Frank Schweikhardt ‘Kitchen Table’ Out Today and Other News!
Today is the big day! After 3+ years of hard work, Frank Schweikhardt’s Kitchen Table will finally see the light of day. We’ve had the pleasure of being with Frank through every step of this record-making process, and we couldn’t be happier about it or believe in this record more than we do. It’s beautiful, brilliant, and understated.
Of course you can pick up the vinyl LP, the instrumental cassette tape version (thanks, Flannelgraph), or stream/buy the MP3 version directly from our “Catalog” page.
Speaking of which, you can now (finally…) stream our ENTIRE digital catalog from right here at XRArecords.com! Just click on the album covers in the “Catalog” page and you can preview any of our fine digital offerings while you read our sales pitch and try your darndest to resist. However, be prepared to succumb to the power of persuasion as those words plus the undeniably high-quality music convince you otherwise.
Also, for a limited time, we have a handful of husband&wife Dark Dark Woods vinyl LPs available in the “Catalog” shop. These are beautiful, white vinyl LPs in hand-cut/screened sleeves (by our pals at Mind Over Matter), and include a daring and fantastic ambient remix CD called Seems Like The Same Sound, which features every song from DDW remixed (at least once) by our good pal Adam Jessup. We don’t have many of these, so snatch them up while you can.
New MOUNT EERIE 12″ Coming In June!
I’m more-or-less just sitting here rocking back and forth, giggling and shaking as I write this, so please forgive me any typos or incoherent ramblings, but I’m VERY excited to announce that XRA will be releasing a brand new 12″ LP on June 11, 2013 called “Live in Bloomington, September 30th, 2011” by one of our all-time favorite bands, MOUNT EERIE!!!!
This is a live recording from a Mount Eerie show right here in good old Bloomington. Masterfully recorded and mixed by Mike Bridavsky at Russian Recording, it’s beautiful, spooky, and sounds unlike any other previously released Mount Eerie record (believe me, we know…we’ve heard all of them… like, 100 times each…we love them!)
There will be a lot more info on this in the coming weeks, including song samples and preorder info. For now though, please enjoy (and share) this promotional video for the album with everyone you know:
Mount Eerie – Live In Bloomington, September 30th, 2011 – Promotional Commercial
TRACKLIST:
introduction / House Shape / Between Two Mysteries / Ancient Questions / Karl Blau / No Inside, No Out / The Place I Live / Lone Bell / See Me / Stone’s Ode / The Place Lives
Frank Schweikhardt “Motel” Music Video Released Today
I know we’ve been talking about Kitchen Table for a long time now…afterall, it’s been since 2009 that we’ve last heard from Frank Schweikhardt, but that’s all about to change!
I’m very VERY excited to say that starting now you can see Frank’s first ever music video, and listen to his new single, Motel! The video is composed of footage shot entirely by Frank himself from and inside various motel rooms during his tenure as a tour bus driver for famous musical acts, and it perfectly suits the music. The only humans in the video are distant, sometimes seen from 10 stories up, sometimes only implied by the movement of their automobiles. Everything else about the video, and the song itself, is a point-of-view experience from where Frank stands. The band is tight and robust, Frank’s voice is as intimate as ever, but the focus is undoubtedly spacial.
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
STREAM/DOWNLOAD THE SONG HERE
We’ll have preorder info for Kitchen Table up in a couple of weeks (official release date is 5/14/13), but for now please enjoy Motel and share it with everyone you know!
In other news, thanks to everyone who has participated in the Kitchen Table Test Pressing Raffle so far! The raffle will officially end this morning when Frank arrives at my house. We’ll draw the winning name then and announce the winner to the world! We’ll drop your LP in the mail tomorrow morning. (If you HAVEN’T purchased your raffle ticket yet, there’s still some time…I’d imagine Frank won’t be here for another hour or two. We’ll let the contest run until then, so act fast!)
It’s Contest Time!
It’s Contest Time!
Enter to win a TEST PRESSING of Frank Schweikhardt’s new LP “Kitchen Table” and hear it before anyone else!
Starting now, and ending next Wednesday (4/3/13), we’re selling raffle tickets that will enter you into a drawing with a chance to win a TEST PRESSING of Frank Schweikhardt’s new LP “Kitchen Table”! Tickets are $5, and you can buy as many as you want (more tickets = better chances of winning). When the contest ends on Wednesday, we’ll draw the winner at random and drop your new LP in the mail on Thursday! That means you stand a chance to hear Frank’s new record AN ENTIRE MONTH AND A HALF BEFORE ANYONE ELSE! It’s wild!
Listen to this sad/beautiful Aussie-NPR story featuring Bro. Stephen
Hookers, flaming mattresses, death, redemption, photographs, Bro Stephen…this story has it all!
Click this LINK now to hear a sad and beautiful story from photographer Warren Kirk on RadioNation (Australia’s NPR-equivilent), and find out how Bro. Stephen‘s “Easy Love” has helped him cope through tragedy and speaks to some of life’s greater truths!
