THIS FRIDAY, TREEPHONES TO PREMIERE LIVE PERFORMANCE OF SONGS FROM NEW ALBUM, PINK OBJECTS, JULY 30 AT 8PM EST
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Earlier this month, Treephones got together to record a live set of songs from the new album Pink Objects. Premiering on July 30 at 8pm EST, the 5 camera concert film features live renditions of 6 of the songs from the album.
Although Treephones is the solo venture of Stephen Trothen recording at his home studio in Waterloo, the live session features Michael Borkovic, Chris Hull, and Ahmad Hachem adding saxophone, vibraphone, synths, samples, and drums — the majority of whom added parts to Pink Objects. The result is a set that brims with the life that can only come from people playing music in a room together.
“It’s been frustrating to release an album and then just be forced to sit at home” says Trothen. “We had a great weekend putting the songs together and I’m so glad there’s a document of it. It was an overwhelming joy to play these songs with not only other people, but such great friends. A few of the takes were interrupted by spontaneous fits of laughter. We can’t wait to play shows, but until then…”
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The ten song titles on Treephones’ new album Pink Objects read like an inventory of things found stashed away in a closet or neglected drawer. With every song named after an object, the concept album takes the approach of a short story collection and focuses on the interactions and relationships of characters centred around these items. The album was written and recorded at home by Trothen who also handled all but a few of the performing duties. The result is a set of songs that weave beautifully evolving textures into a carefully arranged sound that matches the directness and understated complexity of its lyrics.
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Pink Objects was mixed by Calvin Hartwick (Daniel Caesar, METZ, Cadence Weapon) at Dream House Studios and mastered by Phil Demetro at Lacquer Channel. The second concept album from Treephones, Pink Objects is a great leap forward for the self-recording Trothen in both songcraft and production, with each of the 10 songs being as full sounding as they are intimate and personal — never getting lost in their own conceptual ambitions as they flow from from one object/song to the next.
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Why pink? “I actually came up with the title early on after becoming fixated on all things pink," says Trothen. "Pink is so vibrant and striking it sometimes seems unreal when you see it on a flower or bird. Pink noise is fascinating and nice sounding too. The colour also encodes so much culturally, particularly as it relates to emotions and the body. So for Pink Objects as a title, the colour pink to me suggests a liveliness like it is pulsating with some life-force."
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And why objects? “I read that an object becomes a thing when it stops working for us,” says Trothen. “So, in other words, the object is meant to go unnoticed while serving us in some way, and becomes a thing when it breaks or fails. I was interested in how these terms were being defined according to their relation to humans. I wanted to invert that idea with these songs and describe objects that elicit less controlled effects in us: evoking suppressed thoughts or concerns, memories, or facilitating awkward encounters. I think that’s why a lot of the relationships described in the songs are at a moment when they have stopped working or are in need of repair.”
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