Tango [Audio CD] Steel Cranes

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1 Ebb — 2 Pretty — 3 Today Is the Day — 4 Her — 5 Sandglass — 6 Happy — 7 Take Me Down — 8 What Am I Doing Here — 9 The Poet — — Described by MTV as possessing “the slo-mo heaviness of a 2,000-pound pendulum,” Oakland-based band, Steel Cranes – Tracy Shapiro (vocals, guitar) and Amanda Schukle (drums, bass, guitar, keys) – is offering up an evolution of that sound “Tango” — — “Tango” is a more dynamic take on the “grit” and “raw, relentless power” that MAGNET and Bitch respectively called out in their 2013 coverage of “Ouroboros”, the debut Steel Cranes album. With a vision for the sound of “Tango” that was more expansive, Shapiro and Schukle were initially stalled when considering the logistics of accomplishing these time-consuming sonic refinements in a studio environment. It soon became clear that the best option was to record and mix the record themselves. — “Amanda has been recording her own music for years, and she began obsessively learning more about recording and mixing,” Shapiro remembers. “As soon as we decided to do everything ourselves, the control freaks in us were unleashed!” — This education ultimately yielded the more passionate and layered version of the Steel Cranes sound that is heard on “Tango”. Once freed from the confines of creative deadlines and traditional studio environments, Shapiro and Schukle took full advantage of their new work paradigm. — “We wanted time and space to let ourselves stretch in new ways,” Shapiro says. “In ways that don’t come easy when you’re aware of how much it costs to spend three hours experimenting with the f*d-up tones on your old Casio keyboard.” — (Source: Artist PR) — UPC 768855932258 — The Amazon ASIN for the mp3 version of this CD is B01GAUAG52 — Another listing by Zip