Earlier this month, The Addisons released their latest EP, called 100% Familiar. It was recorded by Jeff Dean at Million Yen Studios and mastered by Justin Perkins, and contains a total of five songs. When asked about the writing process for this record, singer/guitarist Tom Counihan said, “These songs are the first that we worked out with our new drummer Jessie, (Carmona). I think he had a big effect on the way they ended up sounding. Dave, (singer/guitarist Dave Lysien) and I write the initial ideas separately, but once we bring songs into the band, we all contribute to working out arrangements, bridges, etc.”
When comparing 100% Familiar to the band’s previous material, Counihan said “I think we tried to challenge ourselves a little more on this release. While we were getting ready to record, we spent a lot of time kind of dissecting the songs and trying to be more purposeful about each part.” Bassist Rick Uncapher added, “It’s definitely in the same vein as what we’ve been doing, but I think we tried to change it up a bit to keep things interesting. It’s probably subtle, but there are a lot of guitar effects, keyboards, background vocals and added percussion that we did to fill out the songs.” Check out the EP below and head to Bandcamp to buy a copy.
