![News Added Feb 17, 2015 Deer Tick’s John McCauley and Robbie Crowell, ex-Black Lips guitarist Ian St. Pé, T. Hardy Morris of Dead Confederate, Six Finger Satellite drummer Bryan Dufresne, and Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin first came together in 2011 to record their self-titled debut. Though it was McCauley who brought the group together for […]](https://hasitleaked.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Diamond-Rugs-320x320.jpeg "Diamond Rugs : Cosmetics")
Deer Tick’s John McCauley and Robbie Crowell, ex-Black Lips guitarist Ian St. Pé, T. Hardy Morris of Dead Confederate, Six Finger Satellite drummer Bryan Dufresne, and Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin first came together in 2011 to record their self-titled debut. Though it was McCauley who brought the group together for that record, St. Pé and Dufresne were the ones to reconvene the outfit for Cosmetics.
They recorded last summer in Nashville’s Playground Sound, the same studio where they made their debut. Not only was the location the same, but the method as well, with everything cut to one-inch 8-track tape. Of working with so many parts (a three-piece horn section, synths, organs, guitars, multiple vocals, etc.) in such restrictive space, St. Pé said, “If you give yourself those limitations, you kind of have to live with things as they are. But those imperfections are perfection — and they’re a big part of Diamond Rugs’ sound.”
That sound is all about letting loose and having fun. “Cosmetics are products you put on your body to make you feel good,” St. Pé said of the album’s title. “Our music is the same. If you wanna be smart, read a book. If you wanna have a good time, come see the Diamond Rugs.”
