August 30, 2008
UPDATE: ENTANGLEMENTS NOW AVAILABLE FOR MAIL ORDER! TOUR!
The time is nearly nigh. On Sunday, September 7th, 2008 AD, Parenthetical Girls will be performing the whole of our new record, Entanglements, for the very first (and probably only) time--complete with a 20+ piece chamber orchestra featuring some of Portland's finest. As part of PICA's illustrious Time-Based Arts Festival, the performance will be taking place at Leftbank, in Portland, Oregon, and is open to All Ages. We've been working very hard to pull this off, and would be really honored by your presence.
UPDATE: Entanglements is NOW AVAILABLE FOR MAIL ORDER!
Entanglements will be officially available (on CD, anyway) in stores on Tuesday, September 9th. In the meantime, we've got a few treats for you. Firstly, the disc is now available for mail order via Slender Means Society (in North America) and Tomlab (e'rwhere else). Slender Means Society is presently running a special that will include all of the Parenthetical Girls' albums for paltry $30--so if you're feeling especially guilty about your piracies lately, this could be an excellent opportunity to make right with God.
ALSO: TOUR DATES!!!
Meanwhile, we've just announced some exciting, far-flung dates with the presumably fine folks of Sunset Rubdown, beginning like SO SOON. Many more non-Sunset Rubdown dates to follow very shortly:
SEPT 16: Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg w/Sunset Rubdown
SEPT 18: Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church w/Sunset Rubdown
SEPT 19: Washington, DC - Black Cat w/Sunset Rubdown
SEPT 20: Columbus, OH - Skully's Music Dine w/Sunset Rubdown
SEPT 21: Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
Oh, and say--how about another totally narcissistic commissioned cover, while we're already here? This one comes your way from the deepest, darkest dudes of The Dead Science. They've re-envisioned "Young Eucharists" in a strikingly soulful mold. Maybe I wrote this song for Sam to sing without knowing it. You like?
THE DEAD SCIENCE—"YOUNG EUCHARISTS"
...and while we're at it, here's No Kids' take on "This Regrettable End" one more time:
NO KIDS—THIS REGRETTABLE END
More covers coming soon! Thank you for your patronage!
Temporarily Yours,
(((GRRRLS)))
August 20, 2008
An .M4A For Ellie Greenwich.
The "A Song For Ellie Greenwich" single is now available for digital download all sorts of places. There have been some unfortunate production issues with the 7" version, but it should still be coming soon to the UK, and the Continent, and hopefully still in the US for October. Featuring the title track, a non-album track entitled "Afterwords", and an alternate, "Untangled" version of "This Regrettable End" (digital only).
Here's a link to single in iTunes.
Additionally, our friends and label mates in the ever-great No Kids have offered up an excellent rendition of our own "This Regrettable End" as sneak preview for a still-forthcoming Parenthetical Girls vanity (literally) project. More info to follow very soon. Download it at Paper Thin Walls RIGHT NOW!
While we're on the topic of downloading things for free, why not make a pit stop over at The Dead Science's fancy new website and pick up your very own copy of School Of Villainy? Our fairer sisters in the extended Royal Fam, The Dead Science have finally dropped the hotly anticipated School Of Villainy mixtape, featuring exclusive guest appearances/verses by The RZA, Katrina Ford (Celebration), Craig Wedren (Shudder To Think), Carla Bozulich (Evangelista, Geraldine Fibbers), Implied Violence, DJ Digga Crates, and our own Zac Pennington.
Get familiar, and get it for free: School Of Villainy