ARTIST: Duplomacy
TITLE: All These Long Drives
LABEL: 2024 Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 219 kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 35min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-07-08
RIP DATE: 2006-07-14
Track List
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1. Stars 3:24
2. Remember This 4:22
3. Coppertone 3:33
4. Stay Up Late 4:05
5. Untitled (For Matt) 3:32
6. All These Long Drives 3:17
7. The Stroll 2:57
8. People 3:12
9. Suicide 4:12
10. Holiday 3:06
Release Notes:
http://www.duplomacy.com
http://www.2024records.com
After years of keeping his music under wraps and performing only for his
household appliances, Andy Flynn began to unfurl his indie-pop vision to the
world under the name Duplomacy.
Years of monastic musical focus paid off. After gathering some of the best
results of his home-recordings, Flynn sent them off to TW Walsh, a renowned
recording engineer and member of indie favorites Pedro the Lion. Sometimes you
get what you hope for, and WalshÆs reaction was immediate and enthusiastic. He
loved the music and brought Flynn out to Boston to record DuplomacyÆs sparse and
stunning self-titled EP in 2004.
Though the EP never really went to press, a few copies were sent to publications
and musicians. Reactions were similar to WalshÆs, and feature articles and
offers to hop on bills soon arrived. The positive reaction to his first
ôprofessionalö venture led Flynn to reconsider his one-man-band approach. Old
friends quickly hopped onboard to help Duplomacy blossom on stage. Adam Egerdahl
started on drums but migrated to his native guitar, being replaced by Judd
Hildreth of Valet. With P.A. Corts at the keys, Erik Dahl of The Field joined on
bass and things were underway.
The evolution from a one-man to a full band also changed the nature of
DuplomacyÆs sound, pushing FlynnÆs simple melodic style toward the fuller, more
dynamic, impacting sound captured on All These Long Drives. Engineered by Jon
Tranberry (Dillinger 4, Valet, The Plastic Constellations) in the outer reaches
of the Twin Cities at OBT Studios, the record was mixed by Brad Kern (Semisonic,
Dan Wilson, The Hang Ups, The Owls), and mastered by Tom Garneau (Mason
Jennings, Mike Doughty, The Breeders, Prince, George Clinton).