SCOTT EVANS Mostly about pointing microphones at loud things.

I just finished up another guerrilla recording project, an EP for Bay Area psyche/metal dorks Lord God Bird. It came out great.

Download the EP here. Recommended if you like: Kyuss, Hawkwind, riffs, Boris, repetition, AD&D.

(Thanks to Ms. Kate Cronin for a spoken word appearance, and to Mr. Thompson for another quality mastering job. Which I later found out he did drunk. Appropriate.)

We tracked in LGB’s tiny, crappy (but homey) practice space in Oakland. The band barely had to move a thing; I showed up with a shitload of gear and crammed myself against a wall. Here’s a photo (well, a dozen photos). You can see my mobile rig in the middle of the room. I would guess the entire room is 8×10. There’s a few more pics here.

We tracked in 2 moderately long days, with no headphones, and pretty much no isolation (I mean come on, it’s a rock band lighting up an 8×10 room) save for a couple of strategically placed packing blankets. The band breezed through the takes, making it look easy. There’s nothing like a band that has their shit together.

Also, we ate delicious pupusas.

I’m stoked about the way this recording turned out. The songs are awesome, the performances are solid. And to track live, with no isolation, in a tiny room, and get results like this, that’s pretty damn good.