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Lifehouse album combines live and studio
With 'Smoke & Mirrors', Lifehouse’s fifth studio album, lead singer/guitarist Jason Wade, drummer Ricky Woolstenhulme Jr., bassist Bryce Soderberg and newly added guitarist Ben Carey, along with long time producer Jude Cole, have created a set that combines their live sound with great record making.
'Smoke & Mirrors' started out with a mission to capture the live, rock side of the band; a sound they had perfected after three years of solid touring. Songs like 'Smoke & Mirrors', 'Wrecking Ball' and 'Had Enough' (with guest vocals by Chris Daughtry) have a very raw and stage-driven feel to them. However, after living with the early tracks and experimenting with others, a piece of the puzzle seemed to be missing.
Equal to their enthusiasm for the live sound, they also love to make studio records. After all, one of Lifehouse's greatest achievements is the tens of millions of radio spins garnered over the span of four albums, so to create a record solely focusing on the sound from their show felt off balance.
A trip back into the studio to experiment in more of a 'record making' effort produced tracks like 'All In', 'Here Tomorrow Gone Today', and the first single 'Halfway Gone' co-written by Kevin Rudolf. Songs sure to be heard on radio for years to come.
Date Posted : 10 Mar 2010