{"id":4572,"date":"2021-05-04T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=4572"},"modified":"2021-05-04T12:53:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T10:53:21","slug":"gimme-5-spud-cannon-share-5-albums-that-influenced-good-kids-make-bad-apples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/04\/gimme-5-spud-cannon-share-5-albums-that-influenced-good-kids-make-bad-apples\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme 5! Spud Cannon Shares 5 Albums That Influenced Good Kids Make Bad Apples"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spud Cannon photo by Juan C Quimper<\/em><\/p>\n

With\u00a0\u2018Gimme 5!\u2019<\/a>\u00a0we take a peek into the collections of artists we admire. The premise is simple: artists WE like share 5 records THEY love.<\/em><\/p>\n

This week’s Gimme 5! is a full band effort by Spud Cannon<\/a> from Poughkeepsie (NY), who will release their third album on June 25th on Good Eye Records<\/a>. That record is called Good Kids Make Bad Apples and has quite the backstory. It was recorded in 2019, with the band close to calling it quits due to internal struggles<\/a>.\u00a0 At a late minute surprise show, the band serendipitously discovered the perfect location to record their third album: The Vassar College (NY) campus squash courts. And so they did, sneakily entering the courts after midnight, setting up their gear and recording their own wall of sound until 6 AM, before anyone could find out about their endeavours – check out the band’s Instagram for background footage of these late night shenanigans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fast forward two years, and we finally are able to hear the results. My early thoughts: 1) despite internal band struggles, this very much sounds like a team effort and like the band actually had a lot of fun recording these songs, 2) The squash court as a recording studio…actually\u00a0 works? Good Kids Make Bad Apples sounds huge, and has a roomy feel to it. The band wanted to approach the sound and energy of their live shows. I haven’t seen the band live, but that raw energy and authenticity is definitely there. The record does not feel overproduced in any way, and yet it is very much a pop record. The band credits Chris Connors at Concrete Sound<\/a> for his great work mixing and polishing the songs which were all recorded in one take as a full band. That is, the band allowed no editing, so they played a song until they were happy with the take and moved on to the next. Some songs took time. To the band’s estimate they had to play album standout Juno<\/em> 70 (!) times before being satisfied with the result. And yet, despite the sleepless nights on the squash courts, none of these songs sound tiresome: Good Kids Make Bad Apples is high on energetic and celebratory indiepop’n’roll with plenty of bite. Get a taste of the record with early singles Supersonic <\/em>and Juno<\/em>. Pre-orders for the record are up now (on red apple red naturally) at Good Eye Records<\/a> or on Bandcamp<\/a>.\u00a0 [continues below]<\/em><\/p>\n

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