Track 6 from the forthcoming Pet Rocks album 'high frequencies'
My composition
Me on lead vox, guitar and drums
Nick Beswick on piano and backing vox
Steve Shaw, bass
Pablo Hurrell, lead guitar
John RIchmond, Sax

Sydney

Fresh off the desk. 
Recorded last night in Hillcrest Manor, Ashfield, Sydney AUSTRALIA.

This band still has no name. 

Brian Yatman - Vox, Acoustic Guit
Nathan Brand - Bass, BVs, Piano, Production
Gav Waring - Guitars
Rory Toomey - Drums

Mystery Lights Desk Mix 1

Fresh off the desk. Unmastered. 
Recorded at Hillcrest Manor, Ashfield, Sydney AUSTRALIA.

This band is called LOST IN THE WOODS

Brian Yatman - Vox, Acoustic Guit, Piano
Nathan Brand - Bass, BVs, Piano, Production
Gav Waring - Guitars, BVs
Rory Toomey - Drums, Percussion



The War You Signed Up For_Mix 1

From the Pet Rocks album 'Wayward Ways' recorded in late 2006 at Tardis Studios, Marrickville Sydney. Recorded and mixed by Mike Burnham. This song was played through once on a guitar at the end of a long day tracking. The drums, vox and rhythm guitar were laid down immediately in a single take. Turned out to be one of my faves on the album... one of those sweet moments when things come together.

03 The Scots

Sat down and sang this into my phone, looking out on Seven Mile Beach in Gerroa on December 28th, 3 weeks after my best friend Billie died peacefully at home.
No notes, no chord chart, no written words. Just came out as you hear it.
I sent it to my dear friend Nick Beswick and, without prompting, he added the beautiful piano part and sent it back.
Recording is very raw. You can hear the waves in the background.
Rest In Peace, Bills... We miss you

Song for Billie [piano]

Recorded by the Pet Rocks in October 2011 at the lovely Roundhead Studios in Auckland, this song tells a story from the point of view of Australian born art critic and fisherman, Robert Hughes, as he lies in a coma after his near fatal car crash along the coast of Western Australia.

Vox / lyrics: Nick Kreisler
Piano / music: Nicholas Beswick

Laid down live in a single miraculous take at the end of two epic days of tracking.

I post this today, August 7th 2012, on learning of Hughes' death overnight in New York.

Vale Robert Hughes, you brilliant, cranky old bugger.
Thank you for blowing my suburban adolescent mind wide open.

Fatal Shore

A rough mix of Black Word Box for your listening and downloading pleasure.

A bouncy homage to our beloved amplifiers, this song was recorded at Neil Finn's gorgeous Roundhead Studios, Auckland, October 2011.

Personnel:
Nick Kreisler - lead vox, guitar
Nicholas Beswick - vox, keys
Gareth Eunson - lead guitar
Steve Shaw -bass
Rory Toomey - drums, percussion

This track, once final overdubs, mixing and mastering are completed, will feature on The Pet Rocks forthcoming LP "50% off everything".

Please do go to our POZIBLE page and pledge generously if you'd like to help us finish this record in the spirit with which it was begun.
We will be eternally grateful if you do.

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love 'n energy!
The Pet Rocks

Black Word Box Take 4, Sept '12

A very rough mix of STRANGER WEATHER, another tune from the forthcoming Pet Rocks album "50% OFF EVERYTHING"
A pressure cooker tale of a group of friends stranded in a cabin by a storm on Great Barrier Island, NZ.

Stranger Weather Oct 2012 small

a home iphone recording of my composition 'when sydney cries'
i started this song years ago, writing the basic verse progression and lyrics in response to various feelings experienced during a subtropical downpour in my home town. 
the chorus part came spontaneously out of a solo run through in my bathroom [nice natural reverb] while making a demo for the band.
the outro was a co-write with nick kreisler in the final days before the roundhead session.

a complete version of this song, recorded with the pet rocks at roundhead studios in october 2011 will appear on the pet rocks' 3rd LP '50% OFF EVERYTHING'

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feel free to download and share this if you like the tune

thanks for listening...

When sydney cries. solo

A sort of heart break song written for a much loved friend who died too young.
Demo version recorded Australia Day 2011 at the Carter Sound Mansion. About 35˚C outside but pretty cool in the studio.
The arrangement is different every time I play it so it's a bit loose in parts. Nick and Bob both heard the song for the first time right before they laid down their sounds.
Rory Toomey: Vox, guitars, drums and composition / Nicholas Beswick: Piano / Roberto De Roque: Bass / Simon Carter: Recording technician and all round tops mate.


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