The early mix of "Summer/Winter" gave focus to Locke's lonely, midnight vocals and had a chilling, arctic effect that turned the catchy song into something special. Excited, I immediately asked if that was the final version; when they answered in the negative, I said, "You better not add any damn guitars to that." Locke agreed, insisting that he was taking the album in a different direction than the material I'd heard previously at Club Dada concerts and the like. That's not to say Calhoun will be a wholly transformed band come April 9, but its take on pop-rock is at least broadening in a positive way on the band's forthcoming record, which was just shipped off to mastering today, according to Pipes. I'll have to wait two weeks after WoSF for the CD release show at the Cavern on April 21 and see whether the mix I heard was preserved or whether they decided to "rock" it up. Hopefully, cooler heads prevailed. Arctic ones, even. -Sam Machkovech