For any of you doubters out there who think we’re not for real about doing an awesome sounding album, look no further. Download the NEW version of Goodbye Ocean, Hello Moon and prepared to be rocked by the all new hi-fi Jargon sound. This version isn’t really mixed or anything, but it still sounds so hot it might blow your spine off.

-Shaun

        

Well its the last day of May, and I’ve been on vacation for about a month now. We’ve gotten alot accomplished. One song is finshed. Three are almost there. We’ve got about 11 more songs to either finish writing or begin recording. We’re working with about 15 songs to record, and about 9 of them are going to be new, the other 6 are ones we’re redoing that we made at school. The recording process has been going alot faster this past week, so hopefully we’ll at least be able to record all the songs by the end of summer, and have the album out in October or November.

Song of the Week: And We Danced by The Hooters

“And we danced! Like a wave on the ocean romance!”

-Andrew

        

So over the past few days i’ve gotten a bunch of new ideas, some good some bad. One or two are for new songs, so I’m hoping those will work out. Then i came up with some ideas on how to make Nail Clippers more awesome. That song is almost completely done, we just need to re-record some vocals for it and then it should be done. Maybe we’ll post it on the site just so we can prove to you that we actually are making a real cd. Then I was working on Ice Cream Social, and I realized that that song is totally boring. So now it’s most likely going to be a hot Brit-pop number in the style of XTC or something like that. Speaking of awesome Brit-pop, I saw Snow Patrol last night with Julie. It was pretty awesome, mostly because they’re British, and all the best music comes from the U.K. I would be lying if I didn’t say that the show led to my new ideas for Ice Cream Social, but that’s besides the point. I just finished recording drums for the new version, and I’ll be working on it alot more today because it’s my only day off this week. Oh also, I’m going to go to Best Buy to get the Adventures of Pete and Pete dvd. DERP!

-Andrew

        

In response to the public outcry for new tracks on the message board, we’ve decided to release one of the first tracks we’ve got mixed and ready for listening. It’s a rap track called Honwatly, and it’s sort of a test of studio effects more than anything else. We’re not sure if it’s gonna make the album, but it’s still pretty hot regardless.

-Shaun

        

So last night was Inuit Jargon’s first public appearance. Thanks to Beth for hosting the event and letting us play at your pretend wedding. The Jargon is officially taking bookings for all pretend weddings and Bar Mitzvahs. Here’s the setlist from what I can recall, seeing as we just kind of winged it:

Nail Clippers
Baba O’Reilly (kinda)
Good Luck Maria
the last part of Stairway until Shaun forgot the words after the first line
Punkie Brewster
Goin To The Beach
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End (played 3 or 4 times until everyone in attendance heard it)

It was really cool, and special thanks to Audra for pointing out how much our lyrics suck.

-Andrew

        

oh man! today was great. shaun and tim and matt came over and we recorded from about 3 pm to 12 am. it was really productive. Nail Clippers is almost in completion. I should have it completely mixed by the end of the week. We wrote a new song called Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich. yes, i realize its another food song, but hey if weird al can have an entire album’s worth of songs about food, gosh dern in, so can us. We began recording another new song called We Do Awesome. It sounds like shitty era bowie, think let’s dance sung by the futureheads. today was just ultra productive, and is a good sign of things to come. i think that this whole recording thing is gonna work really well. in a little bit we’ll post this awesome little rap shit we made at like 11 pm tonight. it was late. we were tired. it ruled. it was low fi and spontaneous like the Jargon should be. gettin back to our Roots. i have work tommorrow so i’m going to bed. see you all at beth’s pretend wedding. stay well.

-Andrew

        

just some cool quick news. i got a new cymbal for my drum set today because i didnt like one of them. but even better is that I GOT A COWBELL. it’s absolutely amazing. i cant believe i have a cowbell. so awesome. and in other news, i might have lost all the files i’ve recorded thus far because Pro Tools is dumb, and by that i mean it can’t talk. ok, i’m gonna go work on this some more so that i dont have to start all over.

-Andrew

        

Of Montreal was really awesome, and as i watched them be awesome last night, i had hundreds of idedas rushing through my brain for our album and stage show. origionally i wanted to make the new version of “Lips” just sound like a new wave kinda franz ferdinand dance rock track thing, but now i want it to have slamming processed beats and awesome keyboards…basically turn it into an Of Montreal ripoff. Anyways, i’ve been working on Nail Clippers some more, and i’m going to put in some time on Ice Cream Social today as well. I’m also trying to come up with ideas for songs, musically and content…ly. If anyone has any suggestions for song titles and stuff send them to me…or post them on the message board so that i’m not the only loser who posts on there. ok, i have to go get a haircut (100) so that i can work at disney more. byeeeee.

-Andrew

        

So recording the new album is probably going to be in full effect this weekend. We’ve decided that we should probably write all the songs music and lyrics beforehand like a real band would do instead of just making up random stuff on the spot while recording the songs. As such, I’ve just penned the lyrics to a song that just may be on the upcoming album called “Power Yoga Moves” as well as making a design for the potential IJ t-shirt which you can see below.

- Shaun

        

I’m back to work at Blizzard Beach this week so recording has slowed down a little. Sunday night i recorded three guitar tracks to Nail Clippers, and yesterday I added a drum track. It’s sounding pretty sweet, i think its gonna turn out well. I’ve also begun re-recording Ice Cream Social. I only have a guitar track down for it though. Friday night is Of Montreal, so i wont get much work done then, but on Saturday i think we’re gonna have a group session to record some vocals with shaun and maybe write a few new songs. I’ll post pictures as soon as i figure out how to do it.

-Andrew