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The friendship that spawned Patent Pending, the debut release from Heavens, began several years back when Matt Skiba moved to Los Angeles from Chicago, and wound up becoming housemates with Josiah Steinbrick, himself an East Coast native.
“We’re both music nerds,” Skiba explains. “So one day were both hanging out listening to records and Joe pulls out this cassette he had recorded with just these instrumental tracks. Even without lyrics I could tell they were amazing songs and said that we should start writing together. I had a sixteen-track in my room that I was using to demo Alkaline Trio songs, and once I fell in love with Joe’s songs, I thought, I could write lyrics to these so easily.”
The album itself was written in about a week in August of 2004. “I would pick up some wine and we’d head in my room to write,” remembers Skiba. “I would basically go into my room and write a song,” Steinbrick adds. “Then I’d bring it back to Matt’s room and we’d lay it down. Matt would add lyrics to it and we’d refine the arrangements to perfect them.”
“With Alkaline, I’m usually thinking Ramones and Misfits,” Skiba adds. “But Joe is such an incredibly talented, imaginative player, that he built this foundation that let me feel like I could sing low in my register, and let the influences of Sisters of Mercy come out of me.” With Matt’s vocal influences paving the way for his gentle, almost whispering melodies, Steinbrick’s distinct soundscapes were shaped under the influence of pop experimentalists such as Wire, Brian Eno, and Television.
“We’re both music nerds,” Skiba explains. “So one day were both hanging out listening to records and Joe pulls out this cassette he had recorded with just these instrumental tracks. Even without lyrics I could tell they were amazing songs and said that we should start writing together. I had a sixteen-track in my room that I was using to demo Alkaline Trio songs, and once I fell in love with Joe’s songs, I thought, I could write lyrics to these so easily.”
The album itself was written in about a week in August of 2004. “I would pick up some wine and we’d head in my room to write,” remembers Skiba. “I would basically go into my room and write a song,” Steinbrick adds. “Then I’d bring it back to Matt’s room and we’d lay it down. Matt would add lyrics to it and we’d refine the arrangements to perfect them.”
“With Alkaline, I’m usually thinking Ramones and Misfits,” Skiba adds. “But Joe is such an incredibly talented, imaginative player, that he built this foundation that let me feel like I could sing low in my register, and let the influences of Sisters of Mercy come out of me.” With Matt’s vocal influences paving the way for his gentle, almost whispering melodies, Steinbrick’s distinct soundscapes were shaped under the influence of pop experimentalists such as Wire, Brian Eno, and Television.
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ksmitty16 wrote:
I miss these guys
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FlyingHellFish wrote:
It's like Matt Skiba made love to She Wants Revenge and this is its baby.
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Nahojishere wrote:
This is good shit for sure!
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skibalove wrote:
um i love matt skiba but this is not so great
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ws1fish wrote:
my dead end girl
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A-FABS wrote:
underrated....counting is my favorite track
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skinnydrifter wrote:
Not much to miss really.
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slave2thewage wrote:
God I miss them so hard.
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WMilin wrote:
David +++ This is awesome also enjoyed Leave from The Signal
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skinnydrifter wrote:
Only similarity is the influence The Sisters of Mercy has had on them.
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skinnydrifter wrote:
Yeah these guys are very different to SWR. Heavens are indie/alternative rock with a drum-machine, She Wants Revenge is darkwave/post-punk with a drum machine.
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Naivety wrote:
Nice sound!
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FlyingHellFish wrote:
She Wants Revenge's sound? Uhmm... no. SWR is in a similar vein but they very different.
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saraharomero wrote:
Hm, stole She Wants Revenge's sound. This genre has been around for a lot longer than She Wants Revenge has, maybe they should stop being so full of themselves?
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weddingbells wrote:
I love how they just stole She Wants Revenge's sound and made it over drenched in that horrible indie rock sound...the very same sound SWR are trying to ditch and leave behind.
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jellyfishspawn wrote:
i'm selling a my heavens "patent pending" test press LP if anyone is interested. email me at michelleadamss [at] gmail [dot] com
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LambOfBodom wrote:
"Sit tight, we'll be back in 666 in tow"... lol, Patent Pending is so awesome!
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Slomes wrote:
lol @ heavens
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Lost_Souls_UK wrote:
She Wants Revenge are void through their Fred Durst connection
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skinnydrifter wrote:
"Heather" is the only song that really speaks to me. Decent band, nice music...
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