Let me tell ya a little something about our new song, "Taking Kate For a Drive". It all starts with the ART two channel tube pre amp.... About a year ago, we decided to start building a recording studio in the basement of my house in San Francisco. One of the first pieces of gear that we purchased was the previously mentioned preamp. Eager to see what this new piece of gear could do, we decided to do a little impromptu recording project called "Taking ART For A Drive". We recorded a couple tracks using an old Casio keyboard and a Roland 505 drum machine and were thrilled at how sweet everything sounded. We added a couple vocal melodies, and some dreamy guitar parts, and before we knew it we had a finished song! In the long run, we ended up booking some proper studio time to record some of the other instruments (drums, bass, etc.) but the core of the song is still made up of recordings done within the first 5 minutes of trying out the ART.

We noted that the dreamy quality of the keyboards sounded like a song by one of our heroes, Kate Bush, so we changed the title of the song to reference her. In addition to Ms. Bush, you can also hear the strong influence of other bands on this track. For instance, we wanted the drums to have a huge, blown out sound reminiscent of The Flaming Lips (or really any band that Dave Friedman has done production). The sax parts are meant to sound like they could be taken from the extended coda of an early Roxy Music tune. The bass is straight dub reggae.

Like the other songs on our new EP, Wink, "Kate" is more about a general feeling than a specific topic/subject. The lyrics talk about the euphoric release one gets when they can temporarily break free from the grind of everyday life and spend time with someone they care about. It could mean spending a day hanging with friends, driving down the coast with a lover, whatever. It basically says "It feels so good to be HERE with YOU, right NOW."