All Your Lovers
Track 01 | Crosses and Planks | debut LP

Koko Blue is Koko Bonaparte and Evan Gordon www.kokobluemusic.com

All Your Lovers

Be Down
Track 03 | Crosses and Planks | debut LP

Southern Souls video: http://vimeo.com/63764240 by Mitch Fillion

Koko Blue is Koko Bonaparte and Evan Gordon www.kokobluemusic.com

Be Down

Summer Lightning
Track 04 | Crosses and Planks | debut LP

Koko Blue is Koko Bonaparte and Evan Gordon www.kokobluemusic.com

Summer Lightning

Born In A Country
Track 06 | Crosses and Planks | debut LP

Koko Blue is Koko Bonaparte and Evan Gordon www.kokobluemusic.com

Born In A Country

Gentle Gangster
Track 07 | Crosses and Planks | debut LP

Video directed by Drea Scotland coming June 10, 2013

Koko Blue is Koko Bonaparte and Evan Gordon www.kokobluemusic.com

Gentle Gangster

Dreaming
Track 08 | Crosses and Planks | debut LP

Koko Blue is Koko Bonaparte and Evan Gordon www.kokobluemusic.com

Dreaming

Mouchette
Track 09 | Crosses and Planks | debut LP

Southern Souls video: http://vimeo.com/63850010 by Mitch Fillion

Koko Blue is Koko Bonaparte and Evan Gordon www.kokobluemusic.com

Mouchette

Salt Water
Track 10 | Crosses and Planks | debut LP

Video: http://vimeo.com/63609604

Koko Blue is Koko Bonaparte and Evan Gordon www.kokobluemusic.com

Salt Water

Judas Had
Track 11 | Crosses and Planks | debut LP

Koko Blue is Koko Bonaparte and Evan Gordon www.kokobluemusic.com

Judas Had

Who Goes There
Track 12 | Crosses and Planks | debut LP

Video directed by Drea Scotland coming June 10, 2013

Koko Blue is Koko Bonaparte and Evan Gordon www.kokobluemusic.com

Who Goes There

Koko Blue is Koko Bonaparte (Interstllr) and Evan Gordon (The Magic, Islands). Koko and Evan grew up together in the golden age of indie and punk rock in Guelph, Ontario.

The minimalist production of "Crosses and Planks" is about that; it’s about skipping school to write songs, playing rock shows in church basements, 4-track recording, and paying homage to anti-heroes like Will Oldham, Sebadoh, and Lou Reed.

This music is a tribute to Jim Guthrie's idea​ that "Home is where the rock is." It was recorded in an apartment in Parkdale, Toronto, this past summer, at 100 degrees. To catch the soul of the songs, they were taped straight through, with no cutting and pasting, no punching in, no click.

“These songs were not originally written to be recorded. I wrote them to help understand hard things, and I sang them to myself and to close friends. Some are love letters I needed to write, but never thought I'd send​.

The only way to do this was the original Guelph way: with the most immediate and cheapest setup, and by playing hard and trying to disappear in the words and in the racket of guitar.” - KB

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