In a brief window between lockdowns in the summer of 2021, Peterborough based rock and rollers The Weber Brothers found themselves faced with an oddly familiar situation.

"It was the second summer of the pandemic. So opportunities to play as a band were few and far between," says Sam Weber. "And we had quite a bit of material we hadn't recorded yet."

So the brothers called their friend and producer extraordinaire James Mckenty with an idea; to take a day and record the 5 piece band live off the floor. With Marcus Bowne on drums, Emily Burgess on guitar and Ryan "Rico" Browne as multi-instrumentalist, the group had a back catalogue of some 30 songs ready for the project.

"We had a lot of tunes we'd been doing live for a while. To me, the arrangements were pretty strong, and we'd played them enough to know what we were all doing. So why not take a day and try to bang them out live? It's an approach to recording we hadn't done in years."

McKenty rented a building in Gore's Landing (the same building where he would record Neil Young a few weeks later) and brought his mobile recording setup.

"When you work with someone like James, it's a real relief in that you never have to worry about the technical side. You can just focus on playing the music. And on playing together as a band."

What resulted is quite a feat: 31 songs recorded over the course of a 13 hour day. "In the Tangled Web", the second instalment in the collection called "The Water Street Trilogy" will be released in July. Part 1 of the trilogy, “Wild as the Wild Dogs” garnered critical acclaim, reaching #1 on Roots Music Report. The third part of the trilogy will be released at a later date.

"To me, this one goes deep into the night. Where the first one(“Wild as the Wild Dogs”) is kind of like getting ready to go out for the night, getting where you’re going and then burning it up....this one picks up from there....maybe starts around midnight or 1a.m., room still rockin’ a while until the bar closes and you got to head home....you’re wired, so you sit up a long time....right up into the wee wee hours....those can be some powerful hours."

The album comes with a dedication to the brothers’ teacher, mentor, and friend, the Legendary Ronnie Hawkins. “His presence is all over this album, and hopefully, we’ve done him and all the lessons he gave us some justice,” adds Ryan, “This for us is a constant goal.”