Posts tagged keith harrison
PineappleProject.com Mobile Site!
0March 12, 2012
by Rob Skarin
in Site Updates
You can now access PineappleProject.com and all the latest news and information surrounding The Pineapple Thief on your mobile phone! Currently, the mobile version of PineappleProject.com works on iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch), Android OS, Blackberry OS and Windows Phone 7. On the iPhone/iPod Touch version, it can be added to your home screen, and work as a web-app. I’ve provided screenshots of the mobile version below, running on an iPhone 4.
“This is the most mentally exhausting album of all time” – Bruce Soord
0March 1, 2012
by Rob Skarin
in Information
Bruce Soord has been tweeting about The Pineapple Thief’s ninth studio album, due to be released on Kscope in September 2012. According to his tweets, mixing is about 70% complete, and that the record will sound “very different” to what the band’s previous studio effort ‘Someone Here Is Missing’ sounded like.
Mixing is about 70% complete. It's gonna be a very different sound to SHIM. This is going to lose and gain you. No point standing still tho.
Sun Feb 26 20:09:36 +0000 2012 from Twitter for iPhone
Ps this is the most mentally exhausting album of all time! I can't wait for the wrap party. You are all invited.
Sun Feb 26 20:11:20 +0000 2012 from Twitter for iPhone
Mixing with Mark and Steve can be seriously bad for one's health. Extended detox period starts today!
Mon Feb 27 14:25:07 +0000 2012 from Twitter for iPhone
Steve Kitch has also been busy recently tracking drums with Keith Harrison for a re-recorded version of ‘Light Up Your Eyes’, due to be released on a 5-track EP in June, alongside new material from the band’s forthcoming studio album.
PineappleThief.com Studio Update
0February 26, 2012
by Rob Skarin
in Information
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.
PineappleProject.com Interview – Keith Harrison
0February 6, 2012
by Rob Skarin
in Interviews
Below is the first part of our new interview with all four members of The Pineapple Thief! First up, we asked drummer Keith Harrison three questions, which you can read below.
How did you come to be in TPT and has your role developed since joining the band (in terms of the parts you play/being involved in live, writing and recording work/becoming a member of the band who handles certain elements like tour management and logistics)?
I came to join TPT through Wayne Higgins who was our rhythm guitar player for three years. Wayne and Bruce had played in bands involved in the Yeovil / South West music scene for years and Bruce pulled Wayne into the original TPT line-up. Initially, the band had tried a couple of drummers who didn’t work out so after the second one left I got a call from Wayne asking if I was up for an audition. I went, loved it and the rest is history. I’d played in lots of bands since the age of 12 through to leaving college in my early twenties. After that, things went quiet due to the combined commitments of work and a young family which didn’t leave much time for music. When I got the call from Wayne about joining TPT I hadn’t been playing regularly for several years and had pretty much resigned myself to never being back on stage.
Once I realised the potential that the band had, and we started playing bigger shows and getting more and more fans I knew that this was a second chance for me to make some kind of a living from music; something I’d always dreamed of but never truly believed was likely to happen. After nearly 10 years together we’ve made a lot of progress as a band and we’re a pretty well-oiled machine. Everyone works hard to push things forward. We’ve always been ambitious but our experience confirms that it’s a slow road to major league success in the music business and we’ve learned how to function well as a tight unit both musically and corporately. For my sins, I have the joy of organising all our logistics which, as anyone who knows me well will confirm, is more than ironic due to my general lack of ability to organise myself!
