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evening fires is a quartet of pennsylvanians, featuring members of clear spots and nessmuk, as well as the brains behind the deep water acres website & label. they're busy guys, but still found the time last summer and fall to crank out a set of backporch jams and slipstream electric boogaloos. they get help on banjo and mandolin on a few tracks, too, beefing up the downhome goodness.
what really makes "figures of earth" such a stunning album is the diversity that doesn't take away from the overall flow. kraut-infused songs fit seemlessly next to something reminiscent of the black twigs. they don't fight it out, they just keep it mellow and roll on down the way. using an array of instrumentation from guitars, synths, and drums to saxophone, bodhran, and tabla, you get a lot of mileage out of these 47 minutes. the perfect soundtrack to your summer roadtrip. limited to 73 handnumbered copies.
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tricorn & queue is one of the centerpieces of the mighty housecraft label. they make drones that are so dreamlike and zoned-out that it's nearly impossible to get anything done. it feels like something from decades ago. "hidden entrances" leads to a world of ghostly remnants, washed in tape hiss and dressed-up in sunkissed colors. everytime i listen to this, i just drift away, making it impossible for me to focus long enough to write something intelligible. god i love this band. limited to 70 handnumbered copies. blue tapes, flourescent pink labels.
we're also doing a series of ajilvsga split tapes, highly limited, subscription style, with the likes of pete swanson, taiga remains, blue sabbath, black fiji, the futurians, acre, super minerals, saints, the unholy warlock, and more. there will be 30 subscriptions to this available, and some releases will be available in additional, limited quantites on their own. and then there's a massive 3" cd-r boxed set in the works for sometime in 2008.
we're accepting demos now. send tapes or cd-rs to the po box below. DO NOT email me mp3s!! i will just delete them and be annoyed at you for clogging up my inbox.
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