breasts
breasts
full length compact disc
tscl013
The debut album from Breasts combines a manifold of sonic fabric and instruments into a singular (though polyphonic), creepy articulation. Drums, bass, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, toy guitars, organs, keyboards, horns, accordion and more converge to create a raucus yet comfortable mood.
RELEASE DATE: JULY 15, 2008
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"Breasts" Track Listing:
1. Quadroon
2. Synthetic Frontiers
3. True Silver
4. Pools of Blood
5. Zero Voltage
6. Shalamar
7. Veins
8. Send for the Royal Trumpet
9. Mole Skin
10. Soporifique
Running Time: 45 minutes, 44 seconds
Recorded and mixed by Breasts in San Jose, California. Jason Albertini: vocals on "Zero Voltage." Alek Dorian: vocals on "Send for the Royal Trumpet." Julie Freitas: vocals on "Pools of Blood" and "Mole Skin." Jim Vernon: vocals on "Veins" and "Send for the Royal Trumpet." Mastered by Michael Romanowski at Paul Stubblebine Mastering in San Francisco, California.
duster
apex, trance-like
downloadable EP
tscl010
Originally released as a 7" on the Skylab Operations imprint. These two tracks of Duster's lo-fi four-track fuzzy drone are some of the bands' favorite material.
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"Apex, Trance-Like" Track Listing:
1. Four Hours
2. Light Years
Running Time: 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Recorded and mixed on cassette four track by Duster in San Jose, California. Reformatted at Low Earth Orbit in San Jose, California.
helvetia
the acrobats
full length compact disc
tscl005
Jason Albertini's confidence shines through complex textures, although at the core it's still guitar, bass, drums and some keyboards on the second full length album from Seattle's Helvetia.
“The Acrobats” marks the beginning of a prolific period in Helvetia's stable of releases. Recorded by Jim Roth (Built To Spill, Mike Johnson, Delusions, Apostrophes).
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"The Acrobats" Track Listing:
1. The Acrobats
2. What it Did
3. Honest Gods
4. Harbored
5. Blasting Carolina
6. The Fever
7. Watermelon Sugar
8. Summer
9. Old, New Bicycle
10. Hit the Sauce
11. Moving That Behind
12. The Outs
Recorded and mixed on two inch 24 track tape by Jim Roth and Helvetia in Seattle, Washington. "Honest Gods" and "Old, New Bicycle" recorded on 4 track tape by Helvetia at Dove and Sara's house, Seattle, Washington. "The Fever" and "The Outs" recorded and mixed on one inch 8 track tape at A&R Underground, Seattle, Washington. Mike Johnson and Bret Netson provided extra guitar noise on "Blasting Carolina". Mastered by Barry Corliss at Master Works, Seattle, Washington.
valium aggelein
hier kommt der schwartze mond (here comes the black moon)
downloadable album
tscl004
Originally released ten years ago as an exclusively analog limited-pressing white vinyl product by the Audio Information Phenomena label, this mostly-improvised experimental recording by the members of Duster will soon be available digitally as a free download with bonus material and new artwork.
“The opening title track seems to drift into view like a brightly lit spacecraft moving into a black, star-dotted frame. The drums sound recorded somewhere far off, three-note clusters from a tinkly Rhodes piano echo dub-style into the distance, and the guitar, rich with fuzzy overtones, intimates mystery, longing, and a vague sense of dread... the texture of the guitars throughout is a small wonder, as the reverb and sustain conjure a vast imaginary space...” — Mark Richardson, eMusic
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"Hier Kommt der Schwartze Mond" Track Listing:
1. Hier Kommt Der Schwartze Mond
2. Abheben In Stereo
3. Feuerprobe/Feuertaufen
4. Die Wolken Werden Stufenleitern Absinken
5. Traum Wissenschaftler
6. Geburt Zum Tod In Zeitlupe
7. Frequenzumsetzer
8. Triumph Der Metall Menschen/Durchschauende Meere
9. (bonus track)
Recorded and mixed at Trainwreck in Oakland, California on one inch 16 track tape by Tom Trainwreck and Valium Aggelein. This download includes special edition cover artwork and a bonus track not included with the original release.
el buzzard
songs for total dicks
downloadable ep
tscl003
First half of the swan song for El Buzzard, this noise-rock EP is the soundtrack for dirty living. “Songs For Total Dicks” might get your lady knocked up, empty your liquor cabinet and crash your pickup truck.
For fans of Melvins, Unsane, Karp, Black Sabbath, The Jesus Lizard, Winger. Also for dirtheads in general.
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"Songs For Total Dicks" Track Listing:
1. Mike Tyson Rolex
2. I Saved Your Life
3. The Big One
4. Sally Fields Forever
5. Lesser Key of Solomon
6. Lungs
Running Time: 16 minutes, 11 seconds
Recorded and mixed at Nite Fever in Cupertino, California on half inch 8 track tape by El Buzzard. Cover artwork (included in download) by SFaustina.
helvetia
the clever north wind
full length compact disc
tscl002
Jason and Dove of Duster weave intriguing layers of sound on this haunting debut. Alternative Press described it as “Built to Spill on a mellow, psychedelically enhanced pop bender.” It's pure command of songwriting from the heart, but not in a cheeseball ballad sort of way.
“A beautiful collage of antique effects, soulful rhythms and guitars that sigh, squelch and swirl.” - Magnet Magazine
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"The Clever North Wind" Track Listing:
1. Songs of the Ancient
2. Now and Formerly
3. Dusty Rue
4. Beezlebub
5. Gladness (is in the Heart)
6. A Wild One
7. The Clever North Wind
8. Dead Hands
9. A Great Division
10. Viva the Decline
11. Deirdre of the Sorrows
12. Floaters
13. Laughter and the Art of Forgetting
14. Hellawaitsya
15. The Drowning End
Recorded and mixed at A&R Underground in Seattle, Washington on one inch 8 track tape by Ross and Helvetia. "Beezlebub", recorded and mixed at Low Earth Orbit in San Jose, California on two inch 16 track tape by Helvetia. "Deridre of the Sorrows" and "Floaters" recorded and mixed in the TSCL basement, San Jose, California, on 4 track cassette tape by Helvetia. Mastered by Barry Corliss at Master Works, Seattle, Washington.
eiafuawn
birds in the ground
full length compact disc
tscl001
Eiafuawn (pronounced ee-uh-fon), an acronym for “Everything Is All Fucked Up And What Not,” has only one permanent member. The dude plays all the instruments on Eiafuawn's releases. This album was recorded at home over a few long years, mostly on analog four track machines.
Eiafuawn has played only a few shows, averaging only one date per year, and always with a different lineup, but maybe everything IS all fucked up now, as Eiafuawn has been quiet for some time. This release will likely never be repressed, so get it now directly from TSCL.
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"Birds in the Ground" Track Listing:
1. Bunny
2. No More Like That
3. Birds
4. The Voice of Music
5. Bees
6. The Coffin was so Light I Thought it Might Float Away
7. Good God Y'all
8. Secret Gypsy Language
9. On a Peoplemover
10. Two Thousand Twelve
11. The Drunk Pilot and the Romantic Passenger
12. Modulator Hustle
Recorded and mixed at home on four track and sixteen track tape machines by Eiafuawn in San Jose, California. Cover artwork and layout by Koop.
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