Into It. Over It. is bassist Evan Weiss. His recent album, 52 Weeks, plays out as one part album, one part biography, and one part psychological case study. The whole concept was to write one song a week for an entire year.

“I’ve always written better on a deadline,” says Weiss. “I was stuck emotionally and musically and at a point in my life where I needed a change in direction. What better way to achieve change than to just throw myself into it? It was the driving force I needed to just start working on things and trying to better improve my songwriting and myself.”

Weiss had to follow a demanding schedule to complete his project.

“During 52 Weeks, I’d work nine to five, Monday through Friday. I would usually start writing riffs on Friday after each song went online.  By Saturday or Sunday, I would have something I was happy with musically. From there, I would arrange rehearsals with a drummer if I needed one, and we’d get one practice.  Monday and Tuesday was used to write additional guitar, bass, or lyrics. We’d record it on Wednesday and then the process would start over. Most everything you’re hearing are the first and only takes.

“If I didn’t set recording deadlines, I’d never get anything done,” continues Weiss. ” It’s the same reason that The Progress [Weiss’s former band] had only written about 20 songs in 10 years.”

Some bands struggle with recording an album of a dozen songs over the span of a year. Weiss was able to come up with fresh sounds and fresh songs once a week: “Every song’s subject matter was about something pulled from my life from that week.  The entire premise was to make it an audio autobiography. Every song has a story to go with it.

“In the early weeks of the project, we were still getting a handle on exactly how much we could get away with in a given week based on time restraints.  Once we got a little more comfortable it was easy to do more. However, deciding what kind of songs to write wasn’t an option. I was just trying to do my best to do what was appropriate to suit each song. I had joined Damiera around week 46. A lot of the time after that was spent rehearsing with them, still working full time, and also writing new songs. Then we went on tour during week 50.  I had to do weeks 51 and 52 in the van.”

Weiss is currently putting together material for couple of seven-inch singles for Into It. Over It.

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