It continues. KRUDLER 2!

The February KRUDLER release is a week late. "Oops." But here it is! Modular synth jams, guitars, etc. Some noise. Slow and nasty, with a surprise happy ending. Go get it. And now watch me scramble to finish the next one by the end of the month...

KRUDLER 1. KRUDLER 1. KRUDLER 1.

The big SLs full-length is still cooking. In the meantime, I thought it would be a good idea to launch something a little different. 

As rewarding as it can be to fuss over a set of recordings for years, the building pressure of the thing (increasing expectations, an ever-growing chunk of life potentially wasted) is, uh, not as rewarding. And being denied (or, denying oneself) the high of having completed a project for this long... that's not great either. BUT at this point I'm OK with chipping away at it 'til it's done. In the meantime, there are some other musical things I'd like to try and The SLs is, um, 'thematically specific' enough that a lot of those things don't quite fit the project. 

So... let's also have KRUDLER. 

My plan is to crank out a short release every month this year. The first of these, Krudler 1, is here and you can listen to it with the embedded player below. It's short and noisy. The next one will be different. I think it should be pretty good. THANK YOU.

CRIME WIT at Ash Street - JAN 22

CRIME WIT plays Ash Street with Agents of ECCO and Pediment! There is an FB Event page, if you're into that kind of thing. The CW is sounding pretty huge - DO NOT MISS IT.

Some notes.

-new CRIME WIT material in the works. Band's sounding strong.

-The SLs full-length has been an epic slog, but it's really coming together. [Like how a year ago I would have said "It's really coming together!", then add another year's worth of it coming together on top of that. Apparently it started out really, really not together.] Soon, my pretties. Soon.
In the meantime, here's part of one of the new layers from one song:


Because remember, kids: When you're editing down a bunch of gratuitous synthesizer layers, you always make sure to add MORE layers.

CRIME WIT

WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE

Let's see... Since last we spoke there have been a couple of SLs solo performances and a lot of work on the SLs full-length (still not done, but still worthwhile).  Working on new material with the live band last year, it became clear that the band has evolved into its own thing. SO we kept plugging away with that in mind and now... here it is. CRIME WIT. The line-up is still Justin, Bobby, and Chris, but the whole thing is a little more rock, fewer synthesizer nightmare parts (I'm not saying none, I'm saying fewer). EP is up on Bandcamp now, all FREE to download or stream or ignore.



Crime Wit's "live debut" will be at this year's Emusication Proclamation (NoPo festival house show, details shortly) on February 22nd.  More updates soon. (Maybe less than 8 months this time. WE'LL SEE.)

Unreleased SLs track!

"Their Teeth Danced" is now up over at The SLs' bandcamp. This one was originally intended for a noise comp that Klint (Psychetect) was putting together back in 2010. The comp didn't end up happening, but I like the track. It came together quickly (only 2 months - record time!) and I think it has some effective moments.
THEIR TEETH DANCED:

THE SLs - New Demos 2013

I forgot to mention here! We posted some full-band demos over at The Steven Lasombras bandcamp. These were recorded in the basement, mostly live (minimal overdubs, for once) between December and February. [It seemed like it might be a good idea to have some decent recordings that actually demonstrate what the band sounds like in a live setting...]  

We have some exciting things coming up: a lot of new material, plus still -STILL- finishing up the SLs full-length. In the meantime, these demos can tide you over. I think they turned out pretty well.