"It was the start of a humid Los Angeles summer when we packed up and headed for the desert. I booked us a place in Joshua Tree big enough for everyone to record in the same room. Clem, Tabor, and I had been working on a group of songs for a couple months. A lot them started at the breakfast table in the sweet moment when the coffee is still warm, your stomach is full, and the light is coming through the windows. We started recording around 2am on June 19th, 2018 and cut two songs before going to bed. In the morning we took a dip in the pool, made a huge breakfast and dug into the next three tunes. The whole band recorded together: Clem and I on acoustic guitars, Tabor on drums, Davin on bass, and Phil on everything else. No headphones or click tracks. After dinner we broke out the whiskey and cut all of the vocals around a single microphone working out parts along the way. When Devin gave us the nod, we moved on to the next song. An accordion overdub here, a guitar solo there. The clock struck midnight and we were done."
-Chris Schlarb, Psychic Temple
credits
released October 3, 2018
The Musicians:
Tabor Allen - drums, percussion, backing vocals, electric guitar on "This World"
Clementine Creevy - acoustic guitar, vocals
Davin Givhan - electric bass, backing vocals, guitar solo on “Conspiracy?”
Philip Glenn - Wurlitzer electric piano, violin, mandolin, accordion, backing vocals
Chris Schlarb - acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
Produced by Chris Schlarb
Engineered by Devin O'Brien
Recorded at Time Machine, Joshua Tree, California on June 19th, 2018
Mixed by Chris Schlarb and Devin O'Brien at BIG EGO, Long Beach, California
Mastered by Matt Murman
Photos by Devin O'Brien and Tabor Allen
Layout & Design by David J. Woodruff
Recorded using an Antelope Zen Tour and a Trident Fleximix Sidecar into Logic.
Mixed using an Audient ASP4816 and Biamp 8802.
supported by 13 fans who also own “Houses of the Holy Vol. I”
Now to spin this and take flight.
As a former card carrying member of jamband scene this would have fit nicely back in the late 60's-70's and the late 90's-00's when improvisational jams were king.
This is going to take the scene into another direction with Garcia Peoples.
Vinyl Purchased 10/3/20.
Arrived 10/26/20. The Midnight Toker.