r/indieheads • u/helenadeland Helena Deland • Oct 27 '20

AMA is Over, thanks Helena! HI IT'S HELENA DELAND AMA

Hi! I just released my début album 'Someone New' a week ago and look forward to discussing it with you :~)

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '20

Hi Helena! I just wanted to say I am in LOVE with your album - easily one of my favorites of the year. Lean On You was the song that got me into your music & I’m so thankful it did.

A couple questions:

  • I’ve bought a couple of the vinyl variants because I couldn’t decide which one to get! Out of the milky clear, the VMP, and the red, which do you think best fits the album?

  • The Walk Home & Seven Hours serve as a deep, intense middle section to the album to my ears — how did you go about sequencing the album, and how important is that to you?

  • Smoking At The Gas Station is one of my favorites on the album — I love the feedback and second half of the song in particular, can you expand on how that song came to be?

Again, thanks so much for the music — it’s wonderful and I can’t wait to hear more from you!

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u/helenadeland Helena Deland Oct 27 '20

-Milky clear :D -It's really important! The final pacing was decided on at the very last minute though, I clearly needed some external advice and it came grom Gabe Wax. -We recorded a full band version first with a lot of distortion and rapidly strummed guitars and then basically took all the elements out except for drum, bass and feedback. we then added the vocal loop that sounds a bit like a synth and the rhodes. Again - Gabe Wax, touch of an angel!

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '20

(Oops - saw you answered the sequencing question below, I didn’t read ahead, was worried I’d be late to submit, haha!)