IT was time to go back to basics when MAGIC DIRT returned to the studio earlier this year to record its fourth album Tough Love.
Determined to create an album offering a live sound, the band resisted the temptation of modern technology and took a simple approach .
``We wanted to be very particular in how we did the record,'' bassist DEAN TURNER said.
``The sound needed to be quite live and we spent a lot of time doing things the real way so we didn't have to correct it with a computer.
'' Although the process was time consuming, Turner said the band was happy with the result.
``It was mentally very hard to be in the studio working so long but we chose to do it like that because our favourite records sound that way and I think people get a little too dependent on computers these days.
'' After three months of recording at Melbourne's BIRDLAND STUDIOS , the band emerged with Tough Love .
As the title suggests, the album is has a running theme of love and relationships.
``Adalita did all the writing for the record and naturally a lot of the songs were about personal relationships so we decided that was something we wanted to explore with the whole album .
'' Tough Love follows the release of Magic Dirt's last album What Are Rock Stars Doing Today?, which spawned the hits Dirty Jeans, Soopaglue and City Trash .
Magic Dirt will perform at the CAMBRIDGE HOTEL on Saturday night with US trio BURNING BRIDES .
Tickets are $18 on the door.
Following the tour, Magic Dirt will perform at HOMEBAKE at THE DOMAIN on December 6 and join the BIG DAY OUT in early 2004.
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