirt more, or less.
So many of my favorite records still give me that nostalgic feeling, the feeling of falling in love with girls and with music and with life. Maybe thats stupid. It sure looks stupid, now that I type it out. But it really is how I feel, and Elephant Shell makes me feel the same way.
Don’t worry, we haven’t gone sappy on you. You can still dance to this record. Gregs still bringing the sweet beats. You can still turn it the hell up and blast it from your car. I hope you do those things. At the end of the day, its just a record, and you can listen to it however you want. But it means a lot to me, and I hope it means something to you, too.
Centennial
In a Cave
Graves
Juno
Tessellate
Sixties Remake
The Harrowing Adventures Of…
Nursery, Academy
Your English Is Good
Listen to the Math
The Baskervilles
Its coming out in April. I can’t wait for you the hear it.
xo
Graham
Mixing
Written Thursday January 17, 2008 by Graham Wright
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Hello friends. I just got home from Connecticut, where we’ve been working on mixing our record. We should be finished by Friday. Its sounding excellent, and we’re all really excited to get it out there and have everyone hear it. Hopefully we’ll be able to tell you all about it next week some time.
We also have started announcing tour dates. Over the next few weeks we’re going to keep on announcing tour dates, and we’ll be visiting as many cities as we can over the year. So don’t worry, if we haven’t announced your city yet, we probably will!
Okay. See you soon.
xo
Graham