Amanda Palmer and our old friend Sean Slade rolled into Studio A for a couple of days to record a song Amanda wrote with the help of her fans. Proceeds from the sale of the song on Bandcamp went towards hurricane relief in Puerto Rico. Head on over to Amanda’s website to check out the story behind the song. There are even some pictures from the studio in there.
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Magen Tracy – Color the Air
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Pat DiCenso, Magen Tracy’s 2017 Boston Music Awards nominated song, Color the Air, is described as a cross between Tori Amos and Lucinda Williams. With soulful vocals, poignant songwriting, and piano-driven pop-rock with a dash of sleazy swagger and alt-country twang, Color the Air is a impassioned expression of a love lost.
Abbie Barrett covers Walter Sickert
Mixed by Pat DiCenso and released to the images of a General Motors extended advertisement 1950s, Barrett’s cover of Walter Sickert’s Atom Bomb is self described as “the Jetsons meets dystopia.”
Check out Vanyaland’s write up to find out about the origin/backstory of the cover.
Bose Speaker Cube
Our friend Matt Russell visited us alongside the folks from Bose a couple of months ago and they cut a song and filmed a video about one of their BoseBuild Speaker Cube – a fun little DIY project.
The Rationales – Upstream
Described by American U.K. as “textured melodic rock, fizzing with an energy difficult not to wholeheartedly sink into,” the Rationales’ Upstream was produced by Q Division’s Ed Valauskas and mixed by Pat DiCenso – in all of our studios.
Check out this piece in the Herald about the bands’ latest effort.
And hear the album on Bandcamp:
