Urban Tale: A new band for our times.
Urban Tale's Erkka talks about the challenges of being a new band in this musical era and of the challenges facing them while recording album #2.
Ok, Erkka - let's go! Did the band feel any sort of pressure to perform after the great critical success of the debut album?
I guess that there was some, but we believed in the new songs right from the beginning. And as we hit the studio, Theo (Anders Theander, our producer) came up with the finishing touches that were really cool too. It was actually easier to do the actual recordings this time, since we know Theo better now and vice versa. We worked together more closely on song tempos, feelings and such, and he really respects our opinions. Also, now he also knew how we play in the studio so it was much easier.
During the production we noticed that the album was gonna be a bit different from the 1st one, and we also knew that it was gonna get varied responses from the critics. It´s great to get good reviews from the AOR/Melodic Rock media, but we're shooting for the mainstream ...
