30.04.2009
The Disambiguation of Anonymeye
Named in honour of John Fahey, Mariah Carey, Wikipedia or all three, The Disambiguation of Anonymeye is the second full-length album from Brisbane experimental artist Anonymeye (aka Andrew Tuttle), and his first since 2006’s Anonymeye Hotel (Half/theory). In the interim, almost three years have seen scores of performances throughout
Inspired by the cities of Brisbane, Melbourne and Rotterdam, relocations, micronations, airports and new beginnings, The Disambiguation Of Anonymeye sees Tuttle add a variety of vintage synthesisers from the ARP, Putney, Korg and Roland stables to his signature blend of delicately fingerpicked bluegrass via country guitar motifs and alternately minimalist and punishing signal processing and electro-acoustic body of work.
Disambiguation is a combination of compositions and edited improvisations, created throughout 2008 in home studios in
From the layered neo-folk of ‘Hill Loop’ and ‘Janitor Of Luna Park’ to the punishing analogue electro-acoustic manipulations of ‘Memorandum 2’ and the processed guitar and synthesiser collaborations of ‘High Tea At Achterhaven’, Disambiguation is startling in breadth and utterly immersive in depth. Fans of the Jack Rose and John Fahey are just as likely to find something they love about this album as those obsessed with the microsound explorations of Fennesz and Keith Fullerton Whitman.
Although primarily the work of Tuttle, The Disambiguation Of Anonymeye also features musical contributions by Cameron Webb of Seaworthy and Tim Condon of
Having worked with Tuttle previously on the Phase Two 3” CD-R, sound&fury records is proud to present the next phase in the continual evolution of Anonymeye.
The Disambiguation of Anonymeye will be released on May 18th and available to be pre-ordered now. The first 50 orderes placed through this website will also receive a copy of De Jure Recognition, an exclusive 3" CD-R featuring four new Anonymeye tracks, including collaborations with ii and Marisa Allen.
25.03.2009
Sale of the Century?
Has the global financial crisis got you down? Is the impending collapse of global capitalism keeping you up at night?
sound&fury hears you. We understand. And we're here to help.
Which is why we're having a sale. We haven't had many sales. But we thought, why should manufacturers of plasma tellies be the only ones to reap the rewards of nearly two decades of irresponsible financial management? You out there, our faithful, gracious and (above all) patient customers and friends deserve a break as well.
So we've dug through our many boxes of stock (both s&f releases and distro titles) and gone completely postal on them. To see exactly what it is we've done, you should click here. Done that? Then you'll have seen that the vast majority of titles on that page are a mere five bucks - and that includes postage to anywhere in the word.
There's a lot of stuff there - from CDs by Lasse Marhaug and The Lost Domain and CD-Rs by Crab Smasher and Terracid to cassettes by Gerritt and Robert Horton. The vast majority of it is out of print, too, so this may be your last chance to pick it up.
This sale can only last until the end of March. At midnight on March 31, it's all over red rover.
22.03.2009
Hot distro action!
Summer is gone, and not a moment too soon. Now that it's actually possible to breathe again, we finally managed to update this site's shop page, adding a whole bunch of rad distro stuff we've had tucked away for a while. Let's see... there's stuff here on Thor's Rubber Hammer, pataphysique and Musik Atlach, as well as a new CD from Lakes, some metal action from Ironwood, a Scribbler 7" and a split tape from Ultra Bonbon and Grand Lungs. Here's the list:
CHARTREUSE: No More Paths to Sounder Sleep CD $17/$20
On the debut CD from Chartreuse, guitar melodies are weighed down by the murky and melancholic bliss of strings and loops swarming the headphones. The organ drones seep through the earth as if heard by a tape recorder buried underground. No More Paths to Sounder Sleep is a trance-inducing soundtrack to the end of the night.
NICK HENNIES: Paths CD-R $12/$15
First solo release of no-input mixing from Weird Weeds percussionist (and one-time Jandek drummer) Nick Hennies. But listening to the 24-minute work, you hear the echoes of Hennies’ studious improvisational approach with careful shifts of high-pitched feedback and his attention to (a)tonal in/sensitivity. Artwork by Andrew Drummond printed on heavy cardstock with a dark blue gel slipped into a mylar sleeve to reveal the text. Hand-numbered edition of 75.
IRONWOOD: :Fire:Water:Ash: CD $25/$28
Debut full-length from this Sydney-based progressive/folk metal quartet. On :Fire:Water:Ash:, Ironwood pay tribute to the great spirit of nature (that which sustains us all) with nine of epic hymns that sway from gentle acoustics to raging blackened metal. Packaged in a sumptuous four-panel gatefold with a full-colour booklet.
LAKES: Cloven CD $15/$18
When Sean Bailey, aka Lakes, originally released a vinyl edition of Cloven on his own Inverted Crux label late last year, it sold out almost immediately. Luckily, then, RIP Society (a brand-spanking new label started up by Nic from Onani, Bed Wettin' Bad Boys, &c.) has seen fit to reissue it in a digital format. This is what Foxy Digitalis had to say about the record when it first came out: "Cloven carries a heavy atmosphere of menace and a primitivist approach to both composition and technique."
LONG LEGGED WOMAN: Something is Pressing Against It From the Inside 7" $12/$16
Something is Pressing... marks the official introduction of the four-man Long Legged Woman. A lot has changed in just two years with the band recording everything from swampy blooze-rock and tape collage-noise to ghostly psych-folk. And now the band has moved from its home in Athens, Georgia to San Francisco. The A-side is almost like something out of the early SST Records catalog, a mid-tempo trash-punk anthem with a busted-teeth smile. The dirge on the B-side is - for all intents and purposes - the prettiest song Long Legged Woman’s ever written.
SCRIBBLER: My Old Lady 7" $12/$16
Screen-printed covers, hand-drawn labels, shockingly lo-fi production values... how could we not be drawn to this 7"? Scribbler were entirely unknown to us before this little gem arrived on our doorstep, but now it's hard to imagine life without this. With its lazy strumming, swirling noise, inimitable vocals, it's one of the most unexpectedly engaging collection of songs we've come across in a long time. Awesome stuff, and limited just 300 copies (all hand-numbered, of course).
ULTRA BONBON / GRAND LUNGS: Bad Breath CS $6/$10
Part of Canadian label Bonbon Bruises' "Especially Garbled Cassettes" series, which sees scuzzy electronics dubbed onto equally scuzzy old tapes, Bad Breath is an appropriately-named assault of frazzled frequencies and scorched ciruit boards, all packaged in individually hand-made sleeves.
