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New Mint Mile 12" out now! Minutes! Videos galore! Silkworm "Lifestyle" + "It'll Be Cool" vinyl re-stocks! PRF Distro! More!

The second Mint Mile 12″ “The Bliss Point” (cmo037) is in stores!

Digital files can be downloaded / streamed from locations such as the following:

iTunes : Bandcamp : Amazon : Google Play

Physical vinyl (limited to 500 copies) can be ordered direct from Comedy Minus One here.

All pre-order copies have shipped. Hear the song "City of Speed Traps" here.

The record was made in Chicago with some crucial bits applied in Portland, Oregon.  

We like four-song EPs because we cannot bury a song in the middle of Side B. Nothing is transitional. Everything either leads off or finishes an experience. 

We are on an endless search for the optimal conditions of existence. Comfort, companionship, warmth. Gentle insistence. A lack of manufacture. To convince ourselves that we are alive and we make the most of our time. To fail to regret, to avoid the sense on our deathbeds (if we're lucky and have them) that we spent too much time focused on the wrong things. To be not always distracted, not always preoccupied, but if lost to lose ourselves in love and joy. To take in the world raw, as wide and wonderous and ugly and terrific as it is. 

So that's what this record is about. 

Hope you enjoy it. 

Tim Midyett 
Chicago 2016

MM on this record is: 

Tim Midyett (Silkworm, Bottomless Pit) - vocals, baritone guitars electric and acoustic, piano, bass on Youngold, ARP, writing, some engineering and mixing 

Matthew Barnhart (Tre Orsi) - bass except Youngold, most engineering and mixing 

Jeff Panall (Songs: Ohia) - drums 

Andy Cohen (Silkworm, Bottomless Pit) - regular electric guitar 

Howard Draper (Tre Orsi) - lap steel on Speed/Bellflower/Park, organ, that burbly broken synth on Youngold 

Justin Brown (Palliard) - steel guitar on Park/Youngold

Speaking of Mint Mile, there is one additional MM track not found on either "The Bliss Point" or the group's debut 12" "In Season & Ripe."

Mint Mile's cover of Silkworm's "Punch Drunk" is exclusive to the "The National 4-Track Compilation" on Sump Pump Records alongside Mike Watt, Franklin Bruno, Joe Jack Talcum and other noteables. The collection is limited to 200 copies and we don't expect these LPs will be around long, so order quickly here!

Upcoming shows:

Thursday, December 1
Shea Stadium
Brooklyn, NY
SAVAK with E and Operator Music Band

Thursday, December 8
Fitzgerald's
Berwyn, IL
Mint Mile with Advance Base and Thomas Comerford Band

For full details on the above shows, click here.

The first Minutes album is now digitally available far and wide under Comedy Minus One's auspices. Great to have this record, which we especially love, "in the fold."

Minutes’ self-titled debut LP, released in January of 2012, was recorded in various basements in Kalamazoo, MI. MD Wood and the band handled engineering and production, lovingly referred to as “MID-FI.” It was released by the band’s own label, MIN, with the generous distribution help of Comedy Minus One, Roydale and Dischord Records. The artwork is by Beverly Fitzpatrick.

The record found a home with friends and family in the Kalamazoo area, and was embraced by fans all over the world with its off-kilter guitars, genre-splitting baselines, bombastic drumming, and contemplative lyrics. Compared to the likes of Mission of Burma, Superchunk, Minutemen and DC-area post-hardcore melodic honesty, Minutes creates music we are all afraid to admit we want to hear.

The members of Minutes are proud of this one, as it was the culmination of over three years of hard work, tinkering, and consternation.

Touch & Go has re-issued the Silkworm LP "Lifestyle" and we've got copies available for you! "It'll Be Cool" SKWM vinyl re-stocks too!

Originally released in 2000 and out of print for over five years, "Lifestyle" is Silkworm's seventh album (and third for Touch & Go). These songs show Silkworm presenting their clearest and most polished visions. To the beat of Michael Dalquist's drums, Andy Cohen's razor-wire guitar and Tim Midyett's baritone guitar snake around one another like twin brothers with a common soul. And, when the last strains of "Lifestyle" fall away, there is hope - hope that reasonably well-adjusted adult guys can turn the boredom and disappointment of the everyday into glorious art-rock.

If you have not read Paul Duffus' track-by-track essay series at PopMatters about "Lifestyle," now is the perfect time to start.

"Silkworm hold an accomplished spot between the likes of CCR and the Minutemen. Not as famous as the former, and not as wild as the latter, but as fresh and timeless as both." - AllMusic

"Euphoric, downtrodden, abusive, and rocking, will do more to your head than a full night of drinking." - mauricerickard.com

There have been multiple videos featuring Comedy Minus One artists posted in the past few weeks. Too many to keep tabs on potentially, so we’ve collected them all for you in one location.

Watch SAVAK's "Call It A Night" (directed by Alexis Fleisig), SAVAK's "Alive In Shadows" (animated & directed by Paul Clark), The Rutabega's "Nosy Neighbors" (directed by Mr. King) and more!

Recent PRF Distro additions and re-stocks include:

Chung Antique : "Artesian Swell" b/w "Norse Code" 7"

Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends : "The Art of Murder" Lp

Shellac : "Dude Incredible" Lp

Small Awesome : "SONGER" Lp

Explore the complete PRF Distro catalogue here.

Comedy Minus One has a Facebook page, a relatively new Instagram page and a Twitter handle for those of you who dig such things. More frequent bursts of news can be found there or on the Comedy Minus One blog.

Stores and distributors are welcome to contact us about stocking these titles. Comedy Minus One is distributed directly in North America through Matador Direct and Revolver. European customers can contact Day After for our wares. 

Canadian, UK and Australian distribution sought.

If you made it this far, enjoy three teases from our 2017 release schedule: OUT, Andy Cohen + Light Coma and a definitive re-issue of Silkworm's "In The West." Have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving.

Jon Solomon
Comedy Minus One
comedyminusone.com

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