Down 2 Hang features New York No Wave legend James Chance, recorded in Montreal with six-time Grammy-nominated producer Damian Taylor.
“He introduced himself after seein’ me open up for Kid Congo Powers,” said Callinan. “We tracked it the following day; the instrumental growing from a live jam, yours true on gat n noise and Damian on modular synth. The lead vocal was performed just once, live take, first take, only take, much of the lyric improvised, but once in the can we knew it was what it was, that it was it.”
Meanwhile, Living Each Day features Connan Mockasin – centring around the ethos of living each day like it’s your last. It calls to mind shimmering ’80s hooks and production, a strong contrast the glitch funk of Down 2 Hang.
“The reason the recording sounds so damn expensive is Aaron Cupple’s production prowess coupled with Mark Ronson’s generosity, granting us access gratis to his London studio for the day, tracking the drums, guitars and vox with his grammy award winning in-house Italian Ricardo Damian,” said Callinan.