05.02.2009
Hello hellosQuare!
While we hide indoors to escape the apocalyptic heat of the Australian summer, we managed to add a few new items to the webshop. They're all on hellosQuare Recordings, a fantastic Canberra-based label run by our good friend Shoeb Ahmad. Most of these releases are limited in nature, so as usual we advise that you act quickly.
AUSTIN BENJAMIN TRIO: Amalgama CD $20 / $22
The debut album for this young jazz trio from Canberra, Australia featuring Evan Dorrian of Spartak fame. Full of group interplay and beautiful melodies, Amalgama is nine pieces of modern jazz that explore moods and textures inspired by nature. For fans of Bill Evans, Band Of Five Names and Uri Caine alike.
CANYONS!: Trapdoor/Diamonds (hellosQuare, 3" CD-R) $10 / $12
Debut release from Canyons!, the solo guise of Function alumnus (and former Tweezer member) Milo, who has previously contributed tracks to compilations on hellosQuare and 267 Lattajjaa Trapdoor/Diamonds is collects pools of sound and drifting movement, rich with texture and ambience.
MIKE COOPER: Keoni (hellosQuare, 3" CD-R) $10 / $12
A live improvisation for lap-steel and electronics by the legendary Mike Cooper. Starting off as a blues guitarist in England back in the 60's, his work from then onwards has taken in everything from electronic sound to lounge and hawaiian musics. Recorded in Italy, Keoni irackles and hisses along with guitar loops weaving in and out.
KLUMPES AHMAD: In Bed We Trust (hellosQuare, CD) $20 / $22 $
This is the kind of release we live for around here. Two of our absolute favourite artists - Adrian Klumpes and Shoeb Ahmad - putting their heads together and coming up with something that outstrips everything they've ever done before. These two have been playing sporadic improv sets together for years now, and In Bed We Trust is the first time they've formally committed this relationship to tape. An amazing blend of fluttering electronics, microsound and hushed tones.
SPARTAK: Ostpolitik (hellosQuare, Double Business Card CD-R) $10 / $12
On Ostpolitik, Spartak take two unique improvisational approaches to the same basic chord structure, fusing their love of post-punk, freejazz and microsound across two business card CD-Rs. The wiry Ostpolitik (draft 1) sees Shoeb Ahmad force his guitar through a battery of effects while drummer Evan Dorrian fills the track with almost Squarepusher-esque beats. Ostpolitik (draft 2) is a calmer piece, with Ahmad switching from guitar to piano for a very different angle on the track's melodic foundation. Limited to just 50 copies, on hellosQuare Recordings.
SPARTAK: Sunstrokes 3" (hellosQuare, CD-R) $10 / $12
Ahead of their debut full-length album, Canberra's Spartak offer this brief taste of what to expect. Sunstrokes rides on a huge bed of washy, processed guitar and shimmering beats, before slipping into a huge shoegaze groove for its finale. Can You See the Snow, Lover? is a blizzard of processed feedback recorded during the album sessions but only available here. Rounding out the disc are three exclusive remixes from Part Timer, Cleptoclectics and Tomasz Bednarczyk.
SPARTAK: Tales from the Colony Room (hellosQuare, CD) $20 / $22
Recorded at home in the summer of 2008, Tales from the Colony Room is Canberran duo Spartak's debut full-length album. Both a departure from and an encapsulation of their work up until this point, its seven tracks meld free jazz, microsound, post-punk and shoegaze into a meditative and occasionally explosive mix. Beautifully packaged in white Arigato Paks with inserts designed by Traianos Pakioufakis, Tales from the Colony Room placd highly in sound&fury's 'Best of 2008' list (well, it would have if we'd made such a list), and comes with our highest recommendation.
02.01.2009
New webshop online!
It's taken, like, forever, but the new webshop is finally online. Fundamentally, it's not all that different to the old one - there are some nice new "add to cart" buttons, cover scans, and more space for descriptions (although most items still have the old, brief ones; maybe I'll expand on them one day).
The arrival of the new shop means that we're finally able to list all the new stuff that's arrived here in the past couple of weeks, including new (and now out-of-print) jams on DNT, and a stack of stuff from Mt Gambier label Winter Records. Here's a quick rundown:
ANONYMEYE / CAM DEAS: Split (Curt, 3") $7 / $10
This limited edition 3" CD-R on boutique Sydney label Curt (incidentally run by Marcus Whale, aka Scissor Lock) pairs up two artists from opposite corners of the globe who are recontextualising the humble acoustic guitar within an experimental/noise framework. Anonymeye is of course Andrew Tuttle, whose track 'Area Man' unsystematically deconstructs his own nimble fingerpicking. Londoner Cam Deas, on the other hand, takes a more measured approach with 'Untitled 1', a long, shimmering, intricately layered drone. 50 copies only, in hand-assembled artwork. Get 'em while they're hot!
DEAF DEAF: Deaf Deaf (DNT, CS) $12 / $14
Deaf Deaf don't exist anymore. When they did, they fell somewhere along the Naked on the Vague / Lakes axis of neo/no-wave goth/art/punk. Or something. Anyway, this is a reissue of the self-titled Deaf Deaf cassette on Magic Crowbar in 2007. It was originally going to be reissued as part of a split 10" with Silver Daggers, but the never happened. So here it is. Super-limited and already sold out at the source, Deaf Deaf comes packaged in spraypainted clamshell cases (despite the photo, they're actually hot pink, not murky green... damn scanner) with cut-up xerox art.
FLOOD: EP (Winter, CD-R) $14 / $17
A single 18-minute track of delay-soaked guitar from Mt Gambier resident Cameron Wood. 'Here We Are in the Texts Already Written in the Sky' loops and layers Wood's guitar into beautiful sheets of glistening sound, hauntingly melodic and at times impenetrably dense.
GAY BEAST: Disrobics (DNT, LP) $18 / $24
Gay Beast is not a band name you want to type into Google too often. Especially not in mixed company. So take our word for it when we say they're a trio from Minneapolis - guitar, synth, drums - who take a very psychedelic approach to the neo/no/now-wave sound currently finding favour amonhg, well, everybody. Think Health, think Lovely Little Girls, think DNA. But don't think too hard. It wouldn't be right. Not for an album as chaotic as this. Plus, it has a song titles like 'Mama, Wrap My Coffin in the AIDS Quilt Cuz It’s Cold in Hell'. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies (of which we have some of the last) in silk-screened foldeover covers.
