Second chance gives Morning State clarity
For a young band working on its debut album, losing all the studio recordings that would have made up its first release could have been a death blow. But for Atlanta-based Morning State, the setback was a second chance, not a stopping point. After recording the tracks for “You Know People, I Know People,” the group was 3 1/2 months and four songs into mixing when the record label they were signed to folded. Unable to work out a deal to keep the recordings, Morning State was back at square one. Undeterred, the group came to Athens and re-recorded with friend Asa Leffer at Downtown Athens Recording Company (DARC), streamlining the process to just 11 days. “It was fast and sweet,” says vocalist Russell Ledford. Read the full story…