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CarCrashLander

The decision to invite Portland's CarCrashLander back to SnowGhost was a no brainer, really. Cory Gray and Brian Wright originally came to SnowGhost backing their good friend Erick Messler during his SnowGhost session. Cory, Brian, and Brian's wife Jess took time to work out some great new material in the studio with us. The recordings ended up being some of the best stuff we´ve done so far. Much more upbeat and in your face than their usual fare, CCL decided to turn it up a notch and give us something special.

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We had already gotten a taste of CarCrashLander from their participation in the Erick Messler sessions. In between recording Erick’s songs, Cory and Brian played some of their own compositions, which I personally felt were very strong. Their control of dynamics and musical imaginations were some of finest I’d worked with. After some touring and an album release, CarCrashLander decided that they would make the trek out to SnowGhost to do their very own, official session, with six new songs. As an added bonus, Jess Wright - not only Brian’s wife but a fantastic woodwind musician - would accompany them on this trip.

This one was a little more organized than our previous sessions, as we were now implementing a pre-production process, where the artists send us rough demos and description... read more >

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