Lee Fisher - Fawn Limbs - A Swarm of Invertebrate Fauna / Ruiner

This Lee Fisher drum play-through video features the tracks “A Swarm of Invertebrate Fauna,” and “Ruiner,” from Fawn Limbs’ new ‘Sleeper Vessels’ record. This new record is a mechanism that is both fine-tuned and beautifully disordered. Advanced, forward-thinking.

Lee’s drumming is both seemingly-effortless and inspiring. A very talented player with grind and jazz influence… what’s not to like? Seriously though… this dude is nuts.

Lee Fisher is a Pennsylvania native, born and raised. Upon discovering bands in the rock, jazz fusion, and metal territories, at the age of 14 he bought his first kit, started rehearsing, and emulated the bands and artists in those styles to learn and grow. His early musical growth included learning rudiments from Modern Drummer magazines and playing bar shows in a Top 40 cover band at the age of 16 and started gaining experience.

Mixed by Pedram Valiani at Outlier Sound. Mastered by Simon Hawemann at Sludge Studios. Guest vocals and lyrics on tracks 11 & 13 by Chad Kapper of Frontierer / A Dark Orbit.

The new record is simply outstanding and can be streamed and purchased here!

A Few Questions on the New Record:

SDM: Where did you record the latest record?

Lee: Each of us recorded our parts at home, with the exception of vocals, which were done in a proper studio space.

SDM: Who engineered the record?

Lee: We did. We’ve never used an external engineer, as we record everything ourselves, apart from the mentioned vocals. For that department, we’ve had someone else hitting record, so Eeli can focus only on not letting his brains slip out of his nose.

SDM: Who mixed/mastered?

Lee: The new album ‘Sleeper Vessels’ was mixed by Pedram Valiani at Outlier Sound, and mastered by Simon Hawemann at Sludge Studios.

SDM: Any different gear used to track than your normal kit?

Lee: Not really. My current set-up is for Fawn Limbs. And since I’ve been writing/tracking consistently (for FL) for the better part of the last 2 years, I’ve mainly added to this set-up, as opposed to changing it. I’ll remove/change things for other projects, of course.

SDM: How long did it take the band to write the album, and what’s the flow of the writing process?

Lee: The writing took about three months, from August to November last year. Eeli started to write the album out of nowhere before the release of our previous album, and the general direction was pretty clear right from the gates. More variety, more depth, a huge leap in difficulty. The last song or two took a moment to finish as we needed to space out a bit to keep everything consistent without repeating ourselves. That’s also why the album initially had only eleven tracks before we decided to go on and add that pair. Can’t remember which tracks those were.

SDM: How long to track your parts?

Lee: Each instrument took about two months, with the practice process included. Altogether, the whole recording phase took about seven or eight months.

SDM: What do you do between records to keep your stuff fresh?

Lee: We mainly focus on different aspects and angles of writing on each individual compositional cycle, and simply consciously push ourselves and our limits as much as possible.

SDM: Any new influences that may have played a part in your sound this time around?

Lee: Not really. Each of us listens to vastly different things and discover new stuff along the way, implementing what we individually see fit to our own instruments. There are a few nods on this album in the drum department, but other than that, we try not to focus on external impulses.