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== History == | == History == | ||
===Pre-Release=== | ===Pre-Release=== | ||
In 2006, Tally Hall would start to perform many new songs, partly due to the fatigue of playing the same couple of songs from their first album for years. These included [[Misery Fell]],<ref>underratedmagazine. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKDRHn4-jzc "Tally Hall performs new song "Misery Fell" live @ in NYC"]. ''YouTube''.</ref> [[Turn The Lights Off]],<ref>vinniec. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxPrPaqMGOY "Turn the Lights Off - Tally Hall Live 09.23.2006 (The Blind Pig - Ann Arbor, MI)"]. ''YouTube''.</ref> and [[Sacred Beast]]. These songs seemed more mature than much of their previous work and were fan favorites, some of them becoming standards in their setlist. | In 2006, Tally Hall would start to perform many new songs, partly due to the fatigue of playing the same couple of songs from their first album for years. These included [[Misery Fell]],<ref>underratedmagazine. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKDRHn4-jzc "Tally Hall performs new song "Misery Fell" live @ in NYC"]. ''YouTube''.</ref> [[Turn The Lights Off]],<ref>vinniec. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxPrPaqMGOY "Turn the Lights Off - Tally Hall Live 09.23.2006 (The Blind Pig - Ann Arbor, MI)"]. ''YouTube''.</ref> and [[Sacred Beast]].{{cn}} These songs seemed more mature than much of their previous work and were fan favorites, some of them becoming standards in their setlist. | ||
In February of 2009, they would schedule multiple performances at the Union Hall building in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>[https://www.irockiroll.com/irir/2009/01/tally-hall-announce-union-hall.html TALLY HALL announce Union Hall residency!] ''irockiroll''. January 9th 2009.</ref> At these concerts, the band would try out new songs they had written the year previous and reworkings of older songs, including [[You & Me]], [[Mind Control]], and [[&]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSkJ6iefIBein9ZgmvtvymWeF5ij7fTdk Tally Hall - Live at Union Hall.] (February 2009. YouTube playlist.</ref> All of these gigs | In February of 2009, they would schedule multiple performances at the Union Hall building in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>[https://www.irockiroll.com/irir/2009/01/tally-hall-announce-union-hall.html TALLY HALL announce Union Hall residency!] ''irockiroll''. January 9th 2009.</ref> At these concerts, the band would try out new songs they had written the year previous and reworkings of older songs, including [[You & Me]], [[Mind Control]], and [[&]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSkJ6iefIBein9ZgmvtvymWeF5ij7fTdk Tally Hall - Live at Union Hall.] (February 2009. YouTube playlist.</ref> All of these gigs prevented recording and filming, though people would still find ways to record them. | ||
On [[Twitter]], Tally Hall would announce they would be recording a new album sometime in the summer of 2009.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TallyHall/status/1719518832 Tally Hall tweet about recording in summer of 2009.]</ref> This would be rescheduled to the fall of 2009 for unknown reasons. On October 19th, 2009, Tally Hall began pre-production on Good & Evil.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TallyHall/status/5012668151 Tally Hall tweet about their first day of pre-production.]</ref> This would include rehearsing and figuring out which songs would fit on the album. The working title of the record was to be "A Coincidence of Contradictions".<ref name="JH2019I">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g7t-2gaQxO0wZ187M5epjiocUdbZs8alQysD7H71xPg/ 2019 Joe Hawley interview.]</ref> It isn't known when this name was scrapped. | On [[Twitter]], Tally Hall would announce they would be recording a new album sometime in the summer of 2009.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TallyHall/status/1719518832 Tally Hall tweet about recording in summer of 2009.]</ref> This would be rescheduled to the fall of 2009 for unknown reasons. On October 19th, 2009, Tally Hall began pre-production on Good & Evil.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TallyHall/status/5012668151 Tally Hall tweet about their first day of pre-production.]</ref> This would include rehearsing and figuring out which songs would fit on the album. The working title of the record was to be "A Coincidence of Contradictions".<ref name="JH2019I">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g7t-2gaQxO0wZ187M5epjiocUdbZs8alQysD7H71xPg/ 2019 Joe Hawley interview.]</ref> It isn't known when this name was scrapped. | ||
