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I’ve posted some updated tour dates for Unwed Sailor for June. Foxhole is playing tonight in Nashville at The End with Caspian and Maps. Go see them. :::scott:::

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Questions in Dialect start their tour to the West Coast tonight in Louisiana. Go see them. Unwed Sailor are touring through the end of the week and will then be going out for some more shows in June. I’m hoping to get test pressings for the first Starflyer 59 Ghosts of the Future 7″ later in the week or early next week. It’s getting exciting. Test pressings for mewithoutYou brother, sister LPs are also expected very soon. :::scott:::

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2008 will mark ten years as a band for Unwed Sailor. Their often punchy, energetic song based instrumental music flies in the face of the epic dynamics often associated with so-called “post-rock” instrumental bands. They quickly established themselves many years ago with the classic release of Firecracker on Seattle’s Made in Mexico (later re-issued on cd and vinyl by btv). The Unwed Sailor fan base exploded with the advent of The Faithful Anchor, originally released on Michigan’s Lovesick Recordings and re-issued on Burnt Toast Vinyl, which saw the band taking to the road and bringing the rock with their tightly rehearsed, energetic live show. Fans of the recordings noticed some slight departures with 2003’s The Marionette and the Music Box, which meandered into a fantasy realm of subtly beautiful neo-classical songs and a more conceptual presentation, and the recent Circles and The White Ox, which delved into sprawling ambience and southwestern/Native american influences. The live show has been the common thread with the more experimental recorded pieces being re-worked and translated to the energetic performance. For their ten year anniversary, the band has been working to present its catalog as the re-developed live versions. The first cd of the History…Continue reading