A Troop Of Echoes - The Longest Year On Record

Thought I'd share this as it's sort of coaster related and I think some people might find it interesting. My friends in A Troop Of Echoes just put out an incredible new album which I contributed artwork for. They're a 4 piece instrumental rock + sax group out of Providence, RI and have been working on this album for well over a year, tracking 130+ hours of material. I'm not sure how to not come off as biased but this thing is seriously amazing if you're into instrumental/post rock at all, especially stuff like Do Make Say Think and Tortoise. They just left for a midwest and Canada run so if they come through your area go check them out, and be sure to talk to them after their set because they are some of the nicest dudes you'll ever meet. Their album is up for free on Bandcamp, and they also have CDs and vinyl will be coming in the very near future.


http://atroopofechoes.bandcamp.com/
http://atroopofechoes.com/
tour dates: https://www.facebook.com/events/1421038664839998/

the coaster is Zippin Pippin at Bay Beach, and the physical copies have a couple other pictures of the ride as well. My favorite song on it is track 3, Arecibo.

[TTD03]

Assuming you provided the picture of the coaster ?

[Turbo]

That's cool Hey Freddie, how's Boulder Dash coming along?

Yep, like I said the physical copies have a couple other images as well:

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vinyl insert


The CD print has a different image but I don't think that one is online anywhere. You'll have to pick up a copy for that


Turbo, I haven't had any time for Boulder Dash. Too much work and photography right now.

[TTD03]

That's cool. Lol, was kinda hoping progress had been made on Boulder, but I figured none had been made

[Turbo]

Please keep us updated, I'd love to see it progress

I work full time and shoot bands ever night, so my amount of computer time is very limited, and when I have some it's usually processing photos. I've been messing with some methods of building BD's track (lots of bouncing between NL2, NL1, and different versions of FVD++) because NL2's editor just doesn't work for CCIs, but I just haven't come up with anything solid or efficient. I have a feeling that many different parts of the ride are going to have to be "custom" with different methods for different sections. I just haven't had time to actually figure it out.

[TTD03]

Well try to have fun with it