How to go
Who: The Boxcar Suite with the Nick Frye Band
Where: “Old” Yellow Cab Building, 700 E. Fourth St., Dayton
When: 9 p.m. Saturday
Cost: $5
More info: 937-203-8175 or
Artist info: www.theboxcarsuite.com
Tim Pritchard formed the Boxcar Suite to support his 2012 solo album, “It Shall Be Revealed.” Two years later, the group is releasing its first album.
The new effort, “Across the Vast & Deep,” expands on the jangly roots-pop of the frontman’s solo work to include hints of psychedelia and indie rock.
Pritchard (vocals, guitar) and bandmates Tony Moore (guitar), Phil Caviness (bass, vocals) and Trevor Bell (drums) will be holding an album-release show at the Old Yellow Cab Building on Saturday.
They sat down recently to discuss the stellar new recording.
Pritchard: “We’ve essentially been working on this for the past two years. There are some songs I wrote in the past, but a lot of the material really reflected the band coming together and going from a band that plays my songs to a band that takes my songs and creates something new out of them. It really has become greater than the sum of its parts.”
Building a team
Caviness: “There was almost a time where I was going to have to play drums. We talked about who we wanted to search for, and nobody was available.”
Bell: “I found out they were looking for a drummer from my wife, who was working with Tim at the time. She put the word in to him and I went over to try out a couple of songs with them. I guess they liked it.”
Moore: “I joined up with these guys a few months later. There were three or four rehearsals where we were testing the water. They were seeing if it would work, and it started working better and better.”
The sessions
Boxcar Suite recorded the material with Darryl Robbins of Motel Beds in the practice space/studio shared by both bands.
Bell: “It’s nice recording where we rehearse, because we know the sound of the room, and it’s equipment we’ve been using for a while. We know what kind of sound we’re going to get, so it’s a matter of getting good performances.”
Looking ahead
Moore: “We learned a lot making this record, so we were much more efficient by the end. It won’t be two years before the next record.”
Prichard: “We’ve actually got a couple of songs tracked for the next one, so the ball is rolling.”
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