ARIEL ABSHIRE - Exclamation Love  CD (Darla: DRL214: 708527021422)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Available 10/28/2008. We at Darla Records haven’t been this excited about a new release by a new Pop/Americana artist since My Morning Jacket. Seventeen-year-old Ariel writes her own songs and performs at venues across Austin, Texas both solo and with music legend Alvin Crow. Ariel has recorded on soundtracks for Robert Rodriguez and Trevor Romain films, and she is the youngest female singer to perform before thousands at the Austin Music Awards. Music critic Margaret Moser has compared her voice to that of Brenda Lee and Lou Ann Barton. Ariel has been called the “authentic foil to Britney Spears,” by National Geographic’s Traveler Magazine. On her debut, Exclamation Love, Ariel showcases her songwriting and singing abilities equally. Her melodies superglue to your brain and you find yourself instantly hooked, even breathless at the end of the opening title track. Soon, you’re singing along to teen themes of love and discovery, doubt and delight, innocence and wisdom, all the while marvelling at a talent far beyond her years. This young woman was born to sing. “Ariel Abshire from Austin, Texas - she’s got pipes, range, and songwriting skills- She reminds me of Hope Sandavol, Janis Ian and Pasty Cline- back in the day- ‘Society’s Child’, ‘Crazy’ talented, and ‘She Shines Brightly.’ You know the score - Pop, soul, country and screen- Triple Threat here- ingenue ala Glen Campbell-esque.” --Charles Slomovitz, Happy Parts blog TRACKLISTING: 1. Exclamation Love, 2. Goddamn New Mexico, 3. Nervous, 4. I Didn’t Know People Could Do That, 5. Unknown Encounter, 6. Thin Skin, 7. Spots, 8. Hotel Hallway, 9. Subscriptions and Lies, 10. Picking Up, 11. Everybody Does

MANUAL - Confluence  CD (Darla: DRL216: 708527021620)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Available 10/28/08. Confluence is Danish producer Jonas Munk's third installment in his series of ambient albums, following the much loved The North Shore from 2003 and Bajamar from 2006. Unlike Munk's better known work, which centers around electronica and shoegazing aesthetics as well as a love of 1980s production techniques, these ambient works are completely without beats, or even time signatures, and are delicately constructed out of slowly evolving streams of guitar that has been processed into oblivion and back. But even compared to the standard set by the two aforementioned albums, Confluence is surprisingly dark and minimalist. These eight new compositions move slowly and seamlessly, like the ebb and flow of the changing tide, with subtle layering and filtering providing the essential means of movement. In spite of all the pieces having been created out of endless digital processing and manipulation of guitars, the result is warm, organic and timeless. Occasional piano is basically the only other element present amongst the haunting cascades of guitar drones. Opener "Blue Stone" is a simple composition that evokes the feeling of modern classical minimalism, with highly evocative chord combinations replacing one another like cloud formations in the sky; the title track, "Confluence", visits a musical territory similar to that on Brian Eno and Harold Budd's collaborative efforts, with its broad soundscapes and vulnerable piano playing; "Oracle Night" could be an Angelo Badalamenti piece if he was to score a David Lynch movie set on a tropical island. This is music without any clear character traits though. It can change its character depending on the conscious state of the listener. A confluence of light and air; past and present; dream and reality; day and night. Haunting, oceanic ambient music, perfect for the approaching fall months.

I AM ROBOT AND PROUD - Uphill City  LP (Darla: DRL215-1: 708527021514)  $14.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Available 10/14/2008. Limited edition of 1000 color vinyl with free album download. I Am Robot And Proud is the name Toronto native Shaw-han Liem works under to create his singular brand of hypnotic, beguiling electronic pop music. Uphill City is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up to his very popular 2006 album The Electricity in Your House Wants to Sing. Like the previous record, Uphill City is electronic pop music that energizes the listener and refreshes the ear yet Shaw-han's skill as clever pop composer has grown even more mesmerizing. Shawn-han says the theme of the new record is that of struggle and achievement in the big city. IARAP is syncopated multi-instrumental rhythms and playful, repetitive multi-dimensional melodies -- just the elixir your head needs. Shaw-Han mixes acoustic instrumentation; piano, guitar and drums seamlessly with his unique electronic keyboard sounds and percussive elements. This isn't difficult, experimental IDM that pulls the listener off the left side of the dial. This is complex composition that manages to simply delight. It’s an exciting sound that gives one the feeling of flying fast & free through a heavenly modern green world of pop, beauty, and sunshine. Your brain chemicals are sure to be balanced after the first minute into the title track. “Since the 2006 album, i have done some traveling and playing shows around the world and visiting many cities. Its interesting for me to see how everyone is living in different ways but there are still similarities. In English, the word "Uphill" has a kind of a double meaning. It can be positive like "things are looking up", or it can mean something is very difficult like "uphill battle". I thought the city was like a symbol for the challenges that happen in your life.” --Shaw-han Liem Also available: I AM ROBOT AND PROUD -The Electricity in Your House Wants to Sing (Darla: DRL168: 708527016824) CD, I AM ROBOT AND PROUD -Grace Days (Catmobile: CMOB09: 708527600924) CD, I AM ROBOT AND PROUD -The Catch & Spring Summer Autumn Winter CD (Darla: DRL181: 708527018125). TRACKS: 1. Something to Write Home About 2. Uphill City 3. Making a Case for Magic 4. The Melt 5. 401 Circuit 6. Island Life 7. Storm of the Century 8. The Risk 9. Song for Two Wheels 10. Train Station Lullaby

HAROLD BUDD / CLIVE WRIGHT - A Song For Lost Blossoms  CD (Darla: DRL198: 708527019825)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Available 10/7/08. Darla is pleased to offer a A Song For Lost Blossoms, a new record of ambient melody and transcendental mood portals from minimalist/modernist master Harold Budd and friend guitarist/composer/producer Clive Wright. A Song For Lost Blossoms nicely builds on both artists’ previous ambient work. A Song For Lost Blossoms was recorded live and in studio at different locations including the artists’ homes, at REDCAT (Roy E. Disney Concert and Theater), Los Angeles, and Clive Wright's Desert Sky Studio, Joshua Tree, CA. These recordings represent the very best of Harold and Clive's work together over the period 2004 to 2006. Artist and friend Anna LaCazio reads her poem, “A Song for Lost Blossoms”, the title track. Harold Budd is recognized as "The Godfather of Ambient Music". His works are the cornerstones of the modern minimal and ambient canon. Clive Wright is a founding member of the platinum selling pop/rock band Cock Robin and has worked as writer, producer and guitarist with Human Drama, Tears for Fears members, Montell Jordan, The Black Eyed Peas and Peter Gabriel. Budd and Wright met as residents of the beautiful and remote Southern California desert community of Joshua Tree. With only just a little imagination one can easily hear the influence of the Southern California desert environment; the sounds of its stark beauty, serene quiet and otherworldly presence. Cover art painting by Billy Al Bengston. Mastered by Eric Ryan, Ravenswork with similar EQ settings as Harold’s classics The White Arcades and Lovely Thunder. Track list: 1. Pensive Aphrodite (32:15) 2. A Song For Lost Blossoms (4:39) 3. Forever Hold My Breath (9:51) 4. At This Moment (6:44) 5. Of Many Mirrors (4;22) 6. The Saint of Whispers (9:45) 7. Blind Flowers (7:02). Total run time 74:52. Reviews: Babysue | Echoes | Terrascope

