Lethargy at Mwnci Studios

Lethargy record their second album at Mwnci Studios (Grind That Axe 2008)

The boys from Lethargy

Lethargy were  signed by A&R legends, Derek Oliver and Dante Bonutto, to their label, Grind That Axe. On 14th October 2006, Lethargy ventured to Mwnci Studios in the forests of west Wales for three weeks to record their new album. At the production helm was legendary producer David Prater) whose resume includes such artists as Dream Theater and Firehouse. Prater then went onto mix the album with the assistance of Javier Bassino in Santiago, Chile, South America. The product of this recording session, “Purification” is the bands first official general release which hits the shops in the summer of 2008 and is to be followed by a tour.

MUEN: TELL US ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM, “PURIFICATION”… WHERE WAS IT RECORDED, AND HOW DID YOU GET DAVID PRATER (DREAM THEATER, FIREHOUSE) TO PRODUCE IT?

PHIL: David Prater was our first choice as producer but we never thought we’d get him from the US to make our first official album. We knew Derek Oliver and David Prater had worked together on two Dream Theater albums (Images & Words, A Change of Seasons), so at least the connection was there. We got in contact with several producers, some we couldn’t get for this or that reason and some we didn’t agree on with the label. Derek called us one day and said David Prater loved ‘Road Out Of Nowhere’ and wanted to come over to the UK to do our next album. So we were in regular contact with David from that point and he came to Wales in October 2006 and spent a month with us recording the CD in Mwnci Studios, West Wales. He later went back to mix it with Javier Bassino in in a studio in Chile that he was fond of. They finished in December 2006 and sent it back over.

ANDY: It was great to work with a producer such as David. It was our first experience of ever working with a producer and it was a real eye-opener. Much was learned in the month we spent with Prater and will put us in good stead when constructing future songs.

MARC: David Prater made several phone calls to us in Wales and seemed as excited as us to work on this project. David was a great help and a real inspiration in the studio and took the overall sound of the record far past our expectations of how it could sound, crafting all the aspects and dynamics we desired and then some!

GAZ: This album is the first one I have ever recorded whereas the other boys have had quite a few experiences in a recording studio. To have such a big producer as David for this album was great as I learnt a tremendous amount about actually recording an album and also how to approach drumming in many different ways as David is a drummer himself.