Please help Nice Monster design our record art. Our third record is to be released this summer by Grayscale Records. Choose from the following really great ideas, or forward your own. This is your chance to be on the ground floor in cover art design, as you have requested. *Pardon the typo in the JPEG below.
Nice Monster has completed work on its new CD, “The Great, Long Rest.” Compared to the two previous albums, “Good Times + Sharp Knives” and the self-titled EP, the arrangements are somewhat tighter, the drumset grew some new toms, there are more lyrics per song, the tempos are a little faster, there is less transfat, the songs each get higher miles per gallon, and we have a great cast of Sacramento musicians pitching in! “The Calvinists” features backing vocals by Justin Farren. If you know what is good for you, see http://justinfarren.com/. Backing vocals on “The Great Long Rest” provided by Jay Shaner and for more info, please see http://jayshaner.com/. He also has a great project called 50-Watt Heavy. They have a Facebook page. Violin on “Sports Report” played by Damian Sol, and you, too, can have him on your record – please see http://damiansol.com/. The CD is set for release in June on Grayscale Records. Our CD release show is scheduled for June 12th at the Fox and Goose with special guest Odame Sucks!
New cover art for “The Great, Long Rest.”
Ah and February comes again, month of, amongst other fine things, Presidential holidays and our dearly loved FAWM. Oh the glories of FAWM. Click there now and get started, songwriters. We did and hence we are here.
For various reasons, not the least of which are the sad realities of cash-on-hand, we won’t be at SXSW this year. A disappointment as it’s become something of a regular thing of late. Like an annual pilgrimage to cheap beer. But truth is it’s time to give it a rest and relax into other activities.
That’s all for now. More in a month or so, I hope.
We’ll be bringing the Songs for Presidents show to Chicago for July 3 (Hideout) and July 4 (Taste of Chicago “Taste” Stage).
Live “Songs for Presidents” show with Davis High guests Doodle, Shiva Shahmir, and The Cast Shadows helping us out. Educational outreach! Woo!
For those interested in the show in Washington, DC back in January, Jeff Hutton’s photographs have been collected in a fine book with texts by Christian Kiefer, J. Matthew Gerken, Jefferson Pitcher, Stephen Kilroy (of Middle Distance Runner), Scott Leftridge, Chip Conrad, and Tim Fite. It more or less tells the story of the album and features new live photographs of us and the various guests involved: Nellie McKay, Tim Fite, Hiss Golden Messenger, Joe Pug, Denison Witmer, Laura Burhenn, Middle Distance Runner, Jukebox the Ghost, The Potomac Buccaneers of Leesburg Virginia, and These United States. Did I miss anyone? Probably. Click below for a preview of the beast (although note also that the preview is of the Intro section, which only has our press photos–the show starts later in the text).
Some local (to us) shows and events that will feature songs from Of Great and Mortal Men…
April 15, 7:00AM
Rotary Club, Rocklin, CA
Lecture on Presidents project
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April 18, 7:00PM
House Show, Davis, CA
E-mail david@idhsales.com for location and information
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April 22, 12:00PM
Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
Live daytime, outside show for whoever wanders by
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April 25, time TBA
House show, Marysville, CA
E-mail jesseharris87@sbcglobal.net for location and information
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May 1, 9:00PM
Luna’s Cafe, Sacramento, CA
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June 6, 9:00PM
Luigi’s Fun Garden, Sacramento, CA
Of Great and Mortal Men 