Lost Sound Tapes

Hey y'all, Lost Sound Tapes has more releases ready for ya! Sure, we haven't updated the blog in awhile, but that doesn't mean we don't have a full plate. I finally went back to school, moved into a new house, went on a Blanket Truth micro-tour, and plenty of other personal stuff you probably aren't interested in, ha.

Heres what you most likely ARE interested in...
Two new tapes! MATH THE BAND "DON'T WORRY" and CAVE BABIES "GREEN".

Math The Band is a force to be reckoned with! Poppy, fun, dance tunes with lots and lots of analog synthesizer. Not to mention more BPM than any rational person would actually need. This duo puts on one of the most fun live shows this side of the Milky Way galaxy. This album takes a slightly more aggressive turn from their previous Atom And His Package-esque recordings and they are all the better for it. Think Andrew WK but cuter and just as much fun. Click here to purchase.

Cave Babies is the solo project of Mr Josh 'Hoshwa' Redman. One half of the brother/sister duo Watercolor Paintings, Hoshwa creates surprisingly delicate, yet fun, pop songs. These songs are about crushes and being crushed, truly honest and pure feelings. Chord organ, horns, and ukulele have never sounded as well as they do on this tape. It's been awhile in the making and Lost Sound Tapes is very glad to present this tape to you, it's a very special album. PS: The first 20 or so copies will receive a hand printed patch of Hoshwa's face, just like the tape cover but larger and no text. Click here to purchase.

There's also sad news. My tape duplicator is very sick and is dubbing tapes that sound very bad. I will be taking it in to a repair shop soon and I'm crossing my fingers that they can fix it. As soon as that is taken care of we will have new tapes from Blanket Truth/Dana Jewell , Andrew Mello/Weakness, Pangea and our second ukulele compilation "Ukulele, Mekulele, Wekulele". I will actually be getting the compilation duplicated by National Audio Company, so that should be done sooner than some of the other projects.

Since the last update we have some great "new" distro items:
Carrie Nations "Self Titled" 7" (Stankhouse Records)
Land Of Ill Earthquakes "Heartbreak Bombadier" cassette (Bridgetown Records)
The National Splits "Grab the Bottle and Run to the Hill" 7" (Bumblebear Records)
Premise Beach "Self Titled" cassette (Self Released)
Robert Church & The Holy Community "Los Tres De Canarias" cassette (Fox Pop Recording Co.)
Skylarkin "Antibodies EP" cassette (Witchita)
The Endless Bummer "Modern American Calypsos For Voice And Computer" cassette (Life's Blood)
Watercolor Paintings "Open Your Mouth" CD (Destructo Chard)
Click here to purchase.


If you happen to be in the Seattle area, there are some shows coming up this month by Lost Sound Tapes bands:
Jan 14th iji, Jason Clackley, Jehovah's Fitness, Koalacaust @ New Crompton (4711 12th Ave NE)
Jan 16th Sandy City, Pill Wonder, Young Prisms, Tyson Ballew @ Healthy Times Fun Club
Jan 17th Blanket Truth, The Mill Kids, Golden Birthday @ New Crompton (4711 12th Ave NE)
Jan 19th iji, The Max Levine Ensemble, Nana Grizol, A Million Years Ago @ The Vera Project
Jan 25th iji, Castanets, Alps of New South Wales (from Australia!) @ The Ballard Mine

The Lost Sound Tapes store is back up to full capacity! We're back from the iji & Watercolor Paintings tour in high spirits and full of warm fuzzies from all the wonderful people we met across the country. It was great meeting you all and seeing lots of great old friends. I've put everything we currently have for sale back up in the store section. We are down to very few copies left of the Watercolor Paintings & iji split 7"! For a list of stores across the country carrying the split, please click here. Get it while you can or you'll have to wait for the repress. Thank you so much to Chris Mac for handling LST orders while I was on tour.