MUDBOY: Mudmux Volume 1 (DNT, 7") $14 / $18
This is the first installment in an ongoing resurrection/remix project from Providence provocateur Mudboy. Side A unearths a track from Extreme Animals, which Mudboy reworks into a tribute to the horror film scores of John Carpenter. Side B uses a song originally DarkDarkDark as the jumping-off point for a slow descent into organ-grinding madness. Packaged in hallucinogenic silkscreened sleeves and limited to 535, this comes highly recommended from us here at S&F HQ.
NORTH GAMGIER AMATEUR BOWERS SOCIETY: C Sharp Blues (Winter, CD-R) $14 / $17
Debut release from South Australian 'ensemble'; a bow scrape odyssey of seasick violin drones and plucked melodies. Bandleader Cameron Wood describes C Sharp Blues as "somewhere between the blues drone of Jim O’Rourke’s Happy Days and Henry Flynt on horse tranquilizers." Who are we to argue with that?
NORTH GAMBIER AMATEUR BOWERS SOCIETY: Bike (Winter, 3" CD-R) $12 / $15
The follow-up to C Sharp Blues (see below). A 3" CD-R containing eight distant, haunting drone vignettes, purortedly constructed from the sound of an amplified bike spoke. Whether the North Gambier Amateur Bowers Society is actually a group or another of South Australian sound artist Cameron Wood's nom de plumes remains a mystery at this point, but ultimately it doesn't matter, as the beauty of these miniatures is such that it requires no explanation.
PIPELINE ALPHA: Darking Lights of Mazil (DNT, CS) $12 / $14
This sold out at the source with days. We secured a small handful of copies, though, so your days of lamenting the loss can now come to an end. Pipeline Alpha is the nom de plume of German artist Marcel Seeck, who has released stuff on the Ruralfaune label as well as on his own imprint Amid the Waves. This cassette - released in an ultra-limited edition of just 55 copies - is described by the label as "boggy whisperings like an unfurled book of spells embeds you." Indeed. Neat spraypained covers, too.
SASQROTCH / YUKI CHINO: Split (DNT, CS) $12 / $14
We couldn't come up with a better way to describe this split tape than what the label already said, so we're going to cheat by copying and pasting their write-up: "After countless outings practicing unsafe hesh, the mighty Sqrotchers have finally been burned by the evil loins of love. They have been infected with cruel, punishing, unforgiving Genre-rhea... Performed in burkas, recorded live at the smell 8-5-08. Flipside is Yuko Chino. Bedroom black metal at it's met-lest! Current Sasqrotch bassist/guitar danny no/fi brings you Filosofem era Burzum meets Khanate & Burning Witch for a night out on the town with Shellac's drum kit sans corpse paint & cut off jean jacket. I wish I had one of those..."
SHEPHERDS: Bush Babies (DNT, 7") $14 / $18
Shepherds is a Brooklyn duo consisting of G. Lucas Crane (Non-Horse/The Vanishing Voice/Time-Life) and Jermey Earl (Woods/Meneguar), and Bush Babies is their vinyl debut. Layers of horns swell over decaying piano and restrained drumming, all the while weathering savage guitar attacks. Released by DNT Records in an edition of 700, we've got a few copies here on white vinyl.
6MAJIK9: Sinister Kindness (Abandon Ship, CS) $12 / $14
Out-of-print cassette from Kyogle's brain-damaged psych-folk ensemble 6majik9. With no fixed membership, 6majik9 is an ever-shifting collection of musicians orbiting Michael Donnelly, spiral architect of the musicyourmindwillloveyou label/collective. This tape, released by Abandon Ship Records in an hand-numbered edition of 100, features two side-long freakouts collaged from recordings made between 2006 and 2007. We've no idea who else is involved here, but the instrumentation includes guitars, woodwinds, and of course the group's signature percussive clatter. Highly recommended.
UNEVEN UNIVERSE: Nightcrawler Walls (DNT, CS) $12 / $14
Not only does this release look great with its spraypainted case and skeleton-motif tape art, it sounds freaking awesome. As the label puts it, "Dan (Haunted Castle/Body Morph) and Holly acquired saxes awhile back and things haven't been the same since. Dank basement sax murk collides with bleak tape howls." Just like the rest of DNT's latest bunch, this sold out almost immediately, so these copies are probably some of the last going.
WHALEHAMMER: Subterranean (Farmer Frontier, CD-R) $12 / $15
Recorded in a single day, Subterranean tells the story of "a subhuman underground mutant, living in darkness, who infects the over-ground populace with poisonous sex spores. Growing desperate for union with another, he meets his demise when enveloped and destroyed by a female of the species." You couldn't make this stuff up. Except, Perth's Whalehammer did. And then they made a soundtrack to it - dark, brooding kraut/psych, spaceflight drones and crackling bursts of noise.
CAMERON WOOD: Can One Destroy the Night by One's Mere Scorning? (Winter, CD-R) $14 / $17
Like his untitled 3" CD-R on The Rhizome Label, the first track Can One Destroy the Night with One's Mere Scorning? is a fierce collection of deafening frequencies created through the wholly improper use of an electric guitar. Track two is the calm after the storm, a meditative drone that acts as a soothing balm after the violence of its predecessor.
CAMERON WOOD: Piano (Winter, 3" CD-R) $12 / $15
Packaged in minimal canvas sleeves (perhaps as an invitation for the listener to create their own cover art), Piano is a single 15-minute track of (you guessed it) manipulated piano. Like our good friend Shoeb Ahmad, Wood here thrusts lone notes into a hissing sea of digital distortion, building a long, slow meditative drone from the results. This is digital minimalism at its finest.
CAMERON WOOD: The Needle and the Damage Done (Winter, CD-R) $10 / $13
Something of a tribute to Neil Young, The Needle and the Damage Done is a series of blues-inflected guitar pieces and dusty drones from Mt Gambier's Cameron Wood. There's definitely no 'Cinnamon Girl' or 'Heart of Gold' here - this album is more Dead Man than Harvest.
