The Dangerous Summer - Mother Nature (June 14, 2019) Album • Page 102

Thanks! Yeah, my coding skills are pretty limited, which is why I used Cargo Collective. I'm not exactly sure where it's broken and I'm not sure how it happened. I'll fix it eventually, but I've also been thinking about using another platform for my portfolio.

I'm not sure, they didn't really discuss a meaning behind it, but I'm sure it could be interpreted as that. I just know it was a mutual friend of the photographer and the band in a pool with lights at night. All the photos from that session were beautiful.

 

For sure. Squarespace is a super easy one I've seen a lot of people have success with.

 

Wow, the z-index thing pointed me in the right direction, and I fixed it. I guess when I was futzing around with it to match a style I wanted, I add "px" to a z-index value. And that was messing it up. Thanks so much!

I need to look into Squarespace more, probably worth the price

 

Do you do just layouts or do you do also create the assets as well? These are fun to look at!

 

Just the layout. I was mostly playing in the sand box of amazing photos they had from Ashley Osborn.

I did the squares as a response to all the refraction of the water. The jagged edge version was to reflect scars I noticed in some of the photos, and inspired by the album cover of "How to Start a Fire" by Further Seems Forever. That was primarily a way to explore different masking possibilities.

I'm partial to the square version myself. I remember showing it to a co-worker and her saying it looked "vintage scene", which a high compliment for me. Jade Tree stuff by Jason Gnewikow, and Vagrant before Joby J Ford left. At the same time, I'm sure the band didn't wanted aesthetics that looked back.

I didn't really get feedback on it, other than saying they were going in a different direction. But I'm also sure that my boss didn't want me doing too many layouts, it wasn't really my main job (though you do wear a lot of hats at an indie label). I was a production coordinator, so I ordered all the physical media. Vinyl, CDs and cassettes. My background as a designer was helpful for checking old files or designing on a fast turnaround.

 

Very cool! I was wondering why your name looked familiar and then I remembered I have the Gatsby's In the Land of Lost Monsters vinyl! That half-clear, half-glow-in-the-dark wax is cool!

 

i did! glad you like it, going back to the real version now makes it sound even more off for me

yes! i was able to just raise the pitch by however many cents off it was using a waves plugin called SoundShifter.

also the reason its .mp4 is so the alternate album art i made would show up if you added the songs to apple music, that way you can tell the difference between this and the original.

 

That's interesting to hear about AJ singing out of this range and the unnamed member refusing to change key. He touted that as wanting to sound like Against Me! when the album came out.

 

You guys talk about Cody like he is Voldemort lol.

 

haha, I'm surprised Jason hasn't added a search and replace for his name like he did Ronald McDonald

 

Anyone realize yet...we are in fact, living in a ..Dangerous Summer?

(I'll see myself out)

 

lol I've had people wonder that aloud as I walk by wearing my TDS shirt this summer, and can't say I haven't thought it myself!

 

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Fuck, I never knew that summer started.

 

Click the live story here. AJ is performing live right now!

https://instagram.com/idobiradio?igshid=1b04t6a97or4a

 

Acoustic set:
Fuck Them All
Way Down
Catholic Girls
Permanent Rain

That was fun

 

Spotify always makes that amazing Dangerous Summer radio for me and it introduces me to so many awesome bands.. anyone into Boston Manor? Loving this song.. also introduced me to Joyce Manor.. lots of bands ending in Manor ha

 

Yeah, this band are great. Their last two albums have been much more experimental and interesting, but the debut is great for what it is.

 

Also, relistening to RFTS and this band might be my joint favourite. Think I'm finally gonna get that TDS tattoo.

 

Fuck Them All is fantastic. I am so pleasantly surprised with the trajectory of this band after golden record/self titled.

 

I've been wanting one for a few years but I just can't decide on what I want. I think I've eliminated just lyrics though.

 

https://instagram.com/stories/ajperdomo/2349795391532436005?igshid=ab1uuneloklv

 

I really like how fuck them all sounds but lyrically it is just not doing it for me.

 

Is the music video coming today too?

 

Unexpected but wow I love Fuck Them All. It took me right back into Mother Nature and I realized it's been too long since I played it.

 

Like Way Down, this is one of the few TDS songs that follows a simple Verse-Chorus-Verse-Chorus-Chorus formula. A very pop style of songwriting, which probably explains why Way Down has been their most successful single and why Fuck Them All has been so replayable for me. I'm excited to see this song take off!