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DAS PLATTENCOVER


DIE SONGS
1. It’s a good Thing
2. Bits + Pieces
3. We Go
4. The Sun
5. Stop!
6. No Monkey on my Back
7. Out of Time
8. In or Out
9. Why.When.How
10. We’re Trying

DREI SONGS ANHÖREN
CANNES – Prelistening by CHOO CHOO

DIE PLATTE
Ende Sommer 2009 haben wir uns zurückgezogen, um uns voll und ganz auf die Arbeit an unserem Zweitling zu konzentrieren. Und für das neue Album hatten wir eine klare Vision: Raus aus der Garage. Ein halbes Jahr lang haben wir Songs geschrieben und intensiv am eigenen Bandsound gearbeitet. Mit Kalle Gustafsson haben wir dann auch den richtigen Produzenten gefunden, um diese Vision für das Album auf Band zu bannen. Gustafsson betreibt das einzigartige «Svenska Grammofon Studion» in Göteborg und hat unter anderem bereits mit José González (SWE), Foals (UK), und The Soundtrack of our Lives (SWE) gearbeitet. In 30 bitterkalten Tagen und Nächten zwischen Januar und April 2010 entstanden dort die 10 Songs unseres neuen Albums «CANNES». Eine Platte, so facettenreich und emotionsgeladen wie ihr CHOO CHOO noch nie gehört habt.

Working with producer Kalle Gustaffson we realized we can really raise the bar this time. We decided on a great selection of songs to be recorded for the album and commited ourselves to do everything to get the most out of these tunes. If this takes more time – we will take the time. Garage days are definitely over.

When we’ll leave the studio this Monday we will have 4 songs fully finished. Among them an amazing tune that we plan to release as our 1st single around springtime.

We will return to Svenska Grammofon Studion in April this year to finish the rest of the songs for the album. Oh man, this is gonna be a great journey.

As another band was having a session when we arrived – we basically dropped our bags and headed downtown for something hot to eat. Something hot was well needed, as it’s bloody cold up here. As Kalle, our producer told us, the last 14 days have been one of the coldest periods in years. We totally believe. We were all in the mood for traditional swedish food – fish was what we were looking for. But a stroll around downtown made it very clear that there won’t be too much choice. Most of the places were closed. After 20 mins in the cold – we ended up in a Pub with Burger, Fish and Chips. Not really traditional swedish food but just the right food to warm cold bellys.

The studio is pure awesomeness. Three floors full of wonderful toys to play around. On top of it a small appartment, where we’re staying. Thing is, it’s bloody cold up here. Lili was using three blankets and still freezing last night. So we’ll ramp up the heating power for tonight. Kalle told us he has some tricks in the bag. We’ll see how warm we can turn our temporary home.

Today have been listening to all our 21 demos and choosing the songs that we are going to record. 12 songs made it on the list. One of these songs was written right before we headed up north, so we actually have never rehearsed it. So we gotta rehearse it in the early hours every day, before Kalle comes to the studio.

After choosing the songs we were talking arrangements, trying out ideas and changes that Kalle had in mind. It’s really great to work with someone who digs to the core of our songs.

After talking arrangements we started laying down basic tracks for the first song called “in or out”. We had played at around 10 takes and finished the 1st day at around 10:45 PM with a perfect version.