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

my roomate says carl creighton’s music is like walking alone on a cold november day along one of 10,000 lakes.

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i'm listening to "light bulb" off of carl's debut minnesota, and i remember the one day i got to see minnesota being recorded... and the first thing i heard was carl doing a vocal take for never gave you my guitar and i was blown away. and the next vocal take was "light bulb" and i remember this one in particular because i had a few tears roll down the side of my face... and now i'm listening to "baby's breath" and i feel crippled by the beauty of the song. i can feel the coldness in my bones.

i'm listening to "smoking is ugly" while smoking a ciggeratte. it makes me want to quit smoking. but the organ sounds really awesome .

horns are going to be a lot of fun on the new one.

now i'm listening to the roughs.

christian girl sounds awesome. it matches the feel of the b room in seaside perfectly.

there's xlophone on if e'er you lose the will. it's sounds like a horror movie soundtrack.

no color in my dreams also has xlophone but it sounds super pretty.

the drums and bass are a bit too boomy on whalemen, so i'll have to work that out. i feel like this one needs a high guitar part.

when i go sounds pretty punkish right now which is going to be an insane contrast over all the harmonies carl is laying over this stuff.

freedom is a buzzword rough is pretty awesome.

charlies spanish harlem feels like rodeo music.

fire in the ward is nuts. the electric sounds pretty killer. and the bass riff that comes in around 1:55 is blazin'.

love sweet love is the prettiest song on the record.


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self rant:
i used to not smoke. i used to be in love. i used to write with capitals. i used be filled with the right words.



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minnesota is a beautiful record.

(and knowing the piano it was recorded on, he made it sing.)

i'm so excited to be working on this project and tomorrow marks day 1 for vocals. hopefully we get to start on your heart in my pocket as well.

i need sleep.

i'm going to drink some red tea and pass out.

~ blake