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We're back to work after having a day off yesterday. It mostly constisted of us lounging in our hotel room for way too long... but we did end up getting out last night to see our friends Portugal The Man who played with the RX Bandits.

Portugal The Man's set was incredible, and the place was packed. Bill and I both ended up having way too much to drink, but I did manage to catch a few songs from the rx bandits before retiring back to the van with the spins.  

This morning Bill popped a couple of ibuprofen for his headache and went straight to work on some guitar tracks. Alan's been working double time recording guitar tracks for a couple hours followed by vocal tracks for a couple hours more... Everything sounds amazing, and Jay has been helping out all over the place from production ideas to microphone selection... he even showed Alan a bunch of goofy stretches to do before singing.

-Nick

It's day five into our studio session with producer/engineer Jay Robbins. It's a little place called the Magpie Cage in Baltimore, MD. We drove nx for two days to get here after playing the Mile High Music Festival, which by the way, was great. Thanks to everybody who spent a day in the relentless heat with us... but I digress. Anyway, recording is going unbelievably good. Jay is an amazing producer and has turned out to be exactly who we needed to record this record. We spent hours getting the drums and guitars dialed, and everything has been moving very smoothly. The drums and bass are essentially done as well as a lot of guitars. Alan has even started doing some vocal takes.

We'll try to keep you updated a little more often... especially while we're in the studio. Check back often for the next two weeks and we will have tons of new pictures and news.

-Nick