CAMERON WOOD: Three Thoughts on C Tuning (Winter, CD-R) $14 / $17
Talk about split personalities. The first two of the three untitled tracks on this CD-R are hazy explorations of the nether regions of blues, while the mammoth 25-minute closer is a dense, noisy descent into an ocean of ringing feedback. There's a melody in there somewhere (presumably in C), but it's buried so deep that it only surfaces occasionally before being subsumed by the layers of scree.
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Cris et Chuchotements (Crier dans les musées!, CD-R) $12 / $15
Crier dans les musées! is a new French label run by Maxime Primault, who records glacial drones under the name Enfer Boreal. This compilation is the label's first release, and contains exclusive new tracks from Valerio Cosi, Black Forest/Black Sea, Kuupuu, Aaron martin and White Rainbow. There's also a new Enfer Boreal piece, and a collaboration between Alligator Crystal Moth and Taiga Remains (the very idea of which makes us feel tingly in our unmentionables). Highly recommended.
31.12.2008
Year end wrap up
At the time of writing this, there are less than six hours remaining in the year 2008. So it seems like as good a time as any to look back over the past twelve months, and to reveal a few things about what we have in store for 2009.
It's been a bumper year for sound&fury - we rose, Lazarus-like, from our early grave, to find that the support that got us through the store's toughest days had not, in fact, dried up. The kind words we received from many of you upon our rebirth were heartening to say the least.
Musically, we couldn't be more proud of this year's releases: Codes Adrift, Thawing Voices, Sea Songs, Dead Ends and Sleeping Pills and Continual Ascension, as well as our inaugural "real" CD, the first Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow compilation. Plus, we just managed to scrape in the first volume in the Passeridae series (yay!).
Looking ahead, next year should be even bigger. Besides the next eleven Passeridae singles and more volumes in the Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow series, we're very excited to be putting out CDs by Enfer Boreal, Anonymeye and Hakobune (among others) and CD-Rs by Felicity Mangan, Brassskulls and Heil Spirits, as well as a split 7" by DEL & Burning Star Core. Sometime towards the middle of the year we'll also be launching our series of vinyl reissues, starting with albums from Because of Ghosts and Library Tapes.
That's just the first half of the year; who knows what we'll do once the winter chill sets in. Maybe release some more compilations. Maybe start another label dedicated to extreme metal. Anything's possible.
Our appreciation for everyone's support during the year knows no bounds. We'd like to extend massive love to all the artists, customers, record stores, writers and labels that have made our successes possible - sound&fury couldn't exist without you.
Happy new year to all, and we'll see you on the other side.
10.12.2008
Seaworthy's Codes Adrift Sold Out!
As of today, Seaworthy's Codes Adrift CD-R is officially sold out at the source. Hooray!
If this is the most devastating news you've heard all year, don't fret. You might still be able to pick up copies from our distributors, like DNT, Boa Melody Bar or Repressed Records.
We're not done with Seaworthy just yet - keep an eye out next year for a their split 7" with Tarentel as part of the Passeridae series. There might also be some other goodies further down the track, but we'd best not jinx ourselves by saying anything.
05.12.2008
Cyclic Defrost #21
Keep an eye out in your favourite independent record emporium over the next couple of weeks - the lastest issue of Cyclic Defrost should be finding its way there very soon. If do pick one up (and you really should), open it somewhere near the back and you'll find yours truly prattling on about some of my favourite records. The magazine also features some very nice words about the compilation and Shoeb Ahmad's new album.
If you don't want to wait for a physical copy, click here to check out the issue online.
In Passeridae news, here's an email we received from the pressing plant this morning: "O.k. we have the first 7" complete and all boxed up ready to go. the second 7" will go on the presses later today and should be finished tmr arvo." So, with any luck, we should be able to ship these to all you patient, patient pre-orderers next week sometime. Sorry again if you've been waiting on tenterhooks for these to arrive. In the interests of perspective, though, it took fifteen years for Axl to finish Chinese Democracy, and it was worth the wait. Wasn't it?
11.11.2008
It's all happening!
20.10.2008
Attention artists and labels!
Further to last week's update regarding the addition of Glacial Avatar and An Out's catalogues to the shop, we'd like to send out a call to any labels or artists interested in having us flog their wares to send us their stuff.
Ever since we closed the doors on sound&fury mk.1, there's been a niggling itch in the back of my head. Obviously, the label has been a great way to keep at least some of the original dream alive - so much so that even after multiple instances of "That's it, I quit, I've had enough of this crap!" I always come crawling back - but what I miss is being able to help all those other amazing labels around the world (and particularly those in Australia) to get their stuff out there.
Trades are actively encouraged as part of this endeavour - if the barter system was good enough for the middle ages, it's good enough for us.
So if you've got some stuff you'd like me to sell on your behalf, get in touch and we'll nut out the finer details.
18.10.2008
New stuff in the shop
Glacial Avatar Archives and An Out Recordings are two labels that are very close to our heart, so we're very happy to be able to offer their catalogues for sale through the Shop.
Glacial Avatar is based in Lismore, on New South Wales' northern rivers. Their releases' elaborate packaging - including features like stitched seams, tracing paper, and eerie collage art - immediately appeals to our aesthetic sensibilities. The following Glacial Avatar titles are now available through us:
Heil Spirits: Sketching the Irritability of Panopticism Through Tombs of Blue Ice, a.k.a Mike Parr as a Hat Rack CD-R
Heil Spirits: Tests for New Swords CD-R
Heil Spirits / Onani: Omniprescence / Ancient Skull, Ancient Wind CD-R
Moonmilk / Heil Spirits: Moonmilk / Heil Spirits CD-R
Heil Spirits / Festive Jackyls: Septic Venom CD-R
Vestigial Limb: Apportioned for Wolves CS
Festive Jackyls: Currumbin Necktie CD-R
An Out is a new label out of Sydney, which again puts enormous amounts of care into its visual presentation. These three releases are available now, with more promised in the near future:
Bleakwood: Bleakwood CD-R
Orodruin: Orodruin CD-R
Heil Spirits: Alarmed But Not Alert CD-R
Lastly, we want to send out a quick thank you to everybody involved in the Birchville Cat Motel / A.M show a couple of weeks back. By all accounts (we didn't make it up, unfortunately) it was a roaring success.
02.10.2008
Mirrored Silver Sea's Continual Ascension out monday!
