Monday, July 12, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Smash Extravaganza.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Self-Titled
What's next?
New music!
Recorded over the winter, mastered this spring, our new self-titled EP is currently in production!
We're using painted eco-sleeves with hand-carved rubber stamps of original artwork by Dylan's mom!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Hello, Goodbye.
Jack played euphonium, shaker, and handclaps at three Sea of Trees' shows over the course of two short months. From what I've heard, it really added a lot to our 'sound'. But his talents go far beyond that! As it turns out, Jack (under the name Barrow Burrow) writes one hell of a pop song. I'm hooked. From his Facebook page:
"Barrow Burrow’s name comes from the winter I discovered songwriting in Alaska. Barrow - the northernmost town in the United States - signifies my extreme relocation to the north. Burrow - an underground home a mammal lives in to protect itself from harsh weather - signifies the time I spent recording in my apartment waiting for the winter darkness to subside."
Jack is about to undergo another extreme relocation. He will be sorely missed. But, before he goes, we conned him into letting us learn his songs and be the backing band for a Barrow Burrow farewell show. Jack has never fronted a band before. And sadly, this will only happen once. So, don't miss it! These songs are FUN!
Join us next Tuesday (June 15) at Valentine's!.
AM Ghost and the Hoborchestra open.
We will try to start between 7 and 7:30, since it's a Tuesday.
There's an event on Facebook if you're into that sort of thing...Click Here!
Also, you can follow Jack's adventures...here. You will soon be hooked too.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Meet Jack
In the process of completing the RPM Challenge we had the good fortune of meeting one Jack Rosenberger. Jack is Barrow Burrow. Barrow Burrow is Jack.
While we were working on Florence and the Hendersons, Jack was working on an RPM project of his own, This Road is Not a Road. At the end of February there was a small local listening party. CDs were exchanged. A collaboration was proposed. Friends were made. And now, Jack is going be dragging his Euphonium to Sea of Trees shows to help us fill in the gaps left by horn parts that made it to the record that we can't play live.
We're really excited!
Jack's first show with us will be this Friday at Lark Tavern. We'll be playing at least two Florence and the Hendersons songs. Pony in the Pancake will be kicking it off at 9PM.
It's on Facebook if you're looking for more details.
Click Here.
Friday, February 19, 2010
So let me get this straight: this is a concept album about a woman who steals and flies helicopters?
Yes, we're working on a concept album.
This release will follow the early life of Florence, a girl who grows up without her father and is raised by a ghost that lives in her house.
Under the guidance of the ghost, she makes her way through helicopter school and discovers that her father may not actually be dead.
There's a crash and a helicopter robbery that happen as a result.
We're really excited to be working on this type of project. It's been extra fun keeping the overall story in mind as we record- Hope it all makes sense in the end!!!
Visit the RPM Challenge to learn more about Florence and the Hendersons.
Also, we're heading south this weekend to rehearse for a dance show that we're playing on March 6 at:
Triskellion Arts
118 N 11th St, 3rd floor
Bklyn, NY 11211
The details are a little fuzzy, but we'll be playing songs and there will be choreographed dancing. I think it's going to be really cool. Please come check it out, or tell a friend that lives in that neck of the woods!
It might seem like we've lost our minds lately. Hopefully we're not jumping the shark. We're having a great time and hope that you end up liking some of this.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Florence and The Hendersons: an SOT RPM Challenge
Every year, musician's around the world are challenged to record a whole album, 10 songs or 35 minutes of music, within the span of the calendar's shortest month, February. It's not a contest. It's simply a creative exercise that attempts to give musicians the extra push they need toward the satisfaction of finishing an original work. Participants are encouraged to collaborate during the process and the fruits of their labors are ultimately synthesized here.
We found out about the challenge in 2008 when these two great local records came to our attention. We were inspired and signed up in 2009, along with a bunch of other local artists, to complete our own challenge. Some good material and some fun times came from the work, but ultimately the pressure got to us and we didn't make it to the finish line.
It feels somewhat like a day late and a dollar short, but we're trying again. Enter Florence and The Hendersons. This year we've set some strict guidelines for ourselves in hopes of dodging some of the pitfalls that got us last year.
1) The project will be centered around a 1970's Lowery Genie home organ that Dylan recently acquired. It has beats for days that just won't quit. Interesting fact: a Lowrey Organ, on a percussive "marimba repeat" setting - was the synthesizer-like background noise on The Who song "Baba O'Riley".
2) All of the tracking and mixing will be done on a Tascam DP-02 8-track. No computers with their endless supply tracks and effects to bog us down.
3) We'd need a good work space. So, we lugged the thing up three flights of stairs to SOT headquarters at Franklin's Tower where we're already comfortable and have drums, amps, and mics set to go.
4) Mitch will play all of the low notes with his paws on the Lowery's bass pedals. Sorry Mitch.
That just about does it. We're off to a solid start. You can follow along on our blog here.
As a side note...this is completely separate from the new Sea of Trees EP that I wrote about last time.
As a side side note...Sea of Trees will be playing at the Bayou's local original night this Thursday (2/11) at 10:30. Come early though, Hour of Need starts at 8 and the Blisterz go on at 9. It's free.
Friday, January 15, 2010
New Year, New Songs, New Record.
So, it has been some time since we last spoke.
The holiday season was quiet, but Sea of Trees got started early in 2010 with a full weekend of tracking at Collar City Sound. The band worked around the clock from Friday to Sunday under the firm yet loving guidance of Seamus McNulty. We managed to get six songs fully tracked and the rough mixes are sounding great! The studio has all this wonderful old gear and things are sounding, in a word...WARM.
Justin followed us around all weekend with his video camera, being creepy. Watch for Dylan's big scene at 0:25 and my approving gaze at the end. Wow.
Oh, and by the way. We were honored to be on a couple local 'best of' lists for 2009.
Nippertown gave 'Animal Sounds' an honorable mention for its Top 10 albums of 2009.
And, the awesome local listener-supported radio station WEXT ranked 'Lemonvines' at #12 in its Top 50 Local 518 songs of 2009.
Thanks!
