The Sound of Everything

VINYL FORMAT. For their Bella Union debut The Sound of Everything, Seattle-based duo Thousands did not retreat to a studio. Kristian Garrard and Luke Berman set up recording equipment in abandoned barns, forgotten silos, stairwells and state parks in the Pacific Northwest to achieve an organic sound. No engineers, no advice. Outside recording is the impetus of Thousands. From the beginning, the duo experimented making music in an old cemetery with only instruments and Garrard's handheld digital recorder. They quickly realized they had set the intimate tone in which to create their album and began traveling to quiet and inspiring places to record. Thousands sought to incorporate the sounds of barking dogs, crows flying nearby and wind rustling through the leaves into their songs. In turn, the band took extreme efforts to keep out the sounds of humankind. The duo also recorded each song live with just one take. Each track is in real-time. There is no post-production on the entire album. The goal of The Sound of Everything is to have the listener feel they are sitting right on front of the band as they perform while birds fly by, leaves fall and the great outdoors enhances the sound. Beyond that, it's an album that should truly come to life when listened to on headphones.