'A God Among Insects' is our first album.
It was recorded by Shaun Lowe @ Prism Studios, Stoke-on-Trent between the 24th-27th November 2003 and was released on the now expired Calculated Risk records as a 3" CD in the summer of 2004.

We chose to record at Prism as we liked some the records that Shaun had done, specifically one by the now defunct band Future Adventures, and even more specifically because of the awesome drum sound he captured on there. It turns out that the drums were recorded separately to the rest of the instruments which was why they sounded as roomy as they did. We didn't know this until we got there. We were recording completely live, hence the lack of a big drum sound. Listening to them now these songs would've sounded ridiculous had the drums been 'roomy' so I suppose it worked out for the best...maybe.
Everything was recorded live and in the same room over a two day period. Double tracking and vocals were added on the third day and the mixing was done on the day after.

Why am I even bothering to fill you in on all of this? Because if there are two things I love dearly it's records and geek facts.

Tagged onto the tail of this album is an unreleased demo version of 'Cum to My Techno Party' which was recorded by Mark Simms in the downstairs room @ Hall Place, Leeds on 11th November 2002. It was recorded along with two other songs (one of which was never released and was barely played live) as part of the 'Death by Umbongo' session for a split 7" w/ Kill Yourself which came out on Obscene Baby Auction/Decavity Records in 2003. Death by Umbongo is available as a free download here: obscenebabyauction.bandcamp.com/album/lot-003-humanfly-kill-yourself-split-7-inch

We hope you enjoy this.

Thanks to the following people for their generous support and contributions:

Martin Ives, Paul Steere, Andrew Swift, Aisha Ali-Sutcliffe, Jen Chubb, Lucy Canter, Joe Mask, Ed Godby & Dave Hopkinson, Dom Claire, Mark Swinney, Shaun Lowe, Owen Packard, Paul Priest and the brother Andy 'The Madness' Baldwin (RIP).

Your contributions to this band have been greatly appreciated. Thank you.