It had a good, warm vibe.ĪH: Did you have any conversations with him about the sound directions for this album or things that might be different between the approach to One Day and the approach to Easy Way? It was really fun to be in a house rather than a studio. So we were sticking with what we know, but getting him down here. Then on Easy Way, we also did a lot of recording with him in Chicago. Jack: He actually recorded and mixed our first record, You’re Dreaming, that J.D. We also made a couple of trips down to Chicago later to finish things up.ĪH: Alex is a frequent collaborator with you, right? It was that community and friendship thing that we all need. We worked on the music, laughed, and remembered what it was like to hang out with people again. There had been a lot of isolation and it was so fun to have Alex Hall come up here and be with us non-stop for a week. We started recording at the beginning of February of 2021. It already felt like we kidnapped him because it had been a whole year of not seeing people during the pandemic. Jack: Alex’s wife would not like it if we kidnapped him. He did bring a really cool 8-channel mixer from the 70s, a British thing called an Alice 828, that was pretty fun to use.ĪH: Were you tempted to lock Alex up somewhere and just keep all this equipment for yourselves? That would have been a sweet set-up. He brought a light amount of gear, but it was enough to turn Page’s basement into a makeshift studio. We also used a computer and a bunch of microphones. Jack Torrey: Actually, it wasn’t a truck rig, but a small mixing console that Alex Hall could bring up to Minnesota from Chicago. We spoke with Page Burkum and Jack Torrey from their home base of Minneapolis about the eventful creative road that led to One Day, how they captured this album’s very specific aesthetic, and why they keep looking for the silver linings in their songs and in their lives.Īmericana Highways: I heard something about a mobile recording unit being used to make the album One Day. The result may be brothers Page Burkum and Jack Torrey’s most sophisticated album yet perhaps due to the more intensive collaboration on songwriting that’s been developing since their 2019 record, Easy Way. Many of the songs suggest relationship narratives with very different perspectives at work, and the sound of the album was intentionally crafted with a minimalist approach in working methods that called for the rapid assembly of a home studio space. The Cactus Blossoms deliver their new album, One Day, on February 11th, 2022, bringing us another expansive dose of layered vocals and classic sounds, but there are plenty of qualities that make the new collection exciting and unique. The Cactus Blossoms Reflect On The Creative Road That Makes One Day Fitting For These Times
The Cactus Blossoms horizontal photo by Jacob Blickenstaff
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