NEW RADIANT STORM KING - Drinking In The Moonlight  CD (Darla: DRL201: 708527020128)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Available 10/7/08. Northampton, MA/New York city indie rockers New Radiant Storm King deliver the tightest, hookiest and most diverse record in their distinguished career. Recorded over six months in deep, rural Massachusetts, Drinking in the Moonlight proves once again that guitarists/vocalists Peyton Pinkerton and Matt Hunter along with bassist Caleb Wetmore and drummer J.J. O'Connell write some of the most imaginative and memorable American rock. Approaching their twentieth year as a band, NRSK have gracefully matured as song smiths while retaining their prowess at crafting unconventional yet infectious melodies. Drinking in the Moonlight is a sonic mix of urban and rural, sporting distorted yet wiry pop with a marked focus on narrative within their song writing -- trademarks gratifying to longtime fans. Time spent in other bands (Pinkerton in The Silver Jews and The Pernice Brothers; Hunter in J. Mascis & The Fog and The Wharton Tiers Ensemble) has honed the Pinkerton/Hunter attack musically and lyrically. Over the course of thirteen songs, Drinking in the Moonlight addresses topics as varied as random street violence, infidelity and subsequent pregnancy, exorbitant winter heat bills and even an open condemnation of organized religion (Thank God -Ed). Drinking in the Moonlight was recorded with longtime NRSK engineer Mark Alan Miller (Cordelia's Dad, J. Mascis & The Fog) at his Slaughterhouse Studios in Westhampton, MA. NRSK will tour Fall 2008. TRACKS: 1) Soporific Slump - A few more pints and then back to your place on 1st Avenue. 2) Undignified - Hopefully you can convince everyone that you actually are being your natural self - and have been lying up until just now. 3) Senseless - If a random act of brutal violence changed your life for the better, how would you explain it to anyone? To yourself, even? 4) Islander - She could never handle the mainland for more than a few days at any given time. 5) Little Ice Age - Sometimes the idea of summer seems both impossible and absurd. 6) Anything Can Happen - And usually does, if you're lucky (or not). 7) New Paltz Waltz - Instrumental levity. 8) Eight Steps Closer - Slouching towards Echo Park, with a cosmo in her hand. 9) After the After Hours - Guns, drugs and hipsters - in way over their heads. 10) Midnight Comes - Time horizons always seem to stretch into forever on a first date. 11) Eraser - Lick your wounds and don't look back for a second. 12) Clouds Cover Everything - Are you really sure that your memories are totally your own? 13) Fall Prey - The world is flat. The sun revolves around it. We've progressed on so many fronts save one. Reviews: Bradley's Almanac | KEXP Song of The Day blog | Babysue

ROBIN GUTHRIE - 3:19 Bande Originale Du Film  CD (Darla: DRL213: 708527021323)  $12.50

EXCLUSIVE.  Available 10/7/08. Limited edition of 3000 in digipak. 3:19 is the title of the original soundtrack recording by Robin Guthrie for the acclaimed Spanish film of the same name. This is the former Cocteau Twins Guitarist's second soundtrack following Mysterious Skin and it features all the trademark Guthrie, ethereal soundscape you'd expect. This time, however, Robin has added piano, just a bit a strings and a few sound effects that nicely communicate the film's mood. Robin Guthrie's talent should need no introduction. As co-founder and guitarist of Cocteau Twins and producer of bands like Lush and Chapterhouse, he has created some of the most beautiful music of recent times and is widely regarded as a musical visionary, his sound influencing a generation. After Cocteau Twins broke up in 1997 he has made a series of instrumental recordings including ‘Imperial’, ‘Continental’, ‘Everlasting’ and ‘Waiting for Dawn’. Recently he has collaborated with Harold Budd on the twin albums, ‘After the Night Falls’ and ‘Before the Day Breaks’ as well as the soundtrack to Greg Araki’s ‘Mysterious Skin’. His latest soundtrack is for the Spanish cult hit film 3:19 which will be released in the fall. His recent production and collaboration duties include Mahogany, Ulrich Schnauss, Manual, Apollo Heights, Heligoland and Resplandor. At ATP Robin will be performing, for the first time in the US, with ‘Galerie’, his second animated film following the award winning ‘Lumière’ from 2004. Robin’s approach to animation remains in keeping with his approach to sound, very rich, emotive, layered and treated. He creates distinctive landscapes, both sonic and visual, that have become his trademark throughout his recorded work and his live performance.

I AM ROBOT AND PROUD - Uphill City  CD (Darla: DRL215-2: 708527021521)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  I Am Robot And Proud is the name Toronto native Shaw-han Liem works under to create his singular brand of hypnotic, beguiling electronic pop music. Uphill City is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up to his very popular 2006 album The Electricity in Your House Wants to Sing. Like the previous record, Uphill City is electronic pop music that energizes the listener and refreshes the ear yet Shaw-han's skill as clever pop composer has grown even more mesmerizing. Shawn-han says the theme of the new record is that of struggle and achievement in the big city. IARAP is syncopated multi-instrumental rhythms and playful, repetitive multi-dimensional melodies -- just the elixir your head needs. Shaw-Han mixes acoustic instrumentation; piano, guitar and drums seamlessly with his unique electronic keyboard sounds and percussive elements. This isn't difficult, experimental IDM that pulls the listener off the left side of the dial. This is complex composition that manages to simply delight. It’s an exciting sound that gives one the feeling of flying fast & free through a heavenly modern green world of pop, beauty, and sunshine. Your brain chemicals are sure to be balanced after the first minute into the title track. “Since the 2006 album, i have done some traveling and playing shows around the world and visiting many cities. Its interesting for me to see how everyone is living in different ways but there are still similarities. In English, the word "Uphill" has a kind of a double meaning. It can be positive like "things are looking up", or it can mean something is very difficult like "uphill battle". I thought the city was like a symbol for the challenges that happen in your life.” --Shaw-han Liem Also available: I AM ROBOT AND PROUD -The Electricity in Your House Wants to Sing (Darla: DRL168: 708527016824) CD, I AM ROBOT AND PROUD -Grace Days (Catmobile: CMOB09: 708527600924) CD, I AM ROBOT AND PROUD -The Catch & Spring Summer Autumn Winter CD (Darla: DRL181: 708527018125). TRACKS: 1. Something to Write Home About 2. Uphill City 3. Making a Case for Magic 4. The Melt 5. 401 Circuit 6. Island Life 7. Storm of the Century 8. The Risk 9. Song for Two Wheels 10. Train Station Lullaby

