I guess I forgot to update this site when Free Thinkers Are Dangerous came out, so I guess I'll do that now as well as fill you in on the other shit we've been doing lately. So first thing's first, FREE THINKERS IS FINALLY OUT. I am immensely proud of it (weird) and it sounds ten million times better than anything else we've ever done. GO LISTEN TO IT. In other news, we played Reggie's music joint in Chicago on November 17th at 10am for the bears pre game show. Aside from dodging tornadoes, it was a great day. Go check out the pictures on the "LIVE" page.
And finally, we recently decided to record 2 shitty basement quality songs to release as a free download to all you hip people out there. We re-recorded the live favorite Lemonaid and Razorblade Factory as well as a new number called Hipsters are Too Mainstream yesterday afternoon. We mixed it, and released it on the same day. Go download it. NOW.
-Chris
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Thursday, July 25, 2013
NEW ALBUM OUT ON HALLOWEEN!!!
We've already released our debut full length Let's Break Their Arms as well as it's follow up Let's Break Their Legs [E.P.] this year, but we wanted to squeeze another one in just for good measure. Our second full length album Free Thinkers Are Dangerous will be out Halloween 2013! (October 31). We will begin recording in a couple weeks.
In other news, we've played a couple shows since we've updated this site last, and have another one planned for August 3rd at Swing State in Lake Villa, Illinois. You should come out and see us (and the other bands, of course) if you're in the area and drink some coffee.
FREE THINKERS ARE DANGEROUS!
In other news, we've played a couple shows since we've updated this site last, and have another one planned for August 3rd at Swing State in Lake Villa, Illinois. You should come out and see us (and the other bands, of course) if you're in the area and drink some coffee.
FREE THINKERS ARE DANGEROUS!
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Let's Break Their Legs is Out Now!
Here's about 3 days worth of recording and mixing. It's a cool little bundle of songs. BUY IT.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
LET'S BREAK THEIR LEGS EP! OUT APRIL 22
The minimally anticipated, half assed follow up to Let's Break Their Arms will be released via Bandcamp on the 22nd of this month! It touches on subjects such as Logan's step-mom plotting my murder, insanity, a Lemonaid and Razorblade factory, Jodi Arias, and more! you don't want to miss this. Maybe you do, I don't know.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
LET'S BREAK THEIR ARMS IS FINALLY OUT!
Yes, it's really true. After years of plotting, planning, demoing, and crying, Let's Break Their Arms has actually been released for all the world to hear. 15 songs about such topics as oppression, murder, insanity, and being locked in Logan's basement.
We finally did it. ENJOY (or don't).
We finally did it. ENJOY (or don't).
Monday, January 14, 2013
NEWS!
I don't want to screw around so here's the deal. Our last post (regarding the recording of Let's Break Their Arms), is no longer valid because starting on New Year's day (whooptie doo), we began RE-recording Let's Break Their Arms in studio quality WITH vocals! I (Chris) wasn't sure if I was up to singing this crazy stuff, but it's turning out to not suck as bad as I thought it would! (it still sucks though)..
We plan on getting this thing up for sale on Valentine's Day (February 14th), the most un-punk day of the year! We're distributing it on our own with no help from a label for dirt cheap ($3 USD for a digital download and $5 for a physical copy) just to get it out there. We would give it away for free, but we'd like to make a few bucks for all the effort and put it towards some microphones and recording equipment so we don't have to worry about borrowing it like we did for this album.
If you'd like to keep up with us (we don't update this page too often), you can give us a "Like" on our facebook page where we post news & updates quite often.
http://www.facebook.com/AMammothTask
And also to get the ball rolling for Let's Break Their Arms, we decided to release one of our favorites off of the album. The swingy, weird, Overnight Headaches. On Valentine's Day, arms will be broken! (but hopefully not ours - we need them to play. But seriously, don't break anyone's arms). Let's do this.
-Chris
We plan on getting this thing up for sale on Valentine's Day (February 14th), the most un-punk day of the year! We're distributing it on our own with no help from a label for dirt cheap ($3 USD for a digital download and $5 for a physical copy) just to get it out there. We would give it away for free, but we'd like to make a few bucks for all the effort and put it towards some microphones and recording equipment so we don't have to worry about borrowing it like we did for this album.
If you'd like to keep up with us (we don't update this page too often), you can give us a "Like" on our facebook page where we post news & updates quite often.
http://www.facebook.com/AMammothTask
And also to get the ball rolling for Let's Break Their Arms, we decided to release one of our favorites off of the album. The swingy, weird, Overnight Headaches. On Valentine's Day, arms will be broken! (but hopefully not ours - we need them to play. But seriously, don't break anyone's arms). Let's do this.
