It's a wrap!

With a remarkable lack of ceremony, the last song seemed to take almost no time at all to record and our second album, at least in terms of recording, was put to bed last night. This extract from the Weird & Wonderful cover seems particularly apt!

Not that the ease of recording made for a short evening's work. Oh no. Annie had discovered a couple of minor problems with earlier sessions, which meant going back to two of my previous recordings and re-doing a few harmonies in one case, and a final chorus in another.

On top of that there were decisions to be made. What should the track order be? How many copies of the album are we going for as a first print run? What kind of promo are we going to be doing? What's the best local venue for our first live gig? All in all, there was more talking last night than singing, but it's all good; we're still on track for a Monday (March 1) release. It's easy for me to say that though - it's not me doing all the post-production work!

Because it takes time (two weeks on average) for new material to appear on iTunes, the release date will be for "streaming only" at first. That is, you'll be able to hear the songs on one of our websites, but not download them onto your iPods or PCs for a couple of weeks. And even though we have the much-adored and commented on front cover, we're still working on the artwork for the rest of the CD, so anyone wanting a physical copy will have to hang on a little while longer too.