Golden Gray: The Deluxe Edition
Available for the next few days is GOLDEN GRAY: THE DELUXE EDITION on Groopease.com for the low price of $4. Groopease offers music by independent artists at deeply discounted rates for limited amounts of time. They offer a free track for download, (“Your Sweet Love” in Duchess Leo’s case) band videos, reviews, editorials and other great stuff as a fun and inexpensive way of discovering great new music by independent artists. And the best part, a portion of every sale goes to charity.
The Deluxe Edition of Golden Gray features the original album, These For Those: Volume 1 and These For Those: Volume 2. A total of 20 tracks available for the price of $4. Click here to be awesome.
THESE FOR THOSE: VOLUME 1
We proudly present to you These For Those: Volume 1, the first of a free two-EP set. These For Those is a collection of songs recorded between the release of our first EP and Golden Gray. Presented here are the tunes we discovered our sound with, in many cases by discovering what our sound wasn’t. Each has a long history. Stylistically, these songs will likely not be repeated soon. The writing of both “Places To Go” and “Layover, Miami” predate the inception of the band. They were recorded using SM57s, iPhones and whatever else was available. They are time capsules. They are old home videos. They are first songs. They are free now.
We’re closing 2011 with a listen back at where we came from, gratitude for where we are and eyes on where we’re going next.
THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS
Duchess Leo and Whale Heart proudly present The Tracks of My Tears. Available for free download, Tracks of My Tears was recorded in 2009 in Todd’s apartment and is one of our earliest sounds. It was originally intended for inclusion on an EP, but that EP eventually became our full length, Golden Gray, and this guy got shelved. No longer, Tracks of My Tears is track one on our forthcoming These For Those: Volume 1. These For Those will be available October 4th, also as a free download.
To grab The Tracks of My Tears you can click here or hit the download button to the right.
SYFFAL INTERVIEW
We recently had the opportunity to talk with Del from SYFFAL. He’s one hell of a dude. Thanks to our dear old friend, the lovely Meags D. Link here.
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Whale Heart Blog: THE GOINGS ON
Big day here at Whale Central. For starters, we’ve got the release of Little Horn’s Twelve EP. You can read early reviews of it here and here. Twelve is the first recording for this particular line up of Little Horn. Up til now it’s pretty much been Keith and whoever he’s hanging…
Happy Midsummer
I’m not a fan of John Mayer’s music, but consistently the guy has made me laugh and think differently through out his public career. Props for that. The Lefsetz Letter turned me onto a recent talk he did at his alma mater, Berklee College of Music, where he expounded on the dangers and distractions of social media, the current state of music business and writing bad songs.
“I can’t stress enough how important it is to write bad songs. There’s a lot of people who don’t want to finish songs because they don’t think they’re any good. Well they’re not good enough. Write it! I want you to write me the worst songs you could possible write me because you won’t write bad songs. You’re thinking they’re bad so you don’t have to finish it. That’s what I really think it is. Well it’s all right. Well, how do you know? It’s not done!”
Great read. Find it here.
Posted July 14, 2011 at 6:33pm
A few days ago in Brussels a man named François Humbert gave a girl named Fanny Lambotte a poster he made out of the artwork for Golden Gray for her birthday. Here we have a photo of said poster hanging on Fanny’s wall.
Todd and I have placed our orders for our copies of the print. We are breathless with anticipation.
Posted June 27, 2011 at 10:43am
The Glorious First of June
Not just today’s date, but also the Third Battle of Ushant; the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between Great Britain and the French Republic. Admiral Lord Howe and the British Fleet were attempting to prevent a vital French grain convoy from reaching the United States. The convoy was protected by Vice-Admiral Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse and the French Fleet. The two forces clashed some 400 nautical miles west of the French island of Ushant on 1 June 1794. During battle, Howe ordered his fleet to turn towards the French and engage their immediate opponent. His ships inflicted severe damage on the French in what seemed like a tactical success. In the aftermath of the battle both fleets were shattered but Villaret had bought enough time for the French grain convoy to reach safety unimpeded. Both nations claimed victory and seized the outcome of the battle as a demonstration of the prowess and bravery of their respective navies.
In other news, we’ve got some shit-hot remixes, some shows and some new tracks in the works. Man, it’s nice out. Let’s go to the park.
Posted June 1, 2011 at 11:40am
RED ALERT REVIEW
Favorite pull quote:
Closer “The Play” is another high mark, a torch song of sorts featuring a great guest vocal from labelmate Grace Bellury (Lille). It’s another surprise twist for a duo with the potential to be indie-electro-whatever royalty.
Ahh, spring time in Brooklyn! Sun, sounds and swag. It’s a beautiful day out; 72 degrees, blue sky. The kind of day that makes long winters seem worth it. Tom Robbins says of the weather that it should either be celebrated or ignored. Shouldn’t everything in life? I digress.
Above, you’re looking at the art for our forthcoming Golden Gray: The Deluxe Edition. In addition to the original record, there’s a collection of material recorded between our first release, The Duchess Leo EP and Golden Gray. We’re very excited to share it with you.
In the meantime, step away from your computer and go outside. You’re at work? Maybe you should quit. Maybe. Don’t do anything rash. Just think about it. See you at the park!
The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
— Banksy
