All These Long Drives

After years of keeping his music under wraps and performing only for his household appliances, Andy Flynn began to unfurl his indie-pop vision to the world under the name Duplomacy. Years of monastic musical focus paid off. After gathering some of the best results of his home-recordings, Flynn sent them off to TW Walsh, a renowned recording engineer and member of indie favorites Pedro the Lion. Sometimes you get what you hope for, and Walsh’s reaction was immediate and enthusiastic.

The evolution from a one-man to a full band also changed the nature of Duplomacy’s sound, pushing Flynn’s simple melodic style toward the fuller, more dynamic, impacting sound captured on All These Long Drives. Engineered by Jon Tranberry (Dillinger 4, Valet, The Plastic Constellations) in the outer reaches of the Twin Cities at OBT Studios, the record was mixed by Brad Kern (Semisonic, Dan Wilson, The Hang Ups, The Owls), and mastered by Tom Garneau (Mason Jennings, Mike Doughty, The Breeders, Prince, George Clinton).