The Golden Age of Knowhere


The Golden Age of Knowhere is the only studio album released by the American band Funeral Party. The album was produced by Lars Stalfors with the exception of "New York City Moves to the Sound of L.A." which was produced by David Corcos, and subsequently on RCA Records.

Title

The title was inspired by Lord of the Flies with lead singer Chad stating, "I was just really into the idea of a civilization restarting but with a new mentality of, like, kids starting it up. Like something brand new."

Lyrical themes

"New York City Moves to the Sound of L.A." explores a sense of 'yearning for something to happen' rather than a rivalry of the two cities music scenes. "I was like, 'Fuck! I wish that we could just start our own thing.' And that's why I like being in a band. You kind of feel like that, like you're in your own tribe and you want to set out to start some sort of movement."

Recording process

The album was recorded in 2008 and a took a year to complete. The music was finished quickly but vocalist Chad had to return to the studio to do multiple vocal takes. Chad said of the recording process, "I was going through a break up-slash-getting with someone else, so at that point, my voice was more 'raspy sounding'. Later on, my relations were going fine, so it had more of a soothing sound."
Each band member went to the studio individually to record their parts for the album with no other band member present, adopting the work method of producer Lars Stalfors due to their unfamiliarity with working in a recording studio. Chad also said of the recording, "Our producer wanted to capture the individuality of each member and get them to put their passion into their parts."
The band didn't see each other for a month during the recording process except when they practiced.
Some nights spent recording lasted until 5 or 6am.
Each take was submitted to digital tape and then archived...

Track listing

B-sides and bonus tracks

Personnel