Last summer Swervedriver's Adam Franklin recorded 36 songs in 30 days for fans as part of the Songs Project (fans requested songs for Franklin to record, which he then recorded and sent quickly sent back to the requester). A year later (and after a slight tweaking), Franklin has decided to release the entire collection as a three volume digital set, as he explained on his website:
"The title 'All Happening Now' was suggested by Samuel Lapalme-Remis and it really was all happening last July - I didn't have too long to spend on each number and so the recordings had to be pretty spontaneous. I have allowed myself the luxury of re-mixing and retouching the tracks here and there in the interim, meaning that a certain number of the original recordings people received remain absolutely exclusive. There has been no additional recording however, just some drum tracks re-programmed and things nudged around."
The entire 36 song collection is broken down into three volumes, each containing 12 songs. The first set, All Happening Now disc 1, was released this week and is available to purchase through iTunes and Bandcamp. The second volume will be released August 11th, and the final set arrives August 18th.
Stream All Happening Now Disc 1 below and catch up with Adam Franklin on his official website, as well as Facebook and Twitter.
Published August 6th, 2014 @ 8:04 PM