MY MORNING JACKET - The Tennessee Fire (2xLP)  2XLP (Darla: DRL089-1: 708527008911)  $19.99

EXCLUSIVE.  3rd pressing. Gatefold double vinyl re-press limited to 1000. 142 gm, red and gold color vinyl 2xLP in gatefold sleeve with matte finish. Their fabulous debut album (1999). “Released to worldwide critical acclaim, The Tennessee Fire provides proof (200 proof) that heartfelt American music is alive and well and living in Kentucky. A must for anyone who loves the sound of Alt-country mixed with wide open spaces.” –ALL MUSIC GUIDE. TRACK LISTING: 1. Heartbreakin Man 2. They Ran 3. The Bear 4. Nashville To Kentucky 5. Old September Blues 6. If All Else Fails 7. It’s About Twilight Now 8. Evelyn Is Not Real 9. War Begun 10. Picture Of You 11. I Will Be There When You Die 12. The Dark 13. By My Car 14. Butch Cassidy 15. I Think I’m Going To Hell 16. Bonus track.

MY MORNING JACKET - At Dawn (2xLP)   2XLP (Darla: DRL111-1: 708527011119)  $19.99

EXCLUSIVE.  3rd pressing. Gatefold double vinyl re-press limited to 1000. 142 gm, blue and green color vinyl 2xLP in gatefold sleeve with matte finish. Their beloved second record (2001). “At Dawn has an Ineffable magic to it from start to finish, one that leads me to scour my brain for words that could describe something that sounds so special. Anytime a pop or rock song can give you chills, that’s something. When a whole album can do it that’s something else entirely.” –POPMATTERS. TRACK LISTING: 1. At Dawn 2. Lowdown 3. The Way That He Sings 4. Death Is My Sleazy Pay 5. Hopefully 6. Bermuda Highway 7. Honest Man 8. X-mas Curtain 9. Just Because I Do 10. If It Smashes Down 11. I Needed It Most 12. Phone Went West 13. Strangulation 14. Bonus track.

PONIES IN THE SURF - See You Happy  2XCD (Darla: DRL192: 708527019221)  $12.50

EXCLUSIVE.  Ponies In The Surf are quietly one of a kind. Siblings and indie music aficionados Alex & Camile live in Cambridge, MA though they’re originally from Bogota, Colombia. The Ponies make pan-American pop songs with elements Samba, Beatles and the more sophisticated folk set. They're Pop Vocal traditionalists and very much akin to The Violent Femmes and Johnathan Richman in terms of song craft, subtle humor and vulnerability. The Ponies' work is uniquely comforting and highly addictive. It is served with a rare passion and grace. It evokes nostalgia while remaining firmly planted in its own special, almost timeless place. These are simply great songs. The first 1000 copies of See You Happy CD come with a limited edition bonus CD, entitled Noche Noche, featuring Ponies in The Surf covering six favorite all-time classics Ponies style plus two demos. "After playing in rock bands for some time, Alexander McGregor decided at some point that he simply wanted to make some music that could even appeal to his grandmother. Joined by his sister Camille, the duo plays stripped-down folkish type music that sounds like it could have been created at any point in the past 40 years yet still feels fresh." --ALMOST COOL. "These powerfully quiet traditionalists perform folk songs with a pan-American touch. It's only a shame that music this delicate and warm doesn't garner more notice." --POPMATTERS. Track list: 1. 16a 2. Walkin' In The City 3. Sweet & Low 4. My Crack-Up 5. Another Mind 6. Bad Crowd 7. What's In a Smile 8. See You Happy 9. Holes In The Walls 10. Ventricle 11. Out-There Friends 12. Once In A While 13. Johnny Rebel 14. Joao Bonus disc track list: 1. Te Extraño Tanto (Palito Ortega) 2. Nothing to Lose (Henry Mancini/Don Black) 3. Poor Jenny (F. & B. Bryant) 4. Heaven (Byrne/Harrison) 5. Te Extraño Tanto #2 (Palito Ortega) 6. A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes (L.Cohen) 7. Another Mind (Demo) 8. Holes in the Walls #2 Reviews: Boston's Weekly Dig | Erasing Clouds | The Yellow Stereo | Boston Phoenix | Almost Cool | Leonard's Lair | Foxy Digitalis | Exclaim!

ISOL / ZYPCE - Sima  CD (Darla: DRL195: 708527019528)  $12.50

EXCLUSIVE.  Digipak with 16 page booklet featuring the artist's illustrations. Darla Records is proud to present the debut from Argentinian singer/songwriter/illustrator Isol and her brother Zypce. Isol is a singer, composer, ex-vocalist of the electronic pop band Entre Ríos who released three records on Elefant and Darla, singer with the baroque group The Excuse and member of the synthpop American band Alsace Lorraine. She’s also an internationally renowned illustrator of books and printed media. For the first time here on Sima, she composes melodies and lyrics. Zypce is a musician and composer. In 1994 he released his CD Nuevo Muerto (New Dead) on which he and his ensemble play his own works of contemporary classical music tainted with industrial reminiscences, although these are very dubious labels. He has also composed music for film, dance and theatre in Argentina and abroad and has performed his experimental compositions with pianist Adriana de los Santos, among others, in concert. He builds his own musical instruments and has an extremely elaborate approach to the stage. On Sima he composes and arranges songs, clearly faithful to his peculiar aesthetics as he works within the pop song format, always with very experimental results. Isol and Zypce are siblings, born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. About Sima: 11 tracks. Voice: Isol. Instrumental arrangements: Zypce. Lyrics: Isol. Music: Isol / Zypce (except “La primera vez” and “Vos me llamás”, by Dani Umpi / Adrián Soiza). Artistic production: Zypce (in “Vos me llamás”: Zypce-Cecinini). Mastering: Nicolás Cecinini. Sima: f. abyss, precipice, crag, depth, chasm. Tracklist: 1. La Primera Vez, 2. Romance Fatal, 3. La Culpa, 4. Mi Formula Para Llorar, 5. Tal Vez Mejor, 6. La Calandria, 7. Palabritas Flojas, 8. Si De Verdad, 9. Doppelganger, 10. Vos Me Llamas, 11. El Dia Llego. Reviews: Babysue | NPR | Barcodezine | Popmatters | Leonard's Lair

