Final “Scoops” and “Gearhart” update.
Our new records have both been written and mixed. Yes, mixed, but not finished.
As we review the latest mixes of An Apocalypse in Binary: The Memoirs of Gearhart Deckrion and Scoops the Robot, the two records Starship Amazing are currently preparing, we’re taking notes on what needs to be fixed and tweaked. Surprisingly, there’s not much to be done (but let’s be clear, there is still work to be done). It’s surprising because this means we’re finally on the cusp of finish these goddamn albums. These two records have been, without a doubt, the hardest thing for us to do. We’re happy with how the records have turned out, certainly, but we’re happier with the fact that their finally finished. Our previous records had a gestation period of about 6 months, but we’ve been working on these sons of bitches for over a year.
Gracefully, the little fan base we’ve collected waited all through 2009 for these records, and we wish we could have given them to you then. The reality is, we bit off more than we could chew. But the records are weeks away from being released, and it feels pretty fuckin’ great to be this close.
But, honestly, we are far more excited about moving on to the next big thing. But just one thing. We vow to never travel down the two record path again. We’re happy and proud that we were able to actually pull this off, and we’re certainly pleased with how they’ve turned out, but it was a stupid, rookie move to try to make not just two records but two concept records. Jesus Christ, what the fuck were we thinking (more on this later)?
Yet, as we compare what we’re doing now to our last release, something becomes apparent; many of you haven’t heard us in a really long time. In other words, our most recent full album of new material was “The Power of Science is Staggering”, which was released in October 2008. The opening track, “Keytars are for Retards”, was the first finished song for that album and was completed in March 2008. That is almost two fucking years old. That record contains a completely different concept of what we are, and the kind of music we make. When we drop the new albums, will they be too different? Will you people still like us? Will music snobs and hardcore fans declare that we were better in the old days? Or maybe it’s just some arbitrary distinction only we notice. Whatever. Good or bad, we can’t wait to see how people react to what we’ve done.
For those who have been patiently waiting for these albums, please know that we’ve been waiting too. We’ve been working on these albums almost nonstop since we released “…Staggering” (and even a little before that). There were a couple unscheduled breaks, but for the last year and a half we’ve met up every Saturday to work on new material. Over the course of “Gearhart” and “Scoops”, we started over 100 songs, finished probably 40, and narrowed that down to 22 since around October 2008. Making these two albums has been like mining, not just for gold, but for the shiniest pieces of gold. Maybe “gold” is a little pretentious, but it’s just a fucking analogy.
Point is, we wrote a lot of music for these records. We plan to release “An Apocalypse in Binary: The Memoirs of Gearhart Deckrion” and “Scoops the Robot” simultaneously, and at some later date, our favorite outtakes. Cutting songs meant delaying the albums another few months, and we cut a lot of songs. It was hard to constantly be prolonging this process, both for us and our handful of fans. So to bookend the journey of making these two records, we will compile our favorite outtakes in the form of “Broken Robots: What Were We Thinking, Why Did We Do This?!” Not for a while, though. We need to put some space between us and these records.
In conclusion, this is our last studio update for “Scoops” and “Greahart”. Hopefully, the next time we chat, it’ll be about release dates. Thank you for your continued support. We love you.
-Starship Amazing
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