Andy said, "Hey, you guys should play this acoustic house show we're doing in April." We said, "Okay." We practiced 5 songs, Adam sat in on a couple of them with his banjo, and we played the show. It was great. Then, we recorded those songs for the first EP live in our apartment. It came out on August 17th through Ghost Mansion Records. More shows and EPs followed.
Acoustic EP II (LRL004): We headed in to Hyde Street Studios on July 17th, 2009, and recorded these four songs with Scott MacDowell. About a month later, they were mixed by our friend, Mike Sempert. We tracked vocals, banjo, guitar, and drums/pump organ live in one take, and then tracked piano, pump organ, and accordion live in a second take. We're really happy with how these songs turned out. We are offering these songs digitally, accompanied by an 8.5" by 11" two-color print. Hand printed, the artwork is based on the song and story behind "Queen Esther," the first track on the EP. Silver and black, on recycled, composite stock, with brief, handwritten liner notes on the back, it is once again in a very deece edition of 333.
Acoustic EP I (LRL002/GMR006):
We played our first all-acoustic show at Ghost Mansion and had a blast. We decided to record the songs from that night and release them. A few days after the show, we sat down and recorded the five songs on this EP live in our apartment. Our friend Adam played banjo and sang a bit on two tracks, and our friend James added some inspirational dialogue and some well-timed party atmosphere. This EP features unique, hand-pressed, mixed-ink, linoelum-block print covers and hand-written liner notes, and is limited to an edition of 333.
Ghost Mansion Mike says:
"Low Red Land played their first SF show serendipitously with Sky Pilots in December 2005. The show marked the official birth of a great friendship with many tales being added since. These dudes are super bros and we have watched them morph from alt-country rock to just straight up rock needing only volume to match their passion for making awesome music. Their musical vibe and commitment are inspiring and it is thus with great honor that we welcome these bros to the Ghost Mansion family."
Buy the EPs at our shows and in the Ghost Mansion Records store.
if you remember correctly, though i'm not sure who i'm talking to here, Ben told me that you guys were not going to sxsw this year. so i didn't book a trip, i do everything based on the LRL schedule. not sure if kiley is going either.
first off let me say that if mark shaves his mustache, i have no hope for music anymore...secondly, you are an amazing band and every morning for the past week i have a fight with myself for which album of yours i should put in...cant wait to see you around the bend
