From Indian Lakes have premiered the newest single off of their upcoming record. “Blank Tapes” continues the bands search for atmosphere by having yet another effect heavy guitar with vocalist Joey Vannucchi cooing along. It’s a soft side of the band that shows the band’s ability to make their presence known by utilizing a larger space for the chorus, while the verse maintains the pulsating motifs. The song is off of From Indian lakes’ upcoming LP Everything Feels Better Now, out October 14th via Triple Crown Records.
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The brainchild of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joey Vannucchi, From Indian Lakes takes its name from Indian Lakes, CA, a small community outside of Yosemite National Park near where Vannucchi grew up on 40 acres of land with no electricity aside from a sparely used generator. Everything Feels Better Now is the fourth full-length release and the follow up to From Indian Lakes’ 2014 album Absent Sounds, which won praise from a wide swath of the critical landscape including SPIN, Nylon, Stereogum, Kerrang, and A.V. Club, who called it “a little slice of pop perfection,” among others.
Vannucchi recorded the skeletons of the tracks for Everything Feels Better Now in the basement of a coffee shop that he rented each month for cheap. From there he traveled to Fairfax Recordings in Los Angeles, aka Sound City Studios, where he worked with producer Kevin Augunas (Delta Spirit, Cold War Kids) and engineer Gavin Paddock on slowly stripping away whatever tracks needed to be replaced from the basement and home studio recordings on the songs.
Everything Feels Better Now was recorded using vintage analog equipment, with no editing on vocals and instrumentation. “Delays were made using tape machines,” says Vannucchi, who played all the instruments heard on the album, “and other effects were made using various vintage equipment leftover from sound city studios. We used vintage synth equipment and vintage drums and guitar amps. When writing and recording this album, I was really trying to capture a lo-fi aesthetic, while still retaining a sense of thoughtfulness.”
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October 07 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean
October 08 – Detroit, MI – The Shelter
October 09 – Pittsburgh, PA – Cattivo
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