Small Town Sleeper's blog: "Small Town Sleeper...New album Updates!!!"

Hey Folks… No video blog this time. I'm going "old school". So as you may or may not have noticed, we have finally gotten back to putting the show on the road. We've had 2 shows (Detroit and Toledo) that went really well. It's been since our signing party in…(wow… last June?) since we have played live. It feels great, and the response has been amazing! We've put a couple new tracks in the live set, but still have some things to tweak before everything will be ready for display. You may notice a few arrangement changes that are a reflection of the new disc. The biggest change so far has been the transition from a "background band at a bar" and playing anywhere from 1 hour to 3 hours to a plain and simple "rock band" put on a bill with other "rock bands" and playing a quick 30 min set for ticket holders. It has been tough trying to figure out what 6 or 7 songs to play. Our album has 11 tracks which means we have to let 4 or 5 sit out…kinda tough when you are attached to all of them, and even attached to the old "STS" (i.e. "I Pretend", "Southbound"). Ohh well, what can you do… this is the new mold I guess, and we have to get use to it. Here are some pics of the past couple shows. Detroit: St. Andrew's "Shelter" Toledo "Headliner's" Yep, both of the beer's I'm holding are mine... Now, it's been a long haul, but I can finally say THE RECORD IS FINISHED! We just spent the last couple of days in NYC. Tues. was mastering with George Marino at Sterling Sound. George is an amazing person with an insane track record. His credits go from The Rolling Stones to Coldplay, and Sterling Sound pretty much is the "go-to" mastering company. If you ever listen to radio, you could probably bet that Sterling Sound has mastered about 90% of what you hear. In fact "Sum 41" were right down the hall mastering their new CD. We bugged Derek (a.k.a Sum 41 singer and Avril Lavigne's husband) for a quick photo with a camera phone. Hey what can I say, just because we are in a band doesn't mean we can't still be fans…right? Anyway, back to the new record…after hearing the final product, there is only one word that can describe how we all felt…"Proud". This record has taken our entire lives to write, and there was nothing easy about any of it. We laughed, we cried, we gained friends, we lost friends, we watched relationships build and crumble, but in the end it was all worth it. We pushed everyone involved with the making of this record (including ourselves) to the breaking point. We wanted it to be the best thing we have ever done to date, and after hearing the final master…it is. For those that don't know…. The record is called "Conversations" and the track listing is: 1.Let Me Go 2. Backseat 3.The Part that Walks Away 4.I Have Been Waiting 5.Candy 6.Why 7.Song for the Summer 8.Blue Skies Red 9.Can You Relate Too? 10.It Could be You 11. Telvolli Angels We had a meeting with the label while we were in town. All there is to know is that we are gathering the troops, and planning our attacked. See you all soon! -T