v/a - LITTLE DARLA HAS A TREAT FOR YOU, v.26  CD (Darla: DRL200: 708527020029)  $0.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Darla is pleased to announce the first digital only release of our world famous compilation series: v/a-Little Darla Has A Treat For You v.26. This the twenty sixth volume in the series differs from the CD releases in that the Little Darla compilation CD releases now contain tracks exclusive only to those CDs. Little Darla v.26 features 12 key album tracks from 12 forthcoming (or just released) 2008 Darla releases. Check it out on iTunes. the line up is as follows: 1. Ariel Abshire "Exclamation Love" --from the forthcoming album. Available Fall '08. Ariel is a gifted 16 year old singer/songwriter from Austin, TX. She sings like a modern Brenda Lee or Patsy Cline. Her voice is pure country, heart & soul. 2. Auburn Lull "Coasts" --from the album Begin Civil Twilight. Available April '08. Imagine The Moody Blues produced by Eno, if Slowdive originally wrote and recorded Surrealistic Pillow, or perhaps Seefeel on a good sedative/hypnotic. Fellow dream popper Ulrich Schnauss mixed this track. 3. California Oranges "I Won't Let You Back In" --from the album Imperial Hearts. Available Summer '08. Our Sacramento, CA indie-pop all stars return with a gem penned and sung by all-California girl Verna Brock with a hooky chorus, call and response guitars and a super tight power-pop rhythm section. A pow-pow-powerful good good feeling! Just as you'd expect from this seasoned music family. 4. Hammock "Mono No Aware" --from the album Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow. Available May '08. A song from their Ambient record written and recorded at the request of Riceboy Sleeps (Jonsi Birgisson of the Grammy-nominated Sigur Ros and Alex Somers of Parachutes) to accompany Riceboy Sleeps overseas debut art exhibition, held in Hot Springs, AR in August 2007. 5. Harold Budd & Clive Wright "Forever Hold My Breath" --from the forthcoming album A Song For Lost Blossoms. Available Fall '08. Harold Budd is a founding father of Ambient music. Clive Wright was guitarist for the platinum selling Cock Robin. Budd and Wright met as residents of the beautiful and remote Southern California desert community of Joshua Tree. With only just a little imagination one can easily hear the influence of the Southern California desert environment -- the sounds of its stark beauty, serene quiet and otherworldly presence. No doubt an inspirational environment for Budd and Wright to create music of such ambiance and beauty. 6. I Am Robot And Proud "The Melt" --from the forthcoming album. Available Fall '08. Uniquely complex yet simply sublime syncopated multi-instrumental rhythms and playful, repetitive, multi-dimensional melodies that energize and refresh. No one does Electronic pop like Toronto's Shaw-han Liem. 7. Isol / Zypce "La Calandria" --from the album Sima. Available June '08. Buenos Aires based brother & sister duo Isol / Zypce (Isol formerly of Electronic pop group Entre Rios) offer an enchanting album of genre bending, dada-ist, electronic pop/rock. 8. Japancakes "Disconnect The Cables (alternate version)" --an exclusive version of a song on the album The Sleepy Strange, which was reissued February '08. Athens, Georgia's Japancakes are a pan-genre group difficult to classify but easy on the ears. With pedal steel guitar and cello as lead Japancakes incorporate chamber music, country and shoegaze into a bootgaze, ambient, pop-rock, mood music that sounds like the very soul of Americana. 9. Keith Canisius "Sea Me, Feel Me (album version)" --from the album Ferris Wheel Makeout. Available February '08. Keith Canisius aka Rumskib, writes and plays shoegaze guitar with the beat programming and synthesizer assistance from Jonas Munk aka Manual. Together the two Danes create super-lush dreampop. 10. New Radiant Storm King "Islander" --from the album Drinking In The Moonlight. Available Fall '08. Northampton, Mass rockers return with a characteristically smart pop/rock album in the Meat Puppets, Minutemen, Mission of Burma school(s). 11. Ponies In The Surf "Bad Crowd" --from the album See You Happy. Available June '08. The Ponies make pan-American pop songs with elements Samba, Beatles and the more sophisticated folk set. They're Pop Vocal traditionalists and very much akin to The Violent Femmes and Johnathan Richman in terms of song craft, subtle humor and vulnerability. These are simply great songs. 12. Sweet Trip "Your World Is Eternally Complete" --from the forthcoming album. Available Fall '08. San Francisco's Sweet Trip play sophisticated yet infectiously fun shoegazey electronic post-pop with male/female vocal harmonies over often abstract, sometimes Latin and always groovy rhythms, fuzzed out Fender-in-a-blender guitar, and an occasional, unexpected Perrey & Kingsley type twist.

HAMMOCK - Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow  CD (Darla: DRL196: 708527019627)  $12.50

EXCLUSIVE.  After four well-loved and critically lauded recordings, Hammock returns with a new full-length, special release, Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow, which features eleven new songs and original artwork by Riceboy Sleeps (Jonsi Birgisson of the Grammy-nominated Sigur Ros and Alex Somers of Parachutes). At the invitation of Birgisson and Somers, Hammock gave their first-ever live performance at the after party celebration of the Riceboy Sleeps overseas debut art exhibition, held in Hot Springs, AR in August 2007. Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow is the studio recording of the original music written and played by Hammock for the occasion. “Studio performance” is a more accurate phrase, as the guitars for these songs were recorded live, just as the band performed them, later rounded out by Matt Slocum’s expansive, emotive cello. This is Hammock reduced to an essence—a core. There are no intrusions. No beats. No lyrics. Nothing to break the spell or jar the listener out of the moment. Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow has all of the vulnerability and spontaneity of a performance, yet all of the rich, cinematic beauty of a Hammock studio recording. Hammock’s self-imposed minimalism is expertly merged with their hallmark melodic songwriting, resulting in the most focused, mesmeric and deeply personal album in their catalog to date. "…music in the spirit of Japanese art—simple by form, but it's full of complexity in its tone and its timbres." --Bob Boilen, NPR, All Songs Considered “Hammock continue their ascent to godhead status among the drone-rock underground." --All Music Guide Tracks: 1. Gold Star Mothers, 2. City in the Dust on My Window, 3. This Kind of Life Keeps Breaking Your Heart, 4. Mono No Aware, 5. Three Sisters, 6. Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow, 7. Elm, 8. Razorback Drug Town, 9. Eighty-Four Thousand Hymns, 10. We Will Say Goodbye to Everyone, 11. All of Your Children Are Addicts Reviews: Babysue | Star's End Ambient Radio | Somewhere Cold | Onda Rock | Erasing Clouds | All Music Guide | The Silent Ballet | Delusions of Adequacy | Cyclic Defrost | Advance Copy | Headphone Commute | Pitchfork | Autres Directions | Drown In Sound | Leonard's Lair | Popmatters | Press Play and Record

