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Edmonton, Alberta’s folk-punk quartet Audio/Rocketry have finished recording what will become their fifth studio album.
Recorded with Jesse Gander at OCL Studios in Langdon, AB, the as-yet-unamed album follows their 2016 Self Titled release. The album was recorded over nine days and will be mixed in May, at which point plans for the official release will be determined.
Written during the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, the album was written remotely. Frontman Joe Vickers explained saying:
Over the past two years, we wrote these songs remotely, utilizing video chat and a dropbox folder of voice memos, lyrics docs and home recordings. We gave ourselves the creative liberty to get weird and explore any musical style with no genre off-limits. The only rule – keep it concise. As we expanded on riffs or deconstructed arrangements, we kept reminding ourselves to trim the fat and get to the point. The result is fourteen straight-ahead rippers and burners that stylistically range the realm of rock n roll music. For us, this is the most collaborative record to date. Though at times it is fast and youthful, this collection is undoubtedly more mature than previous releases. And while we dipped our toes into new-to-us sonic territories, I can’t help but think these tunes are quintessentially us, and represent the band perfectly.
The 2016 album can be heard below.