The Long Walk

The Long Walk is the third studio album by American industrial rock band Uniform. It was released on August 17, 2018 by Sacred Bones Records. Produced by the band's guitarist, Ben Greenberg, it is the band's first record to feature a live drummer: Greg Fox of Zs and Liturgy contributed to its recording. The lead single from the album, "The Walk", was released in June 2018. The album takes its name from the Stephen King novel of the same name. Background and recording Recording the previous releases with a drum machine, the band sought to incorporate a live drummer during the sessions for The Long Walk; they had toyed with the idea previously. Greg Fox showed up the last minute, as the first drummer had to quit due to an illness. The band took on a lengthy pre-production process to redesign their guitar and synthesizer rigs to adapt their usual setup for live drumming in studio and gigs; a hybrid acoustic and electronic drum kit was also built for Fox. Guitarist Ben Greenberg used a system of drum triggers and pedals to control synthesizers while playing guitar. In contrast to the past album sessions, the band recorded the arrangements live, editing arrangements as they play. Fox learned his drum parts on the spot. The sessions, which reportedly lasted for three days, occurred in the Strange Weather studio at Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the first half of 2018. Greenberg opted to use magnetic tapes for recording instead of computers: he wanted the record to "sound shredded but not lo-fi—a true tape recording,” likening the desired sound to "the dream sequence in ‘Terminator 2’ when the nuke goes off near the playground." A mini-documentary that documents the recordings sessions was released on July 10, 2018. It was shot by Revolver contributor Sean Stout mostly on 8 mm film.