Drawing A Blank – September 16
The hour of victory is at hand, and the minute-hand of accomplishment has stopped permanently over the numerals of gratuitous self-promotion! Yes, that’s right! The CD that looked like it might never see the light of day has finally shambled into the aforesaid light of day, rubbing both eyes and blinking furiously!
Produced by Don Kerr, our debut LP Drawing A Blank begins with a sting, and ends with a warm, soft shimmer. A labour of love recorded sporadically over the course of two years, this eclectic disc offers a little of everything from simple country ballads, to grand orchestral gestures. Clever wordplay and close harmonies abound, along with plenty of hooky melodies.
Naturally, an event of this magnitude requires a party, and we’ve planned one for Wednesday, September 16th at that venerable resto-pub-bar C’est What. Opening for us will be William & Polly, serving up some of their particular brand of haunting, backwoods-tinged, bleach-bone flavoured folk-pop.
We really hope you can be there to celebrate with us. If not, don’t worry! The CD will be available for sale through our website following the gig, both as a mail order, and as a digital release.
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YAY!!!
PS: What was the name of the wacky guy in charge of “The Institute of Invisible Language?” I keep thinking “William Bendix,” though I know that isn’t him. My searches turn up nothing, unless I’m spelling “Alchemics” incorrectly…
Willem de Ridder—he’s on the web, it turns out.
Crosley Bendix is Cultural Reviewer on Negativland’s radio show Over The Edge.
Um… How do we buy the CD exactly???
Online ordering should now be working!
It’s available as a CD by mail-order, and as downloadable MP3s (you get the MP3s as well if you buy a physical CD).
Listening to the album now…just wonderful! It’s on iTunes, BTW.