the sons at RAK

Rakmic

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stuart- vocals,electric and accoustic guitar,piano.organ

gary-bass guitar

stephen-drums

production-marc jones.engineering-tim goalen

keyboards on flag-marc jones,additional keyboards on the john bull breed and after afternoons-tim goalen

RAK studios st johns wood,london april 21/22

a two day session at mickey mosts famous RAK studios,i can picture the whole 11 sons songs as an album now(including words on the walls,riot feeling,segue,automatic flow).we recorded 7 new songs,the john bull breed,after afternoons,in the pocket,so am i,its been nice,flag,part 1.

the idea was to record as live as possible and quickly,going for the 2nd or 3rd take,very much in the spirit of a bbc type radio session.the songs are there now.the line up split 5 or so months ago was a lot to think about at the time but i suppose had to happen,they just werent prepared to put in as much as me,fair play.i thank gary and stephen for there help on the session,big input and passionate playing,ive learnt a lot and didnt realise so much until then.

i certainly think RAK has a creative feel about it,thats why we worked so hard and fast.it was really enjoyable,the kaisers,mark ronson etc in the opposite studio was great and exciting.the original 1976 API recording console was used along with a mixture of modern and vintage microphones,the staff at RAK were indeed very helpfull.a big shout to tim the engineer for his hard work.

i was quitely confident although a little nervous about the studio in that so much classic music has been recorded there and obviuosly the fact that gary has worked with morrisey and stephen with graham coxon on some amazing records.i think looking at your words in lyrics requires many mindsets.coward.hero.beggar.im really pleased with them and think the past 5 months of my hard work writing them payed off.ive just heard a song called surrender to the rhythm and now look at how the track so am i works in another light,lots of little things like that,i want people to be amazed and intense,to hear textures and quality in the sons.it feels NEW and FRESH.

im looking forward to a solo accoustic set and dj set in may and so want to get talking about a full three peice band line up very soon.

so,song samples should be up on myspace begining of may to give a feel and then availale as full songs to download from iTunes early june via link on the sons myspace www.myspace.com/thesonsuk.

the john bull breed/after afternoons/in the pocket/so am i/its been nice/flag/part 1

intense feelings...symphonic feedback...