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The first day of recording would begin at [http://www.sunsetsound.com/ The Sunset Sound Factory] on October 26th, with Grammy-nominated producer [[Tony Hoffer]] and engineer [http://www.toddburke.com Todd Burke]. Unlike many other artists, Tally Hall was given full creative control by Atlantic Records over Good & Evil, which helped with the general experience of making it.<ref name="AnnArborWebsiteRobInterview">[http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/tally-hall-preview/ AnnArbor.com interview, March 5th 2010]</ref> | The first day of recording would begin at [http://www.sunsetsound.com/ The Sunset Sound Factory] on October 26th, with Grammy-nominated producer [[Tony Hoffer]] and engineer [http://www.toddburke.com Todd Burke]. Unlike many other artists, Tally Hall was given full creative control by Atlantic Records over Good & Evil, which helped with the general experience of making it.<ref name="AnnArborWebsiteRobInterview">[http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/tally-hall-preview/ AnnArbor.com interview, March 5th 2010]</ref> | ||
It was revealed that they were recording 16 songs on [[Ross Federman]]'s [[Twitter]] account, but when asked at a concert later on, it was said that they had 14 songs, so it is assumed that those either became [[Fate Of The Stars]], or were 2 other songs that were scrapped. These could've been [[Murders]] or [[I'm Gonna Win]], as they were in contention for Good & Evil.<ref name="JH2019I"></ref><ref name="THUSTREAM2011">[https://www.hiddeninthesand.com/blogs/news/2011/06/tally-halls-ustream-wrap-up/ Tally Hall's uStream Wrap Up.] (June 17th 2011).</ref> | It was revealed that they were recording 16 songs on [[Ross Federman]]'s [[Twitter]] account,{{cn}} but when asked at a concert later on, it was said that they had 14 songs, so it is assumed that those either became [[Fate Of The Stars]], or were 2 other songs that were scrapped. These could've been [[Murders]] or [[I'm Gonna Win]], as they were in contention for Good & Evil.<ref name="JH2019I"></ref><ref name="THUSTREAM2011">[https://www.hiddeninthesand.com/blogs/news/2011/06/tally-halls-ustream-wrap-up/ Tally Hall's uStream Wrap Up.] (June 17th 2011).</ref> | ||
On November 26th, Tally Hall completed tracking at 1:38am, leaving them one day to prepare for their tour with Rooney and Crash Kings. The tour lasted from November 27th<ref>[https://twitter.com/TallyHall/status/6129324881 Tally Hall tweet about the first day of their tour with Rooney and Crash Kings.]</ref> to December 20th, 2009.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TallyHall/status/6878192028 Tally Hall tweet about their final night of touring in 2009.]</ref> This tour also featured the refined instrumentation for the album tracks, including [[Rob Cantor]] performing lead vocals on his song You & Me. | On November 26th, Tally Hall completed tracking at 1:38am, leaving them one day to prepare for their tour with Rooney and Crash Kings. The tour lasted from November 27th<ref>[https://twitter.com/TallyHall/status/6129324881 Tally Hall tweet about the first day of their tour with Rooney and Crash Kings.]</ref> to December 20th, 2009.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TallyHall/status/6878192028 Tally Hall tweet about their final night of touring in 2009.]</ref> This tour also featured the refined instrumentation for the album tracks, including [[Rob Cantor]] performing lead vocals on his song You & Me. | ||
In January of 2010, Rob made a note to [[hiddeninthesand.com]] about the album, reading "''We're currently finishing up the mixes and very excited about the new album. can't wait for everyone to hear it...''" hiddeninthesand.com predicted the release date to be no earlier than June 2010, but more likely to be summer 2010. | In January of 2010, Rob made a note to [[hiddeninthesand.com]] about the album, reading "''We're currently finishing up the mixes and very excited about the new album. can't wait for everyone to hear it...''" hiddeninthesand.com predicted the release date to be no earlier than June 2010, but more likely to be summer 2010.{{cn}} | ||
On January 28th, 2010 Tally Hall posted a blog on [http://www.myspace.com MySpace] indicating they had completed production on the album and had turned the album into [[Atlantic Records]] for review. In an interview with AnnArbor.com two months later, Rob revealed the name of the album, "Good & Evil". Despite this, no release date was publicly revealed and it was assumed to still be released in the summer of 2010.<ref name="AnnArborWebsiteRobInterview"></ref> One song from the album, You & Me, was debuted by Ann Arbor’s 107.1 on March 9th, indicating the album would release later in 2010. | On January 28th, 2010 Tally Hall posted a blog on [http://www.myspace.com MySpace] indicating they had completed production on the album and had turned the album into [[Atlantic Records]] for review.{{cn}} In an interview with AnnArbor.com two months later, Rob revealed the name of the album, "Good & Evil". Despite this, no release date was publicly revealed and it was assumed to still be released in the summer of 2010.<ref name="AnnArborWebsiteRobInterview"></ref> One song from the album, You & Me, was debuted by Ann Arbor’s 107.1 on March 9th, indicating the album would release later in 2010. | ||