Continual Ascension is the debut release from Melbourne musician Tim Condon, aka Mirrored Silver Sea. This CD-R spans multiple genres and moods across its nine tracks, inviting comparisons to everyone from Burning Star Core and Bleeding Heart Narrative to Liars and Library Tapes. It's probably the most eclectic release in the sound&fury catalogue yet: on it, you'll find shoegaze guitars nestling comfortably alongside experimental electronica, tinkling piano underlaid with pure noise, and abstract soundscapes brushing shoulders with impeccably composed songs.
Limited to 75 copies and packaged in the usual way (wax-sealed envelopes, hand-numbered, silkscreened inner sleeves), Continual Ascension is available to pre-order now, and will begin shipping on Monday 6 October.
18.09.2008
Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow: Here at last!
We forgot to mention this earlier in the week, but the finished copies of Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, Vol. 1 arrived here at S&F HQ this week. The first in an ongoing series of compilations, it features fifteen tracks from artists such as Machinefabriek, Part Timer, Because of Ghosts. Jasper TX, Seaworthy, Anonymeye, Gareth Hardwick and Aaron Martin. Pressed in a one-time edition of 500 copies and packaged in recycled gatefold sleeves, Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, Vol. 1 is available now for AU$15 (plus postage).
For more information, click here.
While we've got your attention, we should point out that the debut album from Mirrored Silver Sea, entitled Continual Ascension, is due out in early October. Combining shoegazing ambience with experimental electronica, light modern classical flourishes and much more besides, it's probably the most eclectic release in our catalogue to date. Limited to 75 copies (packaged in the usual way), this little gem can be pre-ordered by visiting its release page here.
13.09.2008
Birchville Cat Motel / A.M in Sydney
Although we swore never to put on another show in our entire existence, preferring to spend our days cutting, folding, screenprinting and the like, this was an opportunity too good to let just slip by.
After ten years scuplting enormous dronescapes under the name Birchville Cat Motel, Campbell Kneale is finally laying the project to rest. Far from giving up on music, Kneale will continue on with Our Love Will Destroy The World after shedding the iconic Birchville carapace. The last ever Birchville Cat Motel show takes place in Christchurch on October 9. But for those of us on our side of the Tasman, you can witness the end of an era at Serial Space on October 7.
Joining Campbell will be Antony Milton, aka A.M, whose biography reads like a Cliff's Notes version of the whole improv/freenoise/folk/drone scene. Besides running the amazing PseudoArcana label, Milton has released dozens of albums, in both solo and collaborative modes, under monikers like The Nether Dawn, Mrtyu, Glory Fckn Sun and Clay Man in the Well, exploring everything from blues-folk to improv drone to screeching guitar feedback.
On the local front, Seaworthy, Brassskulls and Inappropriate Tough Guy Behaviour will round out the evening. Lovely Sydney folks Seaworthy should be well know to you by now - their fluttering drones and sparse guitar explorations have long been appreciated around here at S&F HQ. Brassskulls are a Newcastle trio who use guitars, broken drums, radios, modified turntables, and a tangled mess of electronics to create a nightmarish wall of dense sound and psychedelic noise that is easier to listen to than describe. Inappropriate Tough Guy Behaviour is the new project from Patto and Jem, formerly of Melbourne sludge/noise juggernaut Fire Witch. In keeping with their desire to maintain momentum by avoiding burdensome preconceptions about genres and such, ITGB will be performing a collaborative set with some as-yet-unannounced guests.
The whole shebang will take place, as mentioned, on Tuesday 7 October at Serial Space, which is located at 33 Wellington St, Chippendale (it's off Regent St, right near Central Station), and starts at 7pm (sharp!).
For the ADD-afflicted amongst you, here's all the above information presented as a concise, convenient list:
Tuesday 7 October
7pm sharp
Serial Space
33 Wellington St, Chippendale (off Regent St, near Central Station)
Presented by sound&fury and An Out Recordings.
Aaaaand, here it is in poster form:
Hope to see you there! (Yes, we're breaking our legendary hermitude and venturing back into Sdney's urban landscapes just to see this show. That's how excited we are!)
01.09.2008
Shoeb Ahmad's Sea Songs... available now!
As promised, Shoeb Ahmad's Sea Songs, Dead Ends and Sleeping Pills is out today. This nine-track follow-up to Sonar love Songs (released last year on Cook An Egg) is a collection of bedroom recordings that date from Shoeb's year-long stay in Wolongong in 2006. From barely-audible microsound to hazy, static-drenched pop, Sea Songs... encapsulates the twin feelings of displacement and wonder that come from proximity to the ocean and distance from loved ones.
With musical contributions from M.Rösner, William Ryan Fritch (Sole and the Skyrider Band), Machinefabriek, Plinth and Felicity Mangan (Function), Sea Songs... is limited to just 75 hand-numbered copies, packaged in wax-sealed envelopes and silkscreened inner sleeves.
For more information, or to download the track "Headlights in My Eyes", click here.
29.08.2008
Massive shop update & sale
It's time to clear some space. There are boxes and boxes of out-of-print CD-Rs, records and tapes sitting on the floor here at S&F Towers, and we want them out of here. So over the next few weeks, we'll be adding stacks of new titles to the shop (stuff that, if we're honest with ourselves, should have gone up there months ago), as well as cutting the price of everything that was already there.
Actually, that second part is already done: we've discounted long-deleted titles from labels like JYRK, Foxglove, Utech and Root Strata. New additions to the shop today include CD-Rs by Lasse Marhaug, Infinitesimal and Stuart Busby, with many more to come very soon.
24.08.2008
New Shoeb Ahmad CD-R coming soon
Usually, when we say 'soon,' we mean 'sometime before the next lunar eclipse.' But this time, when we say that there's a new CD-R from our favourite Canberran Shoeb Ahmad coming soon, we really mean soon. As in, next week.
Sea Songs, Dead Ends and Sleeping Pills is a nine track follow-up to Shoeb's last release Sonar Love Songs and features bedroom sketches recorded during a year-long stay in Wollongong in 2006. With guitars processed through layers of static and vocal takes from the dead air of night, Sea Songs, Dead Ends and Sleeping Pills encapsulates the space afforded by the coast and the distance between home and loved ones.
Limited to 75 hand-numbered copies, Sea Songs... features contributions by M.Rösner, William Ryan Fritch (Sole and the Skyrider Band), Machinefabriek, Plinth and Felicity Mangan (Function).
Click here to download the track "Headlights in My Eyes", or click here for more information.
