Back from some deserved vacations, half of them spent on the magnificent Paredes de Coura festival (small review coming one of these days). Spent the rest of the time listening to some awesome music: new albums (get them ALL) by Fruit Bats, You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown, The War on Drugs and Ganglians have been on repeat, along with the two forthcoming Cakes and Tapes releases: Lizard Kisses’ “Tiny Island Teeth” and Blessed Feathers’ “From the Mouths of the Middle Class”, out Sept. 6 & 20, respectively. Speaking of them, they need your help. On your right, you can see a Kickstarter widget that links to their campaign: they need $1,000 on donations so they can rent a van and go on tour.. that’s less than a month away. They offer various rewards in exchange for your valuable monies, including stickers, the cassette, the cd, the record, screen-printed shirts, exclusive posters, tickets to their shows AND original pieces of artwork by the band’s own Jacquelyn Beaupre’! Go on and help the guys out.
Lizard Kisses’ “Tiny Island Teeth” EP and Blessed Feathers’ “From the Mouths of the Middle Class” LP limited edition, handmade cassettes (there are just 50 of each) are available for pre-order now on Cakes and Tapes’ Bandcamp. If you get them now, each tape will cost you €1 less than it will once they’re out. Also! If you buy both tapes simultaneously, we’ll refund you the shipping costs. That’s €2 off for each tape and free shipping (that can go up to €2,5 if you’re from the US) AND you’ll get two MP3/FLAC/any-format-you-might-prefer from each album before everyone else. That’s €11/$16 for two brand new, beautiful tapes. Not kidding, shit’s real! Grab them before it’s too late.
Also, for the first time ever, we’re going to have an ad on our website. don’t worry, it’s not intrusive. and the monster needs its cookies, which ain’t free.