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Behind-the-scenes

Here are a couple of photos of Gus and Estée working on props for their next music video: ”Photos taken during the props production phase of our next video project. About a month of props making for about a minute of glory.” -Estée

Update on Album #3!

We are thrilled to announce that the third album has reached final completion! The bulk of it was recorded in 5 days at Studio Sud-Ouest with the illustrious Mark Lawson. Working with Mark was revelatory in so many ways. We learned how to clap on the twos and the fours instead of the ones and the threes, we implemented Foley effects and ever since my mind has been buzzing with the possibilities that come along with creative production. We also did a day with our dear friend Sam Woywitka aka Montreal’s Rick Rubin aka Raggles at Mixart. Sam is an amazing sound engineer and a real sweetheart, listen to his band. Also special thanks to Josh Toal, Frisco Lee and Will Poulin for their contributions. New music soon!

Marrying Lyrics to Structures

”My two favorite things when it comes to songwriting are lyrics and structures. I’m most happy with my songs when the lyrics and the structures are married together in an interesting way, when a change in feeling, pace or dynamics reinforces the story I’m trying to tell. I have found that this does not happen by either writing the music and then matching the lyrics to the structure, nor from writing the lyrics and then building a structure around them. It happens slowly and simultaneously, in a maddening process, that involves me playing my acoustic guitar and saying anything that comes into my head until magically the guitar and the words sync up. It’s very important to me that I have a gestation period where I can enjoy endless malleability. I know a song is done when I can play it on the acoustic guitar and it feels complete.” -Gus