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This month's headlines: Silkworm "Libertine" re-issue shipping now! Bottomless Pit visits the west coast this week! Don't forget about Minutes!

cmo019 Silkworm "Libertine" 2x12" + Cd

Coming May 5, 2014!

They're here! They're here!

If you pre-ordered Comedy Minus One's definitive re-issue of the Silkworm record "Libertine," your copy is either in the mail or one of the 200 remaining orders that will be filled later this week. A release date for digital services and physical stores has also been established. You'll find "Libertine" in both locations on May 5.

Preview the remastered "Couldn't You Wait?" here.

You can still pre-order a copy here.

For more on the "Libertine" re-issue please contact Daniel at Force Field PR.

This week Bottomless Pit visits the West Coast for just the second time ever, supporting their most recent full-length "Shade Perennial." You can find updated tour dates, including Facebook event invites for you to share, below.

Wednesday, February 26 - Bootleg Theater - Los Angeles, CA - RSVP
With Kinski.

Thursday, February 27 - Bottom Of The Hill - San Francisco, CA - RSVP
With Kinski. Part of Noise Pop 2014.

Friday, February 28 - Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR - RSVP
With Kinski & Chris Brokaw.

Saturday, March 1 - Live on KEXP - 3:00 pm PT

Saturday, March 1 - Sunset Tavern - Seattle, WA - RSVP
With Kinski & Bali Girls.

Monday, March 3 - Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, BC - RSVP
With Joel R.L. Phelps & Kinski.
Guest DJ Darcy Hancock of Ladyhawk.

cmo027 Minutes "Roland" Lp/Digital Download

Out now!

Kalamazoo's Minutes started playing music together in the summer of 2008. The band began as an outlet for songs written by each of the four members - Chafe Hensley, Mark Larmee, Ike Turner and Ryan Nelson.

Minutes is one of those bands, one that switches around on stage, but they try really hard not to be too show-offy about it.

Their eponymous first record was very well-received, with Pocket Jury writing:

"For a debut album so steeped in the lore of independent music and pleasantly reminiscent of past greats such as Mission of Burma, Archers of Loaf or Vitreous Humor, Minutes has an embarrassment of incredible moments and terrific ideas of its own."

After a couple of years of contemplation, writing, and family-raising, Minutes convened in the basement in July of 2013 to record "Roland."

The album was recorded over a furious week, fueled by LaCroix and pizza, Ricola and mad tape hiss, and a general sense that THESE GUYS REALLY LIKE HANGING OUT WITH EACH OTHER.

Although Minutes set out to record a longer album than their first ("Roland" does have twelve songs!) they didn't quite get there and somehow shortened it by nearly two minutes.

The album is named after Larmee's dog Roland, who passed on right after the recording of the record. Roland (the dog) was at every single Minutes band practice. EVER. Do you know how significant that is? Super significant! He was their buddy, their confidant, and was way, way into licking sweat off of the drummers' legs after a hot rock session. He'll be missed.

Comedy Minus One is handling the worldwide digital distribution for "Roland" (cmo027).

iTunes : eMusic : Rhapsody : Amazon : Google Play

If this is the first time Minutes is hitting your radar, thank you for your interest in their little corner of the world.

"The only negative here is that the band has been around for a while, and I missed them. Don’t make the same mistake." - Cabildo Quarterly

"That there be no mistake, these guys...are not here to offer an anthology of past glories, but offer direct universe, consisting of short titles and contagious. Spontaneous compositions as their joy of playing transpire on all pieces, chained themselves to the speed of light, without hollow or musical lengths. Members let go brilliantly on their instruments, and light voices are bursting with freshness, despite sometimes dark lyrics." - MOWNO (after being run through Google Translate)

The Michigan Independent Network (MIN) has released "Roland" on actual vinyl in a limited run of 500 copies. Comedy Minus One is stocking limited numbers of this title in our shop. Order a copy here.

Also of interest: Minutes' Ryan Nelson has previously been/presently is a member of Beauty Pill (Dischord), Most Secret Method (Superbad/Slowdime) and Soccer Team (Dischord).



cmo026 Bottomless Pit "Shade Perennial" Lp+Cd/Digital Download

Out now!

Bottomless Pit's third full-length album "Shade Perennial" (cmo026) is available in both record stores and through all of your preferred digital providers, such as...

iTunes : eMusic : Rhapsody : Amazon : Google Play

Order a physical vinyl copy direct from Comedy Minus One here. Includes a complimentary compact disc in lieu of a download code.

Stream the album opener "Fleece" here.

"[Bottomless Pit] imprint the music with the heavy stomp and lurching swing of Neil Young’s Crazy Horse, right down to the way explosive, bloodied solos burst from tangles of ringing riffs. And more than ever the lyrics address the fragility of existence, with empathy for those near and dear. The members of Bottomless Pit have loved this sound for years, but within their embrace of it is something so sacred that everything sounds new." - Chicago Reader

"The music contained within those brief moments is the best, most intricate work of their career and consistently leaves the listener not only moved, occasionally enraptured but often more cerebrally impressed with their ability to twist the classic rock jams of the likes of Crazy Horse around a taut, sharp, Shellac-shaped nail and have these hybrid songs deliver both melodically and in terms of emotional impact." - The Quietus

"This record sneaks up on you, like…you think it’s going to pick your pocket or give you a punch, but it just put it’s hand on your shoulder and hands you a beer instead. Fascinating band. Thoughtful and wonderful." - Collapse Board

"Conversing via musical telepathy, Andy Cohen and Tim Midyett’s leads spar and spiral over Brian Orchard and Chris Manfrin’s intuitive rhythms. These cathartic communiqués could easily be private rituals, but Shade Perennial grants access to eight lasting compositions. The evocative, near-mythic imagery of “Fleece” and “Sacred Trench” merits dedicated study." - New Artillery (Best of 2013)

"Shade Perennial" found inclusion on many other esteemed Best of 2013 lists, including those from John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, Huffington Post, Baby Stew, Can't Stop The Bleeding, Used Wigs, Carl Zimring and Dirty Laundry TV.

Color Is Its Own Reward, Artistxite, NUVO and New City have interviews with members of Bottomless Pit about "Shade Perennial."

Tim Midyett was also a guest on the Kreative Kontrol podcast.

For more on "Shade Perennial" and band interview requests please contact Daniel at Force Field PR.

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Thank you.

Jon Solomon
Comedy Minus One
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