Dear Everyone,
It's been awhile, no? We've been working on something for about two years now, and I'm not sure how we kept this under our hats for so long, but we did.
We're reissuing Emergency & I on vinyl, and it's coming out January 11th on Barsuk Records. The music was re-mastered from the original 1/2-inch tapes, keeping it analog every step of the way, and it's going to be on 180-gram double-vinyl, four songs per side, with the fourth side being bonus tracks from hard-to-find releases. Being double vinyl, the packaging is a lovely gatefold -- with the art in the right order -- and will include an oral history of making the record, pictures from that era and of course the lyrics. Am I missing anything?
Right, shows. When getting together to sort out the re-issue, we got in the basement a few times to make noise, run through some songs, shake out some cobwebs. It felt good. So to celebrate the release of the reissue, we're going to play a handful of shows. Unfortunately with everyone's schedule being crazy, we only have time for a few. See the shows section below for more detail.
And since things have changed a bit since 2003, we now have Facebook and Myspace pages, and a Twitter feed.
Tickets go on sale later this week, check the venue sites for details. We're very excited for everyone to hear the re–masters—they sound so good!
See you at the shows, Eric
