Ross G Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Me and a few pals started a band for fun and tracked a live record in a cottage in the middle of nowhere. It's a bit different to anything any of us had done before, but we liked doing music for the sake of music. Songs are on Soundcloud for anyone who wants to listen to them. https://soundcloud.com/coldyears Let me know what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistersticks Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 I've listened to these tracks through a couple of times, and, although I'm not a huge fan of Boneshaker, I really like the way that they're all sounding. I'd definitely like to check the band out live sometime. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross G Posted December 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Thanks man, much appreciated. I think we have a show at The Moorings in the New Year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross G Posted December 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 *****some***** of the Songs are on Soundcloud for anyone who wants to listen to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Pretty fucking good man! Not the kinda stuff I'd picture you doing - has an early Gaslight Anthem vibe, pretty tidy! xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross G Posted December 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Pretty fucking good man! Not the kinda stuff I'd picture you doing - has an early Gaslight Anthem vibe, pretty tidy! xxThanks man, if you private mail me your email address ill send you all the songs. Just fancied doing something a bit different for a change, got a bit drunk, and played ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross G Posted February 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Record came out yesterday and is now available for free download on Bandcamp. https://coldyears.bandcamp.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 This is fucking good. GOOD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross G Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 This is fucking good. GOOD.Thanks man, much appreciated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 It is great! Live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross G Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 It is great! Live?Yeah, everything was tracked live barr the vocals and organ at the start. (apart from the last song which was just guitar and vocal recorded completely live). Vocals were done in one take per track for the other 5 songs, as we didn't really care about getting it perfect. We had been up drinking all night previously, so didn't have much of a voice left by the time it came to tracking them, so didn't really have much of a choice, other than just belting it and hoping for the best ha. We tried tracking vocals at the same time as the instrument recording on the electric songs, but just couldn't get a clean enough track because of the volume everything else was (everything was cranked). After recording like this I don't think I'll ever record anything else bit by bit ever again, as it was just so much fun to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 The production sounds pretty spot on for the style - good job! Are you playing Aberdeen soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross G Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) The production sounds pretty spot on for the style - good job! Are you playing Aberdeen soon?Yeah it was tracked by Robin Wynn Evans at Teapot studio in Perthshire. It's a really basic setup (it's pretty much a cottage with a live room and a really old desk), but he's a traditionalist when it comes to it. We wanted that sort of minimal production and simple process to track this. Yeah loads, we have a bunch of shows 27th Feb - Downstairs1st March - Sunday Sessions @ Korova13th March - Moorings Edited February 17, 2015 by Ross G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorlum Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 just discovered this on SC today even though it was posted over a year ago and listened to all tracks in one go. Its a big ask these days to listen to something from beginning to end as i think most peoples attention spans get less and less over the years (too many other distractions) and i think theres too much emphasis on how a band looks as opposed to how it sounds. I,ve got no idea what you guys look like as i missed the live shows however if i did see you advertise then i would check it out.I enjoyed all of these tracks. Not too taxing to listen to and its obvious you have,nt been too fussy. A big bonus was that there were,nt many guitar solos if any. I will take a look at further material on band camp and will give you a mention on my site. I really liked the fact that almost all songs ended in a power chord with feedback. If i was to compare it to anything then it might be the Scottish band who did "the last to know" cant remember their name now and cant be arsed googling it. Sorry the feedbacks a bit late and hope you are all still together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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