To those closest to me these are “The Smoke House Sessions”. Intimately
named so due to the environment in which this album was recorded. That
being said, the actual title of the album is “Conviction”. A catalog of
songs, emotions, and pretty much the majority of what I’ve felt and
gone through (in my short time here on earth) all bundled up into a
year of scattered writing and recording. While on tour with my closest
friends and music group (Authority Zero) I found myself writing more
and more simplistic acoustic songs while in the process of writing for
the next AZero record. These songs came out very personal and mirrored
many, if not all, of the events that were taking place in my life.
After returning home from our first tour of 2005, I approached my good
friend Bryan Sandell and presented to him a song I had written called
“Covert Operations”. He then proceeded to ask me if I’d like to record
the tune in the studio he’d begun building in his garage. Starting out
with nothing more than an SM58 and a couple of “high definition symbol
mics” we dove in. Using Garageband, we started laying down tracks
whenever I happened to be in town or whenever either one of us had the
time to mess around in the studio (all the while picking up new
recording equipment along the way). Well, a year has passed. What had
started out as a time filler has now become a full length album and
what had started as a mere acoustic album has now also transformed into
something more. The end result is “Conviction”. I hope you enjoy
listening to it as much as we enjoyed
making it.
-Jason DeVore
Track Listing
01. STRANDED
02. HAZY DAZE
03. COURAGE
04. CALL OUT
05. WAIT
06. HOMEWARD BOUND
07. COVERT OPERATIONS
08. FORWARD FROM YESTERDAY
09. WASTED YOUTH
10. OLD WEATHER FACE
11. DIRTY OLD TOWN
12. SISTER SONG
13. THE SECRET SMOKE HOUSE SESSION
This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 10 October, 2009.