Oh, and just quickly, www.soundandfury.com.au should be up and running again within the next couple of days. This 'dot-net' alternative will remain current, though, so if you've gone and updated your bookmarks and don't want to un-update (downdate?) them, you won't have to.
18.08.08
Codes Adrift promo video
This short promo video for Codes Adrift was made by Seaworthy's Cameron Webb, and features the photography of Anwyn Crawford. For more information on Codes Adrift, click here.
08.08.2008
New website
Well, kind of. It's the same website, it just has a new home. The story as to why soundandfury.com.au is currently offline is long and boring, so we'll just stick with what you need to know: for the time being, the sound&fury website can be found residing at www.soundandfury.com.au. It should work just the same - at the moment, some of the MP3s aren't available, but that's on its way towards being fixed.
And, just to remind you, Scissor Lock's Thawing Voices will begin shipping monday, as will Seaworthy's Codes Adrift. The complete tracklisting for Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow has been confirmed - you can take a peek here. This will be out later in the month, along with Adrian Klumpes & Machinefabriek's contribution to the Passeridae series.
19.07.2008
Passeridae series coming soon - for real this time!
After altogether too many delays, false starts, broken promises and shattered hearts, the masters for the first single in the Passeridae series have been sent to the pressing plant, where they'll be transformed from a series of 1s and 0s into glorious analogue sound.
Actually, the masters for the second single have been sent, the first (featuring Moonmilk and My Cat Is An Alien) having proven a tad shy at the last minute. So, what you subscribers will be receiving first (in August, we absolutely promise) is the very special second volume, which sees Adrian Klumpes and Machinefabriek putting their heads together - figuratively speaking, of course - to collaborate on two brand new and completely exclusive tracks. In Stillness His Shadow Moved was recorded by Klumpes at home in Sydney before being sent to Rotterdam, where it was edited and overdubbed by Machinefabriek (aka Rutger Zuydervelt). The same process (only in reverse), led to the single's other track, Second Dew.
This very exciting news will mark the beginning of a flurry of activity we have planned for winter's end and beyond. Besides Passeridae and (of course) Codes Adrift, we're looking forward to releasing CD-Rs by Scissor Lock, Pause/Record and Shoeb Ahmad. There's talk of doing a DEL / Burning Star Core split before the end of the year, and vague whispers of forthcoming releases by Pefkin, Rob Fisk, Heil Spirits and more.
As well, the first volume of Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow - featuring exclusive tracks by Gareth Hardwick, Jasper TX, Pretty Boy Crossover, Machinefabriek, Morning Stalker, Part Timer, Scissor Lock, Spartak, Aaron Martin and Panoptique Electrical, as well as a sneak peak at the new Because of Ghosts record - will be out before springtime comes and leaves us waiting another nine months for the promise of snow to be fulfilled.
Information about most of these forthcoming releases can be found by clicking here.
15.06.2008
S&F = Not Dead
Hey. So, uh, we've been pretty quiet of late. And since nobody's received the first Passeridae single yet, we figured we'd best break our silence with something of an explanation. Or, an apology.
Or, both.
The Moonmilk / My Cat Is An Alien split was supposed to be out now. But there have been some delays. Lots of delays. And so, it's still in the works.
It is coming, though. So is the rest of the series. Don't give up. Once we iron out these wrinkles, the whole set will flow forth just like the blood elevator scene in The Shining. Or perhaps like something that's a little less gross.
Seaworthy's Codes Adrift is still in the wings, too. Yes, it fell victim to the same endless delays that have kept Passeridae from your hot little hands.
Thanks for your patience. At the very least, we're consistent. To date, not a single sound&fury release has arrived on (or even close to) schedule.
20.04.2008
Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow
As if we didn't have enough to occupy ourselves, what with the imminent arrival of Seaworthy's Codes Adrift and the massively time-consuming Passeridae series, we've now added a compilation - several compilations, actually - to our release schedule (if a label as haphazardly run as this one can be said to have a such a thing).
Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow will be an ongoing series of CD compilations featuring exclusive tracks from friends both old and new, local and international. We've cast a wide net with this thing - expect a sizable dose of out our usual noisy/droney stuff, a lot of folk (both 'free' and, err, 'not-so-free') as well as a fair amount of rock. The actual artists involved are, for now, a secret; we'll announce the lineup of the first volume (due sometime around August, hopefully) very shortly. If you think you might want to be on one of these, then either send us an email or pop some of your tunes in an envelope and mail them to the address on the contact page.
07.04.2008
Home taping is not killing music
Technology - is there anything it can't do? If you head over to the releases page and have a bit of a browse, you'll find that all of our currently available titles (that's The Nether Dawn / 1/3 Octave Band, Alps, Onani, Starving Weirdos, Blarke Bayer, Shoeb Ahmad and Anonymeye, for those keeping score) now have MP3 samples for you to download and share with impunity (at least until the feds bust into your house and drag you off to Guantanamo or something).
We'll probably add samples from our out-of-print releases in the near future as well, just to tease you.
06.04.2008
We want yr demos
As the Passeridae series steamrolls ahead and takes on a life of its own, sound&fury is beginning to get the itch to release CD-Rs again. Yes, yes, we said that we were shying away from digital formats when we stepped into the wonderful world of 7" singles. But there's something about hand-packaged, small-run CD-Rs that keeps us coming back.
So, we're putting out a call for demos to any and all interested parties. Please send CD-Rs or tapes to 7 York Street Nimmitabel NSW 2631 with a clear and succinct explanation of who you are and what you do, and we'll give your stuff a listen and get back to you. There's no need to send us an email first informing us of your intention to mail something - just stick those suckers in the post and wait for us to contact you.
Please don't ask us to listen to the tracks you have on your myspazz page, or send us mp3s as email attachments. We really, really don't like listening to music through shitty computer speakers, so we generally won't.
For the moment, we're keeping tight-lipped about who may or may not be involved in this new batch of discs, but we're pretty excited about it, and think you should be too.
02.04.2008
Out of traction and back in action
It's back. This website, that is. And it's better than ever. Well, nah, to be honest, it's pretty much the same as ever. The shop has had a bit of an overhaul, and the titles on this page are now in red, and there's info about some upcoming releases (see below), but other than that, it's business as usual. Which means that there's almost certainly something, somewhere, that doesn't work properly. So please be gentle, and if you happen to find what that is, please let us know.
