Bandcamp and recommendations

For those of you with audiophile inclinations, all of our records are now available on our bandcamp page in all high-quality file formats (FLAC, etc). I don’t really know much about these things, but I’ve heard it’s all the rage. Buy something and help us fund the next album, eh?

Speaking of the next album, it’s really almost done this time. I need to re-record a few vocal parts, and then we just need to have horns added to one song. Then we’ll send it off to be mixed and mastered. We can’t wait to share it with you!

If you’re looking for something good to read, here are three books I’ve read recently that you might consider.
Eating Animals / Jonathan Safran Foer
The Mezzanine / Nicholson Baker
The Anti-Matter Anthology / Norman Brannon

I’ll leave you with this video. A friend of mine works for the Swedish National Library and archived this recently… good stuff.

Misra Records… friends with benefits

Today may be a good time to tell you that we will release our next album with the newly-resurrected Misra Records! Check the Pitchfork article for some details and check the Misra Legacy Compilation Volume I page for the rest.

This is how we are feeling now:

(like these friendly supermarket carts)

p.s. I typed all of this with my left hand because I hurt my right hand slipping on ice tonight, and it took many minutes to complete. Be careful with your hands.

Favorites this year

In lieu of just a “best albums of the year” list, here are a few things I’ve been enjoying this year. I suggest you look into all of it…

+ Exit Through the Gift Shop (documentary)
+ The Mary Onettes The Night Before the Funeral (7″ single)
+ The Radio Dept. Clinging to a Scheme (album)
+ Daria (animated series)
+ smoothies for breakfast ingredients (not necessarily in order of appearance): blueberry, strawberry, peach, banana, pineapple, avocado, spinach, flax seed, protein powder, cardamom, cinnamon, hemp milk.
+ Sambassadeur European (album)
+ Fantastic Mr. Fox (movie)
+ Junip Fields (album)
+ dark chocolate
+ photography
+ cashews
+ Kings of Convenience Declaration of Dependence (album)

Most anticipated happenings of 2011?

+ The long-awaited fourth album from Starlet
+ The Dismemberment Plan reunion tour
+ Releasing another Bears album and having time to once again work on music
+ Figuring out what I want to do in life
+ Taking more photos