How Metatone ended up on a compilation album with Roddy Bottum of Faith No More.
In 2020, Metatone were preparing to go into the Recording Studio at SubStation with Michael Brennan to record the 45 EP. Studio time had been booked around Easter time, and rehearsals were going well.
Then, as for seemingly everything on Earth, plans had to change. The introduction of Covid lockdowns stopped the original plans in their tracks.
Luckily, all three members of the band had been working on demo tracks of the songs to be included on the EP. Lockdown can the band the opportunity to record their individual parts at home, polishing what were the original demo recordings and sharing recording files with each other to build complete tracks.
Faith No More’s Tour is Postponed
Meanwhile, Michael Brennan’s work had somewhat dried up. Apart from his studio – SubStation, having to close for lockdown, Michael’s impending tour of the US and Europe engineering Faith No More’s live sound had been postponed. Nevertheless, like the band members, Michael was able to continue mixing and mastering recorded music at home.
Therefore, despite the challenges, recordings were completed and Michael set to work mixing, mastering, and further polishing the Metatone sound, with the results you will have heard on the finished EP.
Simultaneously, Michael was talking to members of bands whose tours had been canceled including Roddy from Faith No More, as well as members of The Zephyrs and The Jesus and Mary Chain. These conversations result in an idea to put together a charity record featuring only music recorded during lockdown.
As luck would have it, Metatone had been in the right place at the right time, with the right engineer, and hence were invited to join this project. Michael asked if we could donate the track ’45’ to the project.
Supporting local Charities
The charities selected by the project were a homeless charity in Fife and Fie Women’s aid – charities helping those hit even harder by lockdown than any of us might ever imagine.
Roddy said: “It’s the marginalized communities that will suffer the most in the face of the virus and this is why we want to help the Fife homeless and Fife Women’s Aid as we move forward towards a better place. Coming together as a community of artists and musicians who have been hit hard to help another marginalized community of homeless who have been hit harder feels like a blessing of an opportunity.”
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