Pet Sounds Studio

Just as one might expect the album Pet Sounds was recorded within the studio Pet Sounds Recording Studio. It is located in Lexington, Kentucky and was founded by Robert Schneider and Jim McIntyre. Aside from the very famous Pet Sounds, many Elephant 6 albums have been recorded at that studio along with the Neutral Milk Hotel album. The Pet Sounds Studio was demolished in 1999, however was re-developed on the exact same site in 2008. The place was initially known as the “Sleeping Brotherhood” but Robert Schneider, one of the founders of The Elephant 6 Recording Co., liked to call it “Pet Sounds.”

The first official incarnation of the Pet Sounds Studio was created around 1997 after Schneider moved his recording equipment from his residence to his ex-Apple member’s Jim McIntyre’s residence at 1170 Elati Street. The studio in the house was decorated with detailed murals painted by Steve Keene, originally The Apples music video for “Tidal Wave.”

Recordings made in this studio include the albums:

1.       In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

2.       Dusk at Cubist Castle

3.       Black Foliage

4.       Hooray for Tuesday

5.       Tone Soul Evolution

6.       Her Wallpaper Reverie

7.       The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone