ARTIST: Motel Beds with Kelley Deal
SONG: "Tropics of the Sand" 
RELEASE: TORRES b/w Motel Beds with Kelley Deal
TITLE: "The Harshest Light" b/w "Tropics of the Sand"
RELEASE DATE: Record Store Day 2014

The Breeders' Kelley Deal joins fellow Daytonians and Misra Records labelmates Motel Beds (Deal also plays in Misra act R. Ring) on the lush and hushed "Tropics of the Sand." Penned by Motel Beds, the track will be released as one side of a split Record Store Day 2014 7". In addition, the track will be featured on These Art the Days Gone By—a forthcoming compendium of Beds "hits," live favorites, and never-before-heard material. "Tropics of the Sand," along with all songs on Days, have been completely remastered by Carl Saff (Guided By Voices, Dinosaur Jr., etc). 

"The Harshest Light", a never-before-heard track from TORRES, occupies the other side of the limited (1,000) RSD split 7". "The Harshest Light" will not be available digitally. The only way to hear the song is to pick up the split 7" and support your local record store. 

Misra will also issue a label compilation titled 15 Years: Adventures in Obstinacy on Record Store Day 2014. The comp is in celebration of Misra's 15th anniversary and features tracks by Phosphorescent, R. Ring (Kelley Deal), Motel Beds, Shearwater, Crooks On Tape (mem. Enon, Brainiac) and more. Limited to 1,000 copies. Tracklist below. 

SIDE A

R. Ring – "Fallout & Fire"
Shearwater – "Whipping Boy"
Crooks On Tape – "If Feelings Mean A Thing"
Motel Beds – "Smoke Your Homework"
Summer Hymns – "Beginning to See"
Centro-Matic – "Triggers and Trash Heaps"
Sleeping States – "Rivers"

SIDE B

Phosphorescent – "I Am a Full Grown Man (I Will Lay in the Grass All Day)"
Southeast Engine – "Adeline of the Appalachian Mountains"
Holopaw – "Discotheque"
Emily Rodgers – "Bright Day
The Mendoza Line – "Triple Bill of Shame"

Motel Beds with Kelley Deal — Tropics Of The Sand

An epic from Flotation Toy Warning's masterpiece, "Bluffer's Guide to Flight Deck", released on Misra in 2005.

Flotation Toy Warning - Popstar Researching Oblivion

A beautiful track from The Mendoza Line's 2005 release, "Full of Light and Full of Fire".

The Mendoza Line - Catch A Collapsing Star

A standout track from Shearwater's 2004 album, "Winged Life".

Shearwater - Whipping Boy

PHOSPHORESCENT – AW COME AW WRY
Special Record Store Day 2013 LP Reissue

Phosphorescent have played the Late Show with David Letterman, at Willie Nelson's Farm Aid, and toured internationally numerous times. Misra's special Record Store Day LP reissue of Phos' 2005 favorite "Aw Come Aw Wry" will be released on Record Store Day 2013 (April 20)*. The reissue arrives on the heels of Phos' forthcoming full-length "Muchacho" – out March 19 on the fabulous Dead Oceans imprint. 

*Special Record Store Day LP reissue includes a download with full-album and never-  before-released live songs. Album cover has been slightly tweaked for this release. 

SIDE A
1. Not a Heel
2. Aw Come Aw Wry #5
3. Joe Tex, These Taming Blues
4. Aw Come Aw Wry #6
5. I Am a Full Grown Man (I Will Lay in the Grass All Day)
6. Dead Heart

SIDE B
7. Aw Come Aw Wry #3
8. South (of America)
9. Lost Name
10. Endless Pt. 1
11. Endless Pt. 2
12. Nowhere Rd., Georgia, Feb. 21, 2005

Phosphorescent - I Am a Full Grown Man (I Will Lay in the Grass All Day)

from "The Natural World" - released August 21, 2015 by Greater Than Collective/Misra Records

Land Lines - Etiquette

Land Lines - Plans

Slow Dazzle - Fleur De Lie

WYEP's Local Album of the Year for 2014. Released by Misra subsidiary Wild Kindness Records.