Submit a song for our new ukulele compilation "Ukulele, Mekulele, Wekulele"!
As some of you know, we released a ukulele compilation tape once before, it was called "Ukulele & So Can I". There were 23 tracks on it and there were 200 copies. That was back in 2006 and they were gone the following year. You can take a listen to the first comp for a limited time here:
http://lostsoundtapes.com/files/ukesocani

I'm gathering songs for a new compilation and will be repressing the original compilation. They will be available as a bundle and separately.

If you would like to submit a song, the deadline will be October 31st (Halloween!). It must prominently contain a ukulele somewhere, but unconventional uses are encouraged. To submit for consideration, please send a wav, aiff, or flac file to lostsoundtapes@gmail.com via a service like mediafire.com. Send your best or weirdest songs and note if it is exclusive.

That's all for now...
Look for new tapes soon by Cave Babies (finally!), Andrew Mello, Weakness, Math The Band, Sundance Kids, Nana Grizol, and more more more more more.

Lost Sound Tapes is on tour with iji and Watercolor Paintings! It's going great so far!!! We have a lot of the label's stock with us so some of the LST releases and most of the distributed items are not available online at the moment. Everything that is currently in stock in the LST store should be around, Chris Mac from iji is taking care of our online orders. We have more with us at the shows if you can make it to any of them! Most up to date list of shows can be found at http://www.myspace.com/iji

If you'd like to keep track of us on tour, you can check out these links:
http://www.twitter.com/ijiwcp
http://ijiandwcp.tumblr.com

Also, just a reminder that the iji & Watercolor Paintings tour is available now. $4 + $2 shipping in the U.S. If you're outside the U.S. the paypal shipping calculator should work just fine for most countries.

Watercolor Paintings & iji split 7" & summer tour !!!
OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE JUNE 30TH
TOUR STARTS JULY 4TH

I received the test pressings for the Watercolor Paintings & iji split 7" yesterday. It's a black vinyl disk with 3 songs by iji and 4 songs by Watercolor Paintings. If you aren't familiar with these two bands, Watercolor Paintings is a sibling duo who play harp/ukulele songs that will break your stinkin heart. iji is a 6-piece indie pop band from Seattle with lots of energy and plenty of sing alongs.

The WCP/iji split 7" is going to be pressed in a quantity of 300 copies, with hand printed covers, and black vinyl.

If you'd like to preview the whole Watercolor Paintings & iji split 7", you can do so here:
http://www.lostsoundtapes.com/lst18.php

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In support of the 7" record, the two bands will be going on a two month long summer tour!
Here are all the tour dates as they stand now. If there's no venue listed, they could use a hand.
Send any tour help or suggestions to lostsoundtapes@gmail.com
iji and Watercolor Paintings are playing all dates, except the dates with * mean no Watercolor Paintings.

July 4th Seattle, WA @ w/ Backpack
July 5th Victoria, BC
July 6th Vancouver, BC @ The Shed w/ Collapsing Opposites, Stefana Fratila
July 7th Whidby Island, WA @ Eli Moore's House
July 8th Spokane, WA @ The Empyrean
July 9th Missoula, MT @ ZACC Gallery
July 10th Pocatello, ID
July 11th Salt Lake City, UT
July 12th Boulder/Denver, CO @ The Glob w/ Bad Weather California
July 13th Omaha, NE @ The Pizza Shoppe Collective
July 14th Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
July 15th Minneapolis, MN
July 16th Milwaukee, WI @ The Chicken Hole
July 17th Madison, WI
July 18th Chicago, IL @ The Funhouse
July 19th Urbana, IN
July 20th Bloomington, IN @ Rachael's Cafe w/ Matty Pop Chart & Delay
July 21st Grand Rapids, MI @ The DAAC
July 22nd Detroit, MI @ Leroy St Records house
July 23rd Toledo, OH @ The Black Cherry w/ Hat Company & Pickle Fight Puppets
July 24th Cleveland, OH
July 25th Syracuse, NY
July 26th Toronto, ON or Montreal, QC
July 27th Burlington, VT @ 242 Main w/ Math The Band
July 28th Providence, RI @ The Sweat Shop w/ Math The Band
July 29th Boston, MA w/ Math The Band
July 30st Philadelphia, PA w/ Math The Band
July 31st Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio w/ Math The Band
August 1st early Havertown, PA @ Haverford Free Library w/ Factors of Four
August 1st Baltimore, MD
August 2nd Washington D.C.
August 3rd Richmond, VA
August 4th Durham, NC
August 5th Charleston, SC
August 6th Athens, GA
August 7th Gainesville, FL @ Wayward Council
August 8th Panama City, FL
August 9th Birmingham, AL
August 10th Knoxville, TN @ The Biscuit House
August 11th Louisville, KY
August 12th St. Louis, MO
August 13th Little Rock, AR or Memphis, TN
August 14th New Orleans, LA
August 15th Houston, TX w/ Fishboy
August 16th Austin, TX w/ Fishboy
August 17th Dallas/Denton, TX w/ Fishboy
August 18th Oklahoma City, OK w/ Fishboy
August 19th Albuquerque, NM w/ Fishboy
August 20th Tucson, AZ @ Dry River w/ Fishboy & Great Job
August 21st Phoenix, AZ @ The Trunk Space w/ Fishboy, Bangarang, and more
August 22nd San Diego, CA w/ Fishboy
August 23rd LA, CA w/ Fishboy
August 24th Santa Barbara, CA @ Biko Garage w/ Fishboy
August 25th San Louis Obispo, CA w/ Fishboy *
August 26th Santa Cruz, CA w/ Fishboy *
August 27th Oakland, CA w/ Fishboy *
August 28th Redding, CA w/ Fishboy *
August 29th Portland, OR w/ Fishboy *
August 30th Seattle, WA @ Carousel Fest *

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Watercolor Paintings and iji also have myspace pages if you would like to check them out.
Watercolor Paintings on myspace | iji (ee-hee) on myspace

Submissions open for new ukulele compilation
We're taking open submissions for our new compilation "Ukulele, Mekulele, Wekulele". If you have a song that utilizes the ukulele in some way and would like to submit for consideration, please send a wav, aiff, or flac file to lostsoundtapes@gmail.com via a service like mediafire.com or mail a cassette or CD to Lost Sound Tapes / PO Box 45586 / Seattle, WA 98145. I'll choose the tracks that fit together the best and notify everyone. The deadline is August 31st, 2009. Our first ukulele compilation, "Ukulele and So Can I", is currently out of print, but I hope to reissue it alongside the new one. Send me your best or weirdest tracks, originality certainly helps! Don't be afraid.

A couple new distributed tapes
* Sandy City "Surfin' WA" tape on Fox Pop Recording Co.
members of Blanket Truth and iji playing feel good lo-fi pop punk/"surf punk" songs
* High Water Marks "Arivar Sullimer" tape on Fox Pop Recording Co.
a couple new songs from the Elephant 6 related band and one long noise jam


Other projects in the making
* Andrew Mello & Weakness split cassette tape
Two of the best one man bands you've never heard. Ultra pop sensibility and rock n roll.
http:///www.myspace.com/andrewmellomusic | http://www.myspace.com/weakness
* Cave Babies "Green" tape
Hopefully some day! Later in the year I hope. Listen to it now at archive.org/details/cavebabiesgreen
* Blanket Truth "My Keyboard / My Ukulele" double EP
Two 5 song EPs as a 3-piece band, one of keyboard songs and one of ukulele songs.

Memos
We now have a facebook page, wanna be a fan of Lost Sound Tapes?
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lost-Sound-Tapes/72329620052

How about Watercolor Paintings or iji or Blanket Truth?
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Watercolor-Paintings/77687122366
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/iji/22605264690
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blanket-Truth/61543133176

Been looking for more music and merchandise by the band iji? Well, that's exactly why I created THE IJI STORE.

It's here! It's here! Here we have the third full length album entitled "White Flag" from Athens, GA native, Madeline Adams, known by most as simply Madeline. Her songs are hauntingly beautiful with personal lyrics and a stunning voice. "White Flag" is the culmination of three years of hard work from Madeline while she enlisted many of her fellow Athens-based musicians including members of the Elephant 6 Collective. The CD version of the album is available from Orange Twin Records.

First pressing of 100 copies with clear orange tapes, printed labels, and hand sewn, full color, stamped covers.

Recently we've sold out of a couple of our release:
LST-09 Watercolor Paintings/Clitorectomy and the Mutilators "With Love" tape
LST-06 Red Pony Clock "Live in Thousand Oaks" tape
(luckily we found a couple more copies of the RPC tape, buy now!)
and we're down to the last copies of:
LST-05 Bear Hugs "Acoustic Demos tape


We also have some new distributed items from our friends:
- Lil Hospital "The Universe Sucks" 7" (Hugpatch Records)
- Andy Brazendale "05 to 08" tape (Fox Pop)
- Von Hemmling "You (Being My Body Whole)" tape (Fox Pop)
*** Click here to go to the store ***

NEW TAPES ON THE WAY FROM:
Watercolor Paintings, Pangea, Cave Babies, and more...

The Endless Bummer tapes are ready to order!!! Remember the perfect pop of the Canadian group, The Diskettes? Well, David Barclay is back with a new group of friends, swapped the Pacific northwest for a warmer climate and his acoustic guitar for a keyboard. Add two parts tropical percussion and you've got a delicious pop stew goin'. "Donald Fagen Mix Tape" is a follow-up to the appropriately titled "No Beach Out of Reach" album by The Endless Bummer. Side A of the DFMT contains 4 brand new tracks and 5 hits from "No Beach...". Barclay writes incredibly witty & endearing lyrics and these harmonies are sweet enough to make even Brian Wilson proud. Side B contains underwater field recordings - recorded and compiled by David Barclay, himself. Click here to purchase!

First pressing of 100, solid blue tapes, with hand stamped labels, and full color collage-style covers. Engelbert Humperdinck's face makes a nice appearance.

4-song 3" CD version (minus "No Beach..." tracks) available from WeePOP! records in London.

Next on the agenda are full length tapes by Madeline (Athens, GA), Cave Babies (Goleta, CA), and Sandy City (Seattle, WA).

Madeline's new album "White Flag" will be released on CD via Orange Twin Records on March 10th, 2009, but you'll be able to snag a tape version of it before that! It's a 13 song, full band recording; hauntingly beautiful.

Cave Babies = Hoshwa, 1/2 of the band Watercolor Paintings and the beard behind the radio show 5...4...3...2...fun!! The album is somewhat of a concept album with tracks titled "Avocado Green", "Swamp Green", "It's Not Easy Being Green", and so on. Chord organ/ukulele/trumpet wonderfulness. Listen to it now @ archive.org, then buy the tape after you fall in love.

Sandy City will have a demo tape out real soon. They could be compared to bands such as The Kinks, Husker Du, Eric's Trip, and/or The Beach Boys. Some could call them surf punks or some could call them righteous dudes. Members of various bands, now united to sing about the west coast surf scene and other such urgent topics.

Other things in the works, like a top secret non-cassette release. More on that soon!

Check out the store for new-ish items such as the Algernon Cadwallader CD, Saturday Looks Good To Me "I Don't Wanna Go" 7" (on clear green vinyl!), lots and lots of Boyracer 7"s, a restock of The Besties "Bone Valley Deposit" 7", and a repress of the iji "Soup / Salad" tape. Click here to buy.

