Posted on January 22nd, 2020
Hello friends! We are kicking off 2020 right with the signing of our announcement of our newest band, Thank You, I'm Sorry. We are incredibly excited for you to hear them!
Thank You, I'm Sorry is the solo project of frontperson Colleen Dow turned full band. Now joined by drummer Sage Livergood and bassist Bethany Schreiner, the band crafts incredibly relatable confessionals that everyone can connect with- struggles with love, working a job you hate, or just finding a place in the world. Songs that get to the heart of a young creative's struggle in a destructive world.
There is so much news about them, it's hard to pick what we should talk about first. It's probably best to start at the beginning, right?
To that end, we are releasing an all acoustic album on cassette/digitally called 'The Malta House' on 2/7. It has 10 songs and features all the songs Colleen wrote before adding other members to the mix. This album fits the singer/songwriter mold at its finest- cathartic vocals over intimate and driving acoustic guitar. For fans of Now Now, Soccer Mommy, and Snail Mail.
You can head over to New Noise Magazine now to hear the first single,"How Many Slugs Can We Throw Against the Wall Until We Question Our Own Mortality" right now:
https://newnoisemagazine.com/track-premiere-thank-you-im-sorry-how-many-slugs-can-we-throw-against-the-wall-until-we-question-our-own-mortality/
Then pre-order that in our store: http://countyourluckystars.limitedrun.com/products/659995-pre-order-thank-you-im-sorry-the-malta-house-lp-cassette-tape
TYIS will be heading out on an acoustic tour with Tunnel Songs to celebrate the release of the album. Check out the dates here:
2/6 Ypsilanti, MI @ Dragons Den
2/7 Akron, OH @ Bless This Mess
2/8 Pittsburgh, PAY @ GAFIP
2/9 Erie, PA @ PACA
2/10 Cambridge, MA @ Charlies Kitchen
2/11 Brooklyn, NY @ Muchmores
2/12 Philadelphia, PA @ Wharf Arts Center
2/13Toms River, NJ @ The Clubhouse
2/14 Washington, DC @ VFW 9274
Here is a cute poster with the same information:
But wait, there's more! When TYIS turned full band, they worked out some old jams and wrote some new ones and went into the studio- AND THE RECORD JUST GOT DONE BEING RECORDED. So that means at the some point in late summer/early fall, we are going to get a FULL BAND, BRAND NEW LP! WHATTTTTTTTTTT! Double dip Thank You, I'm Sorry LPs in 2020!
2020 is going to great, and TYIS is going to nearly book end it for us <3
Posted on November 28th, 2019
It's Black Friday again! Take 30% off your entire order (with a few exceptions like the Anna Flyaway record) + get the Empire! Empire! 'Ribbon' for ONLY TWO DOLLARS. HOLY MOLEY, THAT IS CHEAP.
You don't need any code, but you only have until 12/2 at midnight (Cyber Monday) before the sales turn back into a pumpkin. That's a long weekend, people!
Speaking of the Anna Flyaway record, a bunch have shipped, but if you haven't gotten yours, please know we are working on it this weekend and it'll be on your turntable in no time.
Happy ordering!
Posted on November 22nd, 2019
Today is the day! You can listen to the entire Anna Flyaway LP, "Tomorrow I Will Take a Knife to Your Confidence" is out everywhere!
Stream it at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7hiGbICYxUec5CW5xe1...
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/tomorrow-i-will-t...
Bandcamp: https://countyourluckystars.bandcamp.com/album/tom...
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Tomorrow-Will-Take-Knife-Co...
TIDAL: https://tidal.com/browse/album/120606294
and any other place people use these days!
Get the vinyl: http://countyourluckystars.limitedrun.com/products...
We hope you love it! ❤️
Posted on November 6th, 2019
You can now stream the entire Singing Lungs EP, "Mutter" at Punknews.org:
https://www.punknews.org/article/71212/check-out-t...
Pre-Order that sucker here: http://countyourluckystars.limitedrun.com/products/652135-pre-order-singing-lungs-mutter-cassette-tape
Posted on November 4th, 2019
14 years ago, I started a solo project called Anna Flyaway where I played every instrument. After I wrote and recorded a bunch of songs, I decided that I wanted to try and make the project a real band, so I recruited my then-girlfriend (and now wife!) Cathy Coffin to play guitar, my best friend Danny Miller to play bass (he also played bass in my high school band and the beginning of Empire!), Liz Wilson on cello, Andrew Juhl on keys, and Erik Krueger on drums.
We wrote and recorded an entire LP worth of material. When we added new members, they wanted to re-record/add their parts and the original engineer Danny Stickel couldn't finish the recording. So I decided to try my hand at it. I started a project called Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) to practice recording and get competent enough so I could match the quality of what had already been recorded.
The writing on the wall was there, though, and it was clear Anna Flyaway was going to break up before the record was going to be finished. The rest of the band agreed to finish recording their parts, and when we finished, it sat on my laptop mostly finished for a decade or so. Cathy, Danny Miller, and I found a new drummer and used the songs I recorded as Empire! to springboard our new band.
But I always wanted to do something with these songs because they were so special to me. I asked Mat Halliday Audio Production, the longtime engineer behind like 90% of the Empire! Empire! catalog, if he would be down to try and resurrect the Anna Flyaway recording and clean it up. He had done the same for the vinyl reissue for "When the Sea Became a Giant".
It needed a lot of work, and we chipped away at the mix for about 4 years off an on before it was finally done. Dave Downham of The Gradwell House mastered it and Sarah Bogosh (Bad Ponies) created wonderful artwork that somehow matches the music perfectly. At long last, it is finally done and ready to heard by the world!
So without further adieu, please head over to BrooklynVegan to hear a very old, 'new' song called 'Every Time You Breathe In, You Breathe out (And Then, One Day, You Won’t)' from the album "Tomorrow I Will Take a Knife to Your Confidence". Thanks to Andrew Sacher for posting this!
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/anna-flyaway-pre-empire-empir…/
You can pre-order it at Count Your Lucky Stars Records now, it comes out on vinyl and digitally everywhere 11/22/19.
http://countyourluckystars.limitedrun.com/…/650313-pre-orde…
xoxo
Keith