Shane Mehling, Great Falls bass lunatic and one of the least gifted self-promoters I know, texted me yesterday to say that I never update my website. He’s right. I’ve been planning to replace this creaky site for years and haven’t come up with an idea I like yet. For now Instagram is the best way to keep up with me regularly. I do think it’s important for creatives to avoid depending on algorithm-based social media and I really am working on that, at my own special pace.
I’ve spent Hellscape: 2020 parenting, mixing some great records, catching up with deferred maintenance and gear changes, shooting film, and studying circuits and PCB layout. A few months ago I did a production run of KWB+ pedals, my take on the unobtanium KWB. Those sold out quickly but I’m planning another run this summer. (Email me to get on the list.) I’ve been working on a few other circuits too, analog and digital. We’ll see where that goes.
Here’s some records I’ve worked on over the last while.
- Yautja – Test Subject Two rippers on this 7″. Recorded last year while we camped out at Electrical Audio to track an LP. (out soon on Relapse)
- Wren – Groundswells We recorded this massive LP at Middle Farm in England. Great band, beautiful studio. Session pics.
- Kowloon Walled City & Town Portal – Rise / Jessica Filmed before a show in Brighton. This was awesome.
- No Lights – Cassette, Stay Awake, June Bug Weird hooks, hot rockin. Ian and Dan from KWC + Matt from Early Graves.
- Tvivler – Ego Frantic Danish hardcore. Rules. I mixed.
- Cell Press – s/t Dudes from Great Sabatini, Swarm of Spheres, The Chariot, and Canada the country. RIYL gnarly riffs, gnarly drum fills, gnarl. Recorded by the legend Sean Pearson at Boxcar, mixed by me.
- Life Savings – The Remote Dutch noise rock. Aluminum guitars, Hiwatts, angular riffs, floor mics. I mixed.
- Wolves Like Us Brittle Bones Epic anthems from Oslo. I mixed. Also please see the incredible “100% Part Time” shirt.
- Harsh R The Burden Loud, stripped down industro-punk. Rules. Working on guitarless records is a delight.
- Rise And Fall Alive In Sin Belgium 2012. RAF’s final release show. I mixed this years ago and I’m stoked that it finally got released.
- Slow Mass Music For Ears 3 Beautiful reimaginings of two Slow Mass songs. I love this band. We ate bagels and tracked side A in Oakland one morning while they were here on tour, and tracked most of side B when Dave was back in town for romance. Dave and Josh recorded the rest at home in Chicago, and I mixed.
- Knucklebunder s/t Walker from Fell To Low doing incredible, stretched out through-composed weird rock. Harvey Milk meets Barkmarket. With his mom killing it on backing vox! I really love this record.
- Granite Hands Void Casual shred from southern Texas. Awesome record, awesome cover photo. I mixed.
- Pinto Slunk Fuzzed out pop nuggets from the Mojave Desert. Tracked live and headphone-free at Sharkbite.
- Kowloon Walled City w/The New Trust The Way It Will Be Gillian Welch cover. Recorded new year’s day 2018, released 18 months later.
- Strangelight Adult Themes Downstrokes, hooks, short killer songs, three fast hilarious days in Sharkbite with friends I’m glad to have. Also the last thing I recorded before plague descended.
That’s it for now. Next update by 2023!