Even though by the end, it started… I think we were all starting to just burn out on it. Judd: We had a great time working with Mike on everything. PT: Every weekend with the same three people, did it ever feel claustrophobic? He's really good at doctoring things up in a way that sounds cool and kind of tickles your ear without being overly conspicuous. We were both playing them and then I’m sure Mike added some crazy plug-in to make them sound even crazier. They’re sort of like scrap metal, but dull, like baby shakers. What on earth is happening at the end of “Big Hands”? I'd double up guitars and Judd always had some percussion overdubs. We recorded everything live, just the two of us. We’d hop on a ferry to Red Hook or, like, walk two hours to get to his practice space. He’s basically the only other person we saw for an entire year.ĭana: Every weekend we’d go to Mike’s studio. We were happy.ĭana: (During the Egg sessions) we became really close.ĭana: So, when COVID hit, we bubbled with him. Then we spent a day in his practice space recording demos and things sounded pretty good. He had a space with nice gear and microphones and stuff and expressed an interest in actually working with us. He started talking to us about recording and mixing and so on. He was playing drums in Half Human who were really excellent. Judd: We met Mike at a show like back in 2018 or 2019. We weren't being very productive in between sessions. I don't know if we'll ever write a record this way again, but I think it was partly the time, the fact it was COVID. Judd: - but the songs didn’t really change.ĭana: For Sapsucker, it was really different. We worked on sounds –ĭana: We made some slight arrangement tweaks in the studio – Judd: For Egg, we went to New Paltz and recorded with Kevin McMahon (Pile, Swans, Real Estate) and our friend Mike ( DiSanto, who also produced Sapsucker) produced and mixed it.
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But what takes a long time is piecing them together in ways that we think are compelling and make sense and building them out into full songs.ĭana: We had everything written for our first album Egg and then we went into the studio. Judd Anderman: We come up with the small ideas fast. Maybe one of us will have an idea coming in, but generally, we're sitting down together, which is why our output is so slow. Post-Trash: What was the process like of recording Sapsucker?ĭana Lipperman: Sapsucker was pretty different from how we recorded Egg and how we worked on the split (with EIEIEIO). (This conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity.) We sat down with Gorgeous to discuss the experience of making their ambitious new album, what’s changed, and what’s still inspiring them in a post-pandemic world. Where Egg sounds like a band discovering what was possible in real time – to notably joyous results – Sapsucker is an assured statement of what’s next. While both albums feature Anderman’s acrobatic drumming accompanying Lipperman’s whimsical vocals and idiosyncratic guitar playing, there’s a sense of intentionality to Sapsucker’s bold embrace of melody. Sapsucker represents a leap forward for the band, both artistically and musically, from the duo’s 2019 debut, Egg. Sapsucker has quickly become part of the soundtrack to my early summer. What’s clearer is the music’s grip on my memory. Gorgeous play a brand of warped math rock/chamber pop that’s tough to pin down. Or the way it smelled at the 7th and Santa Fe Metro stop the night I exited the bus to go start my new job bartending at a local dive.įor the uninitiated, Gorgeous is a two-piece band based in Ridgewood, Queens composed of Lipperman and drummer Judd Anderman. When Gorgeous guitarist/vocalist Dana Lipperman sings “You’re my sweet tooth” over the cacophony of drums, guitar, and pitched loops that opens the album, I’m already reminded of my forty-fourth birthday and how instead of a party, I spent the weekend attending social events for my friends’ children. Consider Gorgeous’ fantastic new album, Sapsucker, out now via Sad Cactus Records. All these events have corresponding albums. A good album becomes a soundtrack to memory.
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