DECEMBER 2007After many months of sonic construction and underground whispering, Dublin's Stand released their fourth album proper, “Travel Light†onto the world last November. Sessions were booked. Release dates were nudged. Tracks were pulled apart limb from limb and put back together in novel ways. What emerged can only be described as their strongest body of songs to date.
Mr. Walsh wore the producer hat, sifting through the do's and dont's, letting the songs core breathe, giving a fine “Slan†(Goodbye) to tiresome layering. The melodies carry the weight. This album finds Neil and Alan in fine voice.
Michael McCoy made sure tracks didn't need redoing because the kick drum microphone was left unplugged. Chief engineer of the Hit Factory in NY, his craft, humour and tendency to 18hour sessions kept spirits afloat.
The venues: Buffalo, Rhinebeck, Manhattan, NYC and Lexington KY. Work started in a northern blizzard and finished under a southern sun.
A departure from the guitar based work of their 2004 work Transmissions, Stand are feverishly proud of the songs recorded here and as always, are working them out on the road as the van barrels on down the highway. Developing their songs and moving records from the van and their NYC headquarters, these four very different guys, in the most magical way of the best bands to do so before them, merge into one upon taking the stage.BAND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROB HANNJoin the mailing list
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