FEBRUARY STUDIO REPORT
Local H
L
ocal H is dropping its first new album
in five years, LIFERS, on April 10 on
AntiFragile Music. The album was
recorded at ELECTRICAL AUDIO with
famed producer Steve Albini with some
help by longtime producer and studio men-
tor Andy Gerber, with guest appearances
by Juliana Hatfield and John McCauley of
Deer Tick. The first single “Turn the Bow"
dropped last month, which vocalist Scott
Lucas says mined ’70s era, Pink Floyd. “The
Floyd influence was so strong that at one
point we considered making a six-song
album like Meddle, and this tune was going
to be our ‘Echoes.’ Maybe next time.” The
Beatles White Album also helped Lucas
blueprint LIFERS. "When the re-release of
the White Album came out a few years ago,
I became obsessed all over again. One
aspect that really hit me about it (this time)
was how it’s not really a concept record —
but it feels like a concept record. I wanted to
do that with LIFERS. This might be a con-
cept record about the end of the world. Or
it might just be a party record with loud
guitars and cowbells." Local H and Soul
Asylum appear at Metro on Valentine's
Day.
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