-Chris
Friday, April 27, 2012
The Recording of "Let's Break Their Arms" (DEMOS)
The day I went to Logan Huber’s Antioch, Illinois home to record our debut album (EDIT: the album was RE recorded in January of 2013), I honestly didn’t know what to expect. Things like “is it going to sound better than the scratch recordings?” “are we going to fail miserably?” were all things going through my head at the time. I was greeted at the corner of the street where the house was situated, and we went into the house. I briefly said hello to his dad, and we went into the basement. All of his parts (drums & guitars) with the exception of a few guitar licks were already recorded so there was plenty of time to jam before I recording the bass parts.
During “The Big Cheese” (at least I think it was), my left thumb was pointing up the neck of the bass for what ever reason, so when I slid my hand down to get to the first fret, I split the tip of my thumb open on the “E” tuning machine. It bled quite a bit but nothing was going to stop us from seizing this day that we had waited for for so long. A MAMMOTH TASK doesn’t even describe what we went through to get this far so when the opportunity presented itself to get this album done, we were on it like flies on dog shit. I began to track bass at around 1:00 PM starting with the heavily bass oriented “Overnight Headaches” and then going back to the first track “The Big Cheese” and onward through each song one after the next much like playing a live set. Every now and again I would f*** up so we’d have to track over a part of a song several times until I got it right. But there’s nothing special about that. What was funny that I’ll always remember is Logan saying “hold it, holdd itttt” after I’d hit the last note of a song. I think I stood up from the computer chair I was in probably once the whole time we were tracking bass (Just to put that into perspective – we started at 1:00 PM and didn’t have the first CD completed until after 1:00 AM).
When we played it back, we thought the bass sounded a little boomy, but figured it was just the shitty desktop speakers we were using. We left the “Mom’s Basement Studio” and crashed in the little living room thingy next door while watching something shitty on MTV. Fun fact: I slept on a 3 and a half foot long love seat and Logan slept on an air mattress that wouldn’t hold air. By morning my back and legs didn’t work anymore and Logan’s ass was on the linoleum. Worst nights sleep ever. When we finally staggered to his room, we decided to listen to the recording we created the previous day. When we put the CD into the CD player, we immediately noticed the bass was UNGODFULLY LOUD. OI. Besides that, it was the greatest thing ever. Because it was us. Our first review came from Logan’s brother. As we listened, a slight grin came over his face from the corner of the room where he was seated, and then 2 words that will always stick with me. 2 words that will always apply to this band.
“This Sucks.”
Those 2 words still haven’t left me. I got home that afternoon, played a couple of the songs on the stereo, picked up a bass and played through a few of them, then swore I never wanted to hear any of them again as long as I lived. And now, at the present day, I love the album dearly for all the sentiment it holds. The look on other people’s faces when they listen to it may be one of horror and dismay, but the look on ours is usually a grin as we proudly exclaim:
“It sucks, doesn’t it!”
During “The Big Cheese” (at least I think it was), my left thumb was pointing up the neck of the bass for what ever reason, so when I slid my hand down to get to the first fret, I split the tip of my thumb open on the “E” tuning machine. It bled quite a bit but nothing was going to stop us from seizing this day that we had waited for for so long. A MAMMOTH TASK doesn’t even describe what we went through to get this far so when the opportunity presented itself to get this album done, we were on it like flies on dog shit. I began to track bass at around 1:00 PM starting with the heavily bass oriented “Overnight Headaches” and then going back to the first track “The Big Cheese” and onward through each song one after the next much like playing a live set. Every now and again I would f*** up so we’d have to track over a part of a song several times until I got it right. But there’s nothing special about that. What was funny that I’ll always remember is Logan saying “hold it, holdd itttt” after I’d hit the last note of a song. I think I stood up from the computer chair I was in probably once the whole time we were tracking bass (Just to put that into perspective – we started at 1:00 PM and didn’t have the first CD completed until after 1:00 AM).
When we played it back, we thought the bass sounded a little boomy, but figured it was just the shitty desktop speakers we were using. We left the “Mom’s Basement Studio” and crashed in the little living room thingy next door while watching something shitty on MTV. Fun fact: I slept on a 3 and a half foot long love seat and Logan slept on an air mattress that wouldn’t hold air. By morning my back and legs didn’t work anymore and Logan’s ass was on the linoleum. Worst nights sleep ever. When we finally staggered to his room, we decided to listen to the recording we created the previous day. When we put the CD into the CD player, we immediately noticed the bass was UNGODFULLY LOUD. OI. Besides that, it was the greatest thing ever. Because it was us. Our first review came from Logan’s brother. As we listened, a slight grin came over his face from the corner of the room where he was seated, and then 2 words that will always stick with me. 2 words that will always apply to this band.
“This Sucks.”
Those 2 words still haven’t left me. I got home that afternoon, played a couple of the songs on the stereo, picked up a bass and played through a few of them, then swore I never wanted to hear any of them again as long as I lived. And now, at the present day, I love the album dearly for all the sentiment it holds. The look on other people’s faces when they listen to it may be one of horror and dismay, but the look on ours is usually a grin as we proudly exclaim:
“It sucks, doesn’t it!”
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