Once More/Hard To Swallow

hello, hello....

Matt here. Chris & I are really excited to post two more new songs called Once More & Hard To Swallow. You can listen to them on our reverb page here: www.reverbnation.com/presentlyfalling.

thanks for your support!
Matt

ONCE MORE

(Chris) This song dropped out of the sky one night during the work week. I rarely work on music during the week because of work, but there was something different about this one. I think all the parts were finished in a day? A lot of excitement around how quickly it all came together. Talk of completing each others musical thoughts quicker and quicker the longer we write together. Matt plays everything on here, except the drums. Pretty amazing melody and guitar work.

(Matt) Chris is right.....this one came together very quickly. I had been playing a lot in Open D tuning, and this song is a direct result of that. When I'd finished my parts, Chris said that he was going to add drums only. I was a little surprised by this, but he told me to trust my instincts & that all of the parts were solid enough to make the final recording.


HARD TO SWALLOW

(Chris) This one quickly followed "Once More" in the same week. I love the guitar intro on this one. Like a bulk of our songs, this one has the "building steam" formula on it. It has a great apex towards the end where all the elements are at once. Matt was worried that all his vocal tracks would make the song too trippy. I think they're awesome and more experimental than what we have done.

(Matt) To be honest, I have no idea how this song came about. I had a basic chord progression...next thing I knew I was adding some leads...then came the vocals. The vocal layering was an experiment at first...somehow, they stuck around! My favorite part of this song is the bridge where Chris just launches into one of my favorite solos that he's ever done. His drumming is also amazing on this tune. Like the two that we posted last week, there's a very good chance that this song will end up on LP #3.

State Of Flux/Hold Me Down have been posted!

hey everyone----

Matt here. just wanted to let you know that Chris & I have wrapped up 4 new songs and we've posted the first two today! they are streaming right now on our pages here:
www.reverbnation.com/presentlyfalling
www.myspace.com/presentlyfalling

the other new songs will be posted early next week....so stay tuned. here are our thoughts on these new songs:

State of Flux:

(CHRIS) The last of a large group of songs written in winter 2010/2011. I wanted to develop this out to sound upbeat and jumpy. The song caught fire once I came up with the accompanying guitar part you hear in the right speaker. I'm always trying to find some element that takes ordinary chords or music to a level worth working on. Once the guitars where in place I felt it was time to send over to Matt. His initial feedback was positive & away he went. He took lead guitar duties on the song and continues to write these stand out leads in a lot of our songs. I think the bass line was something he really liked.

(MATT) This song was a lot of fun to work on. It had a great groove right from the beginning & I was really excited to try something new vocally. Chris said that it's our "poppiest" song yet, and he may be right. The bass line is one of my favorites that he's come up with thus far & it really pushes the tempo of the song. The solo was tricky & it took me a long time to nail down the take that you hear!

Hold Me Down:

(CHRIS) Matt had a very cool slide riff going (there's a video of it on our Facebook page). I had an old drum track that I thought might fit the song. Matt had to re-arrange some things, but sent back this monster sounding song. He had some struggles finding a fitting bass sound if I recall. I also think he had told me that he'd ended up pissing off the neighbors whilst recording the vocals for this one. Good stuff!!

(MATT) THe working title for this song was "Blues Slide Stomperooni." Yup. Silly name, fun song. For some reason, I've been keeping on of my acoustics tuned to Open D for a long time. One day, I picked it up & grabbed the slide. Within 24 hours, the core of the song was done. I had an absolute blast recording all of my parts on this song. The bass was challenging, but once I stepped away for a bit it fell into place. Chris' lead lines throughout the song are simply awesome. These 2 songs are so different....they sound like an entirely different band, in my opinion.

So there you have it! New stuff is in the works as I type this. Looking forward to spending some time in the studio this afternoon! Stay tuned for the other two new songs (Hard To Swallow & Once More) early next week!

thanks for listening/reading/supporting,

Matt

Cluthe/Lee April Update!

hey everyone....

Matt here. just wanted to give you all an update about everything. it's safe to say that we've been very busy in the last couple of weeks and it's about time that we catch you all up on the latest.

-Life Can Go is done! it's been copyrighted and Maura (www.frag-ment-ed.com) is working on the artwork for the album. our collective goal is to have the album released sometime early in the summer. as you know, she did the artwork for Here We Are and we can't wait to see what she comes up with for our second album!
-In the meantime, Chris & I are talking about releasing a digital EP through iTunes. this EP will contain some bsides along with a couple of re-worked songs from our first record. we're still too early in the creative process to divulge anymore info...but stay tuned!
-in the last 2-3 weeks, we have been doing a lot of writing & recording. there is now a solid collection of about 5-6 new songs that we're going to start mixing & mastering. we hope to have them released in the next week or two. i know i say this a lot, but this collection of songs has me really excited & i feel like we've pushed our boundaries even further. they don't sound like anything we've done thus far.
-we've also been talking with Maura's husband, Jake about building a Cluthe/Lee website!! he's on board & sounds excited about it, so we are too! not sure when it will be launched, but it may coincide with the release of Life Can Go. he's incredibly talented & open to our crazy ideas.....so, it should be a lot of fun!
-Laurel & I are still planning on making it to Columbia sometime this summer. it'll be great to hang with Chris & Ali for a few days and play a couple of shows! beyond that, we're both open to trying to play more shows....we just have to consider the distance. we'll keep you posted.

so that's it! it's quite a lot, actually!

thanks for reading/listening,
Matt