Living Well “With The One That I Love” – See the Ad Now!
Odds are, you’re probably in the midst of the most killer spring break of your life right now (or if you’re like me, “spring break” = “work week”). But either way, the weather is warming up, the trees are greening, and we’re all shaking winter’s frost off our creaky old bones and preparing to get down right social in the springtime sun.
One of the greatest social pastimes of all times is the listening to of recorded music. Luckily, that’s exactly what we specialize in around here. To that end, we introduce to you, Living Well, the new project from ex-Alexander the Great-ers Bryant Fox and Ben Lumsdaine. Their new full-length album With The One That I Love is available from us starting now. If you wonder what this music sounds like, I’ll describe it like this…imagine the catchy hooks that ATG was so good for, minus the proggy aspects of that former life and distilled down into an upbeat, action packed 36 minutes that you’ll never be able to scrape off of your brain. Maybe it’d be appropriate to mention some bands like the Strokes, or The Get Up Kids, or Arctic Monkeys here, but I can’t be sure, so I won’t do it.
Another one of life’s greatest possible occurrences is a game of Euchre. I’ve been told that this card game originated in Indiana, but I also get the feeling that it probably originated in every other place where they play it, too. Either way, it’s big fun! That’s why we’re releasing this new Living Well album in the only format that seemed to suit it…an extremely limited edition Euchre Deck/Puzzle/MP3 album!! No joke, these things are gorgeous, feel great, and going to go real fast.
When you’re ready, you can order a deck here, or here(<– this one includes an immediate download of the album). They will be gone before you know it (seriously, 48 exist) so don’t drag your feet!
Starflyer 59 IAMACEO Instrumentals Available Now From Flannelgraph Records
Our buddies over at Flannelgraph Records have excitedly announced today that they will be releasing an instrumental cassette tape version of Starflyer 59’s latest album, IAMACEO!
We’re not in cahoots on this release or anything, we just thought a few of you XRArrot Heads out there might be interested in this news.
Preorder the tape here, only 300 copies exist! ACT FAST!!
Frank Schweikhardt – “Kitchen Table” Release Date, Album Cover, and Tracklist
I can’t tell you how thoroughly pumped and excited I am to tell you about this! May 14th, 2013. That’s the day. After a long wait (4 years, to be exact), Frank Schweikhardt is finally prepared to release his brand new full-length album, Kitchen Table to the world. In an effort to build suspense and generate interest, I’m not going to tell you anything about it. Nope. Because I want you to get excited and curious about it, I’m not going to tell you how every single moment on this album is perfect, or how it’s more band oriented than Life But No More, or how it’s heavier and catchier than anything Frank has done before. That will all have to wait. For now, all I can say is that the official release date for the record is May 14th, 2013. We’ll have some preorder info up before too long, and we’ll have a LOT more to say about this record soon. Below here is the album cover, and also the tracklist. A fun thing to do might be to look at the cover, read the song titles, and based on that combination try to imagine what the songs sound like. THEN, when the record comes out, listen to it and see if the song in your mind matches the song IRL!
Tracklist Side A:
Honey Lake
Motel
Marble Mountain
Cold Hands
Budapest
Tracklist Side B:
New Name
Prospect Hill
Cottage Grove
Waste
The Kingdom
Starflyer 59 “Silver” Out of Print!!
You read right, folks. This inevitable day has finally come. As of this week, we are now completely sold-out of Starflyer 59 “Silver” LPs! Thanks a million to all you lucky individuals who got your hands on them before it was too late. Our sincere apologies go out to you sorry suckers who drug your feet.
We had a fantastic time making this record, and really feel it a privilege to have a part in the sf59 legend.
It’s not too late to get your hands on a real good looking copy of Starflyer’s Old LP, and of course don’t forget that their new record IAMACEO is out now and available from the Undertow store!
Stay tuned here at XRArecords.com. You never know when some new XRA/SF59 news might pop up around here 😉
Bro. Stephen Makes Amazon.com ‘Best of…” List!
If you’re reading this here, we suspect you’re already acutely aware of just how great Bro. Stephen‘s album Baptist Girls is. The debut, released in January this year, has gotten loads of critical praise already for it’s somber tone, beautiful haunting melodies, and forever catchy tunes.
But thankfully, for those less fortunate and out-of-the-know, the fine folks over at Amazon.com have compiled a list of 2012’s Best Albums You Might Have Missed and named Baptist Girls #21 out of 100! Amazon knows what’s up!!
As always, you can pick up the physical version of Baptist Girls from us, on beautiful green vinyl or CD, or the mp3 version is on sale now at Amazon.com for a mere $8.99.
