The Red Masque - New Album in the works

[The Red Masque]

Hi All. Long time, no post on Progressive Ears.

For those of you who do not remember us, The Red Masque is an art rock / progressive rock band in the Philadelphia area. We've been making music since 2001.

This past spring, we traveled to Orion Studios in Baltimore (where we had recorded an earlier album) to start work on recording a new album. We are working on it in chunks to make things easier (financially and time-wise), and we have finished recording the first 30 min of the album, or three songs ("Howl", "Insomniac" and "Tear the Sky Down"). This past weekend we went to start mixing one of these songs - "Insomniac".

After some hours with engineer Joe Tracey, we have a mix for this song. We're going to do some more listening to see if we need any addiitional tweaks, and then we'll move on to the other two songs. In addition, we've been rehearsing some more songs at our practice space so that we can record those tunes in the near future. Two of these songs are finished or close to being finished ("Fever Dream" and "Fool Again") and we have one more possible song that we want to see if we can work with as well. We anticipate the final album will feature these six songs plus at least one live bonus song recorded at a show last year.

We are also considering releasing one song (with perhaps a bonus live song) as a single in advance of the full album completion as way to garner interest in the new material and possibly also help fundraise our costs for the album.

Below is a video of us listening to a mix of "Insomniac" at Orion Studios with Joe. The final song is about 9.30 minutes long so this is just a section of the song.



Follow along our recording journey here:

The Red Masque Studio Diary Part 1
https://www.theredmasque.com/post/studio-diary-part-1

The Red Masque Studio Diary Part 2
https://www.theredmasque.com/post/studio-diary-pt-2

The Red Masque Studio Diary Part 3
https://www.theredmasque.com/post/studio-diary-pt-3

The Red Masque Studio Diary Part 4
https://www.theredmasque.com/post/studio-diary-pt-4

Check out our behind-the-scenes in the studio photo gallery here:
https://www.theredmasque.com/orion-studios-2024

Thank you for your support!
Lynnette
The Red Masque
https://www.theredmasque.com

[Sputnik]

Very cool. Great to see the band back in action. New song sounds really interesting. Looking forward to the release!

Bill

[The Red Masque]

hey thanks Bill! I hope you are well

[Sputnik]

hey thanks Bill! I hope you are well

Doing great, thanks! We left Quincy last year and relocated to South Hadley, MA. I'm basically retired now, and I'm doing a lot of playing in several bands, and I've also written a series of supernatural thriller books (https://tinyurl.com/mt2zazs7).

I get your newsletter and follow your art, as well and Red Masque. All the pieces we own by you are displayed proudly and prominently in our new house. We love them!

Really looking forward to the new record!

Bill

[The Red Masque]

Doing great, thanks! We left Quincy last year and relocated to South Hadley, MA. I'm basically retired now, and I'm doing a lot of playing in several bands, and I've also written a series of supernatural thriller books (https://tinyurl.com/mt2zazs7).

I get your newsletter and follow your art, as well and Red Masque. All the pieces we own by you are displayed proudly and prominently in our new house. We love them!

Really looking forward to the new record!

Bill

Yeah I had heard your were writing books now. Congrats on that and also the music. Say hi to the missus for me

[dropforge]

I definitely remember you! Great to hear new music is forthcoming!

[NogbadTheBad]

Excellent news, look forward to hearing the finished album. Let me know if I can promote anything on my show.

[The Red Masque]

Thanks guys!