Until the Sky Falls

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Wednesday August 22nd, 2007

Mushroom Records

3 PM

* Kav's p.o.v. *

It's done! Finished! What am I gassing about? Our album! We're finally done! And it's fucking amazing if you ask me. I've already played it for Sheri, Marly and Damien; they love it. And the producer is stoked with it. I can't wait to unleash our first single on the public. We're going to have an exclusive release in a few days time.

The album release isn't until next month. Yeah I know, pretty quick after a single release, but we're confident. It worked for us for our last album. Oh, by the way, the single is also the title of the new album, the one the band decided on ages ago.

You remember that list? Well, that song Until the Sky Falls is our first single and the name of the record. I'd let you listen to it but, we gotta wait for the official unveiling...so yeah. I'm so pumped. And I know Stu and Joel are just as excited about it.

It's a very different direction for us. It might actually switch a lot of people off our music. But I could care less. It's still rock but there's a bit of an evangelical twist to some of the songs.

Anyways, I'm here at the studio right now with Marly and Sheri not really doing anything. It gets like that sometimes. Damien's here too, he's sitting next to Marly actually. Hah...those two...they're so...intimate with each other. He's always touching her, on the face, the arm, somewhere on her body; and she does the same to him.

I know they haven't slept with each other though. But, there's no rush there, hey. I mean it took Sheri forever to sleep with me. Just made it all the more better in my opinion. Anyway, Marly looks happy...she feels happy to me too, and I guess that's what's important.

She's been singing in the Church choir too, which has been real good for her. Getting involved in the community like that is probably something I would've done if I hadn't been in Eskimo Joe. Not in the choir, probably as a muso. A band member.

"Hey, Kav."

I brought myself out of the contemplation of my navel and looked across to Damien.

"Yeah?"

"When's the single release?"

"This Saturday, we're doing it online."

Damien chuckled.

"What's up with that?"

"What's up with what?" Marly peered over his shoulder. He turned to her and placed a hand on her cheek his voice soft when he answered.

"Well," he paused. "Simple Plan is doing exactly the same thing."

I watched as her eyes widened and her face went pale.

"How do you know that, Damo?"

He cradled her face gently.

"I've been keeping up to date...watching their site...I know you stopped doing it. But I thought you'd want to know. The first single off their album is called When I'm Gone...you want me to play the snippet Pat posted on the web?"

Marly was blinking rapidly. She glanced toward me. I shrugged gently her way.

She looked back at Damien who added quietly, "There are some new photos of the guys on the fan site as well. Hang on..."

He got up and disappeared into the back room, appearing moments later holding his laptop in his arms. He sat down between Marly and I and set it on the table in front of us, opening and switching it on. I leaned back and folded my arms not speaking. Marly leaned forward taking hold of Damien's hand; he squeezed her hand. He opened the web browser and clicked on the favourites list, then clicked on the link to SimplePlan.com.