Okay, so I totally should have posted about these things by now. Big whoop. So since a picture says 100 words, I’ll just post the music and let you decide for your cats.
November’s and December’s digital 7″ singles:
And also! I’m in a band with Mayhaw Hoons, Colin Anderson and Mickey Rivers called Spookies. We played our first show last weekend and it amazed. Here is our current three-song demo:
And my Top 5 Albums of 2011 list was published in the Portland Mercury! I do these lists for fun every year anyway so it’s rad to finally have it published in some substantial form.
More Spookies and more digital 7″s coming in 2012! It’s going to be a rad year, despite (or in spite of?) the Mayan calendar.
GUISE!! I have a new digital 7″ single out! It’s called “Pass It Off,” with a b-side (remember those?) of “Truth Serum.” It’s available for FREE on Bandcamp right now! The songs are fuzzy and warm, like a Cure burrito drizzed in New Order sauce. Go get it!!
Real Nights is now available for download and streaming on Band Camp! The download is pay-what-you-want (aka free) so you have no excuse for not getting your filthy paws on this record! Do it!
I’ve joined the 00s, with a whole month to spare! Sign up for the new Alex Arrowsmith email newsletter and receive a link to download the digital-only album 13 Songs For The Initiated (aka the Alex Arrowsmith Incesticide).
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I decided to compile a free “digital album” of all the Missing Briefcase demos. Click here to download it as a ZIP file. I arranged the running order chronologically in the order that they were recorded, so you can get a different perspective on the album. In fact, some of the songs sound very different from the album versions. Some are super rough, some are more produced. If you know the MB songs at all, it should be a fun listen!
I’ve started recording the next album. I’ve done a lot of work on it the past several days. I find it is like unloading a grocery bag full of various Mesopotamian artifacts. You know what I mean. It’s going to be an excellent album — very tightly focused and arranged. There should be some cool experiments on it too. Good ones though. Not crappy indulgent ones.
Rigidly,
Alex
