Best of 2009: The Interviews: Electric Valentine

Thanks a bunch for picking “Automatic” for your list. We worked really hard on the album and it means a lot to us. The creative process was probably a little different than what most bands are used to. We recorded, produced and mixed the whole thing ourselves, so it was a lot of work. We pretty much wrote the songs as we recorded them in our studio. In all of our other bands, we had everything written before going in to the studio. The new way really let us focus on what was best for the song. We spent a lot of time changing and re-writing what we thought were average parts.

The only challenge was dealing with the lack of objectivity that comes from recording and producing your own songs. We dealt with this by going out on little 2 week tour every couple months. We would come back to the studio with fresh ears. Plus it helped us maintain our buzz instead of just disappearing for 6 months while working on the album.

Our plan is to get our music out to as many new fans as possible in 2010.  We already have some pretty cool tours lined up for Jan and Feb and we’ve spent the last couple weeks working on a new live show with no backing tracks or computers onstage. We really want to set ourselves apart from all of the other electro “bands”. We’ve always played with a great live drummer named Liam but we just added our extremely talented friend John Bennett to the live lineup to play synth and guitar parts. We’re planning on spending the majority of 2010 touring. We have a mobile pro tools rig in our van, so we’ll be able to write new material while on the road. We also recently decided to start giving out our album for free online. Your readers an get download mp3shere: http:..//bit.ly/5tKS9h Thanks again for everything.