:: winterpills ::

We have a dream of releasing our upcoming fifth album – All My Lovely Goners, coming out in February of 2012 — on luscious, hi-grade vinyl, complete with bonus tracks, lovely expanded artwork, and other yet-unforeseen extras.

While our awesome label, Signature Sounds, has given us great support over the years since 2005 when our first album came out, (four albums thus far, not including this one) it’s enough of a cottage industry that sometimes the cost of making a deluxe vinyl version is too great. Hence we’ve decided to go to you, our fans, to ask for a bit of help making this happen.

We’ve received many, many requests to do this over the years and simply haven’t had to means to do it — until now, with this tool, Kickstarter.

Why vinyl, some of you fans may ask? Aside from the obvious plus in terms of artwork, and arguably the sound, releasing our music on vinyl brings the wispy, ephemeral nature of digital music these days back down to earth in something of real, tangible value. Something to see on a shelf or a table from across a room and it catches your eye. Something you hold in both your hands and open up, and explore, while the music plays. Those that love vinyl already know this; those that have forgotten may like to be reminded; those that have never known are in for a treat. Also, did you know that vinyl sales rose 39% last year – more than any other part of the music business?

And –  this is something many fans (and us too) have been aching to do for some time.

The $7k we are looking for would cover the costs of mastering the album for vinyl, pressing it and shipping it, expanding & creating beautiful art for it, and making all kinds of accompanying materials, such as posters, t-shirts, lyric books, and more. As a participant you will of course receive all of these things — and more!

We are planning on releasing the vinyl on Record Store Day – April 21, of this year.

Here is something else — we really need your help to spread the word about this project. Can you re-post, re-tweet, re-facebook all around? Because, if we don’t make our goal, it doesn’t happen at all. So, please — go nuts!

Thank you.

The new one features 13 brand new songs. It is the fifth release from the band.

Here is the cover:

Here is the song list:

1. We Turned Away
2. Amazing Sky
3. Small Bright Doses
4. Rogue Highway
5. Pretty Girls
6. January Rain
7. The Sun Is Alone
8. Minxy
9. October
10. Dying Star
11. Fleur-De-Luce
12. Sunspots (Ruins)
13. Feather Blue

Notes:

•It was recorded at the Boomerang Ranch, engineered by Philip Price. Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering mastered it.

•Lillianna Periera did the 6 panel artwork and the art in the booklet. Philip did most of the photography.

• It will be released on vinyl on April 21, 2012 (Record Store Day)

• Very Soon, we will put something up for you to listen to.

We are happy to announce a little fall tour with our new friends, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion. We’ll be going out as a duo (Flora and Philip), and so will they. This will be really great, we assure you, a fine pairing. (If you don’t know them, do explore them: they’re great.)

Plus, it’s been a while since we’ve toured and we are chomping at the bit to play our BRAND NEW (and old) songs for you in this stripped down fashion.

Details for some of these shows will be forthcoming and we’ll let you know about them. These are all co-bills. Here are the dates:

Nov. 9: BAR, New Haven, CT
http://www.barnightclub.com/
free show 21+
9:30pm

Nov. 10: Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ
http://maxwellsnj.com/
tix: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/62123?utm_medium=bks
8:30 – $10

Nov. 11: Enter, Burlington, VT
monkeyhousevt.com
Support – Maryse Smith and the Rosesmiths. Doors 8PM. Show 8:30PM. 18+

Nov. 12: Red Door, Portsmouth, NH
http://www.reddoorportsmouth.com/

Nov. 13: Harlow’s Pub, Petersborough, NH
http://www.harlows.com/
tix: https://www.gribbendesign.com/harlows/
7PM

Nov. 14: TT The Bears, Cambridge, MA
http://www.ttthebears.com/
tix: http://www.ttthebears.com/public/calendar.php?month=11&year=2011
8PM

Nov. 15: World Cafe Live (upstairs), Philly, PA
tickets
8PM

Nov. 16: DC9, Washington, DC
http://www.dcnine.com/
tix: http://www.dcnine.com/calendar/
9PM

Nov. 17: Mercury Lounge, NYC, NY
http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/
tix: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004708CE60D224?brand=mercurylounge
7PM

See you soon.

~winterpills