Through a happy coincidence HIGHWAY PATROL had the chance to travel back in time. Wow! Following the invitation of recording and mixing engineer Eduard-Alexandru Popovici, the idea was to produce four songs in the spirit of the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were recorded and mixed on a vintage analogue console, saved and adjusted digitally and transferred onto real tape to introduce natural tape saturation. The final mastering was again done digitally.
As nowadays it seems quite easy to emulate the sound of the past via a few digital plug-ins, this process meant quite a detour for the band – or was it? Because the tracks were recorded analoguely, a lot of decisions about sound had to be made very early on, narrowing down the infinite ocean of possibilities in digital production and therefore cutting right to the heart of the matter of: how do we want to sound?! And how thrilling a surprise to find out that the transfer to real tape added astonishing depth and character, most notably to the voices!
Their record "So Dry" once again sounds like going on a journey - which appears to have become the „signature feel“ of HIGHWAY PATROL. While "Trapped In The City" speaks of emotions heating up and melting away in the confines of the city, "So Dry" takes you out of town, breaking free from the strangely parching thirst for infinite enjoyment. "Wild Man" begs and screams for the attention of our lovers warped in their ambitions and eventually "Train" takes you on a rumbling and shoo-shooing journey to the heart of the sea.
Join HIGHWAY PATROL for the ride and get one of those limited 4-Song-Special-EPs. There's a rumour going around that there are just 150 copies available.
PHNTM110
VÖ: 19.09.2026
recorded & mixed by Eduard-Alexandru Popovici
mastered by Thomas Funk
all songs & lyrics by Highway Patrol
layout by Marius "Ugly Kid" Kowitz
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