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Diary: Internet Forever

Internet Forever | Sunday 5 September, 2010 19:52

Day One
This studio time with James Rutledge has been in the pipeline for what feels like years, so it’s exciting to finally get down to it. But of course first all the drums and bass have to be laid down, so Chris does that awesomely whilst me and Craig play table tennis. I tell Craig about 35 times that my Dad used to be County Champion but he never seems impressed.

Day Two
By the time I arrive Craig’s nearly recorded all the guitars. I sit there and tell him where he’s done them wrong and he, rightly, sulks. Chris plays afrobeat guitar over everything and does takes of playing with a pocket fan and a violin bow. All Internet Forever pretentiousness is kept firmly in check after this when Craig insists we watch Justin Bieber videos on the studio’s massive TV screen.

Day Three
Today I finally get to record the vocals and I enjoy it, but I’m pretty sure there’s nothing worse than singing sappy lyrics you wrote 4 years ago to a control room full of grown men. Must write less embarrassing songs. Later on in the day we have our friend Sophie pop in to add some violin parts, and Pete Fraser comes to wow us with his improv sax skills. It’s all coming together now and starting to sound rad.

Day Four
Today is officially final final overdubs and editing day. I ask our engineer, Brendan, what he would describe our music as. He says, “Afrobeat-y, weird pop. Dirty pop? A bit like The Go Team?”. Pretty sure that beats all the twee/shambolic/DIY descriptions we’ve had in the past.

You can hear James Rutledge’s version of Break Bones on the Huw Stephen’s Wichita compilation that will be released sometime soon. This will be followed by singles from us in the winter.

Internet Forever is Heartbeeps, Laura Wolf, and Christopher Alcxxk

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