(cross posted with North of Onhava)
First installment of James’ ramblings concerning Détective‘s recent tour with Guided By Voices is now up at The Believer Magazine‘s tumblr, which is called The Believer Logger. You can read it by clicking the link here.
More to come as soon as he finishes writing it.
We will, in the coming days and weeks, be making a number of unusual and (in our opinion) fairly exciting announcements here at Détective HQ. These announcements will include but not be limited to: national tour date(s); new rock video(s); new rock music(s); new album(s); new band member(s) (just made that part up); new in-store performance(s); new shoe(s), new haircut(s); new I could do this all day.
In the meantime, here is a picture of Guylaine overdubbing keyboards onto an unsuspecting song somewhere in Los Angeles, sometime in May 2012.
Okay, so we have a new EP, called Basket of Masks, set to release on limited edition (300) 12″ 45r.p.m. vinyl in late May. You can pre-order it now by going here. If you pre-order before it ships, we’ll include as a bonus the limited edition CD of our previous EP, Very Fallen World.
The digital version of Basket of Masks will be released on April 17. You can also pre-order it now, and all pre-orders will get a free download code for Very Fallen World, and a hidden bonus track (download only).
You can do all or none of these things by clicking on the link here.
We hope you enjoy the new record. We had fun making it.
We just finished recording and mixing something like 7 new songs (depending on how you define a “song”) in three days in Oakland CA at The Creamery, a 16-track analog (that means we used tape — specifically 1″ tape) studio run by Greg Ashley, who used to play in a band called The Gris-Gris and has also released some excellent solo albums. We think the songs came out great and can’t wait to share them with several of our closest fans… but we’re still trying to figure out things like what size vinyl, how many, should we customize each jacket personally like Guided By Voices did with Propeller, or… etc. So it make take a while before we can get the new music to your ears. We’re also planning to record some more in April here in LA. Whether that’s for a separate release or part of this one depends on about 73 different factors.
In the meantime, here are some pictures of the studio, and of Guylaine in the studio. We were not quick enough to capture Rory or James or Greg, because they move like cheetahs. Luckily (for us) Guylaine was suffering some kind of cold/flu/allergy combo that slowed her down just enough for us take a quick photo. The song she was preparing to sing is called “Dommage!” That’s pretty much all we’re going to tell you at this juncture. Stay tuned!
We don’t have very much posted here just now because we’re sort of busy writing and recording and playing shows. But we’re working on it. So check back soon and we promise we’ll have some interesting stuff for you to read, watch, and hear. Soon.
Here is our first video!
The song is Streets and the City
Booking:
Joe SmythThe Nicodemus AgencyjoeATnicodemusagencyDOTcomPress:
