look this is an important milestone in my life okay

[seventhe]

So I realized yesterday that I did another huge dropping-off-the-face-of-the-internet thing! Man I am arrogant in thinking anyone noticed, har har. BUT! Something very important happened while I was gone and I'm going to bother you all about it.

My brother, as some of you might know, is awesome. He is also in a band! His band is called Boulevard of the Allies (cue anyone who has lived in Pittsburgh going, "Ohhhhhhlol") and they are very, very good. This weekend, they released their very first CD. And I mean released released, as in for sale everywhere and at Borders. This is what you call a Pretty Big Deal in Sevland!

Their music is a very vocal-harmony-driven, singer-songwriter-ish, acoustic-y rock-folk thinger (I am writer! See me adjective!)... It's like smooth, simple, ear-pleasing folk with a sharp citrus twist of musical complexity and rhythmic interplay. Joel's voice and Jim's bass lines are the first things you'll notice; the poetic lyrics and intricate chord changes are the second. It is awesome. Plain awesome. Very high quality. Very impressive. It rocks.

I actually think a lot of people on my F-List would like their CD!

So, here is what I am going to do: The CD is $10, but if you would like to buy a copy, I'll go splits with you. That's $5 for an awesome CD. It's probably easiest for me to PayPal you the $5 and let you buy your copy of the CD whatever way you want, but it's negotiable; I'll also put a $5 bill in the mail to you, I am Down With That, although you might get the skanky one that has been crushed by things in my wallet for three weeks. Just sayin'.

You can check their website here (includes bonus hilarious photos of people you might recognize >> ), and you can directly download the CD for $10 here. If you would like a hard copy of the CD, I suggest you email me -- if a bunch of people want hard copies, I'll make a bulk order from my brother.

Comment or fire me an email if you're interested and we can work out details. I'd just love to get the CD out there to a different crowd. They're actually doing a CD Launch in London as well as the one they did in Pittsburgh - Joel's from England - so it'll be somewhat international, but... I'm just spreading the word. Good music, guys; good good music.

I realize this is a tricksy intersection of internet life and real life, but hey, it's my brother and he's pretty damn awesome. So buy his CD! I'll pay you.

So yes anyway that was where I was.

Comments

[crankyoldman]

$10 isn't much, I'll totally go buy it off Bandcamp now. God I love that site.

This also reminds me of how I need to find time to learn some electronic stuff so I can make my distorted noisepunk campy videogame inspired music. XD

[lassarina]

I will remember to purchase sometime soon! If I don't mention it in like a week, poke me or something.

[whitemage]

Yaaaaaay! <3

Yeah, 10's not much. I will go purchase soon. Thank you. :)

[arrow]

I appreciate the whole "going in half" thing, but I'm always up for a good cause, so I just went ahead and bought it myself. I'm sure I'll enjoy it!

[sissyhiyah.livejournal.com]

Woo for good music! I likes what I just heard. Likes it, I tells ya. What sort of shows do they do? Please say Shows At Bars and/or Places With Beer. Any festival circuits? From what I heard on their site, they'd be welcomed at some of the fests that drift all over the east coast. Anyway, I really enjoyed what I heard and might order a few cds. I have several friends that would really dig their music.

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

I will def. get their CD!! Once my overtime check gets to me in 3 weeks hahahaha~~ ♥

[darcenciel.livejournal.com]

I SEE SEV AND BECKY ARE FAMOUS ON THE WEBSITE WEARING T-SHIRTS

[drakonlily.livejournal.com]

Is there room for a beesnake hater in this party Friday? I think I may taggle along.

Edit: Beesnakes are so scary I cannot spell them properly.

[jennyclarinet.livejournal.com]

You and your brother are so talented. And you have day jobs too!