So, to update the myriad of Homesick Collective viewers...

After a discussion with Jesse Newkirk, also of My Boy, we decided to start writing/playing again ASAP... in a bit of a new direction... Carley is going to be singing more, more synths, less cello, new drummer (that we haven't found yet.) I'm really excited. We haven't played since the summer, and the energy we had at those shows was awesome... so hopefully we can start where we left off and then some. I'm really excited, did I say that?

The Carl stuff is going REALLY well... we've gotten all the lead vocals done (I think.)

We have all the rhythm tracks (almost) done.

Still to go:

Strings, some bass tracks, horns, background vocals, guest vocals, mixing.

Oh yeah, and we are going back to Seaside to re-track Whalemen and track for the first time Already Gone.

But overall, I'm loving the way the songs are coming out and Carl is an amazing musician to be working with! His singing voice is of course wonderful, but he also has an amazing talent with harmonies and they are going to be a really awesome component to a lot of these songs. One song, When I Go, is like Simon and Garfunkel doing punk rock with the guy from Sigur Ros doing ohhh and ahhs in the background. Awesome.

In other Homesick Collective News:
I want to start booking lots and lots of shows for the bands, so that we can take over the world. I also want to put together a comp. Hopefully I can start these things soon.

~ Blake