AUBURN LULL - Begin Civil Twilight  CD (Darla: DRL184: 708527018422)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Darla is proud to offer one of the most hauntingly beautiful, ethereal pop records ever created. Auburn Lull are a dream pop/space rock band from the East Lansing, Michigan area and are in fact the Michigan space rock scene's core. Begin Civil Twilight is Auburn Lull's third and best album and the first completely self-produced album by "The Lull". Imagine The Moody Blues produced by Eno, if Slowdive originally wrote and recorded Surrealistic Pillow, or perhaps Seefeel on a good sedative/hypnotic. Fellow dream popper Ulrich Schnauss mixed one track and did treatments on two others. Auburn Lull is guitarists Sean Heenan, Jason Kolb, Eli Wekenman, and drummer Jason Wiesinger. The quartet came together out of a shared affection for bands like Seefeel, Flying Saucer Attack, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, and the 4AD and Creation Records aesthetic. In 1997, the band released the Dual Group EP, a split release with Mahogany, which John Peel played on his BBC radio program. Their debut full-length debut Alone I Admire was initially released on local independent record label Burnt Hair in 1999, sold out, and was then reissued by Darla Records in 2002. Their second record Cast From The Platform (Darla) was released in 2004. Regions Less Parallel: Early Works And Rarities 1996-2004, which compiles band's highly collectible singles, EPs and stray compilation tracks plus two previously unreleased tracks was released by Darla in 2005. Auburn Lull are planning to tour in support of Begin Civil Twilight in 2008. TRACKLIST: 1. Light Through The Canopy 5:18, 2. Dub1 3:28, 3. Broken Heroes 4:31, 4. Grange Arcade 5:43, 5. Civil Twilight 5:11, 6. Axis Nears 3:45, 7. November's Long Shadows 4:26, 8. Stanfield Echo 4:07, 9. Coasts 4:38, 10. Geneva 1:54, 11. Arc Of An Outsider 3:58, 12. Hidden3 9:54. Reviews: Babysue | Advance Copy | Somewhere Cold (interview) | Friction NYC (Shoegaze in 2008: Five Acts not to be Missed) | Erasing Clouds | Leonard's Lair | Textura | Ron Powlus Role Model | Autres Directions | Tokafi | Music Under Fire | Press Play, Record | Evil Sponge | No Todo | Terrascope | Popmatters

KEITH CANISIUS - Ferris Wheel Makeout  CD (Darla: DRL197: 70852701972)  $0.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Darla's first digital only release! amazon: click here to purchase from amazon emusic: click here to purchase from e-music CD available via Quince (Japan). Multi-instrumentalist, singer & producer Keith Canisius (main composer in RUMSKIB) puts a personal twist on classic shoegaze and dreampop with his creative playfulness and multi-layered compositions. Ferris Wheel Makeout, his solo debut, is a dizzying good dream affair stacked with strong melodies and excellent guitar work. Local friend Jonas Munk (aka Manual) helps out with drum programming and post production for the finishing touches. Altogether a mix that the shoegazers and dreampoppers out there will love, as will fans of Rumskib, Manual, Ulrich Schnauss, Cocteau Twins, MBV & Serena Maneesh. Reviews: Opuszine | Undertoner | The Donnybrook Writing Academy

JAPANCAKES - If I Could See Dallas  CD (Darla: DRL186: 708527018620)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Reissue. MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! Japancakes' improvisational drone pop symphonies defy easy classification, stretching a single chord to its breaking point and picking up the pieces to create dense but inviting soundscapes which somehow find the common ground between the soothing wash of ambient and the propulsive energy of rock. For If I Could See Dallas, group ringleader Eric Berg and engineer Andy Baker handcrafted the disc's 11 instrumentals from snatches of studio performances, giving the songs a form and shape their live set no doubt lacks, but the cumulative effect is no less hypnotic -- for all of the record's cosmic glow, the recurring presence of steel guitar keeps the music rooted in terra firma, a paradox which makes the music that much more difficult to pinpoint in any single time or place. The evolutionary process which guides each song is almost imperceptibly subtle, their circular melodies shaded by analog synths and strings which bubble in and out of the mix -- creating music which arrives without travelling, Japancakes is that rare experiment as fascinating in practice as it is in theory. --ALL MUSIC GUIDE Reviews: The Silent Ballet | Foxy Digitalis | Preffix | Scaruffi

JAPANCAKES - Down the Elements   CD (Darla: DRL189: 708527018927)  $9.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Reissue. MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! Eric Berg's heady instrumental visions maintain something of an unintentional defiance that suggests that the 21st century technology is still a far-off proposition. By focusing on cello strains, droning bass and guitar lines, and insistently groovy acoustic drum patterns, it appears that he and his other Athens, GA, cohorts don't recognize the cut-and-paste, sample-centric age that most rock is now generated in. This EP, which is sandwiched between two larger efforts of equally hypnotic textures, creates moods that are far more demanding of a listener's attention than much of the ambient music produced by the synthesists the world over. The wonderfully infectious riff that propels "A.W. Sonic" somehow manages to sustain its drawing power for the majority of the track's 11-minute lifespan. "Sputnik" and the title track are the disc's straight-ahead electronic fare, but they are so skillfully arranged it's as if they'd been secretly peering in the Orb's laboratory for years. As a lower cost introduction to what Berg has begun to achieve from an experimental rock concept gone right (unlike most), Down the Elements is immensely satisfying. -- ALL MUSIC GUIDE. Originally released as an EP by Kindercore in 2000, Down The Elements clocks in at 37:58 minutes, which makes it a full length in the real world. These recordings were made at the same time as those for If I Could See Dallas. Eclectic, mostly upbeat, instrumental explorations like Trans Am meets Tangerine Dream backed with beautiful blips and burbles sure to sooth. Reviews: The Silent Ballet | Scaruffi

JAPANCAKES - The Sleepy Strange  CD (Darla: DRL191: 708527019122)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Reissue. MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! Building on the accessible experimentation on If I Could See Dallas and the Down the Elements EP, Japancakes' aptly named second album, The Sleepy Strange, is both dreamy and earthy, complex and immediate, and challenging and soothing. Though their modus operandi -- repeating melodic phrases for hours at a time to highlight the subtle shifts in tone and rhythm -- remains the same, The Sleepy Strange is the band's most cohesive work to date, yet it keeps all of the spontaneous beauty of their previous releases. If anything, the slightly more focused sound highlights the band's strong melodies and interplay, making it one of the warmest, most inviting post-rock albums since Jim O'Rourke's Eureka, which also featured a fair amount of Japancakes' secret weapon, the pedal steel guitar. Whether it takes the lead, as on the opening waltz "The Waiting," or adding to the weightless beauty of "Disconnect the Cables"' avant soft rock, the group's masterful use of the instrument gives the music a dreamy, strangely western-tinged timelessness. The surprisingly propulsive "Soft N EZ" adds naive-sounding analog synths to fiddles and pedal steel, highlighting the group's highly inventive (and somewhat startling) mix of styles and sounds within one track. This is also Japancakes' most varied album, both musically and emotionally; "This Year's Beat" subtly shifts from brooding to assuring, while the loopy, languid title track and the dark string- and keyboard-driven finale, "Vinyl Fever," couldn't be farther apart in sound or mood. Hypnotically beautiful, The Sleepy Strange is the best representation yet of Japancakes' exciting repetitions, and one of 2001's best albums. --ALL MUSIC GUIDE. The Sleepy Strange is one of our all-time favorite records, ranking right up there with Music For Airports, Treasure, and Loveless. But Japancakes are as much part Harmonia, Pink Floyd, and Buck Owens as they are Eno, MBV, and Cocteaus. Imagine if Ravi Shankar was from Bakersfield and played pedal steel... Japancakes is an instrumental project formed in 1997 in Athens (Georgia) by Eric Berg, a big fan of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. Legend has it that, originally, Berg assembled this ensemble to play a Steve Reich-ian Minimalist composition made of only a single chord for one hour. The Sleepy Strange (Originally released: Kindercore, 2001) contains seven lengthy jams that were fully improvised with no rehearsals. This time the cello of Heather McIntosh and the keyboards of Todd Kelly join the pedal steel in directing the hypnotic, droning and symphonic sound. "The way it works," Berg explains, "is the guitarist will come in and lay down a track and leave. Then each member will do the same and nobody really knows what it's gonna sound like until the CD is done." And when the CD is done, the world is given a work that is at once unique, born of a casual attitude, and still stunningly beautiful and affecting. --onlineathens.com "It's certainly a distinctive sound. While it adds an undeniable (and thoroughly welcome) country-rock twang to the group's music, it also plays to our conceptions of the whole Athens, GA musician lifestyle. It is slow and lazy, but possessed of unmistakable charm and refreshing honesty. These lazy, loping riffs are the sound of music that gets up at noon. Music that eats half a left-over burrito for breakfast. Music that doesn't wear shoes. --Splendid.com Reviews: The Silent Ballet | Splendid | Prefix | Scaruffi

