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In ‘Awakening’, Gustav sings ‘what have kick on and get back on track, which I think The album production was a great expe-
I done?’ When asked what sort of awakening is important.” rience for the guys, if at times somewhat de-
Gus may have had, Fraser says, “I think it In the Collins English dictionary, it says manding. Fraser loved the location of the
probably was to do with the relationship. It’s the definition of ‘Echoes’ is ‘the reflection of studio in Elmwood Park. “It’s in the middle
difficult to accept when things don’t go well. sound or other radiation by a reflecting of nowhere in New Jersey. We were half an
I think it was important for him to write these medium’. With the subject matter being very hour from New York. It was just a great loca-
songs and almost purge that situation, get reflective, it made sense to name a song, and tion to be in. It was snowing all the time.
his head around it. And I think it did help him. then the whole album, ‘Echoes’. “I think “It was quite a quick process, writing the
He probably wasn’t in the best place, but I that’s why we chose that song title to be the album, getting to the studio, recording, and
think through making this album, now he album title, because I think a lot of it is really I think what David Bendeth, who produced
has something to show from it. Now he can personal to Gus.” the record, was quite good at was getting us

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