dear reader,

somewhat hilariously, in my last post (one month ago) i stated that i wanted to blog here regularly. where have i been?

of course, the week+ of “rest” i was so looking forward to turned into nearly two weeks of sickness, followed immediately by a frenzy of recording and mixing for “sometimes i see you on the lawn” (have you listened to it yet?), followed immediately thereafter by a frenzy of prep for a summer music program i’m teaching. in fact, my voice cleared up enough to sing “sometimes” literally just in time–the LAST day i had available to track before i needed to begin mixing to get the track out in time.

in short, i apologize.

and that leads nicely into a couple of informal announcements:

1. there’s a new track today, “moonlight.”

2. it’s the last internet release until sometime in the fall.

we’re not 100% on when exactly we’ll start up again with the once-a-month singles. joe and i are going to be finishing “in the impossible tension” on our own time here in nj, but we won’t be releasing the last two tracks individually. all i’ll say is that there’ll be no august releases (except maybe a physical copy of “in the impossible tension,” MAYBE), and probably no september ones either.

don’t cry, tickles. it’s good! i’m sure you all have been postponing your vacations for fear of getting behind in this relentless listening march to the proverbial sea, so… here you go. take that cruise. go visit your family.

in any event, watch for announcements on that.

truth is, we’ve had a pretty great (albeit busy) june and 1st half of july, what with the big summer festival show a few weeks ago, some more glowing reviews of that set and “short films on self-control,” “not come around” getting some play on wyep in addition to “killer of the one,” and a feeling of some renewed drive for playing a bunch more shows. i’m really hoping we can take breathers here and there to enjoy what IS going on, and balance a bit in our hearts the drive to make more happen.

well… i’ve got to get to school. but it’s good to see you again, reader.

Tags: band life, by:steve, new releases, recording