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Archive Sunday #4
🕑 Added 2023-06-25 16:00:02 +0000 UTCAK: After recording the boys head to Steve Fisk's home studio to mix Teens of Denial! Again, we are skipping in time past the filming of the Something Soon music video to keep all of the recording posts grouped. This way we can debrief about the recording process in our first stream chat.
Unfortunately there aren't a ton of pictures here because we really only stayed in one room to mix. As illustrated by the few photos we do have, the mixing process can be tiresome. Mixing is a monotonous sport where even fatigue can hit the guy at the wheel, let alone the rest of the chumps sitting in the backseat. I (Andrew) distinctly remember being super excited to come watch a professional mix. I was eager to learn and take my own skills to the next level. I ended up walking away from the first couple of sessions feeling like I hadn't gleaned much. I realized that these days I could learn a lot more just from watching videos on YouTube. So that's what I did, and I only showed up to mixing sessions every so often after that.
Because we don't have a lot of pictures from the mixing sessions, we're attaching some mock-ups for the album cover. Enjoy!
WT: Dunno why Andrew is demurring about including the alternate album covers - to me, they were one of the most interesting surprises to pop up while going through the archives. It's easy to forget that the one that becomes THE one is originally just an option sitting among many. The cover and liner notes appear in the handwriting of Mike Zimmerman, a designer for many Matador albums, including this one.
Steve's house smelled of incense and kindness. It was a good place to mix. We did some recording there as well, including most of the Drunk Drivers vocals. I remember a lot of Dick's burgers and local burritos being brought back here. There was a nearby Mexican spot with very large burritos which were not at all helpful for staying awake during the recording process.
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peter gee chuck
so crazy to see the other mock ups
very.happy.ben
“there is a policeman inside your head” !!!!!
Uninspired
Please let there be an archive!!! I cannot make it and I'm very sad about it :(
Raíssa Leão
the art you guys went with is perfect and was definitely the right choice, but the other ones are also soooo cool! i'm really happy to be able to have access to them <3
Hannah
Oh those alternate album covers are so cool. I can see the vision!!
泉-Yiquan
haha it seems that it was tough to choose the album cover
Austinary
The original infamous Steve Fisk picture
rey
supa cool
opal !
i love those colorful covers
Logan White
I love love LOVE the pastel versions of TOD cover :)
Ashley Fox
its not meant to be but it does look like that :3c
jay
no but imagine if tod was hot pink
iEatCarParts
wait oh my gad the pattern that goes around the border on the cover is literally little twin fantasies
iEatCarParts
woah they didn't even kick joe out of school in the first album draft
surfjerk
the changing of the album art is a canon event guys...
sophie
also theyre probably the best quality source for the full original image of the guys fighting which is handy
sophie
Will's so right, the early versions of the album art are super interesting
Knives
i would love to see more album art mock-ups for future archive sundays :3
neil
the album art mock-ups are so sick! fun how they can change the vibe of the whole album
Arlen Basil
I love seeing the art mock-ups. Do you happen to remember what the letters in the corners of the frame mean? I was trying to figure it out a while ago but maybe I’m missing something obvious
cat eyes
those early covers are so cool
Lily Goch
What sort of mixing tutorials did y’all use?
