As we've been recording and playing new material, we've discussed titles. No decisions yet.

Tim has another band project. More on that soon.

As promised, we're offering a free download from the new CD.

"Misled" was recently featured on Maine Public Radio MPBN's In Tune By Ten with Sara Willis.

Thanks for listening.

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Yesterday, the new CD was released. We'd promised digital first, so there you go. It's been a manic 24 hours.

Here are the links that I know of so far:

Clip Records Online Store
iTunes
Amazon

I'll some more info soon. The release will be on Spotify and MOG despite earlier statements to the contrary. Also, the record stores get copies in the next few weeks. Bull Moose already has it.

The disc sits on the front of the We Are Revealed book but it pops off. The photo by Christophe wraps around CD and it blends in. It adds a three-dimensional aspect. We wanted it to...bad joke coming...stand out. The braggadocio on the sticker is a bit over the top but I can live with it.

I'll post more photos soon. Thanks to everyone for spreading the word about the CD! You're spectacular and invincible in battle...trust me.

The lyrics below are from one of the new tracks, Answers. Posting them to clarify some earlier quotes. Thx

Stop and then explain this
The words you say are painless
It’s easier to kill these plans

Stop packing up these boxes
These garbage bags of dresses
And tell me I don’t understand

The words say I believe you
The clerks here, they don’t have to
It’s talking just to lose yourself

You wanted them to save you
To ask you why’d stay here
When you likened this to your new hell

I’m losing faith
In what I say

You sit staring in a car park
expecting me to follow
I’ve learned to walk the other way

And out of all my answers
The ones that I’ve recanted
I regret most what I couldn’t say

The things you said to mock me
For reasons that were clearly
the work of someone else’s head

Said more to stop the ending
From becoming what’s intended
When you insist that you’re last one in

And as your martyrs lost their pages
I fed them lines in stages
From the last days of our broken home

I wanted them to notice
How wrong it was to do this
How far you’d go when left alone

And this brings me to this update...in bullet format.

• The video contest from Clip Records ends on November 12th. The response has been great. If you're entering, thank you. Can't wait to see. I'm crazy impatient about this event. 🙂
• The next show is at the Big Easy in Portland with Benjamin Burgess and other guests. It's a Friday night at 8PM. October 29th.
• The French photographer Christophe Garnier did the album art for the upcoming CD. He deserves a lot of praise. The images are perfect. Take a look at his site.
• I'll be recording several YouTube videos of cover songs. I'm focusing on songs that I always wanted to hear stripped down. So far, Depeche Mode and Pink Floyd are under consideration. If you have any great ideas, send me a tweet.
• The first CD has officially sold out and Clip Records is currently ordering another pressing. The Limited Edition versions have been long gone, but I'm calling this new batch the Constrained Edition.
• Thanks to everyone who has been listening. I genuinely am humbled.

As the producer and engineer of the new recording project, he's been wildly successful at keeping my primitively circular mind in check. What was supposed to be a two week project has stretched on, though happily so.

The rough mixes are in, but it's already clear that it wouldn't be what it is without his talents.

Check out his studio, Busted Barn, for more info.

The good news is that the producer has been helping out and contributing a bit of electric guitar. Leslie's bass line didn't end up on the last cuts but her vocals did.

The good news is that the acoustic guitars down were a cinch. Just hard to know when to stop adding. Noises. Bass. Harmonies.

I don't fear the end. I just need some more time.

Clip Records is giving away 10 free CDs this week.

Just follow us on Twitter and send us a tweet. If you already follow us, that's very nice of you, so just tweet if you want one.

Thanks, Troy

In the meantime, we're going to shoot down a mountain on a toboggan. No ice bar. No stick figures. Stupid dresses.