Local H unveil re-recording of debut album 'Ham Fisted' - Gamers News

Local H have surprised fans with a special re-recording of a beloved album.

Today, the band unveiled ReFISTED, which finds the band reworking their debut album Ham Fisted. The new version was recorded by Greg Norman (Russian Circles, Neurosis, Kim Deal, Andrew Bird) at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio. The record is out digitally while physical copies can be pre-ordered here.

Guitarist/vocalist Scott Lucas said this about the new release:

“Not so much a reimagining — more like a do-over. Like retaking a test that you didn’t exactly ace the first time around. It seemed like a fun, easy idea — can you take songs that you wrote and recorded 30 years ago and breathe new life into them? Or give them a new spin? Are you a better songwriter than you were 30 years ago? A better musician? A better singer? Turned out to be one of the hardest records I ever made. It was like getting into a fistfight with myself at 24. I think I got a few licks in, but I walked out of there pretty beat up.

We’ve recorded parts of albums at Electrical Audio before, but this time I wanted the entire process —all the recording and mixing— to be done at Electrical. I wanted to sort of recast HAM FISTED as a Touch & Go record from the early ‘90s. Though they still probably wouldn’t have signed us.

We treated the original record as a demo. Sometimes that meant radically reworking and rearranging the song. And sometimes that just meant trying to record a meaner, heavier version of the original. And they were already pretty f—king mean and heavy to begin with. By the time I got done with vocals, my right arm was completely numb. I honestly think I had a stroke.

I also wanted this to be a family affair. I brought in multiple people that I’ve been playing with over the years. To represent the entire history of the band. So there’s Eric Oblander from Five Horse Johnson and Clutch reprising his harmonica performance from 2004’s WHATEVER HAPPENED TO P.J. SOLES? And then we’ve got horns on the song ‘Strict 9’ courtesy of Poi Dog Pondering’s Max Crawford — whom I’ve worked with before in my solo band Scott Lucas & The Married Men. And although I didn’t get every drummer I’ve ever played with to appear on this thing, I at least got three of them (including Ryan Harding and new guy Ronnie DiCola from The Arrivals). And sometimes we had multiple drummers playing together on the same song. Which is all cool, but since it’s a re-recording of a record I made in my early twenties, I felt like the record needed some new, younger blood. Like a vampire. I didn’t want it to just be lifers making reappearances like the ghosts of records past — so I brought in people from new bands that I dig. Like the dudes from Tuff Sudz and Deanna from Sincere Engineer — who knocked it out of the park on ‘Skid Marks’.”

ReFISTED comes days before Local H’s tour alongside Everclear and Sponge, which kicks off on September 4 at Regent Theater in Los Angeles. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets are on sale to the general public right now here.

Local H tour dates

September 4 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent
September 5 – Menlo Park – The Guild Theatre
September 6 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall
September 7 – Rocklin, CA – Quarry Park Amphitheater
September 9 – Medford, OR – Craterian Theater
September 11 – Bend, OR – Silver Moon Brewing
September 12 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theatre
September 13 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
September 14 – Seattle, WA – Emerald Queen Casino
September 16 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
September 17 – Livingston, MT – Pine Creek Lodge
September 19 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
September 20 – Lubbock, TX – Buddy Holly
September 21 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion
September 23 – Austin, TX – The Paramount Theatre
September 25 – Plano, TX – Legacy Hall
September 26 – St Charles, MO – Family Arena
September 27 – Kokomo, IN – Kokomo Concert Series
September 28 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
October 3 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns
October 4 – Sugar Hill, GA – The Eagle at Sugar Hill
October 5 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
Tuesday, October 07 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live
October 08 – Clearwater, FL – Bilheimer Capitol Theatre
October 09, – Fort Lauderdale, FL – The Parker
October 11 – Fort Pierce, FL – Sunrise Theatre
October 12 – Ponte Vedra, FL – Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
October 16 – Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre
October 17 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
October 18 – Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes
October 19 – Huntington, NY – Paramount
October 21 – Boston, MA – Big Night Live
October 22 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
October 23 – New Haven, CT – Toads
October 24 – Philadelphia PA – Parx Casino
October 25 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
October 27 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
October 28 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
October 30 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room @ Old National Cent
October 31 – McHenry, IL – The Vixen
November 1 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
November 2 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall

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