New Parks & Recreation Album gets the Green Light

I’m pleased to report that Jarkko Heiniö, the genius behind the production of Reclinerland (2011) and How to Save the World is working on mixing the third Parks & Recreation album, tentatively titled Every Road I Travel. Based in Stockholm, the Finnish producer Japi, as he’s nicknamed, has been working hard twiddling knobs to balance all the elements on the long-awaited new album.

Back in 2014 and ‘15, Bob and Joe and I went into Sean Flora’s Suburbia Studios on Suavie’s Island in Portland, OR and recorded the basic tracks. Production on the album stalled when I couldn’t scrape up the dough to pay orchestral players or find guitar plugins. After a while, technology caught up with me, and earlier this year I approached Japi to work on the album. To my delight, he agreed, and I’m happy to say that within a year the album is finally going to see the light of day!

The album will feature myself, Joe and Bob, and Sean Flora playing electric guitar. Jason Hughes will also be lending his guitar talents to the album, as well as my friend and colleague, the lovely R&B singer Anna Lande.

Here’s a sneak peek: the rough mix for the song On The Wet Streets of Seville (Semana Santa)