Dead Confederate - Wrecking Ball

And so the real hard work began. In early 2008 Dead Confederate hit the studio to make their debut album. Recorded over a month in Austin, Texas with producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, …Trail Of Dead) in the latter band's miniscule rehearsal space-cum-garage ("It was about the size of an average hotel room," laughs Senn) on ancient recording equipment, it was the culmination of ten years of work.

Wrecking Ball was the result and its release in September 2008 sent Dead Confederate spinning across America with their spiritual noise-fathers Dinosaur Jr then over to Europe with like-minded newcomers A Place To Bury Strangers in a touring cycle that hasn't ended yet.

In late 2008 Dead Confederate dipped a foot into the big time when they appeared on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Aside from reaching the living rooms of America perhaps more importantly they showed to their parents that there was potential in this here rock business after all and that their college degrees - Dead Confederate are an academic and highly literate band - weren't taken in vain. The lesson learned? Never, ever give up. Or maybe: build it and they shall come.
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