SIC’s attack on 2008 opened with….
CHRISTIAN SILVA’s debut album ONWARD! out April 14th as FOPP exclusive
It will be rolled out further over the next few months
First single Borders is picking up play on Xfm, 6Music and Radio 2
and getting love from all corners of the press
“a masterpiece of a debut album” 92% The Line Of Best Fit
“As mad as a box of frogs, and all the more amazing for it.” Gigwise
“amazing…flamboyant pop magnificence…beyond the sun” The Guardian
“big and gleaming…genius” UNCUT
“Brilliant!” Huw Stephens, Radio 1
info
www.myspace.com/christiansilva
The Silent League are nearly finished recording album #3
Coming later in 2008
Also a new SIC label sampler+ is on its way very soon.
Free to those that want one.
Boo ya
SIC
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MARCH 4th
AKIRA THE DON has a new mixtape. It is called THIEVING. Looks like this:
He is hard at work right now on album #2 with Stephen “PSB/NewOrder” Hague, and I don’t even make the exaggeration meter flicker when I say that it is going goddam unbelievably well and is going to be a no-filler completely stunning pop record that is going to make ATD the playa he has threatened to be.
Until then, THIEVING has a host of tunes that didn’t make album #1, or are a bit “streeeeeet” for album #2,or one-off colabs and remixes and shizzle. And one or two that have samples that we aren’t even going to try to clear.
It is pretty damn fine stuff.
You should listen.
The Back In The Day remix is even a bit of a tearjerker.
Music Of The Spheres is something you ain’t heard from ATD yet. Wasn’t that the week they went Country’n'Western?
Elsewhere you’ll be hearing Slayer, Elastica, Was Not Was, 70s funk and of course XTC, which is more of that new wave crate digging that started with the Ruts and Clash based tracks that ATD produced for Lethal Bizzle’s album, which kicked off the Gallows link up.
So. Pay attention cos it all starts here.
FEBRUARY 12th. That is today.
First up, CHRISTIAN SILVA has some dates coming up. He is playing as a two piece. Pianos and drums. And some nice lamps. Come and see it. It is absolutely the shizzle.
Feb 23 BOURNEMOUTH Adventures In The Beetroot Field Party @ 60 Million Postcards
Feb 25 LONDON Madam Jojo’s. So It Goes Launch Party TBC
Mar 04 LONDON Electro Acoustic @ Slaughtered Lamb
Apr 14 LONDON Old Blue Last Album Launch Party
May 1 LONDON Old Queens Head. Shoot Low They’re Riding Shetlands Party
Press is begining to run on the album and the blogs and online world are beng particulalry enthusiastic. Good for them.
Also we are about to announce details of SIC’s 3rd annual compilation. This new one is going to feature guest contributions from some of our friends, and a LOT of new bands that we have fallen in love with of late. It is strong like a giant and slinky like a snake and it kicks like a rifle. It is just awesome pop new music. It is going to be called BUILDING WITH STRINGS. At least that is the plan today.
In further other news, AKIRA THE DON, is in the studio working on album #2 with legendary producer Stephen Hague (alchemist of pop majesty from Pet Shop Boys and New Order among others). Also in the studio, cooking up album#3 are Brooklyn’s THE SILENT LEAGUE.
Our friends LONEY DEAR are planing a jaunt here soon so look out for them.
Jan 5th
The Christian Silva album is finished.It is called Onward!.We have copies in. Christian is selling them at his shows as of now. It is available via all digital platforms on Christmas Day, including iTunes Worldwide.
We have a limited stock of the album, with copies individually signed by Christian, available exclusively from this site from Monday 10th December.
Drop us a line here (SICrecords2008@gmail.com) and tell us how many copies you want and send £10 per album (inc P&P) via Paypal to the same email address.
Please note all of our albums are available at that price in the same way.
Onward looks like this
Hello you beautiful chunks of humankind.
We have a new website.
We keep our teeth clean now.
And we got game.
Scrabble mainly.
We have a shop that works. So buy things.
We have all new songs for you to steal. Go check em out in Releases. Loney Dear vs CSS, Akira The Don, Silent League, Christiansilva, Damn Arms and manymore. Whores shall have their lovely shiny trinkets. And so shall you.
We will be writing pearls of wisdom, news of stuff and sharing things that make our days brighter and longer with you. All the time, though.
Right now we are in New York. Stalking, shopping and looking at pop groops. Lucky us.
The Other Passengers album, “We Are All Other Passengers” is fiiiinally out now and it really will kick and scream and blow your mind. Hewn from Joy Division and Butthole Sufers, via Can, QOTSA and Portishead. Big. Fat. Heavy. Twisted. Rock. Songs.
They are playing with Secret Machine and Calla this weekend in Manhattan.
So, do you love them?
“I guess I love them ” (8/10) DROWNEDINSOUND
“I love them” musicforrobots
“I fucking love them” The Deli
“unhinged” NME
“monumental” Artrocker
“dark brilliance” The Fly 4/5
“makes QOTSA sound positively tame by comparison ” GIGWISE
“scary, intense, magnificent” Village Voice
“rock and roll grace” New York Times
Straight outta Brooklyn and right in there, under your skin.
Annnnd
We just mastered the Christiansilva record today. Super Furries and Sufjan Stevens go Ziggy Stardust. Coming soon.
And the Silent League’s second album, “Of Stars & Other Somebodies” is out too. “majestic” is what most of the reviews said so I guess that is true.
They are playing shortly with Los Campesinos and Maps and coming back the UK later this year.
And Loney Dear’s “Sologne” is still going very strong. Damn that Emil writes a good tune.
Akira The Don is well into album #2 at the mo. And it is both Royal and Mint.
Right. Gotta go back.
Play nice.
See you soon.
SIC
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