Band collaborates in kitchen
Singing in the shower is nothing new.
In fact, according to San Francisco’s Exploratorium, the spot is popular partly due to the bathroom’s ability to balance volume, reverb and bass.
Trances Arc frontman Eric Toledo took the idea to a new room – the kitchen.
Though the acoustics changed, Toledo said his voice was just the same when the band set up to record its new album, “XOXOX,” in a 19th century trolley station in Atlanta.
“This place was kind of like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory,” said guitarist Michael Dorio. “It had no sound-proofing. It had no limits.”
“XOXOX,” out March 25, is the first full-length record from the Atlanta-based band playing at Tasty World tonight.
For Dorio and the other members, the album is a condensed representation of how far they all have come.
“We’ve been writing for so long in other bands. We all have so many talents in writing,” he said. “These songs came across as big, huge – not just melodically and sonically, but also the insides of them were full of so much nostalgia and perseverance and what it takes to maintain artist-ship in a band, and what it takes to stick around.”
Dorio said the writing process for Trances Arc is a collaborative effort.
TRANCES ARC WITH THE EMPTIES AND THE STANDARD 8
When: 10 p.m.
Where: Tasty World
Price: $5
To find new ideas for its music, the band takes in a variety of other music and infuses different aspects into its songs to create something new and different, Dorio said.
After forming at the University about two years ago, the band went on to record a demo that experienced some success. However, the members are still balancing day jobs and their music.
“The day that we don’t have to go to work, to me, is when my band will be successful,” Dorio said. “It’s never been about money. It’s always been just to be able to play music and have people be inspired by it.”
In the meantime, Dorio said the band plans to play the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, which it played last year.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if next fall, next winter we were thinking about tracking some more songs or even making another full-length record,” Dorio said.
