2LP Black Vinyl
I really like this album, both conceptually and sonically! Lead track 'Chubbby (48)' featured heavily in my playlists this summer. - Marty
During the Bad With Names promo campaign, Liam Shortall produced 108 new demo ideas for corto alto, a process not focused on perfection, but rather with the aim to produce as many ideas as possible and deepen his individual writing and production style.
Early 2024, he had 108 ideas in a folder - not fully composed tracks that would be placed well on a standard 12 track album, but not throw away ideas either. He decided to dedicate the following 4 months to finish 30 of these tracks; recording some of his favourite musicians in his home studio and remotely. The goal wasn't to make a perfectly clean and polished album, but to get these ideas out into the world and explore new grooves, sound design worlds and composition ideas Each track has its own single artwork created from photos that Liam took on tour over the last year.
The process of making these artworks was very similar to the music: create something from the material you have without doubting yourself - focusing on the creative process rather than the perfect end results.