Meetings between the band and Atlantic Records during April 2010 were supposed to conclude with a release date, but seemingly went unwell and some speculated that the album had been moved to a 2011 release date. On July 4th, 2010, an interview with AnnArbor.com would reveal that the release date was moved to sometime in 2011, but that Atlantic Records remained optimistic about the album.<ref name="AAinterview">[http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/tally-hall-column/ Interview with AnnArbor.com] when Rob first reveals a "2011" release date ETA for Good & Evil</ref> | Meetings between the band and Atlantic Records during April 2010 were supposed to conclude with a release date, but seemingly went unwell and some speculated that the album had been moved to a 2011 release date. On July 4th, 2010, an interview with AnnArbor.com would reveal that the release date was moved to sometime in 2011, but that Atlantic Records remained optimistic about the album.<ref name="AAinterview">[http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/tally-hall-column/ Interview with AnnArbor.com] when Rob first reveals a "2011" release date ETA for Good & Evil</ref> | ||
===Back to Quack!=== | ===Back to Quack!=== | ||
After a nearly 4 year long partnership, Tally Hall would mutually part with Atlantic Records sometime in early 2011.<ref name="MCAMGITH">[https://mycarandmyguitar.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/interview-tally-hall/ My Car and My Guitar Interview with Joe and Zubin.]</ref> In the split, they were allowed to keep Good & Evil and so, they once again signed with [[Quack!Media]] to release it on '''June 21, 2011''', with a tour supporting it in July and August of 2011.<ref>[https://www.hiddeninthesand.com/blogs/news/2011/02/back-to-quack/ Back to Quack. (2011). hiddeninthesand.com post</ref> | [[File:Good-evil-advance-cd-2.jpg|right|thumb|Good & Evil Advance CD, made for radio stations and media outlets for review. The CD features the album [[Good & Evil]] in it's entirety]] | ||
[[File:Goodeviladvancerestored.jpg|right|thumb|The Advance CD's unique cover artwork]] | |||
After a nearly 4 year long partnership, Tally Hall would mutually part with Atlantic Records sometime in early 2011.<ref name="MCAMGITH">[https://mycarandmyguitar.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/interview-tally-hall/ My Car and My Guitar Interview with Joe and Zubin.]</ref> In the split, they were allowed to keep Good & Evil and so, they once again signed with [[Quack!Media]] to release it on '''June 21, 2011''', with a tour supporting it in July and August of 2011.<ref>[https://www.hiddeninthesand.com/blogs/news/2011/02/back-to-quack/ Back to Quack. (2011). hiddeninthesand.com post]</ref> | |||
On May 2nd 2011, the first single from Good & Evil, "You & Me" was officially released on Consequenceofsound.net and YouTube.<ref name="CoS-YouAndMe">[http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/check-out-tally-hall-you-me-cos-premiere/ Link to release of You & Me on CoS]</ref> The next day, the limited edition deluxe version of Good & Evil was made available for pre-order on the Quack! Media web store.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TallyHall/status/65582743681105921 Tally Hall tweet about the Good & Evil preorder being available.]</ref> With this edition were a trophy, a photo from the [[Welcome To Tally Hall]] music video, a ticket from [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Place)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]], some [[Merchandise#Vending_Machine_Prizes|forehead tattoos]], and a placard from their 9/17/2008 performance at Club Largo in Los Angeles.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1suEfp0EEc Unboxing Tally Hall's Good & Evil.] YouTube.</ref> | On May 2nd 2011, the first single from Good & Evil, "You & Me" was officially released on Consequenceofsound.net and YouTube.<ref name="CoS-YouAndMe">[http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/check-out-tally-hall-you-me-cos-premiere/ Link to release of You & Me on CoS]</ref> The next day, the limited edition deluxe version of Good & Evil was made available for pre-order on the Quack! Media web store.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TallyHall/status/65582743681105921 Tally Hall tweet about the Good & Evil preorder being available.]</ref> With this edition were a trophy, a photo from the [[Welcome To Tally Hall]] music video, a ticket from [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Place)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]], some [[Merchandise#Vending_Machine_Prizes|forehead tattoos]], and a placard from their 9/17/2008 performance at Club Largo in Los Angeles.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1suEfp0EEc Unboxing Tally Hall's Good & Evil.] YouTube.</ref> | ||