'Conception' starts at 0:00, 'The Fungus of Eats' starts at 1:37, 'Duggle' starts at 4:47, 'Journey' starts at 7:31, 'Redeem' starts at 11:09, and 'Arrival' starts at 13:31. This song is actually split into multiple sections. This led to us calling it a 'Suite' because it seemed too disjoint to be one song. The last song written was Kitchen Suite, which was the only song we collaborated on. La Bestia was the first song written, along with another song that we decided to use as a bonus track called 'Snow.' Then came Once Upon a Time, Jacob's Lullaby, Clandestiny, Outside, and Clown Analysis. Each separate song was written by only one member, with one exception. Our writing process is very individual, not collaborative, which we think led to a wide range of writing styles between songs. The album was mixed by Aaron Young and the cover art was created by Madeline Curtis. Tracking was done in the Preston's basement with one mic and Audacity. Eventually, with the entire rest of the album written and recorded without vocals, Anthony Nunez was brought in to finish vocals on Kitchen Suite, Outside, and Clandestiny. We all really liked old-school prog bands, especially Genesis, and were also heavily inspired by an obscure modern band called Bubblemath.Īs we got more serious, Genna and Jake started to lose interest in the band and started to drift away as vocalists, leaving the core writing group of Joe, Donovan, and Phoenix to work on composition while we looked for another singer. That's when we decided to write more serious 'prog' stuff. We started by writing a series of joke songs that ended up on a short EP that's on Youtube called 'Cooks Crew,' but soon after, decided we wanted to do something more substantial. We are all cousins, are musically interested, and like a lot of the same bands. The band started with the core group of Donovan, Phoenix, Joe, Genna, and Jake.

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