The Water Damage Sessions

The Water Damage sessions are a series of recording dates undertaken by American power pop band, The Paper Jets while they were still operating under their original moniker, 'The Invisible Solid.'

The Sessions
Sessions for Water Damage began in November of 2006 at drummer Frank Lettieri Jr's house following the departure of bassist Tim Ryan. The band had brought founding bassist Drew Novelli back into the fold, as well as former multi-instrumentalist Jeff Fiedler to oversee and produce the recordings.

Drum parts were recorded at Lettieri's house while additional instruments and overdubs took place at Riverview Studios in Bordentown, NJ with Russ De La Torre overseeing the majority of the engineering.

The sessions were stunted by quickly mounting tensions: Novelli's hasty comeback meant he hadn't had time to learn the songs properly; Lambusta and Fiedler's disagreements over production of the EP; Erickson and De La Torre's arguments over engineering and studio time.

Fiedler was first to leave the project. Lambusta was next. Then - following one final recording session on December 16, 2006 - Novelli and Erickson ceased all recording for Water Damage. The band itself would only last a few more weeks, playing out the remainder of their performance schedule before breaking up.

Track Listing (Composer)
1. Out Like Concrete (Lambusta)

2. Stay Back Here (Erickson)

3. Always Will (Lambusta)

4. Done It All (Erickson)

5. Stutter Step (Erickson)

6. Over Now (Erickson)

Credits & Release Information
Brian Erickson - vocals, guitar, saxophone

Bill Lambusta - guitar

Drew Novelli - bass

Frank Lettieri - drums

Jeff Fiedler - drums on "Stutter Step," keyboards

Engineered by Russ De La Torre and Frank Lettieri Jr

Mixed by Brian Erickson

Produced by Jeff Fiedler.

Release
"Stay Back Here," and "Done it All," were released on the band's 2011 compilation, Sorta Bored.