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EMP7001/TAO7001: Joseph Childress / White White Quilt - Split (Water Tower) 7" + Download
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Recorded by the American Opry while trespassing inside an abandoned three-story water tower, this record pairs haunted songs from Bay Area folk favorites – Joseph Childress and The White White Quilt. Saturated in natural reverb, these are single-take, battery-powered field recordings at their finest. Joseph Childress’s spirited performance of “Leaving the Barren Ground" is captivating and raw. The arrangement, improvised on the spot, features members of the Quilt throwing themselves against the walls of the water tower to create the cavernous sound of over-sized drums. Joseph’s sorrowful wails imbue his track with an uneasy beauty that will be familiar to fans of Jackson C. Frank, Roy Harper, and Bill Fay. The White White Quilt respond with “Papa", a sedated slab of soulful folk reminiscent of early Cat Power records, where each quiet verse unfolds with an easy calm similar to that found on J.J. Cale and Devendra Banhart albums. Together, these acoustic tracks create a well-engineered snapshot of an unlikely venue. Recommended for fans of Will Oldam, Brightblack Morning Light, Vetiver, and Jason Molina, this 7" is pressed on clear vinyl and limited to 500 copies. Keeping with the times, each purchase comes with a download of the record plus an unreleased bonus song from the tower sessions by the White White Quilt.
Redeem Download CodeEMP002/SEC-7-002: The Two Sides of Tim Cohen (2nd Pressing), LP + Download
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Tim Cohen may be familiar to you because you recently heard about the Fresh & Onlys, are a fan of the multi-genred Black Fiction, or are familiar with one of his many mysterious side projects. This record, however, is the first to bear his name. Written and recorded by Tim at his home during the interim between the unfortunate end of Black Fiction and the birth of the Fresh & Onlys, 'The Two Sides of Tim Cohen' is perhaps his most personal work to date. An immensely creative psych-folk opus, it is full of heartfelt love songs, amazing visions, & musings on death and worms. Tim's songs are reminiscent of the catchy, self-produced pop songs of (RAM era) Paul McCartney and Emitt Rhodes crossed with the skewed baritone bellows of Skip Spence and Michael Yonkers. Recommended for fans of Ariel Pink, Panda Bear, and Mayo Thompson, this vinyl-only release - shared by Secret Seven & Empty Cellar Records - is limited to 250 copies of which the first 100 are pressed on white vinyl. Keeping with the times, the album comes with a CD-quality digital download of the full album plus seven unreleased bonus songs.
OUT OF PRINT: Repress coming soon!
Redeem Download CodeEMP003/ANT529LP: The Dry Spells - Too Soon For Flowers, LP + Download
Track Listing:
01) Lost Daughter
02) Black Is The Color
03) Sruti
04) The Golden Vanity
05) Evangeline
06) Too Soon For Flowers
07) The Crow
08) Batwood
09) Rhiannon
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Too Soon For Flowers marks the debut of San Francisco's female fronted psych-folk ensemble, The Dry Spells. Recorded by Tim Green (Fucking Champs), and featuring members of Citay and Sonny & the Sunsets, this album is an impressive set of genre-defying compositions. Existing somewhere near the sonic intersection of Fairport Convention, Fleetwood Mac, and some heavy spaced-out dub, Too Soon For Flowers transitions effortlessly between eastern-influenced sustenatos, ethereal folk, and fuzzed-out psychedelic crescendos. Recommended for fans of Linda Perhacs, Cocteau Twins, & Espers, this woodsy album evokes numerous influences in the process of immersing the listener in something that is altogether new and mysterious. Keeping with the times, the LP comes with a high-quality digital download of the full album including The Dry Spells' stunning rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s “Rhiannon". Limited to 500 copies.
Redeem Download CodeEMP004/SEC-7-004: The Sandwitches - Duck, Duck, Goose! 12" e.p.
