Sharp Toys and Other Objects Easily Choked On

Dudes!

This has been a whirl-wind of a year getting our new album 'Kid Scissors' recorded. It took us 9 months of tracking and 3 months of mixing, as well as a handfull of set-backs and rewinds. Thankfully, it is now in pressing and we can wipe our hands clean of the production aspect. Joe Gac engineered it and KD Creager once again lent her amazing talents for the artwork. We are making 500 shiney 180 gram vinyl discs, and I must emphasize that NOTHING sounds quite like a record. After spending months listening to digital mixes, analog is like a wool blanket instead of a shitty worn cotton one.

We also released a CD single for "The City Wins', a slip-case with 2 b-sides that won't be on the album. You can download the tracks here if you'd like. http://elephantgun.bandcamp.com Or e-mail us and we will send you a real life hard copy!

Track Listing:
The City Wins
Hangin'
Ghost Town



There will also be an extra track on the CD version and digital download of the full length that will not be on the 12" vinyl. We are excited to have all these new songs for you all to listen to. I feel this record has a more "ballroom" vibe than our others. We also had some friends join us on some songs, which was a great experience. The official release date is 11-11-11, and there will be a small tour around Illinois and surrounding cities that weekend.

Here is the cover!

Track Listing:
Lightning Bugs
My Back Yard
Go and Leave
The City Wins
Coolest Dudes (and The Birthday Girl)
Sugar Cane
Where Have You Bendorf? (All My Life?)
Cheap Heat
Waltz III
Sand Naps
When You Were A Bore
Ceiling
(Off)- digital and CD only

Relix will be featuring us in their "On The Verge" section in December as well as putting "The City Wins" on 100,000 compilations sold world-wide. It is very exciting they want to print us cause they've hyped and helped awesome bands such as My Morning Jacket and The Flaming Lips. We are also planning a meaty 2-week tour U.S. in the summer of 2012. I will keep you all posted on this. Until then, check out our facebook page for constant updates as well as http://cassettedeckmedia.net.

Later dudes,

-Jared

making babies

Producing an album is like creating life. Except in this example life is music (because music is life).

Wait...what do you mean...life?


ANYWAYS, we are still in the process of making our third album. A lot of great stuff got done this past weekend with the help of friends and family. And you KNOW it's always nice to have friends and family supporting you and rootin' you on while your making a baby.

Joe Gac moved to Woodstock for 65 hours. Evan got a nap. Jared left for a little while to go play with his buddies at the bar down the road. We had a 'burning man' moment in the wee hours of Sunday morn. and then Ryan pops in outta nowhere. But we just call that a weekend 'round here.


Look. If that didn't make any sense to you let me spell it to you this way. There's 3 steps to making a record:
1. Record it.
2. Mix/Master/Replicate it
3. Release it.

We're oh so close to finishing step 1. Most of you won't hear it until step 3. Some of you might be lucky enough to hear it during step 2. And I'm sure the rest of you won't realize we have a new record until Step 4 - sell off old equipment to make another record/write new songs.

upcoming shows
SUN MARCH 6 THE WHISTLER CHICAGO, IL

We'll be sure to call you if anything important happens.


-Paul

Winter Crimes and Seasonal Depression

Hello and Happy New Year from the darkest depths of the Illinois winter. It has been snowing consistently since December 1st, the roads have been shit ($8,000 black ice damage to the pickup truck), and I haven't seen the sun in about 7 days. On a lighter note, we are in the midst of creating our 3rd album (still untitled) with Joe Gac. So far we have tracked instruments in 4 different locations, making Joe just drag his computer by a string. We were able to use a really old antique piano on this recording which is exciting for us. I'm pretty sure an Elephant died to make it, cause the keys are real ivory. Daniel Villarreal-Carrillo will be guest-appearing to do all of the percussion, he is a unique talent and we are honored to have him contribute. We are planning on this to be a early summer release on Cassette Deck. It will hopefully be pressed into vinyl. We are crossing the fingers and dotting our eyes.

Here are the songs we are recording. titles are subject to change.

Sand Naps
When You Were A Bore
Ceiling
Coolest Dudes (and The Birthday Girl)
Cheap Heat
The City Wins
Go and Leave
Off
How Have You Bendorf?
Hangin'
Cold in The D
Sugarcane
My Backyard
Waltz III
Lightning Bugs

We have a show at the end of this month at Pancho's (right by the California blue-line stop in Logan Square). It's gonna be a banger, we have our buddies Prussia and Swell Suburbia joining us, as well as This Piano Plays Itself from Atlanta, and Community College. We are very excited for this one and will be playing a lot of new songs. Check out the sweet hand-drawn poster Emmy May created!




Wait a minute....what's going on? -Jared