Kash’d Out releases Casual Encounters acoustic reggae album

Photo courtesy of Kash’d Out.

Orlando-based reggae band, Kash’d Out, released its first acoustic album, Casual Encounters, on March 5th. Dailyreggae.com listened to the album and we are loving the vibes! The album is made up of songs from the band’s first two albums, 2017’s The Hookup and 2019’s Undercover. We caught up with the band’s bassist, Joey Brohawn, to learn about the album’s creative process!

What was it like recording this more acoustic album and how did that differ from your previous two albums?

One big difference is that with acoustic it’s a whole different vibe and energy. The way we record is a lot of rock theory. You need drums, electric guitar, electric bass, and those instruments to really fill out the sound for the most part. With acoustic it’s about bringing it back and adding tasty layers. I simplified a lot of my bass lines because when you listen to something acoustic, you’re not wanting the bass to go bumping and crazy all the time.

I used to watch the old MTV live acoustic shows. Those were awesome because no instrument was overpowering another. It was all balanced and this is what this album was kind of like. We got to re-imagine a lot of songs, which was cool, and also bring a whole new vibe.  

Did you do a lot of live tracking as a band as a whole, or was it single individual parts and you came up with the parts during the recording process?

We jammed to the songs individually and then together to map out how the drums were going to be. Like whether a song would have a lot of a kit sound in it, or if a song would have miscellaneous drums like bongos and percussion. We had to plan some of that on the fly but had a good rough idea of what we were doing before we stepped up.

It was awesome seeing Jackson, our guitarist, really develop his part during this. The new parts he came up with on this album are amazing. It’s an acoustic album, so the acoustic guitar is playing a big part. Jackson has a huge strength with his acoustic guitar playing. It’s always a real pleasure to see it take over more than how it would on a regular album.

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The third song on the Casual Encounters album, Good at Gettin’ By, is the Daily Reggae Song of the Day.