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On their latest Vinyl release, Heidi and Grace from San Francisco's The Sandwitches perform four heartbreaking acoustic lullabies interwoven with the spookiest sessions of Duck Duck Goose! ever caught on tape. Recorded and Produced by Wymond Miles (The Fresh & Onlys) and The Sandwitches, Duck Duck Goose! features haunting renditions of Tim Cohen's "Rock of Gibraltar" (a bonus track from the Two Sides of Tim Cohen), and of the Oscar-nominated ballad "Baby Mine", from what some say is the most heartbreaking moment in Disney cartoon history. Stamped on one-sided 12" vinyl, the initial pressing of this EP is limited to 500 copies brought to you by Empty Cellar and Secret Seven Records.
EMP005/TAR015: The Cairo Gang - Holy Clover 7" ep
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"HOLY CLOVER" new EP by THE CAIRO GANG. features four NEW songs recorded in a risen cornfield in shelby county, kentucky. A departure from previous cerebral and primarily acoustic efforts, this record is tight and electric with choruses and vocal harmonies all supported by an enforced bass and drums set. One mic at a time and brought to you in 33 rpms on glorious 7 inch vinyl! Limited copies made available by Empty Cellar and Tin Angel in the USA and Europe, respectively. Includes freed downloadable version.
Redeem Download CodeEMP006: Pillars and Tongues - Lay of Pilgrim Park, LP + Download
Track Listing:
01) Root / Joy
02) Veils of
03) The Center of
04) Resolve
05) Park Saint and Folly
06) Made Sheen
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After spending more than a third of 2009 touring the United States and Europe, including a month-long tour supporting Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Pillars and Tongues returned to Chicago and executed, in two days, Lay of Pilgrim Park. Recorded primarily live, Lay of Pilgrim Park reads like a map, like a document of a certain space. Rich string textures molded by violinist Beth Remis and bassist Evan Hydzik and fluid vocal improvisations by all three members of the trio flow alongside deep, primal, danceable grooves; percussionist/singer Mark Trecka's bold lyrical enterprises, styled like a cross between Pandit Pran Nath and Tim Buckley, explore concepts of constant mystery, the impossibility of absolute knowledge, and the purging of those unwanted or crippling things acquired along the way. The music on this record is not easily situated within genre constraints, but has drawn comparisons to music as varied as Dirty Three, Dead Can Dance, the Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir and Moondog. Pillars and Tongues has shared the stage with a great variety of artists, from Tuvan throat-singing icons Chirgilchin to feral instrumental-rock pioneers the Dirty Three. This Empty Cellar release of Lay of Pilgrim Park marks the band's first time on vinyl. This LP comes with a free CD-quality digital download of the entire album. Limited to 500 copies.
Redeem Download CodeAsh From Sweat #17: Joseph Childress / Strangers Die Every Day - Split 7"
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Denver label Ash From Sweat records proudly serves up this great split 7" from two Denver expats, Joseph Childress & Strangers Die Everyday. Joseph plays a stunning rendition of “White Castle Creek Mother" the only track to surface from his 2007 recording sessions with Chris Adolf of Bad Weather California. Drawing on chilling imagery of the personal & collective history of the plains in Wymoning on which he worked ranch – as told to him by a young girl – “White Castle Creek Mother" features a beautifully subdued full band arrangement, a rarity for Joseph’s recordings. Strangers Die Everyday contribute a beautiful multi layered post-rock composition. In the vein of Godspeed You Black Emperor and Explosions In The Sky, their untitled track achieves a remarkable level of lush intensity despite sparse instrumentation and but one electric instrument, a bass guitar, amidst a cello, violin, and drums. 480 copies exist on grey vinyl with full color artwork by Aaron Ray. Above and beyond packaging again, by Ash From Sweat.
