Done and Done

Well it's done. Finished. Over for ever.

No I'm not talking about us splitting up - I'm talking about the recording. We finished doing the vocals at the weekend we should have all the little bits of mixing finished reeeeeeally soon.

We're really happy with the vocals for this EP as rather than focusing on being note perfect and auto-tuned to ruin we'd aim for a more emotive, raw, live sound. Biff did a great job delivering a powerful vocal when he was bellowing like a monster from deepest, darkest Dalkeith and really put a fantastic amount of effort in to making the clean vocals drip with emotion.

Bootchy and myself were worked pretty hard too when it came to our parts (I tasted blood which was...good?) and we're really blown away at how effort Hamish put in to getting us to sound as genuine as possible. Without him pushing us and giving input we don't think the vocals would have sound anywhere near as good (seriously if you're recording give him a chance as he'll really help if you let him).

At the moment we're not sure whether we'll have everything ready for release before tour next month but if we don't it will be our top priority when we get back. We're so excited about our first EP and we want to get it to your ears as quickly as possible.

We also hope to see as many of you as possible at the shows on tour. If you like what you hear come and have a chat - it's not all about selling t-shirts so we can eat though, we really would love to meet you.

See you on the flip side. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!

Elliot TPP

GUITARS! GUITARS! GUITARS!

Well...we've now finished recording the guitar parts for A Forest of Hands and Teeth and have just the vocals and mixing to go now.

Hopefully we'll have some tracks ready for online streaming before we head out for our tour with Knee Deep In The Dead (if you've not heard them yet then...shame on you! www.myspace.com/kneedeepinthedeaduk).

This tour should be the biggest and best we've done so far as we have a killer new set and songs and have been receiving great feedback from our live shows.

We may have to keep KDITD permanently steam boats so they don't show us up though ;)

There's certainly more I should mention but right now my brain is not working. Sorry.

Elliot TPP

Hello Avid Readers,

So, what's been going on with The Party Program I bet you're wondering. Well wait no longer ‘cos I'm-a-gonna tell you.

We've been up to quite a lot recently booking tour, sorting out EP artwork and recording our new EP, A Forest of Hands and Teeth.

We're all very excited that the recording of our new EP began the other night with a lack of coffee but an abundance of pretty sweet green tea…and Bootchy even got an apple.

The recording is being done at Split Level and is being handled by an awesome guy called Hamish. So far we've only done one session; which was an epic 7pm to 3am but it was well worth it.

The drum tracks are all recorded now so the other parts should be completed shortly and so far the drums sound awesome (the playing may be another matter). I'm not going to reveal the tracks which we've recorded as we want to keep it as a surprise at the moment. However, some of you may already be familiar with and there’s even a couple of sneaky newer songs (one completed days before entering the studio) ready for you audible pleasure.

Other than the EP we've sorted out the art work for the cover thanks to our fantastic and talented friend Richard. The tour is now almost fully booked and we can barely contain our excitement about spending our time with the awesome Knee Deep In The Dead.

Plus, we're playing some killer shows lined up so check the ol' Facebook and Myspace pages for dates.

We'll leave you with this picture of my drum kit in the studio. Hopefully we'll get some better pictures throughout recording.

See you around,

Elliot TPP.