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Is this gratuitous?

November 29th, 2008 by Brian

So I was moving some files around from my laptop back to my PC when I noticed this:

Handclaps

If I scroll just right, the entire Windows Explorer window is taken up by handclaps tracks. A lot of folks have been asking what we’ve been up to lately and when are we going to play again. And here’s the answer. We’ve been recording. Handclaps.

In all seriousness, for the last two months or so, we’ve been hunkered down in our practice space laying some songs to tape, or actually, hard drive. Our previous attempts at recording songs have always been on away turf; this is our first real try at doing it ourselves and so far we’ve been pretty pleased with the results.

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Glimmerless (New Song!)

December 8th, 2007 by Brian

There is a new song, Glimmerless, available for listening and download on the songs page

No Heart No Love

January 12th, 2005 by Brian

As always, the No Heart, No Love EP is available here! Someone who reviews such things almost professionaly thinks that we sound like Natalie Merchant fronting the Replacements (we were aiming for Paul Westerberg torturing the 10,000 Maniacs, so its back to the drawing board again). Go to the November 2005 reviews at Demorama