DOWN To Hit The Studio This Month
October 5, 2011, 13 years ago
DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein has confirmed through a Twitter post that the band is in rehearsals, and will enter the studio this month.
Yesterday, Windstein tweeted: "Down jam @ noon... getting ready to hit the studio this month!!!"
Radio Metal caught up with Windstein back in June at Hellfest, and he told them that the band is planning to release four different EPs.
Said Kirk: “We’re going to do four EPs, and they’ll all be different. We have many elements to our sound, so each one will have its own characteristics. Like, for example, this one we’re writing right now and are about to start recording will be really hard, with heavy Down stuff. Then we’ll have a mellow one, then a doom one - you know, slower and doomy stuff. A little bit of everything.”
As to why the band chose to release four EPs instead of a full album, Kirk explains: “The record industry sucks so bad. Nobody buys anything. We’re trying to do something different, making it cheaper to buy. People want stuff for free! So six songs, its cheaper to buy. Same thing for downloading: it will be cheaper to download. Nobody wants to go to the record store and buy stuff anymore. So we're just trying to mix it up and do something different. It will be released on physical EP and digitally as well.”
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Down's remaining 2011 tour dates are as follows:
October
29 - Southport Music Hall - New Orleans, LA30 - Southport Music Hall - New Orleans, LA
November
11 - El Teatro - Buenos Aires, Argentina12 - Maquinaria Festival - Santiago, Chile
14 - Starts With You Festival - Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 - Opinao - Porto Alegre, Brazil
17 - Master Hall - Curitiba, Brazil
19 - Vivo Cuervo - Mexico City, Mexico
