There Are More Of Us, Always

“We wrote with pure instinct, just tried to add something new to a genre that we love. As we traded ideas, we took some left turns and incorporated elements that may be unexpected.“ (Woodruff) When it came time to record, scheduling issues led to an inspired change of plans. Urian Hackney joined the project both behind the kit and behind the board, engineering and performing the drum parts that propel the record. In two intense days at The Box studio in Burlington, VT, Jake and Urian captured the core of the album with an immediacy and urgency that remain audible in every take. “We had the general drum ideas worked out before we got to Urian, but his feel and ability to internalize a song quickly is incredible. The drums on ‘Hairspring’ are a complete first take—and only the second time we ever played the song together. Incidentally, that song is in 6 but has random measures in 5, which makes getting drums on the first take really impressive. That was the vibe for the whole session—he saw our vision for the recording, and absolutely nailed his contributions.“ (Woodruff)