The Best
Nicotine Dolls
'The Best' was the first song ever completed at Harbor Studios' new location. The studio was so new that the glass between the control room and the live room wasn't even in yet, so we ran cables through a hole in the wall. Sam brought in a cover he had recorded at his home studio. We added drums, bass, and a few other pieces I don't fully remember, and then I mixed it. Getting the kick drum right took a lot of back-and-forth with the label before it landed. By then I'd been working with Sam and Abel for years, and this ended up being the biggest streaming song Nicotine Dolls have ever had, a real milestone for the band.