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Vortrobos ~ LP
Vortrobos, Soft Speaker’s second full-length LP, was recorded, mixed and mastered by Brian Zieske at Gallery of Carpet Recording in Villa Park, Illinois in 2011 and was released on November 8, 2011 on cd and as a digital download. The cover painting and layout was done by Jason Brammer. The discface was designed by Benji Peck for B Positive Studios (discface image courtesy of the Semisynthetic Arkiv).
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I’ll Tend Your Garden ~ LP
I’ll Tend Your Garden is Soft Speaker’s first full-length album. It was recorded, mixed and mastered with Brian Zieske at Gallery of Carpet Recording in 2010 and released on April 19, 2011. The artwork was designed by Brian Cannon (The Verve/Oasis/Super Furry Animals/Suede) of Microdot Creative.
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Stranger In The Alps ~ EP
Stranger In The Alps, Soft Speaker’s second EP, was recorded at Phantom Manor and the band’s rehearsal space throughout 2009 and was released on February 26, 2010 on limited edition cd and as a digital download. It was mixed by TW Walsh and mastered by Carl Saff. The artwork was designed by Mark Milic at Modularlab.
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Concerning Your Memoirs / Maybe Baby ~ Digital Single
Soft Speaker’s second single, Concerning Your Memoirs / Maybe Baby, was released in September, 2009 as a free digital download through the band’s website. Philadelphia-based artist, Ian Eckert, was commissioned to create an original pen and ink drawing for the sleeve. Both songs were recorded live, with no overdubs, at Gallery of Carpet Recording in Villa Park, Illinois by Brian Zieske, who also handled mixing and mastering. “Maybe Baby” is a Buddy Holly cover.
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Conditions ~ CD/Vinyl EP
Soft Speaker’s first EP, Conditions, was released in April of 2009 on white vinyl (500 copies) and cd. Philadelphia-based artist, Ian Eckert, was commissioned to create an original pencil and ink piece for the vinyl sleeve. The band’s bassist, Blair Douglass, designed an alternate sleeve for the cd version. All songs were recorded at the band’s rehearsal space in Chicago’s West Loop, mixed by Darin Phillips and mastered by Carl Saff. The cd version includes a bonus track, a remix of “The Great Brick Mosque & I,” by the UK-based band d_rradio. Gabriel Stutz contributed pedal steel to “Barbershop Quintet.”
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Extra track included on CD version:
The Great Brick Mosque & I (d_rradio remix)
The Great Brick Mosque & I/ Effects Will Show Soon ~ Digital/CD Single
Soft Speaker’s debut single, The Great Brick Mosque & I / Effects Will Show Soon, was released in November of 2008 as a free digital download through the band’s website with a limited number of cds also produced. UK-based artist, Andy Council, contributed a painting for the sleeve. Both songs were recorded at the band’s rehearsal space in Chicago’s West Loop, mixed by Darin Phillips and mastered by Carl Saff. “Brick Mosque” was later remixed by the UK-based band d_rradio and included on the cd version of the band’s Conditions EP.
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SOFT SPEAKER
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