AARKTICA - Matchless Years  CD (Darla: DRL177: 708527017722)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Darla is proud to offer Matchless Years the fifth new record from Aarktica – the experimental drone rock ensemble lead by Jon DeRosa. In the summer of 2007 DeRosa moved to Southern California. On Matchless Years he bids farewell to his NYC home with a collection of reverb-soaked anthems filled with the emotive melancholia that has endeared Aarktica to indie rockers and shoegazers around the world. With lyrics drawn directly from DeRosa's own film noir life in the city, Matchless Years embraces the spirit of brethren Jesus & Mary Chain, Spiritualized, The Magnetic Fields, and even progresses a bit toward "dark disco". Jon meshes 1950's vocal pop sensibilities with Aarktica's trademark, atmospheric guitar sound. Moody aural heroin never sounded so comfortable. Produced by Charles Newman (Magnetic Fields/Stephin Merritt), Matchless Years is by far Aarktica's strongest and most accessible work to date and is sure to gain new Aarktica fans. Personnel: Jon DeRosa - vocals, guitars, bass, pump organ, glockenspiel, harmonium, gamelan bells. Aaron Spectre (Drumcorps) - drum programs, Chris Carrico (ex-Crucifer) - electric guitar, Charles Newman (Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt producer)- organ, keyboard, Mike Pride - drums, percussion, Seth Misterka - alto saxophone, James Duncan – trumpet, Gretta Cohn (ex-Bright Eyes/Cursive)- cello, Kendall Jane Meade (Mascott) - backing vocals, Ernie Adzentoivich - electric & upright bass. Produced by Charles Newman. Tracklisting: 1. Seventy Jane, 2. I Name You Sleep, 3. Intro to Arms, 4. Arms, 5. Summer Tabla Dub, 6. Happiness Boys, 7. Matchless, 8. Rooftop Films. PRESS: “Aarktica is cold, pure, and almost inescapably tranquil.” –PITCHFORK. “Aarktica (multi-instrumentalist Jon DeRosa with a handful of guest musicians) performs where edges aren't defined, depths aren't charted, and space, in that moment, is infinite.” –POPMATTERS. “…even at its worst …this is fascinating”. –COKE MACHINE GLOW. “DeRosa is a truly tremendous artist pushing the envelope of a unique genre.” –DELUSIONS OF ADEQUACY. Also available: AARKTICA - Bleeding Light CD (Darla: DRL155), AARKTICA - Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life And Be Happy Anyway.../Bliss Out v.18 CD (Darla: DRL121), AARKTICA - Pure Tone Audiometry CD (Silber: SIL026), AARKTICA - No Solace In Sleep CD (Silber: SIL012). Reviews: Delusions Of Adequacy | Almost Cool | Exclaim! | Gearwire | Erasing Clouds | Textura | NPR | The Silent Ballet | Losing Today (Italy) | Soundvenue (Denmark) | Autres Directions (France) | QRD (interview)

JAPANCAKES - Loveless  CD (Darla: DRL188: 708527018828)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Athens, GA's experimental, instrumental, Americana group, Japancakes cover My Bloody Valentine's classic Loveless record from start to finish with pedal steel and cello in place of vocal and lead melodies -- and without any distortion. MBV’s Loveless (Creation: 1991) remains the defining record of the genre and completely unparalleled by any artist since. Japancakes don't record together like other bands. They do play together but when they record in studio they do so one at a time. Each player writes their own part and adds it to the part(s) recorded previously by fellow band members. The result of this practice is that the personality of each individual player is often better captured. Each player's individual performance is strengthened by the technique. Japancakes is Eric Berg, rhythm guitar, Nick Belli, bass, Brant Rackley, drums, John Neff, pedal steel, Heather McIntosh, cello, Andy Baker, production. RIYL: My Bloody Valentine, Shoegaze, Electronica, Americana, Tortoise, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Hammock, Santo & Johnny. TRACKLISTING: 1. Only Shallow, 2. Loomer, 3. Touched, 4. To Here Knows When, 5. When You Sleep, 6. I Only Said, 7. Come In Alone, 8. Sometimes, 9. Blown A Wish, 10. What You Want, 11. Soon. "Just got the Japancakes - Loveless promo. JEEZUS, when someone covers one of my favorite albums of all time, I stand up and take notice. Awesome piece of work which doesn't detract from the original one bit, and has it's own soul. Yes, you know each song as you hear it, but it's different enough to make clear how talented these folks are." --Dave/Ear Rational "Whether or not you believe in covers or tributes, or whether you're one of those cynics who thinks it risks the original being marred, I say fuck off; that instead it's an honour. This is the best tribute album since The Tallywood String Quartet's tribute to OK Computer." --THE SILENT BALLET Also available: JAPANCAKES –Belmondo: Bliss Out v.19 CD (Darla: DRL-123), JAPANCAKES -Giving Machines CD (Darla: DRL185). Reviews: Prefix | Mother Jones | Pitchfork | Rolling Stone | Popmatters | Erasing Clouds | 3hive | The Silent Ballet | Opuszine | Audiversity | Left Hip | Babysue | Almost Cool | Austinist | Entertainment Weekly | All Music Guide | Tiny Mix Tapes | Flagpole | Autres Directions | Yesterday:Today:Tomorrow | Panpot | Treblezine | Press Play, Record | Online Athens | AV Club | Soundvenue | Echoes | Dreampop Theatre | Aquarium Drunkard | Foxy Digitalis | Indietracks | WXPN, Echoes podcast

