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The Pineapple Thief have updated their website with a lengthy article about the band’s recent recording sessions at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire. You can read the full article here, but I’ve included photos and some extracts below.

2011 was a strange year for me, because it was spent, pretty much from January to December, writing the songs that will become our 9th studio release. I have never put myself through such an intense period of writing and right now I’m not sure if I can ever put myself through that again! By the end of the 2011, I had 11 songs that had made the grade (and the bar was set as high as physically possible). So, it was a nice feeling to start 2012 by getting away to the Chapel Recording Studios in Lincolnshire with the guys to actually start laying down the finished article – Bruce Soord

Bruce also used a variety of different guitars borrowed from Darren Charles from Godsticks:

I borrowed a load of guitars from the very talented and very kind Darren Charles from Godsticks.  They supported us early in 2011 and we’ve kept in touch ever since. He was horrified at the state of my guitars and promptly drove to my house from Cardiff and insisted I used his fine collection for the tracking.  You can read all about the Godsticks guitar collection here… I also used my trusted, modified Telecasters and Strats, even though they were not as well cared for as Darren’s, as they’ve had quite a beating on the road – Bruce Soord

The Pineapple Thief will release a 5-track EP featuring new material and a re-recorded version of ‘Light Up Your Eyes’ in June, followed by their ninth full length studio album in September.