I spent a good portion of the fall last year working on Stephen Kellogg’s new record BLUNDERSTONE ROOKERY at Gold Coast Recorders. Stephen produced the album with Kit Karlson; I engineered, and the mixing was done by Mike Mogis at his spot in Omaha. Audio mastering by Bob Ludwig at Gateway.
As USA TODAY announced in this great write-up last month, the album drops June 18, but Stephen decided to pre-release the 10-minute track “Thanksgiving” with a wonderful music video by Daniel Cummings. Beyond the length of the song and the emotional intensity of the lyric+vocal performance by Stephen, this production is incredibly epic in scale: from the full live choir that bookends the body of the song (recorded on-location in Massachusetts) to the kaleidoscopic arrangement of live rock band, horn section, and big string section, I can safely say that this track is the most ambitions that I have been a part of. We’ll have a more detailed account of the album sessions when the album comes out, but for now, check out… “THANKSGIVING.”