SAT 010: America In Chocolate's cassette EP in an edition of one

a couple of days ago, i posted a video of a snippet of a new america in chocolate song. this is the second single for nine more songs.

unlike other singles, it will only be available on a single cassette tape until the release of the album. the scarce single seems like a decent gimmick.

also on the tape are four previously unreleased songs (including the "rare" piano demo for never go outside again's "toplesspic.png") and the only planned physical release of the two versions of "cnme" from the digital 12".
i'm not sure what i'm going to do with this tape. i may just leave it somewhere.

ten, i suppose is one of those nice, round numbers people like to use to commemorate things, so maybe it's "fitting" or something that the tenth release from streets ahead tapes is the first actual tape release.

SAT 009: Matchbook Poem

This is a poem called "Book of Idea."
There is one word for each match.
It comes in an edition of five.
This is the second non-music related release from Streets Ahead.

SAT 008: America In Chocolate's "Cuddle City Rollers" Video

here is a video i shot one day in august for the first song on the forthcoming america in chocolate album

SAT 007: CNME Extended Mix Single

I really like extended dance remixes of songs, so I made one for "CNME", the single from America In Chocolate's Nine More Songs.

It also includes a short pdf booklet.

Download the "virtual 12"" here.

A Pre-SAT Album (Another Archival Release)

This is the first album I made.
Tin Nurse was a band I was in in high school with a friend of mine.
The album was finished while I was also working on the first gleams album, which is something of a companion to this album.
We never did anything with the album aside from burning some cd-rs because we thought it was really terrible. It is not terrible.
On the bandcamp there is also a song we recorded in 2009 (while I was worked on Endless Teen and we recorded a live gleams ep together) and we might put up another short release from the same time soon.
For a few years we would played an annual New Year's show since that was one of the few times we and the people we knew would all be together.
We haven't recorded any new material since 2009, but I think we both consider it an ongoing project.

track list and cover art for america in chocolate's nine more songs

i've finished the final mix of the new america in chocolate album. i've been working on the album sporadically since october, but started concentrated work in may. the last couple of weeks have been devoted to testing out mixes on different audio set ups to get a more consistent sound than either previous release.
the cover art's above, the track list is below.
the album will also come with a twelve page pdf that included annotated lyrics, which i finished last night.
listen to earlier mixes of three songs from the album here.

HISS Volume Six

the final volume of the hiss series
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"Simon Smith And the Amazing Dancing Bear" by Harry Nilsson
"You'll Never Change" by Betty LaVette
"Sophie" by Victoire Scott
"Lung Dee Kee Mao (Uncle Dee Is a Drunk)" by P. Promdan
"L'idole des Jaunes" by Stella
"Algo Mais" by Os Mutantes
"Forget It" by the Sandpebbles
"Don't Pity Me" by Darrell Cotton
"I'll Be On My Way" by Bob & Fred

gleams's eternal hiss is forthcoming

Covers Digital 7"

over spring break i covered beach house and tim & eric
stream here
download here

CNME

Here is a new song from America In Chocolate called "CNME." Hopefully it won't be called that for long.
It will be on the new album whenever that comes out.
Download it here.

gleams reissues

As part of the run up to Eternal Hiss, I have been kind of quietly reissuing old recordings at the gleams bandcamp for free download. This includes old CD-r and tape releases that were available at shows and limited to twenty-something copies as well as recordings that were only circulated among friends or posted as low quality mp3s on the internet. These recordings stretch from 2006-2010 (I spent 2011 on America In Chocolate and 2012 recording, but not releasing anything). This reissue series began with the Endless Teen revision posted last year and includes three albums, three eps, two mini albums, and a single.
I'm working on a two volume mixtape of unreleased or uncollected material. These tapes will include covers, outtakes, experiments, live tracks, and good songs to which I lost the master files. I will release these tapes around the time I release the final archival project--Uncollected: 2006-2012. This release will see a very limited (10 copies) tape release with the tape releases of Endless Teen and Young Neil, hopefully within the next couple of months (I have the undubbed tapes sitting in my bedroom). It will be released digitally sometime after Eternal Hiss.
Here is the track list for the compilation in chronological order to this final archival release.

