Jared Mees and the Grown Children
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Tour Dates 10/09/08 Hogans Pub w/ Finn Riggins Clarkston, Washington
10/10/08 1912 Community Center KRFP BENEFIT w/ Finn Riggins ALL AGES Moscow, Idaho 10/11/08 The Filling Station, Benefit Show w/ Finn Riggins Bozeman, Montana 10/13/08 Castle Greyskull Minneapolis, Minnesota 10/14/08 THE MILL w/ Finn Riggins Iowa City, Iowa 10/15/08 Cal’s Liquors Chicago, Illinois 10/16/08 In Store @ Luna Records Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana 10/16/08 RADIO RADIO w/ America Owns the Moon and Finn Riggins Indianapolis, Indiana 10/17/08 RHINO’S ALL-AGES CLUB w/ Finn Riggins + locals TBA Bloomington, Indiana 10/18/08 Tree’s Farm w/ Finn Riggins Middletown, Ohio 10/20/08 PATS IN THE FLATS w/ Finn Riggins, Trouble Books, See Urchin, Sarah Nowickis Cleveland, Ohio 10/22/08 ONEONTA TEEN CENTER w/ Finn Riggins, Joseph von Stengel Oneonta, New York 10/23/08 ORIGINAL SESSIONS ART HSE @ John Street Bar & Grille – CMJ- w/ Boy Eats Drum Machine New York, New York 10/24/08 THE KNITTING FACTORY PDX/CMJ Block Party! New York City, New York 10/25/08 THE HEXAGON Baltimore, Maryland 10/26/08 SNUG HARBOR Charlotte, North Carolina 10/27/08 PRESERVATION PUB Knoxville, Tennessee 10/28/08 WINDOWS OFF THE CUMBERLAND w/ Screaming Names Nashville, Tennessee 10/29/08 SKINLESS PRODUCTIONS GALLERY w/ Brother Bird And Their Family Kansas City, Missouri 10/30/08 BOX AWESOME w/ Producers of the Word Lincoln, Nebraska 10/31/08 YE OLDE ROUNDHILL MANOR HALLOWEEN BALL Colorado Springs, Colorado 11/01/08 TBA Denver, Colorado 11/03/08 TBA Las Vegas, Nevada 11/04/08 TBA Los Angeles, California 11/05/08 MUDDY WATERS w/ The Mutineers + Lana Rebel Santa Barbara, California 11/06/08 TBA San Francisco, California 11/07/08 Cool as Folk—INSTUDIO at KDVS Davis, California 11/07/08 DELTA OF VENUS w/ Two Sheds + Birds & Batteries + Geographer Davis, California 11/08/08 ALEX’S RESTAURANT Ashland, Oregon 12/06/08 VISUAL ARTS COLLECTIVE Boise, Idaho Discography
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The artwork, by Mike Bertino, reminds me of indie comic art, like from
Drawn & Quarterly or something. I’m not far off when I went over to
his website, mikebertino.com. His art is more colorful than I thought, since most indie comics are printed in black and white.
What I love about all the releases from Tender Loving Empire
is that (I think) each item is hand-made with silk screening. So imagine
a brown cardstock (I’m 90% sure it’s recycled cardboard) with beautiful silk screening in bright colors. What does this mean to you and why
should you care? Well I think it keeps costs down, since all of their
CDs are listed as only $10 for full lengths. And you know it feels
unique and cool.
Having listened to this album, I can tell you that it’s an
album filled with exactly what their title suggests: caffeine, alcohol,
sunshine, and money (I’m surprise ‘religion’ isn’t part of the title).
Perfect for these miserable economic times.
Let me explain the religion part, because seems to be a lot of
songs mentions religion in one form or another: “The Tallest Building In Hell”, “Oh No
Oh My God”, “Wettin’ Down The Dirt”, “Sunday Lord” (this sounds like an acoustic rockabilly
song), “Secret Track Pt 3”, but they’re not a Christian band, you know?
There’s a lot of lyrics and singing on this album, which I love. I
thought “Bees” is a great song to represent them. (I like the ‘wow’ at
the beginning by Megan Spear).
It’s mostly acoustic/indie pop music, but another thing that I’ve noted
is that the album features members from Decemberists and Atlas Sound,
bringing an interesting mix of violas and occasional accordion.
Caffeine, Alcohol, Sunshine, Money was released last Tuesday, October 7th. You can purchase it directly from the silk-screening master at his company, Tender Loving Empire, for a mere $10.
PS, Although Caffeine, Alcohol, Sunshine, Money only
lists 10 songs on the back, there’s actually three additional “secret
tracks”. I’m also trying to embed an ‘ecard’ in this article, so It didn’t work out, go here instead.
hopefully that will all work out.
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