TurnUp!001: The Sandwitches - How To Make Ambient Sadcake, LP
Track Listing:
01) Back To The Sea
02) Tarantula Arms
03) The Revisionist
04) Strangers Shadow
05) Fire
06) Relax at the Beach
07) Marry Me
08) No No
09) Wicked Inger
10) Crabman
11) Kiss Your Feet
12) Mr. Promotion
13) Thank You For Listening
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"The Sandwitches came out of nowhere. Well…that’s not quite right of course…but sometimes it happens, when you get three DNA’s together doing their own tunes, you kind
of forgot what they were up to before. Or at least that’s what happened when I first wrapped ears around the sounds contained herein. A Holy Communion of Roky Erickson
and Stevie Nicks. A lyrical beauty too. Strings bobbing around like loose wires on the headstock, chiming and picking away and baking the ambient sadcake. Tomorrows beat,
learned yesterday or some time ago in band from back when. More jazzed up than the Moe Tucker and “Be My Baby”. Boom and crash – loose/tight – on time and free. When the
daylight pop appears, upbeat introductions keep you comfortable for a spell, but the hopeful sun has soon gone down and there are now more questions and apologies amid
the darkness – and the headline reads “The Carter Family Goes Electric”. But there are no taunts of “Judas!” this time, only “Midas!” = yeah the one with the golden touch.
Something cool and beautiful and true is happening here. The Sandwiches are bringing this vision to life. Imagine a 60’s Girl-group is on tour and their van breaks down
near a gothic castle high on the hill, Dario Argento invites them in to perform a concert for his tweaked actors in a big dark red room inside and, if the dream is right,
it’s the Sandwiches – they’d fit right in with those misfits and speak the same language. I’d like to be there to dance.
Close your eyes and you’ll see what I mean. These are fab, haunting tunes wrapped in tender weird pop. That’s what we got here. A heavy party you want to hang out at.”
--Kelley Stoltz
Ash From Sweat #19: Milton Melvin Croissant III - The Song Remains the Same / High Plains Gothic, 7"
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After a handful of self-released CDR and tapes, Ash From Sweat is pleased to release the vinyl debut of Denver's mastermind songwriter, Milton Melvin Croissant III. His band (The Wingless Crows) may have split for Portland, but Buddy soldiered on with an array of loops, beats, and other oddities to keep the full band sound. The results are this fantastic seven-inch single that combines the best of Milton's songwriting with his experimental side, while drawing energy and imagery from a wanderlust for Colorado's high country.
As with all Ash From Sweat releases, the importance of art is not overlooked. 300 copies on black vinyl, with silkscreened covers. All Cover and insert drawings by MMCIII himself, and screen-printed by any number of AFS volunteers. They used a bunch of different colors for the covers: green, yellow, pink, blue, purple, and some varying mixes of all the above.
SecretSeven003/SoftAbuse39: Sonny & the Sunsets - Tomorrow is Alright, LP
Track Listing:
01) Too Young To Burn
02) Death Cream
03) Strange Love
04) Planet of Women
05) The Houris
06) Stranded
07) Bad Vibes & Evil Thoughts
08) Chapters
09) Love Among Social Animals
10) Lovin' on an Older Gal
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Sonny & the Sunsets are a beautiful west coast thing. Birthed from the sand, the surf, and twilight campfires down in Ocean Beach, Sonny & the Sunsets’ busted beach-pop songs spark recollections of doo wop's otherworldly despair, the kitchen sink savoir faire of The Raincoats, a dose of goofball humor from the Michael Hurley school, and positive possibilities exuded by Jonathan Richman, with and without The Modern Lovers. Helmed by the acclaimed singer / songwriter, playwright, author & onetime troubadour pianoman Sonny Smith, The Sunsets have featured a revolving door lineup that now includes Kelley Stotlz and Tahlia Harbour. Still more friends and neighbors including John Dwyer, Tim Cohen and Shayde Sartin cosmically appeared to contribute to the debut LP, Tomorrow is Alright. The LP is limited to 500 copies.
Tomorrow is Alright hits on all the right zones, from sly VU-like observations to the true bedlam explored by Holy Modal Rounders. All the while, Sonny’s pen is soaked with an EC comics sense of storytelling, touching equally on the macabre, the absurd, the humorous, and above all, the entertaining. A co-release with the Secret Seven and Soft Abuse labels.