Super Famicom "The Wandering Floret Pt 1" tape
Well, it's finally out! Sorry about the wait. The Wandering Floret is an 8 part project by the prolific Mr. Super PJ Famicom. Prolific just got profilic-er. 8 full albums all released at the same time, that takes dedication. These somber folk-pop songs are the perfect companion to the coming winter. Grab a blanket and hibernate until April. First pressing of 100 tapes, beige covers with black ink, white tapes, and stamped 'nutmeg' colored labels.

Your Heart Breaks tape available again
Yep! We made 100 more copies of Your Heart Breaks "Love is a Long Dark Road". For those who missed out, don't snooze again! If you live in Seattle, this tape is on sale at SONIC BOOM Records in Ballard. The second pressing is almost identical to the first pressing. It's a perfect mix of songs that will make you shake your behind and songs that make you want to curl up in your bed. Guest appearances by just about everyone who's anyone in the northwest music scene, including duets with Kimya Dawson and Karl Blau. Full color covers designed by Sparky Taylor, solid orange tapes, and die-cut, printed labels.

iji & Math The Band west coast tour
If you would like to help us set up any shows, please contact zach.burba@gmail.com. Itinerary posted below, it's not set in stone though, so send suggestions if you would like iji and Math to come to your town. I'll be playing in iji, see you in January??

Jan 15 Seattle, Washington
Jan 16 Olympia, Washington
Jan 17 Portland, Oregon
Jan 18 Chico, California
Jan 19 San Fran, California
Jan 20 Davis, California @ UC Davis
Jan 21 Santa Cruz, California
Jan 22 Las Angeles, California
Jan 23 Santa Barbara, California
Jan 24 Modesto, California

Upcoming Releases
- The Endless Bummer "Donald Fagen Mix Tape" C42 tape: 4 new songs and 5 songs from "No Beach Out of Reach" on Side A, underwater field recordings on Side B. The 4 new songs will also be available as a 3" CDR on weePOP! (www.weepop.net)
- Madeline "White Flag" full length tape: This is the new album from Madeline. It will also be released on CD and LP. CD version is being handled by the incredible Orange Twin Records of Athens, GA (www.orangetwin.com)

Listen to all LST releases for free
All LST releases, from LST-00 to LST-14 have been uploaded to MixWit.com. We will be keeping up to date with this as well. So check back often. LST on MixWit.

Fizzy Business Radio Show podcast
I volunteer at Hollow Earth Radio here in Seattle, WA. It's a community based online radio station and I'm the volunteer coordinator. On my show, Fizzy Business, you'll hear indie pop, pop punk, folk, lofi electronics and more. There are new episodes live on air Sundays from 6-8pm Pacific Standard Time and re-airs on Friday from 10am-Noon. HOWEVER! I have started podcasting all of my radio shows. If you would like to subscribe to the podcast, please visit: http://feeds.feedburner.com/fizzbiz

PS: Did you hear we were in Billboard magazine???
Click here to view a large JPEG of the article.

"Indoor Camping", the first full length by Blanket Truth is now available on both CD and cassette! The music contained on the two formats are completely different recordings, with an exclusive track on each. The tape is a solo, boombox recording and the CD is a full band, digital 8-track recording by Tory Fiterre of Cartoon Monster. Exclusive artwork can be found on both formats, both designed by Stacey Hamilton (www.mystace.ca). All the best tracks from the inception of the band have been re-recorded and a bunch of brand new pop-infused baritone ukulele folk songs make up this 30 minute album. This is the 'good stuff'.

First pressing of 100 tapes, black and white printed covers, black tapes, and typewritten blue labels. Also comes with a mini, 4pt sized text, lyric booklet.

CD version on Now Hereness Records, limited to 500 copies with full color artwork. We have copies in our store for $5.

Take a listen to the whole "Indoor Camping" tape for free @ Mixwit.com

There's also a new cassette tape by the Santa Cruz, CA sensations known as JAMES RABBIT. If you aren't familiar, it's time to get familiar! Tyler Martin leads this rowdy pop ensemble that are way too good at their respective instruments. They recall the energy and exuberance of Queen and The Modern Lovers, while adding their own theatrical spin. This is a re-release of two albums "Continental" and "Cavalier", from 2005, that were originally released on CDR and have since sold out.

