Hey guys,
It's been a WHILE since I last posted. Been a rather busy year for us. Wanted to give you guys some updates on the band (cause now it's officially a band and not a solo project anymore):
1) We were recently signed by Blood Music. They re-issue a lot of albums for some amazing metal acts (Emperor, Ensiferum, Strapping Young Lads, etc) and also have some awesome new bands signed to them, like Astronoid, Kauan and Cloudkicker. We aren't in their roster officially just yet, but when we have a sound bite for the next album, our name will go up on their site, which serves as a segue to the second update...
2) Last Saturday we finished tracking the second album, and Sunday was spent consolidating, rendering stems and organizing everything that was then sent to the mixer. Mixing is Dan Schwartz from a band called Astronoid. If you don't know who they are, please check them out. They are nothing short of great, and have gone on tour with the likes of Periphery, Tesseract, Ghost and in September Zeal and Ardor. Dan also mixed all of his band's EPs and their first full-length called "Air".
3) Even though we finished tracking the second album literally two days ago, we've already started work on an acoustic EP. I have always been in love with the music of Nick Drake and the acoustic aspect of Opeth, and one of my dreams was to make a dark/moody/pensive acoustic album (or EP in this case). I plan on it being around 5 to 7 songs long, and hope to release it shortly after the second album's release, which is TBD.
Once we get the first sound bites for the album, I'll be sure to let you guys know ASAP.
Thanks guys and hope all is well with all of you,
- Chris (Volteau)
Edit: Sorry for the uber late response on the whole hurricane fiasco. It was hell, to say the least, especially cause of the heat and no fans (battery fans are the worst) situation. Spent a month without electricity, then like 3 without internet, but there are still people without power, so definitely can't complain. Thanks for the concern, though!