The Archives: 1–10

(Project Demo)
Released: December 25, 2008

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What started as an experiment to revive some “old” songs soon became the first installment of a project album series called “The Archives”. By 2008, Bryce Kalal (as Midnight Notion) had already written about 70–80 originals that had not yet been heard by anyone other than his closest friends. He challenged himself to record the first 10 songs—all of which were written when he was much younger—and produce them as if they were brand new. The end result far exceeded his expectations, and inspired him to plan for future releases of The Archives series.

The Archives: 1–10 features upbeat pop-punk songs about teenage love and loss, like “Girl of My Dreams”, “Roses”, and “7 Nights”. Each song is notably different from the last; from the sing-along ballad, “When the World Falls Apart”, to the fan favorite, “Slipping Away”, which gives hard rock/metal lovers a chance to bang their heads.

Listen

Lyrics & Track Notes

  1. When the World Falls Apart
  2. Novacaine
  3. False Hope
  4. 7 Nights
  5. Roses
  6. The Love Song
  7. Girl of My Dreams
  8. Slipping Away
  9. Karen
  10. Loser

Album Notes

Midnight Notion is:
Bryce Kalal – Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keys, MIDI

Produced, Engineered, Edited, & Mixed by: Bryce Kalal
Recorded & Mixed at Kalal Productions, Lakeville, MN from February 2008 to December 2008

Acoustic guitar on “Karen” recorded at IPR Studio 2, Minneapolis, MN in July 2007
Engineer: Josh Levi

Cover art by Bryce Kalal
All songs written and performed by Bryce Kalal

℗© 2008 Midnight Notion. All rights reserved.
Digital Re-Release © 2013 CD Baby Publishing

Trivia

All of the drums on this project album were programmed MIDI drums. Bryce drew every single beat from scratch, and adjusted them by hand. “Loser” is unique in that it was the first song he was able to program with a keyboard, essentially “playing” the drums on the keys, instead of clicking and dragging every note.

“When the World Falls Apart” and “Girl of My Dreams” were previously recorded in 2004 by Bryce’s high school band, Rascality. The demo was called A Day At the Fair, because Rascality played its first gig at the Dakota County Fair.

In 2008, the album was made available as a free download on midnightnotion.com, and included a .pdf document with the lyrics to each song, and additional album notes, thank you’s, etc.

Two songs on this record contain swear words: “The Love Song” and “Slipping Away”. At the time of recording, Bryce decided to censor the profanity with white noise—a decision he now regrets. Unfortunately, there are no uncensored versions of these songs.

Extras

Other Releases

A mostly black image with a large, glowing white moon in the center. The moon is rising over a flat, grassy horizon as the black silhouette of a man watches. Above the moon are two menacing white eyes, and beside it are two hands reaching for it. In white text in the top left corner, it reads "Midnight Notion," and white text in the bottom right reads: "Somewhere in Dreamworld."
Somewhere in Dreamworld (2019)

A black and white digital image where the bottom half is all black and the top half is white with a mixture of gray clouds. There are 6 robot-shaped silhouettes marching from left to right, walking on the black bottom half. In the background, there is a looming roman-numerals clock. Large white text reads "March to Midnight," and smaller white text reads: "Midnight Notion."
March to Midnight (2013)

A brown photo album with golden highlights. There is a golden roman-numerals clock in the center, and bold yellow text in the middle of the clock reads "Midnight Notion." Flowy yellow text at the bottom reads: "The Archives: 1-10"
The Archives: 1-10 (Project Demo; 2008)