Sheddio Sessions - Never Made It Home [Video]

The harrowing story of a different kind of grief. Well, two kinds actually.

‘Never Made It Home’ was the last song I wrote for the Joy Is Elusive sessions. Harborcoat had been planning the recording for months before the initial tracking session and I had slowly been adding new songs and demos to a dropbox folder that I had shared with the other band members. As the dates approached we swapped ideas, and even had a few cursory rehearsals to at least get comfortable with the material.

The plan was to have a roadmap for these songs, but not have them over-rehearsed. I wanted the energy and electricity that comes from a band still learning to stretch and pull the song as it’s played. If a song becomes too rehearsed or too precise, it can feel a bit lifeless on the recording. I love to walk the edge of knowing the tune well enough to play it confidently, but having the material still be fresh enough to find new discoveries with each new pass.

With about six weeks to go, I had amassed a folder of fifteen songs that the band were comfortable with and buzzing with ide…