Ray's blog

After 5 (6?) great days at the studio, we got a day off today. Bob flew through the drum tracks, and we move on to guitars, bass and vocals Thursday. We have a few more songs to finish up, but Bob has tracked the songs where the arrangements are more set in stone first, so we can get moving on them and then return to the songs that are in a more unfinished state later this month.

I can't say enough how happy I am with the band. The roughs sound UNBELIEVABLE, its crazy to me how much better and tighter as a band we've gotten. It makes me feel really good in the age of "digital performers" that we could go in and track live and still have it sound amazing...

Day 3 of tracking. Things are still motoring along. Bob is playing great, so we're continuing the fast pace. Great vibe here at the studio, Brendan is a lot of fun to work with, and is very focused and energetic. Rest of the band is playing great too. The time in rehearsals really paid off, as we're getting a good idea of what songs will sound like when the rest of tracking is done. Off to enjoy a frosty Cola!

tracking day #2 is going great. this shit is too much fun...

Hey everyone, we officially start tracking today! Excited??? Yeah, us too! If I get around to it, maybe I'll post some updates from the studio!

Hey everyone, can you believe it??? Only 2 more days before we start tracking. It's been a long time coming, but we're ready to go. The new material is great now, and is only going to get better. I feel everyone has been pushing themselves to be better, and can't wait to hear the results. More to come soon!

UPDATE - hey so I accidentally posted the song with a link to download the file, which I'm pretty sure is completely illegal? Europe, I promise I didn't mean it! You'll all just have to imagine the song playing instead...Dah Dah dah dahhhhhh, dah dah dah dah dahhhhhhhh.....

Slowly but surely, we are chipping away at each song and getting them really tight. I'm really proud of everyone in the band, we're playing better than we ever have and cannot wait to take that energy into the studio. Only a few more days till the studo! You guys will be excited when you hear the new stuff, trust me!!!

Hey everybody! Our good friends in Taking Back Sunday have a new record coming out tomorrow! These guys took us out on tour many years ago, and have always been great to us. Plus they wrote our warm up anthem, Cut From The Team. That song shreds! They remain some of the best and genuine guys in the business, and its really exciting to see them back with a new member and a new record. We met Matt Fazzi when we played with TBS at Electric Factory, and knew right away he'd be a great fit for this band. Plus he's handsome, I think that's a requirement to be in TBS...

The record is called New Again, and I'm really digging it. I've been listening to the stream on their myspace page. So far my favorites are "Swing," "Catholic Knees," and "Carpathia." Great work guys! Pick it up tomorrow at a store near you!

After many fun months of jailbreak, and a few good weeks "living the rock-star life" with Beta 3.0 software, my iPhone has finally succumb to a rather ugly fall, splitting its side in twain and rendering it useless.

Because we definitely do! Just kidding...maybe.

let me repeat...

Star Trek was mindblowing!!!