Chet Vincent & The Big Bend - Three Hens

Chet Vincent & The Big Bend - Limousine

Chet Vincent & The Big Bend - Don't Bring It To My Table

Chet Vincent & The Big Bend - Doubter's Blues

Chet Vincent & The Big Bend - Crime

I Don't Mind

2AM, Chinatown

Julian Jasper - 2AM, Chinatown

Lead single from the album of the same name

William Matheny - Moon Over Kenova

Mars Jackson - Heart Dance

Rave Ami Performs "Honey"

7" single available everywhere September 28th

Flashes and Cables

William Matheny - Flashes and Cables

The Ballad of Jesus Christ

No One Knows

Outside, Texas

John Woo

Outlaw Song

I Still Love You

Lies of the Few

Fa-La-La

Morgan Erina - Are You Happy?

ARTIST: Sleeping States / Holopaw
TITLE: Old vs. New EP b/w Through ‘til the Morning EP
CATALOG NUMBER: MSR069
RELEASE DATE: June 18, 2013

Bristol, UK’s Sleeping States and Gainesville, Florida’s Holopaw will release a split 12” on June 18, 2013 in celebration of LGBT Pride Month. The graceful voices of Markland Starkie (Sleeping States) and John Orth (Holopaw), both openly gay musicians, ride above innovative rock & roll on this momentous release.  

Cut at 45 RPM and pressed on pink vinyl by Furnace MFG, the split 12” consists of two unique EPs. Sleeping States’ Old vs. New is a reworking of older songs in a newer context and was originally released overseas via Bella Union. Holopaw’s Through ‘til the Morning is a nonpareil nine-minute remix of Academy Songs, Volume I (Misra; 2013) done by Brian Deck. A member of Red Red Meat and Califone, Deck has produced records for Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine, Holopaw, Ugly Casanova (Orth’s collaboration with Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock) and more. The remix also features additional tracking from Califone’s Benny Massarella.

Sleeping States makes its way through five songs in just over ten minutes. From the nimble “Planning My Escape” and “A Trip to NYC” to the unruly title track, “Liberty Feelup” (a cover originally by Scottish art-pop band, Life Without Buildings) and “Trumpet Calls,” the momentum on Old vs. New never dies. As Pitchfork remarked in their 8.0 review of Sleeping States’ last album, In the Gardens of the North, “Starkie sings in a breathless lilting croon.” Indeed, Markland Starkie’s gorgeous voice is at its strongest on this sharp, short, sweet collection.

Brian Deck’s remix of Holopaw’s Academy Songs, Volume I fuses the original songs in a breathtaking manner. Academy is intended to be an extremely imprecise concept album set at an all-boys preparatory academy, however, those notions are set aside as Deck blends the record into a beguiling nine-minute dream. Glimpses of the characters’ escapades and emotions surface but are quickly curtailed and melded from one sonic vignette to another. It’s an impressive amalgamation. Earlier this year, OUT Magazine beamed that Orth’s work was “gorgeous,” saying “We want more, John!” Well, here it is.

The Sleeping States / Holopaw LGBT Pride Month release is packaged in a minimalist kraft board sleeve revealing the pink triangle – an international symbol of gay pride and gay rights. Appropriated from Nazi Germany, the pink triangle was once displayed upside down and used to identify gay men in concentration camps. The packaging on this release is designed to resemble the unmarked "physique" journals of the mid-twentieth century.

The talents of both Starkie and Orth have long impressed Misra Records. With a dire need for equality still unmet in the LGBT community, do help us celebrate two of our finest artists. These are beautiful voices of gay pride!

Track List:

Sleeping States Old vs. New EP
1. Planning My Escape
2. Old vs. New
3. Liberty Feelup (Life Without Buildings Cover)
4. A Trip to NYC
5. Trumpet Calls

Holopaw Through 'til the Morning EP
1. Through 'til the Morning


Sleeping States – Planning My Escape

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