02.04.2008
Seaworthy's Codes Adrift coming soon
How long has it been since we first promised a Seaworthy disc on s&f? It's gotta be at least two years, if not closer to three. Our plans to release what we think is pretty close to the finest intrumental music being made on these shores kept getting dashed, and here we are in 2008 and the S&F004 catalogue number is still unused.
But finally, the wait is over. We've nutted over the details with Seaworthy braintrust Cameron Webb, and it's all been sorted out. Codes Adrift - which features two sublimely beautiful tracks that we seriously can't get enough of around here - is literally just around the corner. It'll be out before the first Passeridae single starts littering mailboxes around the globe. (At least, we hope it will.)
Codes Adrift will be limited to 100 hand-numbered copies, packaged in the usual style with typewritten inner sleeves and wax-sealed envelopes.
Because we don't expect this to hang around for very long, and we don't want anybody to be disappointed, we're taking preorders for Codes Adrift now. Head this way to reserve your copy.
02.04.2008
Passeridae subscription series
So. after a six-month hibernation during which it seemed as though ye olde sound&fury records was destined to slip forever between the gaping cracks in this crumbling music industry, something strange has happened and the label is now on the verge of a (hopefully triumphant) rebirth.
Subscriptions will be limited to 100 sets, each hand-numbered. Subscription copies will be pressed on coloured vinyl, while individual copies will be on black. Every record (subscription or not) will be packaged in hand-silkscreened, 100% recycled chipboard sleeves.
As an added bonus, subscribers will receive a 2xCDR compilation featuring every track from the singles, packaged in s&f's ol' fashioned wax-sealed envelopes. There will be other surprises thrown in for subscribers as well, but we're keeping those a secret for now.
What little copies that are made available separately will be available from this website, myspazz, a few select stores and mailorders and from the artists.
Ah yes, the artists. Well, we're still a little way off confirming every participant, but the list so far looks something like this...
MY CAT IS AN ALIEN
MOONMILK
BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD
STARVING WEIRDOS
SCISSOR LOCK
JASPER TX
ADRIAN KLUMPES
MACHINEFABRIEK
HEIL SPIRITS
THE NORTH SEA
SEAWORTHY
TARENTEL
II
ZELIENOPLE
SHOEB AHMAHD
LIBRARY TAPES
M.RÖSNER
ANTONY MILTON
ANONYMEYE
THURSTON MOORE
...with four more to be announced in the coming weeks.
The first single - from Moonmilk and My Cat Is An Alien - is due for release sometime around June, with the next eleven to follow over the remainder of 2008.
Subscriptions are available now for AU$120 plus postage from here. keep an eye on these email updates for more info as it comes to hand.
30.05.2007
Price reduction on all sound&fury titles
Marketing has never been our thing here. We've always tended to just release stuff and hope to god that people find out about it and are interested enough to part with some cash for the fruits of our labour. Generally, that approach has served us well. But in the interest of emptying a few more boxes of CD-Rs and LPs, we've decided to slash our prices. That's right: slash our prices! (See? We really are crap at marketing.)
Anyway.
Over here at ye olde s&f shoppe, you can now get the Alps Of New South Wales LP for $15. Or, for the more digitally-inclined amongst you, you can pick up the Onani and Blarke Bayer CD-Rs for $10. The Shoeb Ahmad 3"s are now a crazy (that's right: crazy!) $5. There's a bunch of other stuff there that we've discounted as well. Tell your friends!
22.05.2007
New and old stuff now in the shop
Just a quick update to say hello and let everyone know that we've got copies of the new CD-R from Axel Rosie O'Donnell (Nic from Onani and his buddy Joe playing squalling psych/noise-rock in a garage in Cairns, packaged just the way we like it around here in unique hand-decorated covers) and have also added to the shop some releases from the Inverted Crux label by Omen Compass and Bohemian Knights that we found sitting in a box around here. Keep your eyes peeled for more lucky-dip finds from the hundreds of CDs floating around these parts in the next little while. (But, as ever, don't hold your breath.)
What else has been going on, you ask? Oh, not much. Trying to scrounge together the dollars to release some more records (hint, hint) and thinking about some new packaging ideas. That's it, really. We hope you're doing well.
18.04.2007
Super-limited Archive releases now available
Today we got a nice little box in the mail filled with recent releases from Scott Slimm's rather excellent Archive label. In addition to his three newest releases, we also managed to snare copies of a couple of older releases that were long believed to be sold out.
The first new release comes from Alasehir, which is basically Bardo Pond jamming sludgy, Sabbath-style riffs. The Stone Sentinels features brothers Michael and John Gibbons on guitar as well as current Bardo Pond drummer Jason Kourkounis and Aaron Igler on electronics.
With A Little Help by Numinous Eye is three droney psych jams from SubArachnoid Space guitarist Mason Jones and three different drummers (Yoshida (of Ruins), Shirahata Uptight and Komatsu), recorded in Japan in 2005. This one's already sold out at the source.
The final new release is a split double 3" CD set entitled Terminal Cases. Recorded live in New York in 2006, it combines the dual-drummer onslaught of Deathunit with the one-man noise barrage of Prurient. Again, this sold out pretty much before it was released.
We were also lucky enough to get out hands on what appear to be the last ever copies of Nadja's Thaumogenesis and the Carlos Giffoni / Lasse Marhaug collaboration Lesbian Brunch. Thaumogenesis is proof that there's still life in the twitching corpse of drone/metal yet, while Lesbian Brunch shows what happens when you put two of the most inventive and punishing noise provocateurs in the same room together for an extended period of time.
All of these are selling for AU$15 + postage (two bucks, no matter where ya live) and are available over at the shop page. Given their scarcity, and the apparent power of Google to direct people from all over the world to the site (can you believe we've received over 1,000 hits since the relaunch?!) this is likely to be one of those "you snooze, you lose" scenarios.
18.04.2007
All Bears = All Gone
Thank you to everybody who sent in various odds and sods in exchange for an All Bears disc; the whole lot of them are gone, gone, gone, so we won't be accepting any more "orders". (Note that if you have sent in your address but haven't yet received your disc, it is coming - the little guy at the local post office here tends to have an aneurysm if we show up with too many parcels at once, so we have to stagger these things and unfortunately paying customers come first. Just hold tight.)
12.03.2007
A late-breaking thought regarding the All Bears discs...
If, instead of helping to cover the postage costs, you'd prefer to send us a gift - be it a poem, a polaroid, a painting, a mixtape, whatever - in exchange for the music, we'd love that even more than dollars. It's more in keeping with the spirit of this project. You'll find our address on the contact page, if you want to take part.
