Out now, See You Next Tuesday and Meth. have created a collaborative 12-song EP, Asymmetrics, in which both bands shared drum tracks without sharing the rest of the music built around them. The resulting new EP is out on Good Fight Music.
“I was very excited when Drew tossed this idea at me. I’ve always been one to want to try new things and push new ideas and I really loved the concept of us blindly writing over the same base track and seeing how our ideas aligned or separated. It also forced us to write outside of our comfort zone a bit, reverting back to a style we hadn’t really messed around with since our first EP. Splits should always be avenues to explore ideas you don’t normally get to while also being a platform to collaborate with the band you’re sharing the release with,” says Seb Alvarez of Meth.
And while this is mostly off-topic from this specific split, SPB asked some bands to talk about how they approach split records last year in our guest columns series.
See You Next Tuesday explains the concept in full:
Right around the completion of our album Relapses, Jimmy (Watson, drums) & Drew (Slavik, guitar) had the idea of doing a collaborative split, which ultimately became an amalgamation of musical chairs and a social experiment. After several months of hurdles preventing anything from really taking off, we finally sorted out the exact details of the project and collaborated with our colleagues and friends in Meth.
Our guidelines were as follows:
Each band would write & record three songs, & then share only the drum tracks with the other band. Each band would then write new music and lyrics over the exchanged tracks. Neither band would hear anything from the other until everything was complete to ensure one couldn't influence the other. In the end, we were astonished at what we had all accomplished. We’re thrilled & proud to present, ASYMMETRICS.
ASYMMETRICS Tracklist:
SIDE A: See You Next Tuesday
THE ROAD TO DOOM (feat. Guy Kozowyk of The Red Chord)
Part 1: The First Steps of Suffering
Part 2 : Breaking Under the Weight of the Heaviest Burden
Part 3 : A Mountain of Fire
EUPHORIA (music by Meth)
Part 1: Syntax Error
Part 2: Visions of Lifelessness
Part 3: Succumb
SIDE B: Meth.
SNARE TRAP
Part 1: Guest
Part 2: Willing Participant
Part 3: Rabbits' Nest
PSALMS OF PAIN (feat. Billy Bottom of Nights Like These) (music by See You Next Tuesday)
Part 1: Tomb of Woe
Part 2: Pulled From Flesh
Part 3: Ascend