JAPANCAKES - Giving Machines  CD (Darla: DRL185: 708527018521)  $12.00

EXCLUSIVE.  Darla is proud to offer a beautiful new record from Japancakes - Athens, GA's incomparable instrumental Pop/Americana quintet. Giving Machines features eight new trademark blissed-out yet solid as ever compositions uniquely brought to life by Japancakes' singing pedal steel guitar, cello, keyboards, guitar, bass, and drums. There's even a cover of Cocteau Twins' "Heaven Or Las Vegas" with pedal steel taking the place of Liz Frazer's vocals. Japancakes don't record together like other bands. They do play together but when they record in studio they do so one at a time. Each player writes their own part and adds it to the part(s) recorded previously by fellow band members. The result of this practice is that the personality of each individual player is often better captured. Each player's individual performance is strengthened by the technique. Japancakes is Eric Berg, rhythm guitar, Nick Belli, bass, Brant Rackley, drums, John Neff, pedal steel, Heather McIntosh, cello, Andy Baker, production. RIYL: Dreamy, lazy, stellar, Post Rock, Shoegaze, Electronica, Americana, Tortoise, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Hammock, Santo & Johnny. Tracklisting: 1. Double Jointed, 2. Lalita, 3. Heaven Or Las Vegas, 4. Title, 5. The Enablers, 6. Recovering Australia, 7. Tracing Maps, 8. In Memory Of Honey. Total run time 42:45. "...a roots-inspired, beautifully crafted pop instrumental record that extracts feelings and emotions better than that of most "intimate" singer-songwriters." --IN MUSIC WE TRUST Also available: JAPANCAKES –Belmondo: Bliss Out v.19 CD (Darla: DRL-123), JAPANCAKES -Loveless CD (Darla: DRL188). Reviews: Prefix (blogspot) | Babysue | All Music Guide | Echoes | Austinist | Optical Atlas | Public Radio International | Popmatters | Prefix (review) | Almost Cool | Erasing Clouds | 3hive | Flagpole | The Silent Ballet | Flagpole interview | Amplifier | Press Play, Record | Online Athens | Foxy Digitalis | Scaruffi | Prefix (review) | Quirkee | WXPN, Echoes podcast

MANUAL - Lost Days, Open Skies and Streaming Tides  2XCD (Darla: DRL165: 708527016527)  $14.00

EXCLUSIVE.  The long awaited Manual double cd Lost Days, Open Skies and Streaming Tides – a collection of rarities, remixes, covers, unreleased pieces and brand new tracks – including a new collaboration with Cocteau Twins mainman Robin Guthrie. Spanning the period from 2002, around Ascend, up to now, this is a collection that covers the entire spectrum of Jonas Munks stylings; from the minimalist drone soundscapes, to the over-the-top 1980s influenced shoegazing electronica à la his masterpiece Azure Vista, from the sweet pop-influenced gems to abstract blissed-out timeless ambient. Munk’s trademarks are all over the 19 pieces on this double disc set: the highly adventurous sense of composition that is still so unheard of in electronic music – always taking the listener on a colourful journey instead of relying on repetitions like pretty much every other electronic artist -, the mix of well-programmed beats and electronics against surreal, shimmering, heavily treated guitars, and the sunbathed 1980s romantic melancholia that has become Jonas Munk’s signature sound. It is hard to think of a more perfect introduction to Munk’s music, and for fans of his work this is simply a must! All in all, Lost Days, Open Skies and Streaming Tides includes almost an hour worth of previously unreleased music. In Jonas’ own words: “Instead of compiling every single rarity out there or every unreleased piece in the drawer, I only wanted to include the stuff that I feel is absolutely up to standard with my best work, and I feel this collection is just as important and representative of what I want to do as my most celebrated works such as Azure Vista or Ascend”. Disc 1 represents the grandiose, super-layered, mesmerizing sounds that is familiar to fans of Azure Vista, Isares and Ascend, where firm, occasionally complex, beats melts together with moist and dreamy guitars, heavenly female vocals and headspinning old-school synths. It includes one of Manuals most beloved pieces, “Summer Haze”, as well as “Blue Skied’ an Clear”, the title track from 2002’s Slowdive tribute on Morr Music. It also includes previously unreleased remixes of Port Royal, Antenne and Australian pop group Suvome, and a cover of one of Jan Hammer’s original Miami Vice themes. On top of that there is a piece Jonas composed as a jingle for a Danish radio show, “Into The Blue”, a brand new collaboration with Robin Guthrie and three previously unreleased gems. Disc 2 represents the more minimal, guitar-drone side of Manual. This aspect of Jonas Munk’s work is less celebrated, but the few who appreciates it truly treasure albums like “The North Shore” and “Bajamar” as top-notch ambient works. These pieces, based on treated guitar work, blends classic ambient with minimalist classical music and processing experiments to create very unique sounds that are surreal yet warm and organic, and maintains Jonas’ insist on the compositional element. This side of his work has been compared to Manuel Göttsching, Arvo Pärt and Brian Eno, but it hardly does justice to its unique evocative qualities. “The River”, a 23 minute ultra-minimalist piece, was composed in 2003 for a Danish release but was withdrawn due to financial reasons. “Dizzy Sun” and “Seleva” has previously been released on Darla’s compilation series and is among Munk’s finest ambient work. Besides that disc 2 includes four previously unreleased pieces. Jonas Munk remains an extremely underrated artist, and practically unknown, but this collection is proof of his unique capabilities as a composer and producer, and brilliantly showcases his one-of-a-kind sound, that flirts with shoegazing, new romantic pop, electronica, and ambient, without belonging in either category. All in all two hours of music wrapped in deluxe eight panel digipack with artwork by Jakob Skøtt. The soundtrack for the summer! Praise for Manual: From his full-lengths, his 2001 debut, Until Tomorrow, and 2002’s Ascend; to his versions on the Morr Music tribute album to Slowdive, 2002’s Blue Skied an’ Clear; to his collaborative work with Jess Kahr and Jakob Skott (a.k.a. Syntaks), Munk is blurring lines between ambience and stadium rock. The tones Munk uses, the way he manipulates them, the construction of the songs themselves, show that he has a distinct ear. We should be thankful he is sharing his aural visions with us. They’re that special. -Prefix Magazine Out on its own limb, this is about as close to sublime as one can get. -Grooves Magazine Sonically, it’s Seefeel meets Sons And Fascination era Simple Minds meets Kevin Shields meets David Sylvian; in other words it inhabits a world where boundaries blur and where sounds collide and move within and around each other to make something instantly, comfortingly recognisable yet with an abstract sense of the new. -www.tangents.co.uk A painstaking labour of love that principally takes Durutti Column and the Cocteau Twins as its key templates and weaves their chiming matrix into a celebratory carnival of lush colour coded ambient structures of the type so rarely heard these days….all at once sensual, invigorating, heart stopping and quite simply perfect. -www.losingtoday.com Think of My Bloody Valentine, but lighter than air. Or think of what Air's soundtrack to The Virgin Suicides might have been like if they spent more time at the beach. Or think about Brian Eno, if he surfed and liked drinks with exotic names and umbrellas in them. Think about Tangerine Dream: their name even more than their sound. Think about the "shoegazers" gazing at a brillant blue ocean and jamming. Or think about that great wave of keyboards on the opening track of The Cure's Disintegration, but think of it not as an impending rainstorm but as a brilliant sun, a storm of sunbeams. Then think of all these things at once, and you've got a beautiful, awe-inducing force of nature. -Erasing Cluds Magazine The sonorous rebirth of electronica written on Manual's albums is neither luck nor accident; it's artistry, creativity and poise at their apex, and we're talking about a guy barely into his twenties. His signature stereo-panned percussion, for its chiming chaos, can't distract from the spectral, oceanic guitar work central to Manual's sound: with Ascend, Jonas Munk dispatched about half the electronic music released in the last five-plus years, filling the chill-out void left in Seefeel's wake. The musings of so many of his peers feel conceptually thin and prefabricated in comparison to Manual's wandering, curious anthems.... -Pitchfork Reviews: Babysue | Almost Cool | Erasing Clouds | Opuszine | Textura | Textura interview | Barcode | The Silent Ballet | Delusions of Adequacy | Soundvenue

