adama was originally written for "blind hammer" (
things-falling-apart.bandcamp.com/album/blind-hammer-i-miss-you-like-nails)
but was dropped about half way through the sessions along with everything that ended up on the "hex debts" ep (
things-falling-apart.bandcamp.com/album/hex-debts) when we decided to not do a double album.
after the record came out we completely overhauled the song and started playing it live. its almost unrecognizable compared to the original "blind hammer" demo.
a few attempts to record it were made and we settled on the version we did with carl (r.i.p) in the big fancy STUDIO A at WNIJ in dekalb illinois (its an alternate take recorded during a radio session that you can watch/listen to here:
www.northernpublicradio.org/post/sessions-studio-things-falling-apart )
carl sent us the multi-tracks, a bunch of overdubs were done at tims and then we put the thing to bed...
salomé can be looked at as both a stand-alone track or a super-long, extended outro to adama.
at its core are a number of chunks from the intro section from one of the unfinished versions of adama that were hacked-up/slowed down/layered/reversed/ran through pedals and stretched forming the skeleton to salomé.
we then spent a few sessions at tims overdubbing guitars/drums/basses/loops/organs until we felt like it was a thing in itself.
download bonus track:
adama (bell & circuit remix) was done by our friend russell under his 'bell and circuit' moniker (
bellandcircuit.bandcamp.com) during the spring lockdown. he made us sound a lot cooler than we really are and we thank him for that.
we also look forward to being able to play shows again with his band
daughtersofsaintcrispin.bandcamp.com/music
-bob/tfa
released November 25, 2020
bob aspatore: electric guitar, loops, low-budget synth, hacking-apart/restructuring...
brandon welch: electric bass, loops, korg synth, organ
ben aldis: drums on 'adama'
paul kim: keyboards
tim walker: electric guitar, jaw harp
mike taylor: electric bass
mah nu: electric guitar, loops
noah thornburgh: drums on 'salomé'
adama recorded by carl nelson (r.i.p.) at WNIJ in Studio A with overdubs recorded at Lakewood Walker by tim walker.
salomé recorded by tim walker at Lakewood Walker with bob and brandon messing with the track a bit at their respective places...
the whole thing was mixed by tim and mastered by mike.
thanks and thanks and thanks...
tfa #008