Notes on the new album – Mastering

One of the reasons it took so long to put out this record is that it was recorded at the old studio with the old equipment and didn’t quite stand up to the current stuff we were doing (sonically, not musically.)

We spent a long time deciding how we wanted the final version of LSFG to sound. We started from scratch with the mixes, did some additional editing, and even re-recorded a few things. We’d spend a few days mastering the album, burn it, then take it out in the world to see how it sounded on various systems in various settings. Then we would inevitably come back with a list of things we didn’t like – usually relating to stuff on the lower end of the frequency spectrum, or certain instruments sounding too harsh or muddy. We went through this process four times before ending up with a version we were happy with.

The final version doesn’t have much compression on it, so it’s fairly dynamic, i.e. the quiet bits are quiet and the loud bits are loud. That being said, you’ll probably have to turn the volume up a tad more than some other records (including Cornfed Humans.) We think it sounds pretty good…