v/a - LITTLE DARLA HAS A TREAT FOR YOU v.25: Endless Summer 2007-08 Edition  2XCD (Darla: DRL190: 708527019023)  $9.99

EXCLUSIVE.  The World’s most popular compilation series. 2xCD. 35 tracks (32 exclusive tracks). The package/artwork layout features beautiful rare fruit photos taken by members of the California Rare Fruit Growers club. Only from Darla, the musical paradise in the garden of eden. Features work by Darla family artists and labels. AARKTICA remixed by AARON SPECTRE, ATONE, AZ-ROTATOR, CALIFORNIA ORANGES, KEITH CANISIUS (aka RUMSKIB), CDATAKILL, COOPER, CORAZON, LINDA DRAPER, FOLLOW THE TRAIN, FRANK & WALTERS, FUTURE CONDITIONAL, STAFRAENN HAKON, HELL ON WHEELS, JAPANCAKES, JATUN, JUPITER APPLE, LAND OF ILL EARTHQUAKES, LIGHTS OUT ASIA, LULLATONE, MAHOGANY remixed by ULRICH SCHNAUSS, MIAOU, MY LITTLE AIRPORT, NUURO, PONIES IN THE SURF, PORT ROYAL, BLAINE REININGER, RF & LILI DE LA MORA, SECTION 25, SPRITES, SUBMERGED, DOT TAPE DOT, TREMBLING BLUE STARS, THE VOYCES, YELLOW6. TRACKLISTING: DISC 1: 1. AARKTICA “Arms” AARON SPECTRE remix (Darla) 4:50 Vista, CA. 2. ATONE "72 Mesures et Plus" (Autres Directions In Music) 3:42 Angers, France. 3. AZ-ROTATOR “Bioconductor” (Ad Noiseam) 4:45 4. CALIFORNIA ORANGES “Travel Writer” (Darla) 3:22 Sacramento, CA. 5. KEITH CANISIUS “The Sea me, feel me” (Darla) 6:50 Odense, Denmark. 6. CDATAKILL “You Are Mine” v.2 (Ad Noiseam) 3:55 7. COOPER “Canción de Viernes” (Elefant) 3:51 Leon, Spain. 8. CORAZON “La Fiebre de Carlos” (Elefant/Fifa) 3:12 Madrid, Spain. 9. LINDA DRAPER “Shine” Alternate version (Planting Seeds) 4:32 New York, NY. 10. FOLLOW THE TRAIN “219” (Darla) 7:34 Louisville, KY. 11. FRANK & WALTERS “Hold On” Milky Way Remix (Elefant) 3:49 Cork, Ireland. 12. FUTURE CONDITIONAL “Switchboard Girl” (LTM) 4:55 London, UK. 13. STAFRAENN HAKON “Sítrónudurgur” Revised version (Resonant) 4:44 Reykjavik, Iceland. 14. JAPANCAKES “Soft n EZ” Live (Darla) 7:19 Athens, GA. 15. JUPITER APPLE “The Homeless and the Jet” (Elefant) 11:32 Rio De Janero, Brasil. DISC 2: 1. HELL ON WHEELS “Gone Too Far” (Hybris) 3:04 Stockholm, Sweden. 2. LAND OF ILL EARTHQUAKES “Acres of Fakers” demo (Elefant) 2:49 Los Angeles, CA. 3. JATUN “Ion Crush” (Other Electricities) 2:51 Portland, OR. 4. LIGHTS OUT ASIA “Lights Out, Crying Planes” (n5MD) 5:20 Milwaukee, WI. 5. LULLATONE “Sleepytime Samba” Bossa nova version (Audio Dregs Recordings) 3:22 Nagoya, Japan. 6. MAHOGANY “Supervitesse” ULRICH SCHNAUSS Remix (Darla) 5:32 Brooklyn, NY. 7. MIAOU “Memories of a Petal” (Thomason Sounds) 6:18 Kanagawa, Japan. 8. MY LITTLE AIRPORT “Coka, I’m Fine” (Elefant) 1:52 Hong Kong, China. 9. NUURO “Temper Temper” (Soundsister) 2:11 Caracas, Venezuela. 10. PONIES IN THE SURF “Ventricle” (Darla) 2:17 Cambridge, MA. 11. PORT ROYAL "Eva Green" (Resonant) 4:12 Genova, Italy. 12. BLAINE REININGER “House of Atreus” (LTM) 3:21 Athens, Greece. 13. RF & LILI DE LA MORA “Moon Balloon” (Rowing At Sea) 4:37 San Francisco / Long Beach, CA. 14. SECTION 25 “Can’t Let Go” (LTM) 5:08 Blackpool, UK. 15. SPRITES “Pac Man Fever” (Darla) 3:33 Montclair, VA. 16. SUBMERGED “Predator” (Sublight) 4:31 New York, NY. 17. .tape. “Far Away” Little Treat Mix (Other Electricities) 3:49 Gijon, Asturias, Spain. 18. TREMBLING BLUE STARS “The Moon Turns Branches to Silhouettes” (Elefant) 3:26 London, UK. 19. THE VOYCES “You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Heaven” (Planting Seeds) 2:35 New York, NY. 20. YELLOW6 “Encase” (Resonant/Make Mine Music) 6:03 Loughborough, UK. Reviews: Textura | Heathen Harvest

MY MORNING JACKET - At Dawn & Tennessee Fire Demos Package  CD (Darla: DRL156: 708527015629)  $12.00