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.
Comments
so crazy to see the other mock ups
peter gee chuck
2023-07-02 12:25:17 +0000 UTC“there is a policeman inside your head” !!!!!
very.happy.ben
2023-06-28 03:31:10 +0000 UTCPlease let there be an archive!!! I cannot make it and I'm very sad about it :(
Uninspired
2023-06-28 01:30:32 +0000 UTCthe 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
Raíssa Leão
2023-06-27 17:27:40 +0000 UTCOh those alternate album covers are so cool. I can see the vision!!
Hannah
2023-06-26 19:07:21 +0000 UTChaha it seems that it was tough to choose the album cover
泉-Yiquan
2023-06-26 06:53:30 +0000 UTCThe original infamous Steve Fisk picture
Austinary
2023-06-26 01:27:41 +0000 UTCsupa cool
rey
2023-06-25 22:23:32 +0000 UTCi love those colorful covers
opal !
2023-06-25 20:45:20 +0000 UTCI love love LOVE the pastel versions of TOD cover :)
Logan White
2023-06-25 20:25:07 +0000 UTCits not meant to be but it does look like that :3c
Ashley Fox
2023-06-25 20:09:46 +0000 UTCno but imagine if tod was hot pink
jay
2023-06-25 18:55:46 +0000 UTCwait oh my gad the pattern that goes around the border on the cover is literally little twin fantasies
iEatCarParts
2023-06-25 18:23:14 +0000 UTCwoah they didn't even kick joe out of school in the first album draft
iEatCarParts
2023-06-25 18:22:03 +0000 UTCthe changing of the album art is a canon event guys...
surfjerk
2023-06-25 18:11:17 +0000 UTCalso theyre probably the best quality source for the full original image of the guys fighting which is handy
sophie
2023-06-25 16:24:56 +0000 UTCWill's so right, the early versions of the album art are super interesting
sophie
2023-06-25 16:21:28 +0000 UTCi would love to see more album art mock-ups for future archive sundays :3
Knives
2023-06-25 16:15:49 +0000 UTCthe album art mock-ups are so sick! fun how they can change the vibe of the whole album
neil
2023-06-25 16:09:29 +0000 UTCI 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
Arlen Basil
2023-06-25 16:05:39 +0000 UTCthose early covers are so cool
cat eyes
2023-06-25 16:04:55 +0000 UTCWhat sort of mixing tutorials did y’all use?
Lily Goch
2023-06-25 16:04:34 +0000 UTC
