Spring 2014

Indian Summer

from BEST OF BOILER ROOM CLASSICS, released May 13, 2014 on LP/CD/DVD/TAPE

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It’s been over three years since Oscillate Wisely, the debut album from Mike Adams At His Honest Weight. A lot has happened to all of us since then, but it was a particularly action-packed time for ol’ Mike. His newborn son requiring emergency heart surgeries immediately after birth (doing fine now!), his former rock band of nearly 10 years calling it quits, and plenty of other heavy things have helped shape the follow-up, Best of Boiler Room Classics, into one of the most believably moving albums to come around in a long time. 

But forget about all that stuff for a minute because we need to talk about how great these SONGS are! And these are real songs, daddy! Verses, choruses, hooks, bridges, you know, well-written timeless songs that at least some of us will be listening to 50 years from now. The same mixing/mastering team of Adam Jessup & Eric Day have returned and have really taken their time to make this album sound like exactly one million bucks. The thoughtful, hard work that went into this record has resulted in something truly special, like a Midwestern Tusk made by fun, lovable people who actually get along really well. 

Best of Boiler Room Classics has the subtle, earnest warmth of an album like the Clientele’s Strange Geometry but with the arena-ready grandeur of ELO’s Out Of The Blue.  While there is an unforgettable instant catchiness to these songs, there is a depth, both lyrically and musically, that makes repeated listens a delight.

While this is not a country album by any means, songs like “Count On It” and “Don’t Want It, Don’t Get It” find Mike’s comforting words gripping your heart like an old Roger Miller ballad. Speaking of “Count On It”, just wait until those actual strings kick in at 2:27!  It’ll do something to you! 

What if the GBV albums on TVT had been produced by Cowboy Jack Clement?
What if The Wonders songs in That Thing You Do were actually performed by The Pernice Brothers? What if Dee Dee Ramone wrote “Late For The Sky” instead of Jackson Browne? What if Todd Rundgren engineered a Cass McCombs record? 
Find out on April 29, 2014 at your local record store! 


Mike Adams At His Honest Weight "I'm Worried"

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PLEASE NOTE: THIS ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED ON MARCH 25, 2014. 

Widely recognized as the first openly gay country music album—and cited as such even by Nashville institutions like the Country Music Hall of Fame and CMT—the landmark self-titled 1973 LP by Lavender Country stands as nothing less than an artifact of courage, a sonic political protest document of enormous power, clarity, and grace. 
	At once a scathing indictment of the injustices perpetrated on the homosexual community, a proud proclamation of gay identity, and a love letter of bracing intimacy and eroticism, the album radically appropriates the signifiers of the conservative country genre, queering its heteronormative vocabulary into a deeply personal language. Songwriter, singer, and guitarist Patrick Haggerty, a fearless first-generation gay liberation activist and artist, seasons his songs with Yippie deviousness; in the manner of the Cockettes, the laughs both sharpen and sweeten the impact. To our ears the inimitable aesthetics and glimpses of cockeyed humor recall some ethereal psych-folk nexus of the Flatlanders and the Holy Modal Rounders as much as any standard country and western forebears, rendering the biting poetry in an even more otherworldly and timeless light. 
	The record reflects Haggerty’s experiences: his upbringing on a tenant dairy farm in rural Washington, on the Canadian border; his dismissal from the Peace Corps on the spurious grounds of his sexuality; and his righteous struggles as an outraged young gay man navigating the Pacific Northwest in the immediate aftermath of Stonewall. He designed Lavender Country as a vehicle for what he deems “The Information”: valid cultural communications intended to resonate with those unable to access similar resources. (Playing “Cryin’ These Cocksucking Tears,” one of the indisputably great country song titles ever, cost a brave Seattle DJ her FCC license.) 
	This deluxe reissue includes includes a 32pp chapbook with an oral history by Haggerty, never before published color photos, a download code (vinyl version only), and full lyrics to these ten moving songs of gay liberation. 

+ The first openly gay country album
+ First-ever vinyl reissue of this countercultural classic 
+ Includes 32 pp. chapbook with an oral history by Patrick Haggerty and never published color photos
+ Available on 150g virgin vinyl, in a deluxe limited edition, as well as on CD and digital formats
+ Vinyl edition includes digital download coupon
+ Preview album tracks & check out exclusive pre-order bundles at http://www.paradiseofbachelors.com/shop/pob-012

Lavender Country

Buy/stream

Lavender Country - S/T/ (1973/2014, PoB-12): Cryin’ these Cocksucking Tears

http://www.paradiseofbachelors.com/shop/pob-012
http://lnk.to/PoB12

PLEASE NOTE: THIS ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED ON MARCH 25, 2014. 

