Archive for November, 2008

Mother of Three: I smell an EP

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Mother of Three is just about done tracking and mixing songs for their upcoming four song EP. Jeremy Scott at The Civil Defense Studio in Brooklyn, NY (Vivian Girls, Taigaa!, These are Powers) has done a superb job engineering and co-producing the tracks, and we’re all very excited to put it out.

Some news about how it will be released: this release will be available as a CD (which will be available through the Shoulder Tap site) and as a digital download (which will be available at most all your favorite online retailers). However, the LP that Mother of Three is planning for release in the spring will only be available as a digital download and as a vinyl release.

We’ve thought a lot about how people get their music, and while lots of music fans still like to hold something tangible in their hands, we think that the CD is a medium that is on its way out (we personally don’t even drink enough beverages to use all our useless CDs as coasters around here). So what we’re going to do is offer a free digital download with a vinyl purchase. That way, people can buy the record (which will have nice large beautiful artwork that can be framed), if if they don’t have a record player, they can still download the songs and listen. We’re pretty excited about being one of the leaders in the music distribution revolution. We’ll have details soon.

In the meantime, Mother of Three’s upcoming EP will be put out on handmade, hand-packaged CDs (and the art will still be awesome). Keep your ears peeled.

Mother of Three: a little sample

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Mother of Three are in the studio hard working on their upcoming EP. Here is a bit of a jam that they laid down in prep for their poorly capitalized tune “On and oFF”. Who cares if it’s sloppy, it sounds like Prince’s pinkynail playing guitar for Gang of Four.

Mother of Three: On and Off Jam (Part 01)

Mother of Three play Heart of Darkness

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Greg Barris is a comedian who speaks in prophecies. He knows all about the end of the world, and if you wanna get in on it, you should come watch him at his comedy show, Heart of Darkness. Dima and Yazan (edit: and Jonas too)from Mother of Three are going to be performing as the house band, playing the score to Greg’s (and other comedians’) wise words. Last Heart of Darkness had unannounced appearances from Todd Barry and Arj Barker, two of the biggest comedians in the scene in NYC. You are highly advised to come check it out.

Sat 15 Nov, 8PM at Karma (51 1st ave, 10003). $8. Details here.

Check out this trailer, music by Mother of Three: