![]() IT IS A QUADROPHONIC SURROUND COMPANION FOR “NEGOTIATIONS”. "Aces" will be FREE with a "pay-what-you-want" option ) Revenue shares on release day will graciously be waived by both Bandcamp and Sub Pop and all proceeds will benefit the band directly. : In addition to the "Sunrise Demos (Expanded Edition)", "Aces: A Quadrophonic Surround Companion for Negotiations" will be out this Friday May 1st on Bandcamp. We’re hopeful that what comes through is the sense of possibility and the joy of living in the moment that drove us through that special time. Some of them are less finished than others, but we’ve left them as they are, blemishes and all. All of these songs hold a special place in our hearts. We’re so happy to finally release the Sunrise Demos (Expanded Edition) for everyone to hear! We’ve added four previously unreleased tracks and remastered everything. And Benjamin and I have often talked together about how some of our favorite songs from that era actually ended up on Sunrise Demos. ![]() ![]() Many who have never heard it have written to us asking for a copy. The few who picked up one of the CD copies have written us often to say how much they love it and wish it would see a proper release. Over the years the Sunrise Demos has become a kind of “lost” Helio Sequence record. We took 11 of the remaining songs and made the limited edition CD release the Sunrise Demos, which was only available with advance album orders and on tour. The 10 songs with the most votes became our self-titled LP. In the continuing spirit of the “20-Song Game,” we gave the demos to a large group of our friends and family and asked them to give us feedback. We also recorded a series of live jams together, playing to keyboard loops without any premeditation while improvising and keeping only first takes.īy June, we had transformed countless jams and fragments into 26 songs. We worked separately at times, alone in the studio sketching ideas only to pass them off to each other. We set out making keyboard loops, guitar passages, ambient sketches: anything and everything that was inspired in the moment. Starting in May of 2014, we gave ourselves one month to write as many songs as we could. Inspired by this idea, we decided that we would play a sort of elongated “20-Song Game” to write our new record. The goal is to give up the overthinking that can stifle creativity, to break free of inhibitions and run with momentum. In the evening, you get together, listen to the results and talk about the process. It all began with the “20-Song Game.” Some of our friends had been playing and explained the idea: everyone gets one day to record 20 songs. ![]() (15 tracks total, 54 minutes.) Read below to hear the full story: The Helio Sequence’s “lost” record “Sunrise Demos” is out now on Bandcamp! Previously only available in an extremely limited quantity available with pre-orders and on tour, the newly expanded and remastered digital edition of “Sunrise Demos” includes 4 unreleased tracks. ![]()
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