Connecticut-based quartet Eggy will release their long-awaited sophomore studio album, Waiting Game, on September 6. The 10-song collection was produced by White Denim's James Petralli.
Eggy - guitarist Jake Brownstein, drummer Alex Bailey, keyboardist Dani Battat and bassist Mike Goodman - recorded the follow-up to 2019's Watercolor Days at Petralli's home studio in Pasadena, California. The band had yet to perform any of the songs featured on Waiting Game live before entering the studio.
The four-piece previously previewed the forthcoming album by sharing lead single "A Moment's Notice." Bailey handles lead vocal duties on the track as he does for all songs on Waiting Game. Stream Eggy's "A Moment's Notice" below with another single due this Friday, June 7:
Eggy issued a statement detailing the making of Waiting Game. Read the note:
"This album is something we've wanted to make for the past five years, but funny enough, it only took us three weeks to complete. Planning for this project came about rather serendipitously, when Dani and Alex met James Petralli following a White Denim concert in September. By April, we had taken up residence at his home studio in Pasadena, sharing beds and sleeping on sofas in the control room. We didn't see much more than the four walls of the studio, save for the three blocks that surrounded, the two coffee houses within walking distance and the single sandwich shop around the corner.
Like many of our favorite albums, this effort captures a very specific moment in time. For us, that means the amalgamation of experiences from four friends who have lived in the same house together through the pandemic, and shared in the same van rides for nearly three hundred days touring on the road. To us this album feels like a step towards maturity, as it sees the acceptance and departure from our 20's (for most of us).
Alex, our drummer and lone holdover at 27 years-old, was ushered into the lead vocalist role for the entire record. This was entirely by design during the songwriting process. Being a band born out of a music scene that emphasizes the live rendition, we chose to go against tradition and record music that had never been performed before. There was a sense of freedom in the writing process, that we didn't have to imitate anything we had done before. Instead we felt encouragement to lean into every creative calling, push our own boundaries, and discover our limitations. A reflection of our own lives cemented over thirty-six minutes."
James Petralli also weighed in on the process, writing:
A couple months after I got set up in California I started a weekly virtual meeting with the group Eggy over coffee to talk about working on art. This is an activity that I enjoy very much and have grown accustomed to over the past few years. I loved this process with them. They were open and refreshingly communicative with one another. Each of them was committed to making their best work together. They were willing to dig deep and honor the small details in their writing and then in the recording. They were willing to disregard conventions and take risks as well. I'm talking massive dumb bendy dumpers in the middle of meticulously molded sonic landscapes. I kid of course but that's this world ain't it? Anyway-It was a joy and great privilege to host them and help them discover and create this work. I love these boys. They love one another and they love their music. It's a wonderful thing to behold. Preorder here.
