The Pickpockets will be gearing up for another year of rocking, drinking and recording with their first show of 2012 on April 28 at Goose Island Wrigleyville (3535 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60657) . We will be playing some new songs as well as favorites off of our debut, By the Time We’re Through. Come out and join us!

Many thanks to everyone who came out to our record release show last week. We had a great time and hope you enjoyed hearing the album live. If you could not make it to the show, you can download or stream the album for free at music.thepickpockets.com. You can also order a physical copy for $5.00 + shipping.

Our debut album, By The Time We’re Through, is now available for you to stream at music.thepickpockets.com! We’re very excited for you all to finally hear it. Hope you enjoy it.

Start your Labor Day off right – come to the Pickpockets CD release party!

We will be unveiling our brand new CD, By The Time We’re Through, on Friday 9/2 at Goose Island Wrigleyville. Along with the price of admission, you will receive some face melting rock-and-or-roll, as well as a free copy of the CD in your hot little hands.

Hope to see you there!

The Pickpockets CD release show
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
9pm, $7
Goose Island Wrigleyville
3535 N. Clark Street

On July 2nd, 2008, I brought my laptop, my shiny new Alesis IO26, and bunch of microphones into our practice space to attempt to record one of our songs, Colour Shines. The idea wasn’t to be the next great one man band, but to convince the rest of the band that self-recording was a viable option for us. I’m not much of a drummer or keyboard player, and what came out of that late-night session couldn’t really be called “good”, but it sounded okay enough to convince the others to give it a go.

So on September 4th, 2008, we gathered together to begin recording the first song, Something Good. I picked it because it’s a relatively simple song, and we’d have much more complicated recording challenges to tackle. And so began the 3+ year odyssey of recording our debut album, By The Time We’re Through.

We learned quite a lot in the process of making this record. We got better at recording drums. We discovered that just because a vocal mic is more expensive than another, doesn’t necessarily make it the best one for Kiri’s voice. We discovered that democracy kind of sucks. I discovered that it’s perfectly possible to lay down a decent guitar track while watching Monday Night Football. We discovered that if my imagination were reality, this band would probably have 6 guitar players.

And so it went, until the last vocal tracks were laid down on December 18th, 2010. It’s been a long haul, mostly because we got distracted and decided to play shows, but we’re almost to the finish line. The album is due to be mastered tomorrow, and all that’s left is to then finalize the artwork, and then you’ll be able to hear it!