Tape hiss. String buzz. Finger squeak. Amp noise. Breath. These things are the artifacts of specific moments, of real tangible space and human performance, the sounds of a document made at a certain place at a certain time. For Sam Cooper & The Sleepwalkers’ Overmorrow, that place was a small studio in Towson, MD, and the time was Feb. 1st – 3rd, 2013.
Recorded straight to 2-inch tape, and in large part performed live in the studio, Overmorrow’s five songs cover familiar SC&S thematic territory—love, loneliness, doubt, recovery—but, sonically, shed some of the sheen of the band’s previous recordings in favor of immediacy, fluidity, and dynamism.
Overmorrow is living and live, a direct transmission from a transient moment in SC&S’s existence: three mad-cap days in the dead of winter spent warm and insulated, making beautiful analog noise. Enjoy.
credits
released June 4, 2013
PERFORMED BY
Sam Cooper - vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, piano, keyboards, percussion, autoharp, mandolin
Michael Stettes - bass guitar, vocals, synthesizer
John Middleton - electric guitars, vocals
Chris Sies - drums and percussion
All songs written by Sam Cooper (ASCAP) except “Memo 1:” lyrics by Sam Cooper, music by Sam Cooper and Michael Stettes.
Produced by Sam Cooper & The Sleepwalkers
Recorded by Jason George at The Nice Package Recording Company, Towson, MD —February 1st - 3rd, 2013.
Additional engineering by Donnie Carlo.
Mixed by Sam Cooper and Jason George
Mastered for CD/Digital by Sam Cooper
Cover images courtesy of Vintage Printable, design by Sam Cooper
Horns on “Young Professionals” arranged by Chris Sies
Additional Musicians:
Piper Owens (keyboard on “Memo 1”; keyboard on “Greenstone and Beeswax”; piano, keyboard, and synthesizer on “Nightbirds Singing”; synthesizer on “Overmorrow”)
Mike Barig (baritone sax on “Young Professionals)
Nick Reider (trumpet on ”Young Professionals”)
David Blackstone (trombone on “Young Professionals)
Jenna McKay (vocals on “Young Professionals”)
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