hi! thanks for stopping by and taking the time to listen to our music/read this. most of the bio info is on the page already, so i'll skip the boring parts and get to what we've been working on lately.

one is an EP called "romance & magnetic trains," and consists of songs from our first (aborted) attempt at a full-length (which was originally to be a much poppier affair). not bottom-drawer material, though; we really like these songs, but didn't feel they fit with where we wanted to go. pretty straightforward stuff: one rockin' instrumental (the title track), one pop song ("all my friends are dead" - no relation to the song by the english band hood) and one two-part symphonic/noisy statement-of-purpose thingy that's not quite an instrumental but not quite a pop song either ("winning is our business/and business is good," respectively). this ep is written and halway demo'd, but unfortunately, these are more "band" songs - by which i mean we need everyone here to record them - and so this project is on hold until our drummer gets back from kuwait.

the next project is our full-length record, "a source. a spirit. a stream of energy." it's about 3/4 written as i type this, and so far is a little darker and a little stranger. no real "mood rings" on this baby. some songs we know will be on it: "haunted tenements," "the look (an le.d. love song), "dead rhythm," "miles from the sea," and the title track. there are a few more floating around, but they are as yet without form, and void. words being thrown around the practice space/home studio to describe the album are krautrock, ambient, post-rock, electronica, post-punk, etc.

the last thing on the docket is a concept EP we're calling "senes." it's altogether stranger and abstract-"er." lots of programming, lots of layering, lots of tweaking sounds. the tracklist is as follows: "ese," "rhea," "lemsl," "tchou," "state," "xiths senes." since this doesn't involve a lot of "band" work - and i can't even begin to imagine how to play these songs live - this one will most likely be finished first. i'll be sure to post samples as soon as i get them.

that's all i can think of; i'll update as i can. keep well.

r.