Forest Fire

Survival was recorded over an eight month period in two locations--Brooklyn, New York and Portland, Oregon. Many of the tracks were recorded live in less than five takes, then maniacally overdubbed by a variety of players. Sometimes there was only one microphone for the entire band. Sometimes they pulled out a few more. The tracks are littered with out-of-tune horns, vibrant bursts of guitar and layers of screeching electronics. NATHAN DELLFS’ frantic guitar work threads throughout dark and carefully executed harmonies by the likes of SHARON VAN ETTEN, MYISHA BATTLE and DICK DELFFS (SHAKY HANDS). Ghostly synthesizers, arresting vocals and loose percussion are woven together under the glimmering production values of ADAM SPITTLER. Named La Blogotheque's (of Take Away Show Fame) Album of the Year for 2008, beating out year-end-list heavyweights Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, and the like.