Funny Trees Blog Takeover: part 2
This week we hijack the weblog of Funny Trees, a bookings and promotion agency from Utrecht. Take cover!
Making a record, part I
After we signed a recorddeal with Bladehammer Music / Sony ATV in February, we started looking intensively for someone who could produce our debut record. We needed a creative / openminded yet technically skillfull guy (or girl!). After hearing Grammatics’ self titled debut, we found ‘’that special someone’’ in James Kenosha, a young and aspiring producer from Leeds. And a great guy, of course. Several bands he produced last year are now making a name for themselves in the UK: Pulled Apart By Horses (NME darlings), Grammatics (did a full tour with Bloc Party in October) and Dinosaur Pile-Up (main tour support for Pixies) are all quite excellent in their own way, I strongly suggest you check them all out!
Anyway, James heard and loved our early album demo’s and flew to Amsterdam to meet us and see us play live, and after having a few (or a lot of) drinks after the show, it was clear there was a mutual ambition to create something awesome. That meant we were going to record our debut album in the UK, a dream come true.
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