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Kelly said: "I started by going into the studio, from 10am to 6pm and aimed to come out at the end of the day with a finished track. I'd always heard stories of writers doing this, people like John Fogerty from Creedence Clearwater Revival, and the Brill Building writers. It not only focused my writing, it lead me to finding the direction and sound of the new record. I loved the freedom and the problem solving, y' know, trying to get the songs to sound exactly the way I heard them in my head and working with Jim, made everything fresh and new. It just naturally lead to me carrying on in that fashion and producing the record." The band decided to rehearse the songs for the album in Stuarts Garage, like they used to. This would be the first time the band has been together, just the three of them, with no crew, managers etc for 6 six years. No wonder Kelly thought it was about time. It also would be the first time the band has played the demos Kelly spent all summer working on. This experience of them rehearsing together again, was said to have brought them together as friends and musicians. When the band was asked what the making of the album was like, the answer was simple: " The best time we've ever had in the studio! We feel like we felt before we had a record deal. It was a wild time. It was very creative time. We feel happy with ourselves and each other. We feel confident that this is our best record yet, and as long as we can keep making that progress from record to record, and develop our sound on each record, and keep it exciting and fresh, then in the long run we will naturally achieve our goals.” You Gotta Go There To Come Back was finished recording by early December 2002 and it was mixed in LA in January 2003 by Jack Joseph Puig at Oceanway Studios, all in all a pretty quick process. "We wanted to make a more dynamic, more varied and soulful record. We felt a lot of today’s radio formatting has resulted in everyones’ records sounding the same. No individuality: all for the sponsors lets say and nothing from the heart. Every note and lyric on this record is from the heart. Its important that people remember music is for the soul, it’s not about celebrity and fame. I suppose that was our main focus for the record." You Gotta Go There to Come Back when asked is explained as "its about experiencing life, making mistakes, having good times, bad times, and learning from them, learning about yourself, and becoming a better person. Mohamed Ali once said, “If you’re the same man when you’re sixty as you were when you were thirty then you've wasted thirty years.” You Gotta Go There To Come Back is released on 2nd June 2003 |
