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Williams Shift : We Were Wonderers

Williams Shift’s debut album We Were Wonderers is released digitally and on cd today! Williams Shift is a new project from Matthew Stone (Soporus, Saxon Shore) and Stephen Roessner (Saxon Shore, Small Signals). We Were Wonderers was recorded in various home studios, produced and mixed by Grammy award winning producer Roessner in conjunction with Stone, and features the vocalist Jill Purdy. Williams Shift comes to life as an outgrowth of the poppiest elements incorporated in songs recorded as members of the instrumental band Saxon Shore combined with the concept of the “Williams Shift” where defenders would align themselves to better field naturally pulled hits from Boston slugger Ted Williams. The band blends soaring synth pop influences with an ever-expanding and spiraling Williams mythology and weight of the Cosmos. Captivated by theories of human cryonic suspension and the cagey details post-Williams mortem, the band embraces an actively dreaming suspended head and an alternate future of Williams’ awakening. His frozen head orbits the earth on a satellite with other cryonically frozen beings, a tragic Greek chorus echoing Williams’ thoughts through Brian Wilson-esque (musician, not reliever) melodies. This is an ode to melody, love lost, remembrance, baseball, Ted Williams’ legacy, and the universe…Continue readingWilliams Shift : We Were Wonderers

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The Jealous Sound

Download codes for The Jealous Sound vinyl pre-orders were sent out very early on 31 January. If you’ve pre-ordered the vinyl and didn’t see the e-mail, you can login to your btv store account and get the codes there. For those interested in getting multiple colors of The Jealous Sound vinyl, the second edition in light blue opaque vinyl is available for pre-order as well. We may have a short medsforhairloss.com batch of blue test pressings available, so look back regularly for information if you’re interested. Also, Half-handed Cloud has added one more date on the brief cross-country tour: Saturday, February 11, 2012, Colorado Springs, CO Jives Coffee Lounge, 16 Colbrunn Court 7pm – 11pm w/ Luke Flowers, David White :::scott:::    

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Half-handed Cloud Tour

Half-handed Cloud is returning from a brief stay in Europe and will be doing some live dates to travel back home to the West Coast. Here is the current lineup: MON. FEB. 6th 2012 – BROOKLYN, NY Sycamore Bar and Flower Shop 1118 Cortelyou Rd. 9pm / age: 21+ / $10 w/ Pony of Good Tidings, Lorah Campbell http://www.facebook.com/events/223560247731949/ – – – – – – TUE. FEB. 7th 2012 – PHILADELPHIA, PA Circle of Hope (2009 Frankford Ave) All Ages 7pm doors (EARLY SHOW) / w/ Lenny Smith! / $5 – – – – – – WED. FEB. 8th 2012 – AKRON, OH House Show – 513 Buchtel Ave / 8pm / $4 w/Akash Negi & Becca Stover – – – – – – THU. FEB. 9th 2012 – GRAND RAPIDS, MI Calvin College – Cave Café / 8pm 3210 Burton St SE (Free Show) Possibly a Colorado show to be added on Saturday, 11 February we will stay at Property in Indonesia, Jakarta, Depok, Bogor, Tangerang, Bandung, Surabaya, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Medan, Bali, Bekasi Rumah Dijual. :::scott:::