HISS VOLUME FIVE

Well, here's volume five as well. This mixtape series is, I guess, to promote that the name of the new gleams record is Eternal Hiss. Things that were recorded on tape and that sound that way––just like the album.
"Miserere Nobis" by Gilberto Gil
"See You Tonight" by The Wizards
"One Hundred Years From Now" by the Gosdin Brothers
"Go To Hell" by Nina Simone
"Perfume Bottles" by Galt MacDermot
"Singing a Song In the Morning" (Single Version) by Kevin Ayers
"A Girl Among Girls" by Lashio Thein
"Please Hurt Me" by the Crystals
"Just To Satisfy You" by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
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HISS VOLUMES THREE AND FOUR

Yikes. Sorry. I posted put these out back in May. Here they are. 

"Honky Tonky Cha Cha" by Esquivel
"Who Shot the La La" by Oliver Morgan
"4th Dimension" by Victoire Scott
"And I Will Love You" by the Kinks
"Gincho Wataridori" by Meiko Kaji
"Work Is a Four Letter Word" by Cilla Black
"BL Movement" by Blacklites
"I’m Gonna Gitcha" by Chip Willis and Double Exposure
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"Me and My Arrow" by Harry Nilsson
"Honey Boy" by Ruth Brown
"Kwuan Tai Duew Luk Puen" by Chailai Chaiyata and Sawanee Patana
"Democustico" by Marcos Valle
"White Lightning" by George Jones
"Teenie Weenie" by Sir Lattimore Brown
"I’ll Call You Mine" by The Zombies
"You Got What You Got" by Lashio Thein Aung
"The One To Cry" by The Escorts

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SAT 006: Manikin+6 EP

An ep centered around the back half of "Owls/Manikin" from last year's America In Chocolate album is now available.
Download here.
A new AIC album is forthcoming.

HISS Volume Two

volume two in a series of mixtapes
download here

"En E Sos Momentos" by Los Andinos
"Saudade Querida" by Walter Wanderley
"Les Princes D'Aujourd'Hui" by Christine Delaroche
"John, I'm Only Dancing" by David Bowie
"Seven Rooms of Gloom" by the Four Tops
"Cannabis" by Serge Gainsbourg
"Someday He Will Return" by Mar Mar Aye
"Baby" by Os Mutantes

MIX: HISS VOLUME ONE

This is a mix I made called HISS Volume One. Click the name to download.
Track List:
"Be Thankful For What You Got" by William DeVaughn
"Mai Na Lork Gun (Don't Deceive Me)" by Kampee Sangthong
"Turn Me On" by Nina Simone
"Les Filles C'est Fait Pour Faire L'amour" by Charlotte Leslie
"American Express" by Galt MacDermot
"Be My Lady" by Dynamic Tints & Pieces of Peace
"The Point Is" by Evil Enc Group
"Nao Bate O Corocao" by Astrud Gilberto
"It's Raining" by Irma Thomas

SAT 005: Young Neil EP

here is a new ep in advance of the next gleams album.
the last gleams material was released in 2010 and revised in 2012.
this is the first material i've released under the name since then.
it is the fifth streets ahead release in three years, but still there are no tapes.

bigger cover art:

Download the ninth annual DJ So Sad Right Now bummer Valentine's Day Mix here.

Track List

“Unthinkable (Remix)” by Mr. MFN eXquire 

“Dreamboat” by The Walkmen
“Some Dandruff On Your Shoulder” by Jens Lekman
“Love Sick” by Gang Starr
“It Just Ain’t Right” by London N The Bridges
“Losing You” by Solange
“Bennington” by John Maus
“Pennyroyal” by Joey Bada$$
“Hot Burrito No. 1” by The Flying Burrito Brothers
“Lonely Evening” by Robert Keller
“Saying Goodbye” by Frida Hyvonen
“Leaving You” by Fabolous
“She’s Leaving” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
“Stay Away” by Charli XCX
“Break My Heart” by La Sera
“Don’t Say It Baby” by Dusty Springfield
“Passing Me By” by The Pharcyde
“I Want To Go Home” by C. Brown & A. Milburn