Hi, My name is Aleera and you are reading my official blog so GIVE IT UP! AND GIVE THE MUTHA-F*KIN BASSIST SOME!
CURRENT LOCATION: Sydney, Australia
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I just thought that I'd let you all know that I have officially quit smoking. Yeah, I know that you are all thinking, "Aleera Paulsen quite smoking? She can't be serious." Well, I am. Cigarettes are an awful thing and I decided to make my life better by stopping.
Days without smoking : 27
Days since last temptation to smoke: 16
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Well, I'd like to say that the Far Cry From Fearless album is turning out really well in my opinion. There's not really much that I can really say about it at this point. We've finished writing the songs and we are around a quarter of the way through the recording process. However, one thing that I can say about it is that it is a lot darker than I initially thought that it would be. I knew that during the writing process, there would be things that had remained unsaid over the years that were finally going to be brought to light and I knew that this whole album for us as a band, was going to be about facing our demons. It was about finally addressing the 500 pound hairy gorilla in the room that none of us really wanted to talk about. For me especially, the making of this album was about facing the things that have held me captive for years. One of the things that I wrote about on this album is my parents dying in that car crash when I was 12. That was probably would have been the single hardest song I've ever had to write, but it wasn't.... because I knew that Michele, Nate, Jason, and Harley would be there for me 100%. When we first announced the title of the album was to be, Retaliation, I wasn't in love with the idea of having that as the album title. My thought was: "We're not in fight with another band. Why the hell would that even remotely seem like a good title of the album to the rest of the band?" But now I can finally see that we're not fighting the world around us. We're fighting the things within us that have controlled us for years. The things that make us feel like captives in our own skins. That's what I have to say about the FCFF album.
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However, I do have a lot to say about the Red Ringed Revolvers album. Natalie and I are in Sydney, Australia looking for inspiration. As awesome as Australia is, it sucks when it comes to having inspiration for writing songs. Partially because we have no idea what kind of sound we want for the new album. We are thinking we could combine a Los Camposinos! sound with a Le Butcherettes kinda sound and it would sound really good. Red Ringed Revolvers writing sessions are when I can unleash my inner indie and inner garage rock. On our first album, we drew a lot of influence from The Velvet Underground, The Strokes. Our second album was inspired by The Killers, The Libertines, and I guess The Swell Season. For the third album, I would like to see us lean more towards and indie/garage rock sound like the Strokes' first album or the Le Butcherretes album that I just got. I think it's called Sin Sin Sin. No one would ever expect ME to be into all the indie music that I am. I've probably stolen a days worth of Daytrotter Sessions off of Nate's computer. I also read my co-worker, Drew's blog a lot. He has a massive craving for everything indie and his blog can be found here:
Drew's Blog
One band that he SHOULD do an article on is Le Butcherettes. I emailed him about it.
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My, my, this is turning out to be quite a long update. While I'm at it, I might as well announce right here and right now that I am currently working on a solo album. I haven't picked a title yet, mainly because I'm really bad at naming things. That's not a joke. I really am. The songs are turning out great though. The only one that I'm having a lot of trouble involves me playing the role of a whole orchestra. I have 90 sheets of staff paper that I used for that song. I had Harley and Michele and Savannah help me make sure it all sounded good after I had written it. But let me tell you.... it's not easy for one person to be a whole orchestra. The solo album is going to be a studio only project. I'm not going to play solo shows or anything. That would cause a lot of problems with Far Cry From Fearless. As I understand it, Nate is also working on a solo album and he is doing some pretty complex stuff on his. Please don't compare the two. This is my first solo album that I've ever done. Nate's released at least 3 already. I know mine will probably not be as good as his, and I'm asking that no one email me and tell me.
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Well, I love you all!
Ali P
Now Playing: By Your Hand by Los Campesinos!
Currently Reading: Blink by Malcom Gladwell
Enjoying: The light rain in the middle of the night
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