- Music
- 01 Nov 13
Grammy winning engineer also working with Irish contenders
Hot Press has been receiving dispatches from Hollywood, where hot young Irish contenders Children of the Son are currently recording.
The sessions are being produced by Warren Huart, who has also worked extensively with Aerosmith and The Fray, among other leading rock 'n' roll luminaries.
"The recording has been amazing," a COTS insider told Hot Press. "Warren really loves the band. They've got on like a house on fire and are producing some brilliant work together, which is very artistic and edgy, but still has that Stadium-filling quality."
The sessions have also seen Children of the Son collaborate with a number of top flight session musicians and studio wizards, including engineer Phil Allen, who won a Grammy for his work on Adele's album 21, and keyboard whiz Jeff Babko, who has played with Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, Larry Carlton and Julio Iglesias. Babko is also the composer, arranger and keyboardist on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the late night talk show which airs on ABC.
The tracks being recorded for a planned EP include Children of the Son favourites 'Broken' and 'Colorblind', as well as 'Shine On', 'Save Me' and 'Do You Really Want Me'.
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The sessions have already sparked widespread record company interest.
"Children of the Son have the potential to be huge," Hot Press editor Niall Stokes said. "That's why they were included in our Hot For 2013 list at the start of the year. They have everything that a rock 'n' roll band needs to achieve lift-off – great songs, outstanding musical ability, a lead singer in Jack Matthews who has an extraordinary voice, a great image and an amazing work ethic – so I'm not at all surprised that record companies are beginning to put a shape on their offers. Children of the Son are on the cusp of major success – which is exactly what their music deserves."
Watch out for a photo gallery from the session, coming up soon on hotpress.com...