Hello!
The Soft City are playing a show with
Corita, at
Pianos, 158 Ludlow at Stanton, New York City.
We're on at 9, Corita are on at 10. There will be a give-away or competition. Not decided what yet...
Here's the finished sleeve for our new single, out in May or June. It was designed by
Krister Bladh and features a pie chart - surely a first!
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NYC Show
Thursday, January 27, 2011
We've been a bit quiet on the show front of late. Jason moved to Baltimore, so playing show's has been a bit difficult. Since then we have been joined by Andy from Crystal Stlits who has kindly agreed to play guitar, and Lisa, who is playing drums: Phil has moved on to rhythm guitar. He's our new Bonehead. But not as good!
As such, we're playing a wee, free show at Kyle's Korner, Otto's Shrunken Head, NYC, on February 14th - Valentine's Night no less. We may or may not be covering a song by The Monks... There will be some other acts too, playing in the newly reopened tiki bar at the back. We'll be doing mostly new songs, and one or two oldies. We're not sure yet! It all kicks off at 10.
The new EP is finished and we're waiting for the artwork. We'll previewthe 4 track EP, titled Four Stories (available digitally and on 33 1/3 rpm 7" vinyl in the Spring) sometime soon. The three people who have heard it liked it, so fingers crossed! It's very likely we'll record another EP before that one is finished being pressed.
Listening to The Zombies reissues on 33 1/3 rpm 7" at the moment - "'66" is amazing! So mazing I made a fake record sleeve. This isn't how it'll look, but it's fun to muck about.
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5:10 PM
Snappy blog post title. Can't remember where I got it...
Seeing as it's the season of gift giving, here at TSC headquarters we... Funny how indie kids always talk about their bedroom operations in grandiose terms: their band / label has a headquarters, it's based in Fizzbomb Mansion, Indie Pop House, all overseen by a President. Ironic given that we're named for some kind of metropolis. er... anyway. Here at The Winter Palace Offices of the Commissariat of the People's Republic of Indie Pop, in the Soft City, we have decided on a holiday season giveaway. For one day, and one day only (can you guess which?)
The Soft City, the stunning, no, haunting, debut album by The Soft City will be free to download, with artwork etc, from our
Bandcamp site. Free to those who guess what day that is. It's a kind of competition - guess the day, win the prize type of thing. Until then it'll cost ya!
But there's more! For one day (that same day) only you will be able to download a song from our new 4-track EP, which isn't even out yet! Gratis. It's coming out in the Spring on Vinyl. 7". 4 tracks (yes that's right). 331/3 rpm, like in the old days. When Wimpy burgers came on a plate, with a cup and saucer cup of tea. Do they still? The Soft City is a NYC band btw... SORRY UPDATE: SONG NOT READY! WE WILL GIVE YOU A FREEBIE AS SOON AS THOUGH.
Over at Skatterbrain we've made their Top Twenty for the year, which is super tops. One of songs is included in their mix tape for 2010 called
Au Revoir 2010, which includes lots of great acts: Best Coast, Crystal Stilts, Cinema Red and Blue, Frankie Rose, Veronica Falls, Belle and Sebastian: illustrious company indeed!
Does anyone even read this? Maybe...
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It's been ages! Sorry about that.
It's been a bit quiet, but we've been up to lots. This summer we recorded a four track EP, to come out as a digital release and limited 33 1/3 r.p.m. 7" single in the Spring. Yes that's right, a 4-track seven-inch single like in the sixties. Vinyl extended play - our favourite format. The tracks are:
Dear Claire
Plane in the Sky
Let Me On Board
Buttoned Up.
It'll be on the band's own Calico Cat label, with free stuff and a digital download ticket too.
It's been quite on the gig/show front, but we've been rehearsing with a new drummer, Lisa, and a guitarist Andy, with a view to playing some shows in the new year. We've written / are writing some new tunes too.
Jason is on a sabbatical from the group at the mo', mainly because he is now teaching in Baltimore, but fear not he's promised to drop by with a new song from time to time.
Oh and we've set up a
Bandcamp website too.
Oh and that old chestnut
Snow Keeps Falling, our Christmas song makes another appearance, this time on a digital comp. called
Happy Gift for the Pop Kids, through Japanese label
Happy Prince. It will be available on iTunes, etc, just like The Beatles.
In the meantime we Dora and Lisa have penned the words to a Hanukkah song, with music by Phil. Hanukkah kind of crept up on us a bit this year, so it isn't recorded yet, but we rest assured it will make an appearance!
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8:50 PM
Also, you can get a tee and CD as part of a bundle. Plus two free buttons.
There are a couple of works in progress up at SoundCloud.
More news soon!
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