This past July, we had the privilege of spending a few weekends with our good friend David Mattson. While David was with us, he shot some rehearsal and live footage. The footage was carefully compiled into a video for “Only Thing” from Short Films on Self-Control.
Check it out on the VIDEO page. We hope you enjoy it!
Lovely people:
What a busy autumn Good Night, States is having! Steve and his wife just welcomed a baby boy, the band played two shows at CMJ Music Marathon in Manhattan, and we return to Brooklyn on Friday night. Almost all of our weekends through Christmas are scheduled with shows, songwriting, and recording - we’re working hard to bring you new music. In the meantime, you can listen to our old music on your usual listening devices, as well as your MOBILE TELEPHONE!
Below are some it’s-cold-outside approved activities for you to enjoy:
- Download six FREE In The Impossible Tension ringtones from artist T Foley and Locally Toned!
- Watch a show clip and interview video from last week’s CMJ Music Marathon
- Tweet about us on Twitter (For example, #musicmonday, eh?)
- Attend an upcoming show (see SHOWS page for details)
Thanks for listening!
“Arsonist’s Blues” & “River in the Dry” from the new album, In The Impossible Tension, have recently been featured on the Shifted Sound Podcast. Go and listen! An enhanced version of the podcast is available through iTunes.
Good Night, States recently spent an evening recording ringtones for Locally Toned.
Locally Toned is a Pittsburgh-based original ringtone/public art project that seeks to capture sounds/tones/etc that Pittsburghers feel are sweet sounds that they wish to share. These tones/sounds are posted on the project’s site along with a description of who created the tone and why they chose to share it with the public.
Since there are five members of Good Night, States, Locally Toned has chosen to make this week “Good Night, States Week” on the blog. There will be a new post each day (monday-friday) that features a ringtone created by each member of the band.
The List of Featured Tones:
Stay tuned for more tones each day! The tones are free to download here. Enjoy!
Oh goodness, look at the press coverage!
Good Night, States’ iPhone/iPod touch story was picked up by Engadget.com, rumored to be one of the top English language blogs in the world. People who have never heard of Good Night, States are now calling us “famous”, while the app’s developers refer to us in the iTunes store as “world renowned musicians Good Night, States.” Other folks on Twitter are just calling us “insane geeks”, which is fine too.
In light of all the comments generated on the Engadget post, we want to encourage all you regular folk out there to watch the videos, read Steve’s latest blog post, and download the app. We created this play-along opportunity for you; yes, even you who have never touched a real synthesizer in your life. Noise.io provides an easy, fun way for people to participate with us - you don’t have to be a tech guru or even a musician to add to the performance at our next show, so don’t be shy. We’ll have our set list posted on The Box, where the input for your device attaches, at the front of the stage. Check it out in advance so you know exactly when your favorite play-along song is coming. Team up with a friend, because two people can play at once!
If an Apple app isn’t your style, wander over to the merch table to check out our new t-shirt design. Good Night, States will give a FREE t-shirt, autographed by world renowned us, to the person identifying the inspiration for the design, hand drawn by artist Nicolena Loshonkol. Hint: it fits our tech geek “scheme” to a tee. Email contest@goodnightstates.com with your guess!
We are the City Paper’s pick for MP3 Monday! Check out Good Night, States on their great music blog, FFW.
Our first internet single is now available on our MUSIC page.
Instead of charging a standard amount of $1, we are allowing you to choose the price you pay for the download.
We are excited to hear what you have to say about Long Coats, No Energy. We’ll be playing it live in our upcoming shows, so learn the words (which will be posted soon)! Soon, we will be recording Singles #2 & #3, which will be released on the first of May and June, respectively, so check back then!
We hope you enjoy the new song! It’s available for preview in the player [above left].
We’ve uploaded some new media for your consumption.
There are two new videos on the VIDEOS page and a new photoset on the PHOTOS page from our Goldhawk show in Hoboken in January.
Also, “I Am the Loser” has been featured for the past few weeks on the local music news on WYEP 91.3 FM in Pittsburgh. If you are a listener of WYEP and have heard it, call in or email the station and let them know that you like it and think that they should keep playing it.
We appreciate all that you do to support us in our music and art! You’re the best!
