CREDITS:
Produced and MIxed by Derek
+ Mixed by Derek and Steve Durkee
Engineered
by Derek
Assistant
engineer and additional production by Joanna Justice
Recorded and Mixed at the Barn Studio, Media PA
Mastered
by Peter Humphreys at Masterworks, Philadelphia PA
CD design by Derek
Photography by Mia Laverata and Joey
McLaughlin
Music
and Lyrics by Derek
Derek Chafin: vocal, guitar, programming,
*Tim Reeder: drums
\ Chris Sidel: bass
/David Lenat: guitar
Additional
Musician's;
Mark Schrieber: drums on Tell Me
Chad Gustafson: Key's on Over Y'r Shoulder
Mike: Trombone on So Ends
**Joanna
Justice: drums
TRACK LIST;
01. HARD TO DO */ \
02. LIGHT
03. WHO ARE YOU NOW
04. SITTING **
05. HOME *
06. WHAT ABOUT LOVE
*
07. TELL ME
08. DROP D *
09. OVER Y'R SHOULDER* / \
10. SO ENDS * / \
11. UNTIL ** \
12. SLOW MOTION SUICIDE * /
MAKING OF:
I think
it was Echoplexed that did it. I thought it rocked pretty damn hard. I just
didn't feel the need to rock - well, not as much or in that guitar slinging,
rip your head off kind of way.. well, not as much. I felt really confident
of going into a new sonic landscape after making Echoplexed. I wasn't writing
for guitar as much as for overall vibe and melody. It was more about power
through song than guitar. I wanted to explore more, make new sounds, and teeter
on the beautiful and disturbing. Mostly I wanted it to be beautiful. That's
the simple word for it. Beautiful. It can be sad, it can be defiant, it can
be week and strong, flawed, perfect, or perfectly flawed. Beauty. That's what
I wanted to do. I wanted it to have grooves that were sexy. Lyrics that were
still poetic but not as veiled as my work before. I wanted to challenge myself
on all levels - sonically, as a writer, as a producer, as a guitars, vocalist
- as a musician. Now, I'm not talking about some art rock or jazz exploration
- it's about the tune still, always. I wanted to write in bigger structures
and still make it sound and feel cohesive and easy. ABABCB was not cutting
it anymore. I don't think I even knew it then but looking back now I know
it was what was running underneath It was beauty and the idea of trying to
be more and more truthful. A lie can tell one just as much about the truth
as the truth itself - it seemed interesting to me and fertile ground. I also
felt that could no longer hide behind guitars. They can be so amazing sometimes
that they can squeeze the life out of a song. A fine line to walk. I also
needed to see what I could do. Not in some ego trip kind of way -maybe but
more as a challenge than being self assured. No band, no producer, just whatever
I thought would work. Records made in vacuums generally suck so I wasn't about
being a one man band either but the sinking or floating resides on my shoulders.
Joanna Justice was also crucial to the record - a great critic and friend.
I hope you dig it.
