Lost Sound Tapes lathe-cut 7" subscription series

Got an email over the weekend from Jon at Lost Sound Tapes about a lathe cut 6 month subscription series he's taking preorders on. I've talked about Charlie McAlister and Sandy City in the past. Charlie is probably going to have another single of his home recorded dixieland jug band weirdo folk and Sandy City should be headed in from the waves to harmonize on more laid back jangly west coast sounds.

I wonder if this is with singlepieceslate a new local lathe cutting operation...and being that there's only 50, that's about the size run they're into, which means by the way, if you want to hear any of this....go paypal.

Until the cassette compilation comes out.

Lost Sound Tapes 7" series, pre-orders this Monday, Nov 1st!

The Lost Sound Tapes lathe-cut 7" subscription series is limited to 50 sets which includes band copies, so there are really only 45 available for purchase.
You'll receive one 7" at your doorstep each month for the first six months of 2011.
Nearly all songs are exclusive to the subscription series.

The first 7" will ship at the end of December/early January.

DO NOT PASS THIS UP, subscriptions are guaranteed to sell fast.
I will post a link to the subscription page on our blog at 12pm (noon) PST on Nov 1st.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
* $50 for Seattle residents - includes local pickup options
* $60 for North America - includes postage for all six 7"s within the U.S., Canada or Mexico
* $86 for International - shipping is expensive! sorry!

The bands participating are:

Charlie Mcalister - Legendary weirdo home-taper from Charleston, SC

Sandy City - Lo-Fi surf punk wannabes from Washington state

Tyson Ballew - Catchy folk punk stuff, solid dude from Missoula, MT

Hair - Acoustic pop alter ego of the 8-bit Andrew WK synth rockers Math The Band

weakness - Raw garage punk from Cincinnati, OH, blown speakers and distortion

Stephen Steinbrink - Also known as French Quarter, important folk songs from AZ

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Sandy City - Nice Hat on Lost Sound Tapes

This Sandy City single mysteriously showed up in my inbox a while back and this watercolor sleeve caught my eye. I think you can tell a lot from a first impression like this, just a straight up good time, it's a sunny day and you capture that smiling moment with a new hat. It's friendly. Rehearsed just barely enough to come up with a strummed melody, the first track 'Graces' written only moments before, the minimal drums quiet for a moment and vocals haphazardly spoken and cracking apart. Lots of fun whoa chorus parts. Just a touch of reverb. Like Nodzzz, they've got good times rock dreams, sincerity, and just enough talent to know what parts are working. But mostly it's a collection of friends putting it out there on a tiny seven inch. Two sides of unpretentious glee.
What is it with this surf fetish everyone is into lately? All I hear is some raw, backyard jam about the beach, and if this isn't summer I don't know what is. Surfing doesn't mean much to me, but it seems to inspire this kind of, not hippie, or burnout sloppiness, but just pop joy. It seems like a lot of work to get up early and swim all day, waiting forever for something to happen out of your control, but maybe this comes out of that a little. Don't force it, you'll get a shot, it won't be perfect but maybe just for yourself it's going to be right.

Really, it doesn't have to be all about the depression, or glitchy creepiness of electronics, there's room in your life for something randomly catchy, out of tune, and full of desperate fun. It feels homemade in it's nonchalance. It doesn't have to be about winning, it's the seven inches along the way.

Sandy City debut 7" out now or whatever.

3 songs of loud surf punx, indie pop, or something.

It's on Prty Ngg Records. They released a City Center 7", it's got a good song.

Sandy City is from Westport, Washington or maybe we're not.

Listen to all of our songs on Muxtape: http://sandycity.muxtape.com

Get it from Lost Sound Tapes: http://lostsoundtapes.com

Playing 3 shows in Seattle in April, that's more than we've probably ever played previously.

Our tape is called Surfin' WA. It's out of print. It will be on vinyl this summer. Okay?

Next album is called New Dog Rising. Goodbye.

Yr special.