Thoughts behind the making
When I was in junior high, I wanted to be Sting, Let me be clear, not be "like" him, have his life, sing, play like or even look like him. I actually wanted to BE HIM in like a Warren Beatty - Heaven Can Wait - John Malkovich kind of way. I realize of course that kind of thinking was just childish immaturity and frankly a bit deranged, because now as a middle aged adult I want to be Dave Grohl.
With that as the backdrop when Will told me about his friend Alan Smyth, working with the Saving Innocence Project we thought that this particular topic needs more male allies, that victims advocating for themselves may not speak deeply enough to the underlying cultural perceptions and norms that directly and indirectly enable this kind of abuse to germinate and fester. Please take a moment to just read about the Saving Innocence Project.
We need guy's-guys to think about and give voice to the issue sex trafficking with the kind of sober realism we give to the attributes of a four barrel carburetor yet with the humanity of Brave Heart, er..somethin. What genre of music could be more guy's-guy than the dissociated teenage grandson of classic rock. This highly derivative alternative hard post-grunge pop rock is the sound of contemporary quiescent impotent rage and disillusionment. Since we were already speaking predominantly to men about the plight of these young girls, we dabbled in themes that speak to the challenges young men are facing in society today as well. So that is the bingo card if you want to play along.
With that as the backdrop when Will told me about his friend Alan Smyth, working with the Saving Innocence Project we thought that this particular topic needs more male allies, that victims advocating for themselves may not speak deeply enough to the underlying cultural perceptions and norms that directly and indirectly enable this kind of abuse to germinate and fester. Please take a moment to just read about the Saving Innocence Project.
We need guy's-guys to think about and give voice to the issue sex trafficking with the kind of sober realism we give to the attributes of a four barrel carburetor yet with the humanity of Brave Heart, er..somethin. What genre of music could be more guy's-guy than the dissociated teenage grandson of classic rock. This highly derivative alternative hard post-grunge pop rock is the sound of contemporary quiescent impotent rage and disillusionment. Since we were already speaking predominantly to men about the plight of these young girls, we dabbled in themes that speak to the challenges young men are facing in society today as well. So that is the bingo card if you want to play along.
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About the name |
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While I did continue to beg several of my friends more talented than I to play on this project Trey was the only one who folded under the weight of my guilt and constant nagging this time and I'm very glad he did. Shout out to Jake Schaefer for his lead guitar on Doubt. The rest of it is just Willy and me on this one.
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At first we thought having a different name for every project was clever. Now we realize that it just confuses people. So for now whatever music style we attempt going forward is just going to be under the family name, as bland as the Irish food we grew up on.
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The Tracks
The MentionsThank you David Gibbons for volunteering your editing time, Jonnathan Bell and Stephen Carignan for content and mix feedback, Special thanks to our families, friends and colleagues for their support and encouragement. Thank you.
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Once we settled on the genre for The Saving Innocence Project I did my usual and made a playlist of some of my favorites from this space on which to go to school, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Audio Slave, STP, Velvet Revolver, Rival Son, Gojira, Burst, Queens of the Stone Age and so on. With one clear source of inspiration or feeble blatant rip off, whichever you prefer, of Lyle Workman's Titans of Metal because I always like to put at least one instrumental on there.
Will and I bandied about topics and stories we want to tell. As is the norm for us usually the music came first but not always. Not having deep roots in this style nor primarily being a guitar player I went about replacing all the ideas in my head I would have used for keys and horns and the like and just made them into yet more guitars. I found it difficult to have too many. A full break down of how the recording was done and the toys we used, from apps to amps is available on the production notes page. If you have more questions feel free to send us an email. |
Produced, and mixed by Jake Thorne
Mastered by Sage Audio Audio Engineering: Jake Thorne ,Trey Sabatelli, , Willy Thorne, Audio Editors: Jake Thorne, David Gibbons, All songs written by Jake & Will Thorne
Vocals Will & Jake Thorne Drums Trey Sabatelli Guitars, Bass, other miscellaneous noises Jake Thorne Special Guest *Guitar Jake Schaefer on the song Doubt |
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