11.03.2007
All Bears
Shortly before he left for a year-long world trip, our good friend Christopher K gave us a pile of CDs with the words All Bears written on them (and lots of lovely pictures too). As per Christopher's request, we'd now like to pass these on to you.
If you don't know, Christopher plays in 1-2-Seppuku. They have a CD out on Chatterbox that you should check out if you're into instrumental-type music (if that description seems a bit too vague, it's because it's meant to be). These All Bears discs have a few instrumental tracks on them. There are also some tracks with vocals. Some songs are heavy, some aren't. It's not lo-fi, but it's not quite Abbey Road either. We think the music is really beautiful, and the handspun packaging fits right in with our aesthetic tastes here at sound&fury towers.
If you're interested in hearing this stuff, send us an email with your name and address and a CD will be mailed to you. If you'd like to swing a couple of dollars for postage our way, that would be appreciated. Or, you can just promise to buy me a raspberry coke next time you see me.
29.01.2007
Plugs, plugs & more plugs...
Valentine's Day is a crock of shit, right? Another Hallmark holiday. But that's no reason not to get along to the Hopetoun to see Jack Ladder, Joseph Leonard, Dave Rennick (Dappled Cities Fly), Kaity Fox, Matt Toohey (Kid Cornered), Toby Martin (Youth Group), Dave Cotsios (The Woods Themselves) and Kym-Louise Barton (The Exiles) covering three love songs and one break-up song each. Come for the irony. Come for the great choices of cover tunes. Come for the fuzzy feeling Valentine's Day puts in your tummy - whatever. Just come. It'll be fun.
Alps is coming home! After spending about six months traveling across the USA and Europe, Chris is headed back to Australia next month. Not one to waste any time, the moment he steps off the plane he's diving into a nationwide tour with Shiver Like Timber. Here are the dates:
07.03.2007 NEWCASTLE: Lass O Gowrie Hotel w/ The Let Go!
08.03.2007 SYDNEY: The Aviary (596 King St, Newtown), other band TBA
09.03.2007 SYDNEY: Yvonne Ruve w/ Seaworthy
15.03.2007 MELBOURNE: The Afterdark w/ Fulton Girls Club
16.03.2007 MELBOURNE: The Shaft w/ Flying Scribble & Could´ve Moved Mountains
17.03.2007 ADELAIDE: Exeter w/ Women Moving Furniture
23.03.2007 BRISBANE: Jugglers Artspace w/ Look!Pond, Rialto Decibel Choir & Joel Saunders (and Betony´s band Shakes rather than Shiver Like Timber)
So come along, welcome Alps home and fall in love with Shiver Like Timber, if you haven't already.
On Thursday 22 February, Seaworthy and Adrian Klumpes (Triosk, Pivot) will be playing a very special show at the Stone Gallery in Paddington (395 Oxford Street), with live visuals being provided by Synarcade. It's an early one, with the music starting at 7:30pm sharp. You'll regret missing this. I promise.
Lastly, a couple of sound&fury alumni will be performing at the GPA launch party, which is happening Saturday 10 March at Lan Franchis. Gift Project Audio is a new label dedicated to promoting well-known and emerging noise/experimental artists. It an extension of the Gift Project, which aims to free art of the financial restraints common to the commerial and gallery scenes.
26.01.2007
Blarke Bayer / Shoeb Ahmad Sydney launch show details...
It took a while, but we finally got the details sorted for the Sydney lauch of Meniere's Disease and Vinyl Sketches. It's happening at a newish space called one-oh-one, which is in goold ol' Hibernian House (where The Frequency Lab once was, and Yvonne Ruve still is). We're very excited to be able to say that Jaime Fennelly (he of Peeesseye, Phantom Limb and Pee In My Face With Surgery fame) will be performing. You might have seen him at the now NOW just recently. Then again, you may not have. And even if you did, you didn't see Blarke Bayer or Shoeb Ahmad there, so you really should come along. Doors open at around 7:30pm, and we're asking for a meager $5 donation at the door.
If you couldn't be bothered reading all of that, then maybe you want to take a look at the flyer:
16.01.2007
New Year, New Website, New Releases, New... well, you get the idea
Okay, so this is our third go at this internerdz thing, & I'm starting to feel like we're getting the hang of it. The last website, for all its luddite charm, was a complete pain in the arse to update, so we've opted for something a little more pragmatic, if not quite as quaint. This one has pictures, though, which is a plus.
There's also a link to our myspazz page - never updated, rarely even looked at by us, but we approve all friend requests, so let us help you bulk up your numbers.
Recently, we've put out a couple of things. But you might not know about them, because I never bothered to mention them on the old site. Late last year saw the release of Meniere's Disease by Blarke Bayer, aka Ben Andrews from My Disco. Recorded live in Melbourne in June 2006, it's twenty-odd minutes of manipulated feedback, static & processed guitar tones. It's a CD-R, & we've made 100 copies, all hand-packaged (of course). No photos this time, but the inner sleeves have all been screenprinted, which took a long time but looks pretty ace.
Helping us ring in 2007 is Shoeb Ahmad's Vinyl Sketches. Shoeb - who has been known to associate with the Room40 crowd, among others - recorded these six fragments of processed piano sometime during 2006 while he was living in Wollongong. For no real ideological reason, this is a 3" CD-R. It works just like a regular CD-R, except it's, er, fun. As well, we were kind of on a roll with the screenprinting, so Vinyl Sketches includes screenprinted inserts. Why a ferris wheel? Why not?
To celebrate these releases, there's a show happening in Canberra in the first weekend of February. Sometime around then we'll do something similar in Sydney. We hope. We'll let you know about that one. But for now...
Sunday 4 February
BLARKE BAYER
SHOEB AHMAD
TALBET FULTHORPE
The Front Cafe & Gallery, Lyneham
7pm / $5
Speaking of older releases (which we weren't, I know, but just go along with me here, okay?), Alps of New South Wales is still available. Chris has been having all kinds of wacky adventures in Europe, & we're looking forward to when he gets back here in the next couple of months. There are also a few copies floating around of Onani's live at sound&fury.
So, here's to a productive 2007. No promises, mind you - we gave up on that malarkey ages ago - but we'll do our best.
PS. Before you ask, yes, the shop page is meant to be empty. For now. But we'll fix it soon.