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SecretSeven005: Various Artists - In A Cloud: New Sounds from San Francisco, LP
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In A Cloud is a collection of 14 previously unreleased songs from some of our favorite San Francisco musicians including:
Thee Oh Sees, Sonny & The Sunsets, Fresh & Onlys, Hannah & Raven (of Grass Widow), Jacques Butters, Ty Segall, Sandwitches,
Exray’s, Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month, Trainwreck Riders, Dylan Shearer, Paula Frazer, Tim Cohen, and Kelley Stoltz. Mastered by
Paul Oldham. Art by Richard Hart & Sarah Poole. (Limited to 500 copies)
Side One: Sonny & The Sunsets – ‘Heart Of Sadness’ / Fresh & Onlys – ‘You Owe Your Life To The Streets’ / Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month –
‘Mysteries’ / Sandwitches – ‘Grey Wizard’ / Thee Oh Sees – ‘Contraption’ / Dylan Shearer – ‘4 In The Morning House’ / Jacques Butters – ‘Baby Held’
Side Two: Kelley Stoltz – ‘Pinecone’ / Paula Frazer – ‘What Does It Take’ / Trainwreck Riders – ‘World Got Round’ / Tim Cohen –‘I Come Alive’ /
Hannah & Raven (of Grass Widow) – ‘Beehive’ / Exray’s – ‘Everything Goes’ / Ty Segall – ‘Hey Big Mouth’
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SecretSeven006: Michael Yonkers - Goodby Sunball, LP
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Secret Seven Records is proud to release the first ever reissue of the lost psych-folk LP 'Goodby Sunball' by cult favorite, Michael Yonkers. Privately released in 1974, 'Goodby Sunball' was recorded at Yonkers' home studio a few years after 'Microminature Love' and just before 'Lovely Gold'. Remastered from the original LP by Ben Tuttle. Limited to 500 copies.
"The music for 'Goodby Sunball' was written during the recovery period following serious spine surgery. The surgery had not gone well, i was laid up for months, and had to learn to walk again. So, the music was written using an acoustic guitar, while laying in bed. When i was able to be up and around more, i started recording the songs...a little at a time.It took about 7 months. i recorded the tracks in the little studio i had in my place. It was all recorded on two-channel, tube type machines (back and forth between machines). The vocals were done in the bathroom, to give an expanded sound." - Michael Yonkers
Side One: Goodby Sunball / Tell Me Of Love / The Day Of Jubilee / Angel Of The Snow / The Swamp Of Love / Anne Is My Lassie / Another Day / Morning Of Love / Someone Like You
Side Two: Early Wakin' Morning / Strange And Lonely Land / Oh Can You Tell Me / Time Honored Love / Goodby Sunball
Disneyland Reform Party: The Cairo Gang - Twyxt Wyrd, CD
Track Listing:
01) Smoke
02) Hope
03) Coyote
04) 100 Lines
05) Moving Farther Down The Mine
06) Building a Village of Enemies
07) Hortus
08) At The Show
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Twyxt Wyrd is the second album by the Cairo Gang and it is a marked shift in The Cairo Gang, as it moves from more of a scattered survey of differing styles and approaches to a more unified sound. Indeed, this record seems more like a second debut rather than a successor to the Cairo Gang's first album. Released on his own label, Disneyland Reform Party, the eight tracks on Twyxt Wyrd were recorded live on all acoustic instruments - in only four hours - on a winter day in Chicago. The result is a personal, soulful, and well-engineered snapshot of The Cairo Gang just as Kelly intended it to be. The recording (credited to drummer Noritaka Tanaka) is open and clear, allowing Kelly's delicate and nuanced vocals to soar over his deceptively simple finger-style guitar. Featuring heavy-hitter Joshua Abrams on upright bass and a handful of guest appearances by other exceptional Chicago musicians, this album is solid to its core. LIMITED TO 500 copies. See Blackest Rainbow for vinyl.
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2007 Ben Lomond Indian Summer Music Festival Poster by Stacie Willoughby
We made a limited run of 50 professionally printed 11x17" posters for the 2007 Ben Lomond Indian Summer Music Festival featuring Mammatus, Entrance, Ruthann Friedman,
Aaron Ross, Joseph Childress, Paula Frazer, Barn Owl, Wymond & His Spirit Children, and many others (Pictured Left).
All are hand signed and numbered by Stacie Willoughby. Less than 20 left!
$11-20 sliding scale ($15 Suggested Donation)
Proceeds go to Stacie.