Quarantine Diaries: San Cisco Are Rehearsing & Releasing A New Album, ‘Between You And Me’

As the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic continues to rock the music industry, GRAMMY.com reached out to a few musicians to see how they were spending their days indoors. Today, Jordi from San Cisco shares his Quarantine Diary. San Cisco's new record, Between You And Me, is out now.

Hey! Jordi here from San Cisco. I’ve been asked to give you a little rundown of a usual day for me here in Western Australia. We are very privileged in our state to have no community transmission of COVID-19 and the only cases we have are from returning travelers. Anyone who enters our state can only do so with permission, and if they are allowed in they are required to spend two weeks in isolation in a guarded hotel room. These rules and regulations seem to work pretty well for WA, but unfortunately, the security over East was a little relaxed and there has been another large outbreak. Honestly, I think COVID-19 is just going be a part of our lives until they find a successful vaccine.

[8:30 a.m.] I wake up at my girlfriend's house. It’s a bit of a sleep-in because it's Sunday and we went to a gig last night at our local venue, Mojos, to watch her housemate Jay Grafton play. She was supporting some other great local acts, Adrian Dzvuke and Teischa. In WA, we are allowed to run music venues at half capacity.

I lay in bed for a while reading the ABC News and waiting for the rest of the house to wake up. It's a small place and you can’t move around much without waking up some sore heads.

[9:15 a.m.] Still no one has woken up. I’m selecting photos from a photo shoot we did with Liv yesterday of our new merch range. I’m really keen for a coffee.

[9:45 a.m.] I've had enough of waiting for these hung doggies, so I get up and walk down the road to the shops where they sell very good/cheap croissants.

[10:30 a.m.] Make tomato cheese toasted croissants for the house and drink a stove top coffee with oat milk. It was amazing.

[11:30 a.m.] Head back to my place where I live with Josh (the guitarist in San Cisco). Put my towels in the wash because it looks like a nice day to dry some towels quickly. Practice a few songs for a rehearsal we have later today.

[12:30 p.m.] Our tech guy James comes 'round to get the last few things sorted for our rehearsal and performance the next day. We planned to do a pretty simple set-up in our home studio and play some songs off of our new record as a bit of a thing to celebrate the releasing our record Between You And Me. It has turned into anything but simple, I think it's gonna be good though……

[2:00 p.m.] Remember to hang out towels.

[3:00 p.m.] Finish setting everything up. Our downstairs garage is now a control room. Walk across the road to grab a sandwich.

[3:30 p.m.] James (Piano) and Scarlett (Drums) arrive.

[4:00 p.m.] Start rehearsing the set without our bass player Mitch because he is coming off the back of a cold and no one wants to risk getting sick.

Side note: One of the few outcomes I have liked from COVID-19 is how careful everyone is with getting sick now. If someone gets a cold, they just stay home or wear a mask. I hope that stays with us post-COVID. I'm always scared of getting sick because I can’t sing when my sinuses are f**ked.

[5:00 p.m.] A photographer/filmmaker Jarrad Seng is filming the performance tomorrow and he quickly drops by just to go through some logistics.

[7:30 p.m.] Stop rehearsing, I'm a little worried the neighbours might be off us.

[8:00 p.m.] It's been a long day and I've kinda been hungover all day, so Liv comes 'round and Josh, Liv and I order some yummy organic Chinese food from our friend's mum's restaurant.

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Quarantine Diaries: San Cisco Are Rehearsing & Releasing A New Album, ‘Between You And Me’

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