[Luke] Really nice little rock track. Fairly traditional structure by our standards. Nice crazy burst from John’s bass at 1m37, before softening and fading off.

Hush, Baby, Hush

(4:24)		Day 1 - 10.33pm
 Track 1/1 from 9m41s session

[Luke] With the weather for the first couple of days being mid-20s we expected to swim. But the pool was cold. Ice cold. I could barely paddle my feet in for 10 seconds. But in the end, I took the plunge and jumped in! -- and straight back out again.
Nice bluesy track, trying to resist the 8 or 12 bar form, but being pulled back into it.  I dig the organ sound I found and the piercing guitar.

Blue Feet Blues

(2:55)		Day 3 - 10.58pm
 Track 1/1 from 10m04s session

[Tony] Alternative title: The Trip Kicked in too Soon.
[Luke] I especially love the opening couple of bars, before going on a laid back bluesy inspired journey. Nice change at 2m14s.

Bat Country

(4:50)		Day 3 - 4.48pm
 Track 1/2 from 20m03s session

[Tony] Listen to my new (drum) trick!
[Luke] Some nice duelling guitars. Nice rocky track. Some interesting blends of three guitars; sometimes, even while playing, we’re not exactly sure who is making what sounds; sometimes we actually feel as if we are playing each others instruments. We all influence each other, but Tony (drummer) often plays the role of conductor. We switch between a few instrument sounds here too.

Journey to the Jungle Heart

(5.13)		Day 4 - 9.04pm
 Track 1/1 from 12m49s session

[Luke] Tony came up with this track title - a trek, a sparse and eerie soundscape punctuated by guitar howls. Reverb pickslides, drum triggered environmental sfx, multidimensional synth, and soft bouncy bass.
I found the title particularly interesting as coincidentally twenty years ago I had a gig where I played a live improvised score in the cinema for a touring film about the expedition of Earnest Shackleton.

Expedition of Ernest Shackleton

(5.41)		Day 4 - 2.05pm
 Track 1/1 from 25m18s session

[Tony] Alternative title: The Shady Addict.
[Luke] There is a story here about struggle, dizziness and disorientation. A guitar crying out for help. Some lovely chunky bass with tight drums. There is a wonderful sense of imminent breakdown and collapse. On the edge.

Smoking the Blue Cigar

(4.25)		Day 4 - 9.24pm
 Track 1/1 from 16m45s session

[Luke] Alternatively: “Elvis Salvage”. It’s evocative of a clean traditional figure striding through a modern clanking gritty metallic landscape.

Graceland Wasteland

(5.06)		Day 2 - 2.59pm
 Track 1/1 from 15m12s session

[Tony] The most “editing” we’ve done on a track - stitching together two sections of a session, two minutes apart.
[Luke] It took some time to discover this track. This session chops and changes so much, we all seem to be resisting the urge to develop or resolve, and just want to mess shit up, ha! Exploratory with smooth jazz intrusions.
A kind of jazz pun on “Mac the Knife”.

Mike the Knave

(3.41)		Day 3 - 5.16pm
 Track 1/1 from 13m29s session

[Luke] I fell in the pool. I heard this underwater... or am I dreaming? A mellow contemplative dive beneath the cold surface. Guitar sounds swim together while Tony hammers from above at the ice.

Under the Ice

(2.55)		Day 1 - 8.08pm
 Track 1/1 from 19m36s session

[Luke] Named for a Pellen walk around the wheatfields; alas, Tony remained at the house with sore swollen feet.

Bigfoot (Fields at Dusk)

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Tony Carbone - Drums/Percussion
John Pellen - Bass Guitar
Luke Pellen - Electric Guitar

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