These tapes come packaged with hand-stamped, pastel-colored covers, and black and white printed labels on baby blue cassette tapes. Hop to!

Take a listen to the whole "Continental / Cavalier" tape
for free @ Mixwit.com

Up next on the agenda is the Super Famicom "The Wandering Floret Pt. 1", Cave Babies "Green", and the repress of Your Heart Breaks "Love is a Long Dark Road". Be on the look out. We are organized and we are on a mission.

PS: If you haven't heard, you can listen to every LST release (in print and out of print) @ Mixwit.com/lostsoundtapes/mixes

I do mean it when I say "temporarily". We're out of Your Heart Breaks tapes right now, but we'll be making more soon. The plan is to get them out soon after my band, Blanket Truth, and YHB get back from our respective August tours. They should be available again come mid September. If you'd like to know exactly when they are available again, please sign up for our mailing list on the right side of this page. If it's confusing to you, please just email lostsoundtapesATgmailDOTcom and we'll add you on.
(Photo on the right by Joseph Peter!)

Blanket Truth will have a full length album on tour in August, keep an eye out for that! It's called "INDOOR CAMPING" and will be available on both CD and cassette. The CD is a full band effort, recorded on a digital 8-track by Tory Fiterre of Cartoon Monster. Mastered by Stereophonic, replicated by Icon, full color artwork by Stacey Hamilton. Released by Now Hereness Records, 500 copies. It's the real deal! The cassette version is a solo boombox recording with different black and white artwork by Stacey Hamilton, released by Lost Sound Tapes, 100 copies. Both should be available on the Blanket Truth east coast tour starting Aug 17th!

Also tapes by James Rabbit and Super Famicom are coming soon soon soon soon soon. LOOK OUT. Seriously, SOON.

HERE ARE TOUR DATES:
Your Heart Breaks w/ Madeline Adams & Karl Blau
Aug 11th - Doe Bay Resort, Orcas Island
Aug 12th - Adrift Cafe - Anacortes Washington
Aug 14th - WHAAM - The Old Foundry - Bellingham, WA w/Connecticut Four
Aug 15th - VERA Project - Seattle, WA - w/ Mount Eerie
Aug 16th - Brown Lantern - (21+) - Anacortes, WA
Aug 17th - Helsing Junction (Karl Plays Only)
Aug 18th - Sirens - Port Townsend, WA
Aug 19th - Dekum Manor - (422 NE Dekum) - Portland, OR
Aug 20th - Artistery - Portland, OR
Aug 21st - Towne Lounge - (21+) - Portland, OR
Aug 22nd - Carousal Festival at New Crompton - Seattle, WA
Aug 23rd - ABC House - Olympia, WA

Blanket Truth (some dates w/ International Grapevine)
Aug 11th - Seattle, WA - w/ James Rabbit, Da Bears
Aug 17th - Athens, GA - w/ Captain Number 1
Aug 18th - Columbia, SC - w/ Plundershop
Aug 19th - Campfire Show @ 4 Dundee St - Asheville, NC - w/ International Grapevine
Aug 20th - Greensboro, NC - w/ International Grapevine
Aug 21st - Abbott House - Danville, VA - w/ International Grapevine, Lightning Paw
Aug 22nd - Night Light - Chapel Hill, NC - w/ International Grapevine
Aug 23rd - Tea Bazaar - Charlottesville, NC - w/ International Grapevine, Nevin Kight
Aug 24th - Richmond, VA - w/ International Grapevine, Nevin Kight, My Friend Kyle
Aug 25th - Washington, DC - w/ My Friend Kyle
Aug 26th - Philadelphia, PA
Aug 27th - New York City, NY
Aug 28th - Shows in New England, got any suggestions?