Lo-Fi Funeral

Infobox Album
Name = Lo-Fi Funeral
Type = Studio
Artist = Heavy Weight Champ


Released = 2006
Recorded = Loop Studios, Perth, Australia
Genre = Hard rock
Length =
Label = sic squared
Producer = Jarrad Hearman
Reviews =
Last album = "Grey Filters" (2003)
This album = Lo-Fi Funeral (2006)
Next album =

"Lo-Fi Funeral" is the debut album from Perth, Australia heavy rock band Heavy Weight Champ. The band entered Loop Studios in November 2006 with producer Jarrad Hearman to begin tracking. Clint Boge of The Butterfly Effect and Ian Kenny of Karnivool provided vocals on the track "Twentythree Degrees", Nadine Harmeston of Celladore sang on "The Drama" and Anthony Cormican contributed piano on "A Darker Shade of Grey" with producer Hearman also playing guitar on that track. Karl Thomas of Shock One would later collaborate on "Twentythree Degrees" as well. Singer and guitarist Grant McCulloch and Jarrad Hearman would complete the final mix downs at Melbourne's Sing Sing Studios in March of 2006. The record was mastered at Melbourne's Crystal Studios. The art work was conceived by McCulloch and Joe Kapiteyn of Redroom Design in Perth is a tribute to the old Blue Note sleeves made famous by jazz greats in the fifties. In keeping with the aesthetic, lyrics were forgone in favour of track notes to give listeners a deeper insight into each track and its origins. Finally, on 6 May 2006, Heavy Weight Champ played at The Amplifier Bar in Perth to launch the album. The Dirty Secrets, Calerway and Karnivool played in support. "Lo-Fi Funeral" sold out of its initial national pressing in three days. It would also be named WAMi album of the month, hit number one on Perth's 78 Records local album charts, was voted into the top five Australian release of 2006 on Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" program and be named in the Top Ten releases of 2006 in The West Australian.

Track listing

#This Revolution
#Part 1: The Cause
#Among the Last Alone
#Worth Your Weight in Gold
#Blood Red Designs
#A Darker Shade of Grey
#The Ancient Art of Being Pushed Away
#Part 2: The Effect
#Olympiad
#The Drama
#Twentythree Degrees

Credits

*Grant McCulloch (vocals, guitar)
*Dean Miller (drums)
*Luke Copeland (bass)
*Clint Boge (vocals, track 11)
*Ian Kenny (vocals, track 11)
*Karl Thomas (beats, track 11)
*Jarrad Hearman (producer, guitar on track 6)
*Nadine Harmeston (vocals, track 10)
*Anthony Cormican (piano, track 6)
*Andrew Goddard (string arrangements)
*Alex Brogan, Sarah Ellison, Sophie Walker, Rebecca White (strings)