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Do The Robot
12+ albums
shoegazealternativedreamgazefemale vocalspostgaze
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"April 2008. Our first full-length record is about to be released on valve records. There is excitement and anticipation for something that we are already so distant from. The recording process for "Amp on fire" was long and tedious and drawn out for almost a year. What as to be originally an EP turned into 2 EPs then to an album, cut and pasted together the best we could to minimise the long periods of time between recording each part of the record, one half being recorded over a 3 month period in early 2007 and the other at the end of 2007 and early 2008 in two very different locations and recording environments by two very different people. "December 2007. Our drummer departs after a show. We don't see or hear from him again. I was going to file a missing persons report though came to the quick realisation that it was never meant to be. We were to start from scratch although this would take over a year to figure out. Not being able to reproduce the record live also took its [toll] on our feelings towards the recor and wanting to move on to something new. "May 2008. Sarah and I take a short trip to Italy to get married. We travelled for 4 weeks throughout Europe forgetting about Amp On Fire as it was already so far in the past. We return to realise that we had another album ready to be recorded from all our experiences on our trip. Songs about the anticipation of leaving Australia, songs about getting lost overseas and songs about finding love through the olive trees. Thi
