Hardcore Legends The Lead Close to Finishing Reunion EP
The Lead's reunion EP is finally progressing toward completion! We're working on the last overdubs and we've lined up a studio and engineer to do the mix. We're excited to partner with Micheal Jeske of Resurrected Vinyl to put out a limited edition 10" vinyl of the EP. One of the ideas Nina and I bounced around was crowdfunding. But instead of doing the usual Kickstarter thing (we really don't have time be making tchotchkes and whatnot) we decided to set up a Bandcamp subscription area just to release the EP. We're been working on it the last few days. We're calling it Studio Pass, because that's just what it is. I'll let myself explain further via the intro copy I wrote for it: Back in the '80s we were one of the few bands playing punk, hardcore and thrash combined with committed Christian lyrics. Our mission ended in 1991. 20 years later, we were called to get back together to make one more EP, one definitive statement reaffirming the faith and devotion that drove us two decades earlier and drives us, still. After five years of writing, re-writing, recording editing and overdubbing we're finally close to finishing it. We've created Studio Pass so you can virtually sit with us in the control room as the project unfolds. You won't just get the final, finished four tracks (once we finish them), you'll be the first to listen to new mixes from now until we finish as we add the last overdubs. You'll see the tracks grow before your ears in the coming weeks/months. We're also populating this place with five years' worth of rough mixes, videos, outtakes, demos and rehearsals going back to the very beginning in 2011, basically the whole creative process that's going into this record, straight out of our laptops. Prepare for lots of surprises and a lot of material. Finally, you'll have the chance to pre-order the EP on 10" vinyl for only $10. We're excited to partner with Resurrected Vinyl to make this happen. Limited edition, 250 units, with poster sleeve designed by us. It's going to be beautiful. And if it sells out here, it's gone for good. So join us as we finish the journey. Let's finish it together. I'll shoot you another email once we're ready to press "Publish" at our Bandcamp. Watch for it! Ciao,
Julio Rey, singer
