James Eric / Fire Island AK Split
fire island, AK:
1. Jamaica
2. Safety #6 (foetus in foetu / Begotten)
3. Debutante Dress (to: Kids in America's heartland)
4. Tony the Tiger
fire island, AK is:
epiphone electric guitar, LTD electric guitar, ibanez classical guitar,
yamaha keyboard (PSR-77), harmonium, vocals, digitech pedals
(delay, reverb, metal master, jamman loop station), POD 2.0
all songs written & recorded, 2006-2008, in Spartanburg, SC EXCEPT:
- track 3, written & recorded, 2007, in Fairbanks, Alaska
- track 4 contains a portion of "Trisagion" by Arvo Pärt
Recorded
1. August 2007
2. December 2006
3. February/March 2007
4. January 2008
Additional Instrumentation recorded in Chicago, IL, by James Eric (January 2008):
1. piano, guitar, vocals, sleigh bells
2. screams, fake strings
3. vocals, Yamaha accordion, piano, bass, strings
4. e-bow
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James Eric
1. Closer Than Close
2. We Want Your Blood (It Is Accomplished!)
3. Hate For Love
4. Whiskey & Coffee
James Eric is:
alvarez acoustic, fender jazz bass, fender strat electric, yahama thrift store keyboard, casio sk1, roland juno-d, vox amp, line-6 delay pedal, ebow.
all songs written & recorded, in Dec 2007, at the House of Grey Noise.
Additional Instrumentation recorded by Fire Island AK in Spartanburg, SC (January 2008):
1. harmonium, melodica
2. cello, electric guitar, e-bow
3. electric guitar, harmonium
4. banjo, matches, back-up vocals
Track Listing
Since April 27, 2008
Comments
Yay Russ! I love these songs lots too! I'd forgotten about them. There's going to be some more experimental stuff later in the year.
Jay Eezy: This is the best stuff I've ever heard you make. You seriously have taken it to a new level. Much, MUCH love from me. We want your blood is ssoooooo good.
Magic horses!
Nevamind. Woot!
"Jamaica" is my favorite song on this too. Awesome production, and killer sleighbells :)
yeah, Jamaica sounds cool with headphones on. i like what you did with the panning.
i'm perusing peoples' stuff today and i think you're one of my new fav's. i don't say that to everyone. honest.
plug: check out Big Round Spectacles, if you have time. it would be an honor.
thanks.
woah.
jamaica is my new most favorite song ever
i've listened to it, like, four times now
we want your blood is really amazing too
damnit, i was going to record today, but now i feel like a loser
I hadn't seen "There Will Be Blood" when I wrote the song, but I had the idea after seeing a bumper sticker that mentioned "Blood for Oil." I also threw in the religion angle. I was aware of the plot for the movie so it all sort of meshed together in a somewhat unconscious way. I liked doing that song in the same vein as my record, Every Body, relying on computers and keyboards more than folk guitars.
actually, long ago when the trailer first came out, the one i saw didn't have any music (except the percussive track J.Greenwood made), sooooo...
however, i used to own "Bodysong" (some of the same music). on top of that, i listen to a lot of Toru Takemitsu and Stravinsky. i also listen to "Black Angels" by The Kronos Quartet way more than one person should. what i mean to say is that the influence was there, just not necessarily the same source at that time.
Wow. Was all that just from watching the trailer then? Or was that entire thing a coincidence?
would you believe i got the strings down BEFORE i saw "There Will Be Blood"?
Love the There Will Be Blood homage, "We Want Your Blood (It Is Accomplished!)" The strings sound amazing.