The latest on the Jechoes debut album

For all of the Jechoes fans in Austin, San Marcos, Fort Worth and now globally due to Jess' amazing performances on The Voice, the anticipation is bubbling in hopes of the debut album of the Austin based band.

Due to Jess being on the Voice for over a month (close to two months) the band hasn't been able to work too much on their album. However, the return of Jess and their first live show in many months this Thursday at Taxi's in San Marcos, the workings should be getting close.

Jess & the Echoes performing at Taxi's in San Marcos in
February 2013. (Credit to Jess & the Echoes Facebook)

"The album is super close! I believe right now we have 10 or 11 songs on it and we still don't have a title. It's close but there are a few details we need to hash out," Kellner said in an interview a little over a month ago."

With Jess being in L.A. on The Voice, the rest of the band has done as much as they can to help wrap up the album. They are working with Austin-based producer A.J. Vallejo while their manager Donnell Robinson watches on.

"We've been working so hard on the album when Jess is in town," Cole Gramling said. "And when she's out of town for the Voice we can't do much, so we haven't had a chance to work on anything new in a while. But Jess is always full of song ideas and last month before Jess left for California we started putting together some new jams that might turn into songs."

Casey Savage as well as Cole have been recording their own parts in several tracks to give the songs a more "full sound." Cole mentions playing the organ in some songs as well as his usual piano rifts.

"Basically you can expect all of our original stuff, sounding really full," Gramling said. "We've arranged some of it slightly differently than people might be used to, in pretty cool ways. I think old and new fans will love it."

The band is confident that they are working with the right people in Vallejo and Robinson (aka M.C. Overlord) to make the album as good as it possibly can be. Casey thinks the experience Robinson has in the Austin music scene paves the way for Jess & the Echoes.

Robinson and Kellner performing together
has become a band tradition and a fan
favorite. (Credit to Jess & the Echoes)

"(Robinson) is in the Austin Music Hall of Fame and has seen a lot of talented artists come and go throughout Austin over the past 20 years," Savage said. "He has been a huge supporter of Jess since the first time he heard her sing."

"When someone like that is telling you that she is the real deal, she's got to know it isn't just a bunch of bull."

"I'm really pumped. With (Vallejo) producing the record, you know it's gonna sound amazing," Gramling said. "And we've got a few friends coming in to add extra background vocals too and that's gonna be killer."

Jess is just getting back from L.A. but has already mentioned goals of her band's future. Although they have yet to finish and release their first album, Jess is already hopeful for a second album with the continued help from Don.

"I would love for the echoes to get signed to a big label, go on tour and shoot, start writing for our next album," Kellner said. "Truthfully we couldn't have done anything without our Don! It's just a fact! He has stuck with us and step by step has helped us move up the latter to further our careers as musicians."