Widely recognized as the first openly gay country music album—and cited as such even by Nashville institutions like the Country Music Hall of Fame and CMT—the landmark self-titled 1973 LP by Lavender Country stands as nothing less than an artifact of courage, a sonic political protest document of enormous power, clarity, and grace. 
	At once a scathing indictment of the injustices perpetrated on the homosexual community, a proud proclamation of gay identity, and a love letter of bracing intimacy and eroticism, the album radically appropriates the signifiers of the conservative country genre, queering its heteronormative vocabulary into a deeply personal language. Songwriter, singer, and guitarist Patrick Haggerty, a fearless first-generation gay liberation activist and artist, seasons his songs with Yippie deviousness; in the manner of the Cockettes, the laughs both sharpen and sweeten the impact. To our ears the inimitable aesthetics and glimpses of cockeyed humor recall some ethereal psych-folk nexus of the Flatlanders and the Holy Modal Rounders as much as any standard country and western forebears, rendering the biting poetry in an even more otherworldly and timeless light. 
	The record reflects Haggerty’s experiences: his upbringing on a tenant dairy farm in rural Washington, on the Canadian border; his dismissal from the Peace Corps on the spurious grounds of his sexuality; and his righteous struggles as an outraged young gay man navigating the Pacific Northwest in the immediate aftermath of Stonewall. He designed Lavender Country as a vehicle for what he deems “The Information”: valid cultural communications intended to resonate with those unable to access similar resources. (Playing “Cryin’ These Cocksucking Tears,” one of the indisputably great country song titles ever, cost a brave Seattle DJ her FCC license.) 
	This deluxe reissue includes includes a 32pp chapbook with an oral history by Haggerty, never before published color photos, a download code (vinyl version only), and full lyrics to these ten moving songs of gay liberation. 

+ The first openly gay country album
+ First-ever vinyl reissue of this countercultural classic 
+ Includes 32 pp. chapbook with an oral history by Patrick Haggerty and never published color photos
+ Available on 150g virgin vinyl, in a deluxe limited edition, as well as on CD and digital formats
+ Vinyl edition includes digital download coupon
+ Preview album tracks & check out exclusive pre-order bundles at http://www.paradiseofbachelors.com/shop/pob-012

http://lnk.to/PoB12

Lavender Country - S/T/ (1973/2014, PoB-12): Lavender Country

COLLXTION I

CATCH

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Brain

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Tigers Jaw - Nervous Kids

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Female/male duo/couple White Hex released their debut album, 'Heat,' in 2012. 2014 sees their return with the follow up full-length, 'Gold Nights'. The album is the second in a series of three thematically connected records which is based on a period of three years. Recorded after shows in Paris, Berlin, New York and Melbourne, 'Gold Nights' explores Italo disco, minimalist techno and the more primitive end of 1980’s German underground. They embrace their love of high fashion, 1980’s New York vogue techno and the mutant explorations of Whitehouse, Arthur Russell, Craig Leon and Gianni Rossi. 'Gold Nights' retains certain elements of their beloved debut, but moves in a more sophisticated direction as a result of White Hex’s vision and with the help of producer Alex Akers (Forces-Siberia Records). White Hex is Tara Green and Jimi Kritzler.

'Gold Nights' will be released on felte (worldwide excluding Australia/New Zealand) & it records (Australia/New Zealand).

White Hex - Paradise

Merchandise "Figured Out"

"Country Kills" is the first single from Popstrangers' new album "Fortuna".

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Popstrangers - Country Kills

"I Don't Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore" by The Menzingers from the album 'Rented World,' out April 22nd!
Pre-order on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/rentedworld
Pre-order at http://www.themenzingersstore.com

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Rented World

I Don't Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore

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The Menzingers - I Don't Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore

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Strand of Oaks - "Goshen '97" from the forthcoming album HEAL, out June 24, 2014 on CD/LP/ Digital on Dead Oceans. 

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/strandofoaks_itunes
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Indies: http://smarturl.it/strandofoaks_indies 

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Strand of Oaks - "Goshen '97" from the forthcoming album HEAL, out June 24, 2014 on CD/LP/ Digital on Dead Oceans

HEAL

Goshen '97

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Strand Of Oaks - "Goshen '97"

Giving Up

Call My Name

Side A. Shannon and the Clams "Mama"
Side AA. Guantanamo Baywatch "Love Kin"
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Label: Suicide Squeeze Records
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Label Instagram: @suicidesqueeze

Mama by Shannon and the Clams

From the upcoming Dikembe / The Jazz June split 7" out 7/1/14 on Tiny Engines & Topshelf

Pre-Order now: http://tnyn.gs/dikembejj

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Dikembe - Healer Of The Pride

From the album "Some Heavy Ocean", available everywhere May 20th, 2014 via Sargent House. 

Pre Order on Vinyl or cd : http://emmaruthrundle.hellomerch.com
iTunes pre-order includes "Run Forever" + "Arms I Know So Well" instantly: http://smarturl.it/ERRiTunes

Emma Ruth Rundle
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Emma Ruth Rundle - Arms I Know So Well

Taken from the album 'Honeyblood', released 14th July 2014 on FatCat.

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Killer Bangs

Courtney Barnett cover of The Lemonheads "Being Around"
Recorded & Mixed by Dan Luscombe @ Headgap, Melbourne

Courtney Barnet''s 'The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas' is out through Milk! Records (Australia), House Anxiety / Marathon Artists (UK) and Mom + Pop (USA).

Available now on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/seaofsplitpeas

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Bein' Around

from How To Dress Well - "What Is This Heart?" out now on Weird World / Domino

Watch music video: http://smarturl.it/RepeatPleasure

Order the album on CD, Standard LP, or Deluxe Limited Edition double LP
How to Dress Well: http://smarturl.it/htdwwithww
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or your local record store

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Spring 2014

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