Name: Liar by clara venus
Duration: 3 min 4 s
Description: Produced by Michael Tudor & Chris Feinstein

For Hard Drugs’ sophomore album, Party Foreverer , front man Jeffry Lee combined his two greatest talents – illustration and song writing- and came up with a 50 page memento of the time he and his wife/collaborator Jenni spent living in NYC.  The book consists of a collection of drawings, an oral history by members of the band, and comes with a download of the album recorded in New York.  Most of the drawings are direct-to-ink in black and white and depict photographs in scratchy cross-hatching and stipling.  The oral history is a glance into the characters that make up the New York chapter of Hard Drugs, and the process by which the album came to be.   It gives the reader an intimate portrait of what it would be like to pick up and move to the “big city”.  The companion drawings depict friends, bars, friends at bars and the odd taxidermied animal.

Party Foreverer the album is a ten song collection of strikingly catchy indie rock. There is humour in some songs while others have sadness and many manage both. Through it, you can hear Lee’s desire to reunite with his wife, have a good time and promptly “leave the city behind.” Recorded by Grammy-winning producer Michael “Mama” Tudor, it is a definite departure from the first Hard Drugs record but maintains the debut’s creativity and soul.

The book will be presented and sold in an art show at Project Space, opening May 25th and running till July 7th.  The music part of the project will be celebrated with an album release show at the InterUrban on June 16th.  The digital release date for Party Foreverer is June 19th, where major online music purveyors like ITunes will have the album for sale, complete with a digital version of the book.  Sales will also be conducted through Storyboard Label’s online market place, where the book may purchased and mailed.


Hardest Part II

Produced by Michael Tudor & Chris Feinstein

Liar

Clara Venus is a band from New York City. The trio, comprised of Jon Crider, Bick and Tommy Emery, was primarily active from the late-90's through the late '00s. The band released a self titled ep and a full-length record "Greatest Hurts" both produced by Michael Tudor (Duncan Sheik, The Strokes, John Cale) and Chris Feinstein ( of Iodine, and Ryan Adams & The Cardinals).

Crider & Bick continue to work together on various projects and are currently working with Michael Tudor on new record to be called CF3000 in tribute to Chris Feinstein, who left us too soon.


Liar

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