Free CD with every purchase of a CD

we wanted to say thanks to the whole lot of you who bought the best of the mp3 of the month club. because so many of you are all modern and shit and bought downloads we still have lots o’ discs left, and wanted to get as many of them into your hands as possible.

so we’re having a sale! just buy any cd or a 3-for-$30 bundle of cd’s and we’ll send you a FREE copy of ‘the best of the mp3 of the month club’ on cd. yes! here’s the perfect chance to get yourself a 2nd copy of ‘two strangers’ or replace something you’ve worn out or a nice gift for an unsuspecting future fan. just order and the rest is automatic.

thanks!

new free mp3 of the month: the road

got some fresh evil for you today. while andy and I hammer away at a new album here’s something put together with my friend alex (of stray palace fame).

lemme know what you think…

the road

this is the ache inside
this is darkness in my hand
keep me in line, keep me in line

so this is the road that I get lost on
a twist in the road and I’ll be gone now

black, black is the tide
black water running down
and I get crazy, I get blind
raise my hands and start to drown
throw me a line, throw me a line

this is the road that I get lost on
a twist in the road and I’ll be gone now
and I know there’s a place that I belong yeah
and I know there’s a way that I’ll be gone now

fan mail of the month

“So i met this girl. Work convention. People drinking in my hotel room. Cant stop staring. I’m playing DJ. She sees me looking. Comes over to request a song. We talk. Laugh. Forget about everyone else in the room. I put on my favourites playlist. Wide eyed, she says to me “what is this?!” “Black Lab”,i reply. “I just changed your life.” she closes her eyes. And asks me to hit repeat. We listen to the song three times. This is going to be our song, she says. We’re going to have a song? I ask. We are tied together always through this moment. She says. And. I knew i was in trouble with this girl. Its been 6 months. And all is well. She had this made for me for my birthday. So i wanted to share it with you and say thank you. The music just gets better. And you are a guaranteed panty dropper every single time.”

two stray palace songs on abc’s ‘castle’ MONDAY 3/25

hey peeps, just wanted to let you know that stray palace is getting some tv love next week — check out abc’s crime drama ‘castle,’ monday night march 25 at 10/9 central.

they should be rocking “changed” from the first ep and “express yourself” from the diamond ep. if you haven’t had a chance to check those two little discs out you should, as they’re some of my most favorite vocal stuff — very loose and 80′s, not thinking too much, just delivering the sugar out of both barrels.

you can get them from me via full CD quality downloads or check them here at itunes.

rock!

we love covers

last week I posted a youtube cover of ‘this night’ by samira from spain. it’s sweet and delicate and reveals her as a singer. very nice.

she writes us: “it was an honor for me that you shared my cover of your beautiful song, ‘this night,’ and of course that you liked it. I think there’s not a greater feedback than the one of the original artist.”

our pleasure. I must say that it’s very, very cool to hear other people sing your songs.

so this is an open call to anyone and everyone to cover our songs, post them to youtube, and send us the link. we’ll check ‘em out!

you don’t have to be an expert or a professional. what I like are tracks by people who are communicating directly, without pretension. it’s what I love about the raincoats and what I love about my buddy’s four year old singing, “no bar, no bar” with his ukelele when he can’t weasel a granola bar out of his mom. lack of pretense is a hard thing to do. impossible really, as it absolutely can’t be faked.

so just jam out a black lab w/ that webcam on and put it up. we’d love to see it.

thanks!

and thanks to everyone who checked out our “greatest hits” (note quote marks) album at spotify. pass those hits around to your friends and start a fire.

p