Well the world keeps moving faster and faster than ever, but the truth is us music makers and record releasers are still subject to the limitations of time and space and circumstance. The band and I gathered nearly a year ago in Oxnard, CA to track my sixth full-length, Dead Messengers, and we put finishing touches on it a day or two later at Henson Recording in Los Angeles. Then, due to some unforseen obstacles, we weren’t able to get it mixed and mastered and released as quickly as I’d hoped.
The good news is two-fold: One, the record IS currently being mixed. Everything is sounding great and I now anticipate we’ll have this thing out in the early months of 2020, both digitally and on vinyl. For the vinyl release, we’ll organize a full-band show somewhere in the L.A. area.
Two, we’ve been lucky enough to reenlist J.D. Andrew of The Boxmasters to do the mixing. He’s a Grammy award-winner who also mixed Welcome to the Danger Show and Albatross, and I’m overjoyed he’s involved again.
So: the mix is in the works, the artwork is finished and beautiful (courtesy of Edward Carter Simon, as per usual), and we’re all anxiously awaiting sharing Dead Messengers with you in fabulous Hi-Fi. I’ll let everyone know when we have a release date.
Happy Holidays, y’all.
Marc