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Fire Fire Fire EP is out!

Måns — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:28:40 +0000

Our first CD release is finally out and also available for digital download in most places that sell MP3s.

The EP consists of four carefully selected tracks, and if you want to listen right now, and also follow their progression from idea/sketch to finished form, click these links:

1. Fire Fire Fire
2. Underachievers
3. Silver Night
4. Left Behind

If you want to get your hands on one of those old-fashioned plastic discs that music used to come delivered on, you can write us and we’ll let you know how to buy one if you can’t find it online. You can also listen to it on Spotify and iTunes.

Mastering the Fire Fire Fire EP

Måns — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:09:32 +0000

Yesterday we went to Stockholm Mastering to master the four songs selected to be included on the forthcoming Fire Fire Fire EP. Thomas Eberger listened carefully and did wonders to our mixes! The four songs are Fire Fire Fire, Underachiveres, Silver Night and Left Behind. All four masters have now been uploaded to the All Recordings page and are also available on this page.

The next step in producing this EP is making the cover design. More on that soon!

Now please enjoy the mastered and final versions of the songs:

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Underachievers 08

Måns — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:15:19 +0000

New remix of this song. Anders did some tweaking and replaced the “wimpy” guitar with a piano in the chorus. I replaced the glockenspiel in the break with FM bells straight out of a Paul Young nightmare I had about the year 1986. What do you think?

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Underachievers 07

Måns — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:57:59 +0000

Last night I worked with the vocals on Underachivers, and re-recorded the entire vocal track. I think this is better, but I’ll need a few more listens before I’m sure.

Also, Anders had previously tweaked the mix and sounds, so there are some changes, especially after the second chorus, during the break and outtro.

I made a mistake when exporting the song, so there’s about 10 seconds of silence in the beginning, before the song starts. Sorry about that.

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Underachivers 06

Anders — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:01:53 +0000

Måns had an idea to put a delay with lots of feedback on the last words in each phrase in the verse, so I tried that. Sounds kind of nice but maybe shouldn’t be on every phrase. Also I added a guitar melody to the middle 8. Not so sure about that one, I think it needs to be more agressive.

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Underachivers 05

Anders — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:43:55 +0000

So this is the result of last night’s session. We did lead and backing vocals, added some synths to the ending, and Måns cut out a piece of the vocals to make a radio-like reply. And a fade out!

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Lyrics for “Underachievers”

Måns — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:07:13 +0000

Yesterday we were to make the first real recording of vocals for “Underachievers”. Since my new writing method is “stream of consciousness” I took about 30 minutes to jot down some lyrics for the song in the “studio” while Anders worked on some guitar parts to possibly be added later.

These are the lyrics that were recorded last night in the first vocal takes. I’m not sure whether they will last or if I’ll be making some changes if we decide to record more vocals later.

Stick to my guns in a tough situation
Waiting for someone to lead the way out
And I believe it is your time to show me
Got nothing left a bundle of doubt

I’m a believer in underachievers
Working so hard while we wait to be told
Inside and out we are hard-core believers
Taking it slow while we wait for the gold

So I’ve been thinking and I’ve got my reasons
Looking to you for the easy way out
Don’t hesitate while I watch you deliver
I’ll be around either with or without

Taking a bow for the underachievers
This is the life I have chosen for me
Inside and out I’m a hard-core believer
Taking it slow while you work to be free

Underachievers

Måns — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:24:40 +0000

This song is nearing completion. After a couple of attempts at finding just the right structure for the song, including where to put the chorus part, which is all that I had when I brought this song to Moon Palace, we decided on a 6/8 shuffle and a more heavy, thick, electronic sound for the bassline.

We are currently working with some of the effects for the song, including some kind of distorted delay effect for the vocal parts, and some more guitar parts for the middle eight.