possible album cover, more editing

this is a possible cover of the new record. rae took a few pics of the corner of church and mcdonald. what do you think?
we are starting to make some real progress. one of the coolest things that we are doing is that for at least part of the song, we're not using the drums that we recorded but more a distortion of the echo of the drums. more erasing than I thought. clean and clear (at least until the jam)

this week listening to blood, sweat and tears, deerhunter, dj/rupture (pretty incredible - thx pfrk) and devin davis.

cab

rory got hit by a cab. not to make light of the sitch but it's not clear whether this will make us work slower or faster. i'm moving on dec 1st to a block from peter lugers. it's not clear whether this will make us work slower or faster. hopefully we'll post some music in the next 14 days. the hopw train stops for no one. just like a cab.
thought that chairlift was interesting, poppy as madonna but with 8 bit beats. saw the hold steady on friday. i cannot let their amazing choruses enter my thought process while i mix. must resist.

editing.

got the mbox, dumped all of our poconos and seaside lounge recordings into our recording software. now, it's just figuring out what we have and what we need. rory is adding some keys this week, maybe some noisy/funky guitars.
i'm sort suprised how much gets revealed about your own song that you didn't know during this process. it's prince-y but definitely a little psych as well. i'm reading mccarthy's the road, so I read, rory tinkers then we both listen…. rinse, repeat. we're thinking of shooting a video, using some cool, unnamed as yet, ideas to keep it cheap. we have a bunch of friend who are gifted with film so that's helpful.
i'm listening to the new(ish) deerhunter, king's x, some big star outtakes i downloaded (e-mail me if you want a link) and lana is recomending that i listen to some chairlift, so that's my assignment this week.