{"id":1616,"date":"2007-07-15T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-15T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2025-05-14T19:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T07:35:17","slug":"strangers-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/bands\/2007\/07\/strangers-weight","title":{"rendered":"Strangers: Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">We did <em>Weight<\/em> in with Troy Kelly from STL studios, and James Plotkin from Khanate mastered it. That was a massive undertaking for all of us; I don\u2019t think we\u2019d ever done a real album album before, and we spent a lot of money and planned the whole thing meticulously\u2026 I think that record sold out in New Zealand, and we got decent reviews in the States for it too. Rich Burns, who later joined on guitar (former GSH guitarist) made a short documentary about the recording process and I talk all kinds of mad, half-baked bullshit throughout. <\/p>\n<cite>Rhydian Thomas<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Released<\/strong><\/td><td>2007, July 15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Label<\/strong><\/td><td>none<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Formats<\/strong><\/td><td>CD\/ DL<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Recorded<\/strong><\/td><td>STL Audio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Producer<\/strong><\/td><td>Troy Kelly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Engineer<\/strong><\/td><td>Troy Kelly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cover art<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Rhydian Thomas &#8211; vocals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Michael Schibli &#8211; guitar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">James Murray &#8211; guitar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Kalem O&#8217;Brien &#8211; bass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Jason Gascoigne &#8211; drums<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 786px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2099500806\/size=large\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=ffffff\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/strangersandfuckers.bandcamp.com\/album\/weight\">Weight by Strangers<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EBCijkiYh_I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We did Weight in with Troy Kelly from STL studios, and James Plotkin from Khanate mastered it. 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