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About this page This page is designed to keep track of the new Guster album, based on regular updates posted to their studio journal and other sources. Each entry is updated regularly with each tidbit of information that becomes available. All quotes are directly from Brian Rosenworcel via the studio journal unless otherwise noted. Thanks to Josh Harriman, whose simple and elegant page design I borrowed to shape this measly page. |
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Overall album information Eight songs have been written so far at an unidentified New York studio, under the direction of Grammy-winning producer David Kahne, whose recent credits include work with Matisyahu, Paul McCartney, and The Strokes. The album will be released on the band's new label, Aware/Columbia Records (previous albums were released on the Warner Bros label). Tracks are in alphabetical order; the order they appear in on the page are the order in which they were introduced via the studio journal or other sources.
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Yacht Rock Date introduced: 11/21/2008 "[W]e have a song we call "Yacht Rock" (working title) that will be so polarizing, it's destined to be the "Highly Suspicious" of this album. But better." ("Highly Suspicious" is a track from My Morning Jacket's Evil Urges. -Ed) |
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Jesus & Mary Date introduced: 12/19/2008 [The cymbals] sound best on Jesus & Mary, which is a kind-of-reggae song we wrote with the hi hat chugging through all the verses. I know, reggae. I know. We try to write one reggae song every album and then it never even makes it to the studio because it sounds like reggae. This one's actually getting recorded and might end up on the album. Probably because it's not really that reggae. It's reggae in a clashy way. |
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Architects (formerly Ry Plays Guitar) Date introduced: 12/19/2008 There is one song, working title: Ry Plays Guitar where [...] he's rocking on an acoustic and it rocks in a more slackery indie way. That one is tentatively titled as such a) because we need to write the lyrics for it and b) because it's the one song that Ryan plays guitar on. At the Alpharetta, GA show on 04/25/10, the band announced that the title of this song was officially "Architects". |
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Hebrew Joe Date introduced: 12/19/2008 It's this soft graceful Nick Drake-y song we wrote where Joe was singing gibberish in a Russian accent during its conception. Lots of "chuh's" and "shne's" and stuff. It's kind of silly but kind of awesome, and we've had conversations about whether to put English words on it, but always thought that it would sound weird with real lyrics because it was conceived in a real moment, an inspired moment, and it just strangely works with foreign gibberish lyrics. Well, we recorded the gibberish vocal, listened to it, and everyone unanimously decided it sounded ridiculous. Producer DK said "I think you're ruining a great song." He was right. Ryan had a set of lyrics he was working on about that girl who fell in a well and those sounded much better. |
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Lost at Sea Date introduced: 01/16/2009
[O]ur friend Larry played fluglehorn on our record. Working title for the
song is "Lost at Sea". |
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Cars/Love Date introduced: 01/16/2009 Last week I wanted to snap a photo of Ryan playing the Omnichord on a song (working title: Cars/Love) (Shut it! Working titles are always lame). But I couldn't find my camera. It's an old keyboard that plays chords and beats and generally has an awesome harpsichord-like tone, and we've tried to use it on records before without much success. This time I think it's going to stick. |
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Bad Bad Date introduced: 03/30/2009 No mention of this in the studio journal (such as it was), but this song debuted live aboard the Mayercraft Carrier; its first appearance was in a fan-shot video from March 30th. It is unknown if this is the final title or if it's actually one of the other songs listed here. |
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Jonah Date introduced: 03/30/2009 No mention of this in the studio journal (such as it was), but this song debuted live aboard the Mayercraft Carrier; its first appearance was in a fan-shot video from March 30th. It is unknown if this is the final title or if it's actually one of the other songs listed here. During the summer of 2010, this song was released on a web-only compilation to raise funds for post-earthquake efforts in Haiti. The band then confirmed that this song would not be on the upcoming album. |
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Hercules Date introduced: 04/30/2009 This song debuted live in Milwaukee, WI on April 30th. It is unknown if this is the final title or if it's actually one of the other songs listed here. |
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That's No Way To Get To Heaven Date introduced: 02/22/2010 Mentioned on a Twitter update from the studio. |
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Stay With Me, Jesus Date introduced: 7/16/2010 Released as part of a three-song sampler online, just prior to the band's announcement of the album's title, release date and track listing. |