![]() A boyfriend back then gave her a Roy Orbison CD that was so well loved it became scratched to the point where a peak in “Only the Lonely” fell into distortion. fashion seems to be a criterion for Dahl, 26, who started Sloppy Jane 11 years ago as a high school student in Los Angeles. Realizing big ambitions and singular visions in a D.I.Y. Additionally, the project was funded not by a record label, but by credit cards, a GoFundMe campaign and the kindness of others, including the owner of Lost World, Steve Silverberg, who allowed the band to use the cave free as long as they recorded outside of business hours. Having done her homework on caves, which included trips to more than 30 scattered across the country over a year and a half, Dahl was aware that the conditions would be grueling. Over two weeks, Dahl, 21 musicians and a film crew endured a constant temperature of 53 degrees Fahrenheit and numerous round trips through a long, sloped tunnel. Five band members needed a day to get the piano into position and another one to get it out. Because of the humidity, the recording equipment was relocated to a car parked at a nearby grate aboveground. At Lost World, the cave dripped, echoed and randomly hummed. But recordings are rare, for good reason. ![]() ![]() Subterraneous settings can lend music a beautiful, ethereal resonance. ![]()
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