KickStarter!

Friends and Fans,

We are proud to announce our second release: Sweater Weather! The album consists of nine originals that range from folky pop songs to sitar/tabla/flute instrumentals. We’ve been working with Jim Roll at Backseat Studios, and now that we’ve finished most of the recording, we’re raising money for the mixing and mastering process through this website called Kickstarter.com. This is where you can help us! Our goal is to raise $1000 in 4 weeks and a donation of just $10 will get you a digital copy of the album when it is finished. Think of this as a pre-order, where your buying the record actually makes the record. Click the link below for a video with some samples of songs that will be on the album. Thanks to everyone for your love and support!

Kickstarter.com: Light in August record new album.

Recording Sweater Weather

The past two weeks marked the beginning of our second album, Sweater Weather. Recording with Jim Roll has been fabulous:

Day #1 Sat. 5/22

     Saturday was spent tracking drums. Highlights include discovering the 'bodhran' (Irish drum) in the studio's bag of percussion goodies and using its low rumble on our newest sitar song, the gorgeous tone of the snare on "Winter Clothes" (think Sufjan Stevens' "Chicago"- [Adult Contemporary Version] ), getting turned on to Alasdair Roberts by Jim, and, last but not least, the elaborate and delicious meal that Steph made and brought to the studio, which consisted of a bottle of Pinot Noir, Edamame Goulash (beef for the carnivores) and a pistachio chocolate, cookie dough invention dubbed "The Jim Roll Pie".

Day #2  Sun. 5/23

     In the morning, Max did "Seraphim" with borrowed tambourines (thank you Mike Shea!), and on "Water" and "Hollywood" I played my Guild Hollowbody. The room mic gave the guitar a particularly natural sound; somewhat reminiscent of the electrics on Lost Wisdom by Mt. Eerie.  Up next was "Khalela", and, upon its recording, we decided that either Wes Anderson should use it in his next film or we should make a music video of it (ideally the former). The session ended with Jack playing bass on a few tracks. All in all, another productive day.

Day #3 Wed. 5/26

     Wednesday was a listening day. It mainly consisted of me watching Jim work his magic with Logic (i.e. fixing a click track bleed with this high-tech plug-in called izotope, which maps out and isolates different frequencies to make them easier to delete). Other activities included drinking lots of coffee and exploring the studio's plethora of instruments (a highlight being the decoratively shaped five stringed 'polka-lele').

Day #4 Sun 5/30

     Anne and Rachel kicked off the day with their seemingly effortless hitting of all the songs. Kudos to the flute power duo for some beautiful takes. Afterward, Mark and I sang on "Winter Clothes" and "Seraphim". The songs are taking shape in a way that we are all really, really, really happy with. Next month we'll get upright bass and violins on a few tracks AND Dan Piccolo on tabla! Stay tuned.
              -Alex

                         

Annabelle and Bear Screening Gala

 

For those interested in going to the first screening of the movie we are in the soundtrack of, go to annabelleandbear.com for tickets! This Saturday, February 20^th at Music Hall in Detroit.

Blind Pig Show.

     At this show, we will bid farewell to Mark Fain (bass) and welcome Kate Olson (vocals, woodwinds) for her first performance. There have been a lot of changes in the band line-up lately and while it has been quite frustrating at times, I am also really hopeful about the band and excited to share the stage with new musicians. See you all at the Blind Pig this Saturday night! Headlining is Frontier Ruckus.

             -Alex

ps. For more info on the show, look for Jeff Milo's piece on us in the Real Detroit this week.

Light in August on iTunes!

Several things:
a) Our debut "Places" is now on iTunes. So for those who haven't made the purchase... hop to! (and spread the word)
b) If anyone is by the Pontiac area at 8:30 AM this Saturday, tune in to 88.3 WXOU to hear our interview with 'Wild Bill' (see below for a link to streaming audio).
c) We are playing two show this upcoming Saturday. This first is at 4PM- People's Arts Festival at the Motor City Blog Lounge in the Russell Industrial Complex. The second show is at 11PM the Emerald Theater (Mt. Clements). Hope to see you all out there!
d) Thanks to all who came to our CD release shows this past month. Both the Blind Pig and the Crofoot were incredibly fun for us.
e) =)

-Alex