John Gillespie: Eternal Summer

I love it when albums that I've worked on at my studio come back from the plant. I always get that "Wow, I did this" kind of feeling. That's a good thing.

Today I received a copy of John Gillespie's Eternal Summer. This is the album that we worked on about one day a week during John's summer vacation. We completed 12 songs this summer. This pressing also includes John's EP The Siren Child, a recorded he completed with me in the summer of 2005. So, I guess this pressing is an album and a half.

I have been working with John in a musical capacity for many years now. We've played many shows together and have been in three bands together (Kickball, The Happy Annies, and Collapsis--John was the first bass player). This is an exciting record for me for many reasons. The most relevant of which is that I'm a fan of his music and I'm glad I could be the guy at the record button for this one.

This particular album is a collection of songs that allude to literary works. The lead off track, "Allison," is based on The Wife of Bath's Prologue from the Canterbury Tales. Seven other songs allude similarly to other works. Four of the songs are Shakespearian sonnets set to music. And, the Siren Child material also contains a few literary allusions...namely, Joyce's "The Dead."

John can be reached via www.purevolume.com/johngillespie if you are interested in hearing samples of this album.

Congratulations, John!