Band releases album recorded in GarageBand for iPad

04.04.2011
If you didn't foresee a band using the new to record its next album, you might want to get your eyes (and ears) checked.

lays claim to this achievement, as it is apparently the first band to record all instruments and vocals for an album using the iPad version of GarageBand for iPad. That 12-track album, , is now available in the  for $10; you can also stream it for free on the band's site.

The band, which writes "pervy pop punk" and "technologically obsessed new wave," told  that all the instruments used on the album were those included in the app.

Of course, the Ultramods aren't the first band to go all-in with the iPad to record an album. In November 2010, the alt-rock/fictional project band Gorillaz announced that it had recorded its next album, , entirely on an iPad, albeit with a variety of third-party music apps. While was released to the band's fan club members in December, it's currently available for , and will arrive on April 19 for the general public.