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Back from our east coast trip to the US…
Yesterday we Scoundrels arrived back from a two week trip to the states, and my word what a trip it was. We had an incredible time, spent time recording our EP, played a few gigs and performed a live radio session for CBS in Howard Stern’s old studio.
The CMJ Festival gigs were amazing, two showcases, one at the incredible Brooklyn Bowl for The Orchard and the other at Santos Party House for SESAC. Both were great venues, and we played to great, energetic crowds who seemed really up for it. Our other gig was in Washington at DC9, which is a great, vibey venue in an amazing city. Post gig we ventured out to check out some of the sights. The Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument have to be seen to be believed, nothing prepares you for the sheer size and presence of both.
We were lucky enough to be asked to perform a live CBS Radio session which went really well. We performed “Arrogance Blues”, “Hangman’s Lament”, “Sexy Weekend” and “Beijing Honey” live in a skyscraper overlooking Manhattan. We were told that the studio had been home to shock jock Howard Stern’s famous show back when he used to work for CBS.
As for the recording of the EP things couldn’t have gone better. We literally can’t wait to show y’all the results. We recorded 5 tunes, “London”, “Sexy Weekend”, “Bon Temps Rouler”, “Beijing Honey” and “Brothers”, all of which were sounding great. On “Brothers” we were lucky enough to be assisted by American Idol finalist Jermaine Sellers, whose soulful Gospel added some great depth to the tune. The studio itself was brilliant, and was owned by James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins fame. Our engineer Alonzo Vargas (50 Cent, P Diddy, Swizz Beats etc etc) was a maestro behind the desk, and our producer/label boss Richard Gottherer (Sire Records founder, The Orchard founder, ex Strangeloves frontman etc) was great at getting the best out of us and our tunes.
We left New York full o’ beans, and just as it started to snow heavily. We had an amazing time and can’t wait to show you all the results. We expect the EP to be released early next year, around the same time we expect to cross the pond again for some more US touring.
Can’t blimmin’ wait…
x Ned/Genie/Billy/G
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