The Guards Themselves

The Guards Themselves is an album by New Zealand band, Minuit, that was supposed to be released during early 2005. However, during the production of "The Guards Themselves", lead singer Ruth Carr's left vocal cord was paralysed which delayed the production, and therefore, release of this album to 2006. According to specialists it was unsure if Ruth would ever be able to sing again. However Ruth managed to recover fully a year later and the production for "The Guards Themselves" was able to continue. Lyrically and musically this is a much more sinister affair than their debut. As well as the hard dance of elements that featured on The 88 there is also evidence of a more "rock" influence on "The Guards Themselves" opposed to The 88. According to Paul Dodge, It sounds bigger and fuller and a little bit harder and it has a lot more depth to it. He goes on to compare Minuit to a teenager, saying it's growing older. The Guards Themselves was mastered by Emily Lazar at her New York City mastering house at the lodge. Emily has worked with artists David Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Sonic Youth and The Prodigy. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gua...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)