Hi there,Autumn and Roberto put this video together for the song Always Home. We hope you like it. And remember the record release party is on September 12 with lots of surprises.
See you around, Roberto & Diane
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
The Ballad of Stayed and Gone 16
The Ballad of Stayed and Gone has been released into the wild. You can purchase actual physical-hold-in-your-hands CDs here or mp3s on itunes (with the rest of the online stores to follow shortly).
You can sample Always Home on the myspace player and Double Sunglasses Sunday on our ReverbNation page (or on the RN widget on myspace).
We are now planning a crazy record release multi-venue event. Stay tuned for details.
We recommend you pop in your car and go for a nice drive, or sit at home with a nice bottle of wine and listen to the whole thing beginning to end, like a movie. That's a recommendation, we're sure you will find many other ways to enjoy it.
This album was produced by us with Jesse Olley, mastered by Nick Petersen, and features Alex Bowers (Joe Romeo and the Orange County Volunteers) on piano, Stu Cole (Squirrel Nut Zippers) on bass, Nathan Golub (John Howie and the Rosewood Bluff) on pedal steel and cuatro, Nathan Logan (Hooverville) on drums and Seamus Kenney (SNMNMNM) on trombone. Joe Brzoska and Mary Gunn did the artwork and design respectively, and Ali Nickles the photography.
We hope you like it.
And thank you.
Diane and Roberto
You can sample Always Home on the myspace player and Double Sunglasses Sunday on our ReverbNation page (or on the RN widget on myspace).
We are now planning a crazy record release multi-venue event. Stay tuned for details.
We recommend you pop in your car and go for a nice drive, or sit at home with a nice bottle of wine and listen to the whole thing beginning to end, like a movie. That's a recommendation, we're sure you will find many other ways to enjoy it.
This album was produced by us with Jesse Olley, mastered by Nick Petersen, and features Alex Bowers (Joe Romeo and the Orange County Volunteers) on piano, Stu Cole (Squirrel Nut Zippers) on bass, Nathan Golub (John Howie and the Rosewood Bluff) on pedal steel and cuatro, Nathan Logan (Hooverville) on drums and Seamus Kenney (SNMNMNM) on trombone. Joe Brzoska and Mary Gunn did the artwork and design respectively, and Ali Nickles the photography.
We hope you like it.
And thank you.
Diane and Roberto
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Taproot Radio Interview
If you missed our interview on WCOM, you can now hear it on the Taproot Radio podcast.
Taproot Radio podcast
Taproot Radio podcast
Friday, April 3, 2009
The Ballad of Stayed and Gone 15: Double Sunglasses Sunday, pre-released
Double Sunglasses Sunday, the first single from the upcoming 'Ballad of Stayed and Gone' by the New Town Drunks, has been released on ReverbNation. Check it out here.
Enjoy,
Diane & Roberto
NTD
Enjoy,
Diane & Roberto
NTD
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Ballad of Stayed and Gone 14
The album is mixed! Mastering will be done very soon and the artwork and design are being worked on as we write this.
It’s been more than a year an half since we started this project, but it feels like this is all we’ve been doing since the beginning of time. Not because it has dragged on (a year and half is not that long for an album), but because it feels like, musically, this is all we’ve been thinking about, and it has certainly taken up most of our music listening time.
But now our creative work is done. Now Nick Peterson will master, Joe Brzoska is doing the cover, Ali Nickles the photography, and Mary Gunn the design. And then we’ll have to play some shows and all that to back it up.
And then start thinking about the next project…
To celebrate this moment, here are two versions of Season of the Grape, the final mix one and the original demo one. I thought some of you who have been reading these posts about the record might enjoy the before and after experience. You can choose which one you want to hear first.
The mixed (unmastered) version of Season of the Grape.
Nathan Golub - pedal steel
Nathan Logan - drums
Stu Cole - bass
Alex Bowers - piano
Recorded in Chapel Hill at the Cavern Tavern (Rob Walsh bartending) and Ultra Fin Riz Studios
The first Season of the Grape demo, all done by Roberto in garageband with mostly canned instruments.
The demo was track 18 on the original demos group. The final mix is track 13. So we've cut at least 5 songs/ideas between conception and final mix. Good.
It’s been more than a year an half since we started this project, but it feels like this is all we’ve been doing since the beginning of time. Not because it has dragged on (a year and half is not that long for an album), but because it feels like, musically, this is all we’ve been thinking about, and it has certainly taken up most of our music listening time.
But now our creative work is done. Now Nick Peterson will master, Joe Brzoska is doing the cover, Ali Nickles the photography, and Mary Gunn the design. And then we’ll have to play some shows and all that to back it up.
And then start thinking about the next project…
To celebrate this moment, here are two versions of Season of the Grape, the final mix one and the original demo one. I thought some of you who have been reading these posts about the record might enjoy the before and after experience. You can choose which one you want to hear first.
The mixed (unmastered) version of Season of the Grape.
Nathan Golub - pedal steel
Nathan Logan - drums
Stu Cole - bass
Alex Bowers - piano
Recorded in Chapel Hill at the Cavern Tavern (Rob Walsh bartending) and Ultra Fin Riz Studios
The first Season of the Grape demo, all done by Roberto in garageband with mostly canned instruments.
The demo was track 18 on the original demos group. The final mix is track 13. So we've cut at least 5 songs/ideas between conception and final mix. Good.
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