Bad Buzz?

We got word yesterday that our building is officially unsafe after Saturday’s earthquake. It’s been a bit of a weird ride as soon after the quake an engineer thought the building was mostly fine. We even started cleaning up.

Yesterday though we learned that the building has some pretty serious structural damage. Pretty soon after the CCC gave the building ‘restricted access’ status which means we can go in and get our stuff but we can’t work or be there long term.

So it really is an end of an era for us. We’ve been in the current premises for nearly 5 years and spent a huge amount of time, money and energy making it into a great place to be and record. We’ve had a lot of really great bands and friends help us along the way and support us so it seem like a good time to say thanks!

But we’re certainly not beat! We have set up a temporary mixing and audio post space at Ben’s house and we’ll be actively looking for a new space as of next week. We’re not sure where or what that will look like (or what we can really afford… eek) but The Sitting Room will be back at some point.

Our thoughts go out to all those who are far worse off than we are – people with wrecked homes, businesses with no insurance or in big financial trouble and those who are still anxious and frightened about what the future holds.

Today begins the huge task of dismantling everything in the studio and packing it up to be stored. Interesting times ahead!