Hot Knives
Abhay took his time to build these songs into beautiful, lush recordings that satisfy the soul. Into the Flood was well-worth the wait.
Favorite track: Down By The East River.
ennui_on_me
A really solid collection of ballads, clearly with a lot of heart put into them. Tons of potential here.
Favorite track: I Still Believe In True Love.
“For love is as fierce as death, jealousy as severe as the grave. Its tongues are tongues of flame, an inferno. Mighty waters cannot extinguish love, nor can floods drown it” -Song of Songs 8:6-7
credits
released January 1, 2019
musicians:
Tom Barnes: drums (5, 6)
Alex Boehm: violin (6)
Bobby Cardos: guitar solo (2)
Michael Caterisano: percussion (3)
Steve Conroy: bass (1, 3, 4)
Giselle Ghofrani: lead vocals (3); backing vocals (3, 5, 6)
Charles Goold: drums/percussion (3)
Nick Johnson: bass (5, 6)
Danny Lipsitz: saxophone (3, 5)
Corban Lott: guitar (1, 4); backing vocals (3)
Malcolm MacDuffie: drums (1, 4); guitar (5)
Remy Maelen: lead vocals (5, 7)
Joe McCarthy: guitar (2, 6); keys (3, 5)
Dan Murphy: organ (6)
Drew Parke: synth programming (2)
Josh Pikulin: guitar (3)
Zach Puls: guitar feedback (2)
Karna Ray: guitar feedback (2)
Abhay Singh: lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 6); synths (1, 2); glockenspiel (5)
Sinai Tabak: piano (5, 6, 7)
Caitlin Waickman: synth (4)
Jeremy Winter: synths (1)
Eric Xu: synth programming (2, 5, 6)
Basic tracks recorded by Eric Xu (5,6), Lim Wei (1, 3, 4), and KT Pipal (7)
Catherine Hood was assistant engineer on Track 5
Overdubs recorded by Zach Rosenberg (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), KT Pipal (5, 6, 7), Corban Lott (1, 3, 4, 5, 6), Jeremy Winter (1, 2), and Karna Ray (2)
Mixed by Eric Xu
Mastered by Nathan James
Tracks 1-6 produced by Abhay Singh
Track 7 produced by Frank Flaherty & Abhay Singh
Artwork by Kaitlyn Flanagan and Kyle Green
Thank you to everyone who’s played live in the Friends & Foes bands over the past 7 years: Joe McCarthy, Tom Barnes, Nick Johnson, Giselle Ghofrani, Jeremy Winter, Karna Ray, Corban Lott, Bryce Polk, Kayna Hobbs, Meghan Kase, Remy Maelen, Malcolm MacDuffie, Alex Boehm, Joey D, Nick Murray, Sinai Tabak, Sean Kelly, Charlie Moos, Kristine Kruta, Ashlyn Kersten, Gina Macari, Danny Lipsitz, Mikhail Shraga, Caitlin Waickman, Drew Parke, Bobby Cardos, Chris Sprindis, Dan Murphy, Joey D
Words by Abhay Singh
All music by Abhay Singh except Track 6: music by Joe McCarthy and Abhay Singh
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