Bassist!

We have a bassist, say hello to Emily "Killer" Graves

-EC

Our Friends Play Music

Here's where you can download it!

Thought Bandit
http://www.last.fm/music/Thought+Bandit/+tracks

Chung Antique
http://www.mediafire.com/?yzjymwyzm3n


We've been talking with Thought Bandit about doing a split for the longest time, maybe this fall it will finally surface? I would like to cover "Extension".

We also might do another split with Chung Antique.

Hopefully, Hopefully, Hopefully we will be able to press one or both of these on vinyl!

-Evan

Updates

So we haven't really updated this thing in quite a while, so I'll fill you in on the past several months. 

Since the last post we have:

1) Acquired Ethan Molomut on guitar and vocals

2) Arthur quit, being replaced temporarily by Mickey Vershbow and Oliver Buttleman

3) Replaced Mickey with Robbie Pruett 

4) Played a few shows, some good, some pretty horrible

5) Talked about recording an EP again, good luck on actually finishing it....

6) Wrote a few new songs, working on a few more

7) Played a few more shows, mostly good

So now you're up to speed.

Here is out upcoming confirmed itinerary:

Sunday April 26

2:00 PM at Le Voyeur

supporting Joe Lally (Fugazi)

All Ages! Bring a few dollars for Joe

Friday May 15

The Midnight Sun

with our dear dear friends Thought Bandit and Popcorn Advisor

All Ages! Bring a dollar or two to go towards offsetting the rental fee

Friday May 29

The Northern EP RELEASE SHOW!

w/ TBA

New Guitar Player

Hey we have a new guitar player, Ethan Molomut. We're psyched on this one guys.

-Evan

Ultimate 1.2 Hours of Being Alone PLAYLIST

Sorry for not updating this lately, Arthur and I have been busy working on a whopping 4 new songs, as well as arranging everything we've done prior in preparation for recording our EP this Winter... And we're still looking for a bassist, though right now it looks like I'll be covering everything but part of the keyboards which will be predominantly Arthur's domain, anyways so it's not like we're in a hurry.

Without further adieu, I give you my first playlist for you!

1. Cymbal Rush (live on Henry Rollins program) by Thom Yorke feat. Jonny Greenwood
2. Novena Without Faith by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
3. All World Cowboy Romance by Mission of Burma
4. Red-Eye by The Album Leaf
5. The Supine by Andrew Bird
6. Swallowtail (live) by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
7. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun by Pink Floyd
8. The Wrong Coat For You Mt. Heart Attack by Liars
9. Louven by Shipping News
10. Go Slowly by Radiohead
11. Washer by Slint
12. We Start To Drift by Shipping News
13. Ardoa Eta Odola II (Zigarroak Lokatzetan) by Lisabo

You Need To Get This Album

I got Shipping News' 3/4 on vinyl right before I came back out to Washington and after waiting nearly a month for my record player to come in the mail, I've finally gotten to play it. It comes on two disks, compiles their first couple EP's, and clocks in at just over an hour, easily an hour well spent. It begins with "Sickening Bridge Versus Horrible Bed", which might be the albums weakest track. It begins with a gently strummed acoustic guitar and gradually builds to include a meandering slide guitar and multi-tracked vocals, similar in theory to Elliott Smith's trademark vocal recording style. My favorite tracks are "Haunted on Foot" and "We Start To Drift". "Haunted on Foot" revolves around a basic guitar chord using the other instruments to build the intensity. The vocals sound especially haunting. "We Start To Drift" might be one of the greatest songs ever. It features a pulsing sub-bass synth and minimalist drums. The vocals are sparse and show Jeff Mueler (or Jason Noble, I'm not sure who sang on this track) at his most vulnerable. Literally a tear jerker of a song. "Paper Lanterns" appears on "3/4", as well as "Flies the Fields". This version features a driving bass with a more sample based accompaniment instead of "Flies the Fields" atmospherics-easing into a bass groove-easing into guitar cacophony. Anways, you should get this album, it's amazing. Rumor has it that they are coming out with a new album next year, I cannot wait.

Le Voyeur and Edmonds

Arthur and I are done with our latest slew of shows, starting last week down here in Olympia, and ending this weekend in Edmonds. These hopefully will be our last shows as a duo, as we've begun looking for a bass player. We managed to record our show up in Edmonds, and I'm working on making sense of the mix... my guitar sounds terrible... ack EQ-ing is no fun. Anyways, I'll be putting a few tunes up on our MySpace sometime soon, so keep checking back.

-Evan