In the last few months, MOG has gone from being a network of music blogs to being what basically amounts to an online radio station. We’re not members, but if you are, you may be interested to know that our music has made it onto their service:
http://mog.com/music/The_Home_Guard/A_Head_of_Steam
http://mog.com/albums/mn35702599
Given the recent upheaval over at Last.fm, this may not be a bad thing at all.
A few weeks back we posted about our new way of working for this album – basically, instead of starting with an idea for a full song, Dan’s come up with a bunch of riffs, and we’re mixing and matching them to beats we’ve laid down and seeing where that takes us. It’s sort of like the Ableton Live workflow, but without actually using Ableton Live.
Anyway, here is one such riff (recorded on Music 2000 for the PlayStation):
(Try here if you can’t get it to play.) It’s a bit like something Jethro Tull might have come up with, and for that reason we think it may be a decent album opener. What we envisage is a slow, progressive, atmospheric, almost orchestral introduction that’s more of a soundscape than musical; then, we come crashing in with something like this:
This is just a work-in-progress demo clip (obviously), and the riff will probably end up on guitar rather than synth. What happens after the abrupt finish is anyone’s guess at this point, but we hope the feeling of a song boldly announcing itself comes through and that this is a fitting way to start an album.
Our music continues to trickle onto the various download services, and the latest to carry our back catalogue is – to our considerable surprise and amusement – well-known supermarket chain Tesco. Here’s the link:
http://www.tescoentertainment.com/store/artist/the-home-guard/p%3a993652/
Each album is £6.97, so ClubCards at the ready…