"The Earth is Black" was recorded to analog tape over an eight month period. While the album's process stretched out from December 2007 until July 2008, lapses in time gave way to line up and location changes.  Vincent Cacchione, the bands principal songwriter, began tracking in the New Jersey basement of a dear friend, Nick Coleman, on modest 8 track home recording gear. Most of the basics carved out in just a few takes, the duo of Cacchione and Coleman meticulously crafted each track