down by the fall line

video by Joseph Cashiola to come soon.

readjusting the flow

Thanks for everyone who came out to and took part in the Aural States Fest the other night. There was a lot of really good music happening, and it was nice to see so many people enjoying it.

So it turns out we won't be going to Europe as soon as we'd hoped. The financial aspects of the trip were looking pretty bleak on our end, so we decided we'd best wait a couple months and hope for more and better offers. I know some people in Europe and the UK have really been looking forward to our coming over there this spring, but it's looking like it'll now be re-scheduled for June.

So seeing as we had this hole in our schedule, we thought it would be a good idea to do a quick trip to Florida and back, in early April. Should be fun, and the band hasn't played there since 2005.
That stuff I wrote in the last post about doing 2 weeks of shows in May in our country's eastern half still stands...right now it's looking like it'll be starting in the Northeast and moving south and west from there.

Also, we've got some new confirmations regionally. On March 2nd, we're playing in Philly at Kung Fu Necktie with James Blackshaw and Meg Baird, the night before our Baltimore show as part of the same bill. That Friday, March 6th we'll be in Brooklyn at Union Pool with Pissed Jeans and Bogan Dust.

These March shows will be the first ones where we'll be selling our new record, Song of the Pearl. The record comes out March 10th, so those at the shows will get a crack at buying it before just about anyone else.

We should have more updates soon, as things are happening quickly in our sphere these days. Keep checking back.

Touring In '09- vague outlines

For those who may have been wondering when and where Arbouretum will be touring next, here's what we've got so far...

January 30th will see us playing locally at Sonar as the headliner for the Aural States fest.

March 3rd will find us right next door at the Talking Head Club with excellent fingerstyle guitarist James Blackshaw and Espers' Meg Baird.

In March, roughly the 4th-7th, we'll be in the Mid-Atlantic doing some shows. Details to come soon.

Later in March, we'll be heading over to Europe for a tour that will wrap up in mid-April.

In May, we'll be touring for a couple of weeks in those regions east of the mighty Mississippi.
Summer shall find us doing regional shows and perhaps European/UK festivals, and in September we hope to play shows from here to California, then back again.

Booking inquiries may be directed here- For the continental US, angela(at)eclipsebooking.com handles our shows, in Europe, you'd want to get hold of
steven(at)toutpartout.be

May the New Year find you welle.

Interview on Strangeglue

Here.

Song of the Pearl

Our new full-length has been recorded and will come out in early March '09.

Moroccan kif-smokers like to speak of "two worlds", the one ruled by inexorable natural laws, and the other, the kif world, in which each person perceives "reality" according to the projections of his own essence, the state of consciousness in which the elements of the physical universe are automatically rearranged by cannabis to suit the requirements of the individual. These distorted variations in themselves generally are of scant interest to anyone but the subject at the time he is experiencing them. An intelligent smoker, nonetheless, can aid in directing the process of deformation in such a way that the results will have value to him in his daily life. If he has faith in the accuracy of his interpretations, he will accept them as decisive, and use them to determine a subsequent plan of action. Thus, for a dedicated smoker, the passage to the "other world" is often a pilgrimage undertaken for the express purpose of oracular consultation.

Paul Bowles, from the preface to A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard

CMJ Showcase!

We play at roughly 10:30.