[Here's the newsletter from April... yes, I know it's already kind of out of date and we're already in May, but Dave's got some good stuff to share for you folks too lazy to sign up for the email list, dammit!]
That stunning and surreal work of art above is the cover to EIS007,
Two Inch Astronaut’s
Bad Brother. The album was engineered, mixed, and mastered by
Michael Siegel at
Smile Dent Studios in January of 2013 and features mind-blowing artwork by
Hideyuki Katsumata. Guitar and vocals were performed by
Sam Rosenberg, bass by
Daniel Pouridas, with drums and keyboards by
Matt Gatwood. The nine track album will be available in June on
Exploding in Sound Records. You can sample the masterwork by listening to the rugged “swol” at their
bandcamp. Also if haven’t had the chance to listen to
Split Dicks, their split with
Grass is Green, now is the time! It features exclusive tracks from both bands on a remarkable little piece of
vinyl for just $5. Let
New Artillery explain the value better than we can.
We are playing hard-to-get with the details on the new
Ovlov album but expectations are set to be exceeded. The album was recorded with Grass is Green's
Michael J Thomas III and has a big late 80’s / early 90’s guitar rock sound, complete with a healthy spattering of shoegaze. It will warrant the many shirtless performances that frontman
Steve Hartlett will no doubt be offering up on their upcoming tour with
Grass is Green. Look for the debut full-length,
Am, from Ovlov coming this summer as EIS008.
You may have noticed that the hype machine is just getting warmed up on
Fat History Month’s
Bad History Month and
people have said some very nice things. Tastemaking powerhouse
Consequence of Sound describes the duo’s idiosyncratic style in their
favorable review stating, “Imagine the lean angularity of early
Modest Mouse stamped with
Ween’s shrill sense for satire, and you've got a glimpse inside Fat History Month’s trippy musical wheelhouse.” Interested? Then head over to
Stereogum and listen to their latest single,
“Bald History Month”.
Bad History Month can be ordered at their
bandcamp. It comes with big and beautiful 6x9 inch 30 page illustrated lyric comic book AND a Heavenly 11x17 inch poster, all drawn by artiste extraordinaire
Adric Giles. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better package, especially for $10!
Geronimo! just wrapped up their east coast tour in support of their Exploding in Sound Records tape
Buzz Yr Girlfriend: Vol 3 - The Metal David Byrne. Reports are coming in that showgoers had their ears pleasantly bludgeoned in the spirit of good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll. You can grab a digital copy via a ‘name your price’ structure or
purchase the tape for $5. The collection of six tracks is too damn good for you not to hear so don’t make the tragic mistake of missing out.
Finally, in bittersweet news,
Speedy Ortiz have graduated to
Carpark Records. It seems like yesterday they were just a ragtag bunch of Western Mass punks playing basements and releasing an EP called
Sports on Exploding in Sound Records. They grow up so fast. *wipes tear* Speaking of
Sports, we’re down to the last few copies of the 10" colored vinyl so
get ‘em while their hot! Speedy Ortiz may have grown up and left home but they’ll always be family. We knew they were poised to be HUGE and we wish them the best as they jump Scrooge McDuck style into their new pool of money. Their full-length debut,
Major Arcana, is due out July 9th and we don’t think we’re giving anything away by telling you it sounds like a bona fide classic.
By now you should know that each performance by an Exploding in Sound Records artist is a transcendental experience that recalibrates your brain chemistry and releases dopamine in amounts that rival the strongest known drugs. If you don’t know this, you better catch one of the upcoming shows! You can experience the ultimate mindgasm on
June 15th when we are going to be doing an unofficial Northside Festival showcase at Big Snow in Brooklyn with the ENTIRE label! Details to come soon but save the date and don’t forget to contact us or the bands if you can help book a show on one of the dates below.
TOUR DATES
PILE / FAT HISTORY MONTH:
6/15 - Big Snow (Brooklyn, NY) w/ Exploding In Sound Records Party
GERONIMO!:
5/l8/l3 - Saki Records - Chicago, IL
5/l8/l3 - Quencher's - Chicago, IL - Meat Wave, Hospital Garden, Destroy This Place
6/l5/l3 - Big Snow Buffalo Lodge - Brooklyn, NY - NORTHSIDE FEST
8/3/l3 - Quencher's - Chicago, IL - Predators, The Kyle Sowashes, Mallwalker
GRASS IS GREEN / OVLOV:
May 17th - Boston, MA w/Sneeze and many more
May 18th - Western, MA
May 19th - Buffalo, NY
May 20th - Cleveland, OH - The Locker Room
May 21st - Kalamazoo, MI - The Corner Record Shop
May 22nd - Chicago, IL - Neverland
May 23rd - Saint Paul, MN - The Elephant Graveyard
May 24th - Minneapolis, MN - Hexagon Bar
May 25th - Madison, WI - *help us book*
May 26th - Chesterton, IN - Sound Cellar
May 27th - Columbusi, OH - *help us book*
May 28th - Lafayette, IN - A.N.T. Pharm w/Derailer & more
May 29th - Pittsburgh, PA - 339 lawn st. w/Oklahoma Car Crash & more
May 30th - Philadelphia, PA - Hausu
May 31st - New Brunswick, NJ - The Alamo
June 1st - Brooklyn, NY - Big Snow w/Appomattox and Miniboone
SPEEDY ORTIZ:
6/15 - Big Snow (Brooklyn, NY) w/ Exploding In Sound Records Party
TWO INCH ASTRONAUT:
6/9 VA
6/10 PITTSBURGH
6/11 Khyber (philly) w/ ugh god, ted nguygent
6/12 Obrien's (boston) w/ grass is green, crinkle face
6/13 CONNECTICUT
6/14 ALBANY/SYRACUSE??
6/15 Big Snow w/ all exploding in sound bandz
6/16 RHODE ISLAND???
6/18 home
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