etc. and otherwise
So God help us. A band that still thinks there’s a point in releasing a full legnth album. An LP, a long-player. It seems that in these days of an ailing music industry and the death of the record store, it’s impossible to expect people to digest 10 of your songs at once. Sadly, El Jezel almost fell prey to this disturbing viewpoint when we decided to release our new album as cell phone ringtones, but we came to our senses and stuck to the plan. AN ALBUM. Our second album that is in some ways bigger and many ways better.
We don’t have a title yet, but we are starting to kick some names around. Our wunderful producer and ass shaker Travis felt strongly about naming it in an old fashiony way ala “A Walk in the Park with El Jezel” or “A Night on the Town with El Jezel”. Not quite winners, but good suggestions Trav!
And hey, since we’re multimedia and everything with this blog, why not go full visual? That’s what we’re hoping to do with Paul Rondeau and Chris Brunelle as they assist us in the filming of our first video. It’s for something on the new album and the next day we’re shooting is Sunday, April 6th. That’s the day after our show on Saturday, April 5th. Talk about a sweet “Jezel Weekend”! Initial footage has been very cool looking and a great visual testament to what we’re about. Especially the shots where we dress up like pirates and ride go-karts down the street.
Speaking of videos, did ya the sweet Dean and Britta in the last post that features two seconds of me and Jess? We filmed it last Spring, and despite us being in it, it’s really a beautiful looking video for a great song. Ok, that’s all.
-george
4 months ago