Anesthesia BLVD
by Tim Wenger
Anesthesia BLVD likes to think outside the box. Besides the fact that they play an epically harmonic style of alt rock that invokes a tranquil calmness on its listener (varying vastly from the clichéd emo-ness or overplayed thrashness that defines most modern rock), they recorded their self-titled debut album 1800 miles away from Denver at Killingsworth Recording Company in Farmingdale, New York.
Going that far away wasn’t all their idea, either. “Our producer, Anthony (Lopardo), hit me up on Myspace, and said he had heard us and really liked it. He had heard our single “Blown Away” back in demo phase, and he was like ‘We would like you guys to come out here; not making any promises, but let’s put some tracks down and see what happens,’” says drummer Mark Black. “He wanted us out there for a full month, but we didn’t want to do that.”
The band originally got the call to fly to the big apple in February of 2010 but didn’t go out until November. Seeing as how most bands never get the opportunity to do something like this, they wanted to make sure they had their ducks in a row when they got there. “We spent all that time in between doing pre-pro at bassist/vocalist Tyler Duffus’ house,” says Black. “Finalizing tracks, getting the entire record to a metronome, and adding our backings and layers, all that stuff, so when we get to the studio in New York, all it is, is fine tuning and polishing. Our goal was to record the record twice– once at home in the demo phase so we could email them what we have, then when we get there we could just jump right to it.”
They are hoping to tour everywhere from Arizona all the way to the Carolinas this summer, as well as some dates out west in Vegas and California. The band is also jumping on the video-game bandwagon and having a couple tracks fitted for Rock Band, planning to have the DOC Mac Pack out this summer. “We are writing a song strictly for Rock Band; the instrument parts are really intricate and unique,” Black says.
Anesthesia BLVD is also in the process of writing a new record but isn’t rushing the process. “We try to have music done before we start thinking of the lyrics,” says Black. Look for them to be testing out some new tracks at their live shows prior to the record coming out. “We have this habit of going the ready-fire-aim route, we’re usually pretty antsy when we get new songs, even if we’re going to be putsing through it in front of an audience,” says Duffus.
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Colorado Music Buzz Issue Release Party, March 8 at Herman’s Hideaway
Category: The Rock
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