News
Monday, June 27th, 2011
I've compiled a collection of demos and unreleased songs which I've titled "At Home." You can download it from my bandcamp page. I know this will be worth different things to different people, so you can name your own price for the download (including $0.00). In addition to the 14 songs, the download of the album comes with PDF liner notes and a template for you to make your own cut-out sleeve for a burned CD. I hope you will enjoy it!
Tracklist:
01. Run into the Forest (Mellotron Version)
02. I Was a Brontosaurus (Guitar Version)
03. Winter Has Come
04. Forget Me Nots
05. Lisle's Town Theme
06. Snowstorm (Original Demo)
07. Stars Falling Down (Original Demo)
08. Comme il Vous Plaira (Piano Version)
09. Raindrops Fall Again
10. Your Secret Code
11. Kaleidoscope Eyes (Piano Version)
12. X-Mas Song (Original Demo)
13. Last Words
14. Piano Tape
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Just a quick note to let you know that the Japanese version of Autumn Almanac is now available to order in the U.S.A. through Darla records. Here's a link to their page.Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
I'm very happy to announce that my album "Autumn Almanac" will finally be properly released through Happy Prince in Japan. Every song was re-edited, re-mixed and re-mastered, and there are four additional "bonus" tracks as well.
I actually made two complete versions of the album; one was completed in the summer of 2008, and the other in autumn of 2009. The latter was what I self-released that winter. Looking back, I wasn't entirely satisfied with how it turned out. There were elements I missed from my original ideas. So, for this release, I attempted to take the best of both versions and combine them into the definitive way the album is meant to be heard.
I hope you will enjoy it! More information can be found here: http://happyprince.jp/catalogue/fireflies-autumn-almanac-hppr031/
When I know more about international distribution, I will be sure to post about it.
Tracklist:
01 The Breeze
02 Paper Crane
03 Your Map
04 Piano Song
05 Everything's Hidden Away
06 Stars Falling Down
07 Himitsu
08 Confidentially
09 Summer too Soon
10 Sunsets in June
11 A Thousand Days
12 Back Home*
13 Confidentially (Orchestra Version)*
14 Our Time to Fall*
15 Your Map (Acoustic Version)*
*bonus tracks
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
A new single for Tiny Fireflies (collaboration between myself and Kristine from Very Truly Yours) is now available to download! There are three tracks, and there is lots more information about it here.The lovely cover art was done by UK illustrator minkee and you can read an interview with her here.
Friday, October 1st 2010
As mentioned in my previous post, the single for Bubbletone Discos' Club 7 Digital Singles club is now available! It features two songs: "New November Leaves," and "Pale Flashing Light." You can download it here for free! Be sure to check out all the other releases as well.
Thursday, July 1st 2010
I'm very happy to announce that I will be participating in the Bubbletone Discos Field Mice tribute album! I will be covering the song "Willow." The release date has not yet been announced, but I will be sure to update when I have more information. I will also be participating in their digital single club, and will have song songs released this autumn as part of that.Thursday, April 20th, 2010
Be sure to head over to the Eardrums Music Blog to check out "Between Two Waves." It's a free Mp3 compilation of various indie-pop artist collaborations! Kristine from Very Truly Yours and I are featured on Volume C as "Tiny Fireflies." I hope you will enjoy it!
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
very truly yours' debut album "things you used to say" is officially released today via skywriting records! i played "lead" guitar and some other stuff and also recorded and mixed the album. i'm very happy with how it turned out and i'm fairly confident in saying that if you enjoy fireflies you'll probably not dislike very truly yours.you can head on over to the very truly yours myspace page to learn more.
Monday, December 21st, 2009
I have put together a collection of cover songs for your free downloading enjoyment for this Christmas season. These songs were recorded between 2005 - 2009. More info about the release is available in the discography section. You can download the EP here.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
Monday, December 7th, 2009
Autumn almanac is now available to purchase online! If you have a paypal account, you can order directly from the robot factory that makes the cds through the following page:
click here to order
The price is $10.00 and shipping is $4.00. Sorry about the shipping costs, but I don't really have any control over it. If you don't have a paypal account, just let me know and we can work something out, or you can order from one of the mail-order shops below
Apple Crumble (JP)
Inpartmaint (JP)
Jigsaw Records (US)
Fraction Discs (SE)
Hands and Arms (FR)
more coming soon!
I hope everyone enjoys the cd. I am planning another ep release in the new year featuring some additional songs which were featured on the original autumn almanac mix which was completed in late-summer 2008.
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone,
Lots of little robots are currently working hard this week to produce copies of "autumn almanac," which will be available for purchase through me. The "official release date" is....let's say...December 7th.
I will try to have it available to purchase through places like tonevendor etc, but as this is my first time doing this on my own, I can't offer any guarantees / details at this point.
For those of you living in Japan, distribution will be handled through inpartmaint. I'll be posting when it's officially available there.
