Last fall, Jefim Piekarz (friend of the label and singer of Black Velvet and Corona of the Sun) and I got together for a dozen or so sessions to record his solo album under the moniker The Wayward Soldier (many demos of which can be found on his site). He had been kicking around a bunch of songs he wrote before, during, and after his time with Black Velvet, and we holed up in my basement in Newington to track the drums. I was working on Meat Without Feet‘s WPOP at the time, and was loving the freedom that comes with recording digital instruments. Naturally, I hard sold him on using the MIDI drum kit. We laid down drums and vocals before he split for Cambridge, MA, but even though the fruits of those sessions remain in the oven a bit longer, we do have something to show today for our efforts.
While working on The Wayward Soldier, we penned one complete track and a few half-baked ideas for a new, untitled project. The first fruit of that collaboration is Predicament‘s “Crossroads.” It’s not an Eric Clapton cover, seeing as Jefim and I play guitar. Reflecting on it now, the lyrics are clearly prophetic. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” and all that…
You can also rock to some lossless goodness if that’s what you’re into over at bandcamp.
Hopefully more tracks to come in the months ahead!
-Mike