Patrick Porter (A Very Special Episode – guitar)
SPB: What was it like putting together your new record during a pandemic?
Porter: Honestly, it was very therapeutic to have something to work on during the first several months of lockdown. We were lucky enough to have most of the drums already tracked, so recording the rest of the instruments and vocals were easily accomplished at home done ourselves. There was some worry in the beginning of disturbing our neighbors but that never ended up being a problem. It’s wild to think how different the record might have turned out if the pandemic didn’t happen; “Fire Walk with Me” and the title track “Fix Your Hearts or Die” would not have existed and with far less time spent on the mixing and mastering process. We cannot endorse waiting around for a once in a lifetime pandemic to produce one’s first full length album, but it worked out for us!
