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Joelle Ridgeway
This album is held extremely highly by myself as the pinnacle of chill rock production. The micing techniques and equipment used were both heavily planned out and experimental, using the hallways and staircases of the house it was recorded in to grab some really cool natural reverb.
Which brings me to the next point: tone and effects. This album is heavily effect-laden but with (as far as I know) entirely analog guitar equipment and very minimal post production. The snare tracks are not sampled over, and are in fact the original takes from the triangle-ceilinged room in which the drums were recorded.
The album was recorded and produced by Matt Malpass (Lakes, Tenderfoot, Rookie of the Year, Copeland) and additional keys, trombone and other interesting percussive instruments were recorded by Aaron Marsh at Vanguard Room.
Evident in a lot of the points I bring up in my writing is the ocean. I love watery, oceanic metaphors and this album is full of them. Even the album art is a girl standing by the sea in the wind. There are a lot of references to drowning and being in over your head and I think these are the carotid arteries of both adolescence and young adulthood.
Maria Sais de Sicilia was previously in Lydia and currently in Bears of Manitou. Her And Gold is her solo project getting help from Blake Kimball(Lead guitar)Tony Robles(Drums). Carousel is her debut album.
Lydia is an indie rock band from Gilbert, Arizona that was formed in 2003. In 2010, the band took a year-long hiatus because of a fight that was between Steve McGraw and Leighton Antelman. Currently, the band has four albums released with a fifth coming up. Knee Deep is off of their upcoming album, Devil.
The tattoo I got yesterday is the cover of an album by my favorite band, Lydia. Illuminate is an album that means a lot to me, and having it tattooed on my arm allows it to always be with me, which is pretty cool.
Lydia started out in 2003 as a five piece band: Leighton Antelman (Lead Vocals and Guitar), Steve McGraw (Guitar), Maria Sais De Sicilia (Backup vocals and Keyboard), Dustin Forsgren (Bass), and Loren Brinton (Drums). Their debut album, This December; It's One More and I'm Free was released on September 27th, 2005 with the HourZero Records.
Their sophomore album, Illuminate, featured a new line-up: Evan Aranbul replaced Forsgren, Mindy White replaced Sais De Sicilia, and Craig Taylor replaced Brinton; a second guitarist, Ethan Koozer, was also added. Illuminate garnered extremely positive reviews and gained the band increased recognition. They toured extensively throughout the country and participated in the Zumiez Couch Tour, Vans Warped Tour, and The Bamboozle festival. They also played on the first annual Bamboozle Roadshow in 2008. In 2009, the band released an acoustic EP of 4 re-recorded songs off of "This December" titled Hotel Sessions.
Their final release, 7 track EP "Assailants", came out in 2010. Lead vocalist Leighton Antelman embarked on a solo project with an album planned for 2011, due to be produced by Matt Malpass. He has also stated that drummer Craig Taylor will continue to work with him. Mindy White formed States with Bryan & Stephen Laurenson of Copeland. Ethan Koozer is currently playing guitar for the New Jersey-based band Gates which contains former members of Bears & Bright Lights. Steve McGraw has formed a new band called The Saturn Hands.
In late May of 2011 Leighton announced that Lydia would put out a new record to be produced by Matt Malpass. Leighton hasn't announced a release date but he acknowledged that it should be expected in mid to late fall of 2011. Leighton and Matt also collaborated on their own project named The Cinema. Leighton tracked and recorded the album throughout June and July and will be mastered by Matt after. They will be producing this album on their own similarly to Assailants.
2) Lydia Rodríguez Fernández (born 15 January 1980 in Madrid) is a Spanish singer who became famous in 1996 when she released her debut album, which was certified Platinum. In 1999 she represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem with "No quiero escuchar", included in her sophomore album 'Cien veces al día'.
Gilbert-based Lydia is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with two special shows, Dec. 28 and 29, at Crescent Ballroom in downtown Phoenix. The group will play its entire album, Illuminate, along with other assorted tracks woven into the show.
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