Monday, December 15, 2025

Brent McLachlan 1967-2025

I lost a very good friend this past Thursday.

Brent was a lovely, sweet, funny guy and a brilliant engineer who ran a NYC recording studio that was probably the best I was ever fortunate enough to work at. He more or less co-produced every one of the musical projects I've been involved with since 2012 (that's like six or seven albums and two solo singles, if you're keeping score).

He was also a terrific drummer and something of an indie rock star in his native New Zealand, first with the Sonic Youth-ish The Gordons and -- as recently as some gigs down under in 2024 -- with the more shoe-gazey Bailter Space.

I'll say it again -- this death shit is really starting to piss me off. And this time it's personal.

No comments: