Terror of the Deep’s third album Space Epic has travelled some miles. Originally written and recorded in Wellington, New Zealand in 2013, the nine-track album was mastered by Matt Bullimore in Oakland, California and released digitally by the band in 2015. Cool Christchurch label Melted Ice Cream released a digital version and now New York label Selection Records are taking care of the vinyl release. Space Epic indeed.The band put their own twist on soft rock, 1970s-inspired prog and classic indie guitar melodies to create a beautiful sound that is both familar and new. If they were a fabric we're tipping they'd be corduroy.Ahead of the album’s new vinyl incarnation we caught up with the band’s William Daymond to find out what's new with the band.Noisey: You just played at a New Zealand winery. Were you paid in Sauvignon blanc?
William Daymond: Alas we didn't get paid in wine but we did get to try some of their wine, which was delicious. Their Pinot Noir was most delectable but if I had to recommend one of their wines I'd choose the Riesling.The album has some history Do you have anything else planned for it?
I think three formats is more than enough for the time being. We are going back into the studio soon to start work on our fourth album so that is what we are concentrating on at the moment. Several of our friends have told us that we should get our first full length album Permanent Weekend pressed on vinyl, which will hopefully happen one day.When did the proggy/psych like tendencies start to creep into your sound?
These prog tendencies you speak of first became apparent on Permanent Weekend, and in particular the song “One In A Zillion”, which contained a hippie freak-out of sorts with bongos, acoustic guitar and synth. This was continued on the 2012 E.P. Death Of The Gideon with the song “Model Train Village”, which is like a psychedelic nightmare complete with chanting Gregorian Monks.The album has a cosmic/astral feel. Can you see the stars from Wellington very well?
Most definitely. There are not to many stars on the ground here in Wellington, but there are heaps in the sky!The font on the album cover gives that away. Is that ‘Wizard Times Roman’?
It's funny you should mention that font as after completing the artwork for the digital release, when it came time to replicate it for the 12" vinyl template no one could remember what it was called, and despite exhaustive searching online we just couldn't find it again. So if you look closely, the fonts on the digital and vinyl are slightly different as we could never find the original one we used!
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William Daymond: Alas we didn't get paid in wine but we did get to try some of their wine, which was delicious. Their Pinot Noir was most delectable but if I had to recommend one of their wines I'd choose the Riesling.The album has some history Do you have anything else planned for it?
I think three formats is more than enough for the time being. We are going back into the studio soon to start work on our fourth album so that is what we are concentrating on at the moment. Several of our friends have told us that we should get our first full length album Permanent Weekend pressed on vinyl, which will hopefully happen one day.When did the proggy/psych like tendencies start to creep into your sound?
These prog tendencies you speak of first became apparent on Permanent Weekend, and in particular the song “One In A Zillion”, which contained a hippie freak-out of sorts with bongos, acoustic guitar and synth. This was continued on the 2012 E.P. Death Of The Gideon with the song “Model Train Village”, which is like a psychedelic nightmare complete with chanting Gregorian Monks.The album has a cosmic/astral feel. Can you see the stars from Wellington very well?
Most definitely. There are not to many stars on the ground here in Wellington, but there are heaps in the sky!The font on the album cover gives that away. Is that ‘Wizard Times Roman’?
It's funny you should mention that font as after completing the artwork for the digital release, when it came time to replicate it for the 12" vinyl template no one could remember what it was called, and despite exhaustive searching online we just couldn't find it again. So if you look closely, the fonts on the digital and vinyl are slightly different as we could never find the original one we used!
The vinyl version of 'Space Epic' will be available from Selection Records soon.