Also! In celebration of "the holiday season" I will be giving away an EP of covers for your free downloading enjoyment in the coming weeks. It will include a few past covers (talking heads, asobi seksu) as well as some new ones and old un-earthed ones.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Sorry for the lack of updates lately. Things are coming along with my new album. A few more overdubs and some vocal work, and it should be done. In the mean time, you can head over to the Lavender or Music is My Girlfriend website to download a copy of new free digital ep. In this economy, we could all use something for free.
The EP consists of three songs: two with words and one without. The tracklisting is as follows
01. Butterscotch
02. Winter
03. Sledding
Friday, October 24, 2008
wanted to let you know that the "cherry blossom girl" 7" single is now available for purchase from the papillons noirs website. by the end of october, it will also be available from these other fine purveyors of musical product:
Piccadilly Records (UK)
Rough Trade (UK)
Fraction Discs (Sweden)
Vollwert Records (Germany)
Apple Crumble (Japan)
there are also hopes to get them to tonevendor for the usa soonish as well.
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
I've just been informed that the "cherry blossom girl" 7" is tentatively scheduled to be released on october 1st, 2008 via papillons noir. the b side of the record will contain an instrumental called "les belles étoiles." i will have additional details (distribution, etc) in the next couple of weeks. this will be my very first vinyl release and i'm very excited about it. i hope you will enjoy listening to it as much as i've enjoyed making it.
in other news, i've been playing guitar in another band on the side recently called very truly yours. we're playing a show this saturday, september 13th at the beat kitchen for those of you in "chicagoland."
lastly, in the next few weeks, i'll be finishing up the mixing for my 2nd album, "autumn almanac." too early to say much else about that.
Monday, August 04, 2008
an interview i did back in december of 2007 for daggerzine is available for reading here. most everything remains true, except i'd probably have to switch out one of the "desert island discs" i mentioned for asobi seksu's "citrus" since its been in standard rotation since it came out back in 2006.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
the eardrums music blog summer compilation is officially out! it's two discs of summertime indie pop for your listening pleasure..and the best part is, it's free! you can learn all about it here.
i am featured on volume two along with club 8, the school, celestial and many others. the lovely cover was done by helena garcia. tracklist as below:
Funny Little Dream - Sunshine
Northern Portrait - Crazy
Elle s'appelle - Reasons your reasons your…
I was a King - Norman Bleik
Northern Fields - never take the beauty
We Grow Up - Wrote It All Down In My Diary
club 8 - take me home (eskimo-esque mix)
Bedroom Eyes - Norwegian Pop
Fireflies - Our Time to Fall
The School - Summer's Here (demo)
Nomber 5s - You Know
Little Name - thoroughly modern
Remington Super 60 - The bicycle song
Stars in Coma - Amelie
Summer Cats - Bed Wetter
Princess Niko - Kelvinpolis
Pocketbooks - Summertime
Bears - The Worst Part
Sly Hats - Does He Cry
Still Corners - history of love
Tellus about the Moon - Nomore
The April Skies - Fading dreams
Celestial - the summers first kiss (demo)
ANT - Please please please (let me get what I want)
many thanks to knut for allowing me to be a part of this wonderful project. check it out!
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
I have a new EP of music available! Just head over to the Lavender or Music is My Girlfriend website to download your copy. They are graciously offering this up to the consumer public free of charge.
The EP consists of three songs and clocks in around 8:27. The tracklisting is as follows
01. Strange
02. Rain Soaked Shoes
03. Rearranged
These three songs were originally written back in 2004 and recorded in the Autumn of 2007. Both "Rain Soaked Shoes" and "Rearranged" feature the lovely ARP Quartet Synthesizer.
Saturday, January 19th, 2008
as chicago gets ready for another 4-6 inches of snow, the "snowstorm" ep is available today via twentyseven records! all five songs are streaming here on my myspace page today. you can also listen to them using last.fm
orders can be made direct (using paypal) through the label. if you are interested in purchasing a copy, contact orders@twentysevenrecords.com the e.p. costs $5.00 ppd. Within the next week, the CD will also be available via mailorder at the following sites:
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Today on the first snowstorm of the season in chicago, "goodnight stars, goodnight moon" is now available! below are some places where you can order it.
Fraction Discs (Sweden)
Vollwert Records (Germany)
Apple Crumble (Japan)
ToneVendor (USA)
(all mailorders ship worldwide)
and of course:
Music is My Girlfriend (Sweden)
Lavender (Sweden)
or: if you're not into material possessions, you can download it through klicktrack or listen to it on last.fm.
hooray!
Monday, November 19th, 2007
it's official, people! my debut album, entitled "goodnight stars, goodnight moon," will be available starting december 1st, 2007.
tracklist as follows:
01. i was a brontosaurus
02. we heard the fireworks
03. the pull
04. summer has gone
05. x-mas song
06. kaleidoscope eyes
07. the dunes
08. comme il vous plaira
09. the sky turns to black
10. flowers
11. strawberries
you may recognize some of the titles here. however, all the mixes on the album are all somewhat-to-drastically different than the mixes ever posted here on myspace.
stay tuned for part two, which will detail where to get it!
