Thursday, June 26, 2008

Two NYC shows! Record release party!


The Silver Summit band play 2 shows!
We'll have our just-released debut s/t album from Language of Stone/Drag City.
Were stoked- it's on CD and vinyl!

Saturday June 28

Silver Summit
w/ Heavy Hands + Sri Auribindo + Ellen Mary Mcgee
@ Cake Shop @ 9pm Ludlow St. LES, NYC (we're 3rd)

"Sondra Ow Sun-Odeon sings as if reading ancient chants straight out of the Cosmonomicon, while Shawn Bosler's array of guitars wrap her in darkly patterned blankets." Time Out New York

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Thursday July 3rd

***RECORD RELEASE SHOW***
Silver Summit & Friends

White Hills + The Dust Dive + Antimagic
With projections by Brooke Sietsons (Espers)
and a harp trip-out by Mary Lattimore (Valerie Project).
@ Glasslands Gallery @ 9pm
289 Kent Ave, Williamsburg, Bklyn
(Between South 1st & South 2nd)

Please come out and make it a party!
You don't have to work the next day and all the bands are outrageously good
and dear dear friends!

"Hazy, smoky, and macabre, the record's {Silver Summit's} mellifluous vocal harmonies and meandering multi-ethnic instrumentation paint mental portraits of foggy Victorian streets, gypsy caravans, and Baghdad bazaars with effortless execution." —Naturalismo

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Silver Summit:
D. Shawn Bosler (guitars)
Sondra Ow Sun-Odeon (vocals, guitars, baglama saz, keybs)
Laura Ortman (guitars, violin; The Dust Dive)
Daniel Schubmehl (percussion; Jaggery)
Alexandra Drewchin (vocals, guitars)
and for the record release show, also with very special guests:
Margie Wienk (cello; Fern Knight, Valerie Project)
Mary Lattimore (harp; Valerie Project)

Monday, June 23, 2008

Hex Education Journal, Dropout Boogie, & Language of Stone records presents...


A fine show at the wonderful CakeShop on June 28th (***note, the show date was changed from the 27th!). With our labelmates Heavy Hands, Sri Aurobindo, and Ellen Mary McGee.....& Mahasiddhi and Snyder's Crackle Amoeba Lightshow....phew! Our first show since our record release, so we'll have the LP and CD with us. I think we go on 3rd.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Our album has arrived!

A year abouts in the making, our little labor of love...our physical artifact of the ephemeral sounds in our heads...our Self-Titled album...
IS OUT NOW on CD and LP, and here's where you can purchase it if you don't have a fine record store nearby to visit...


Mailorder
via the Language of Stone website:
www.languageofstone.com
the Drag City website:
www.dragcity.com/catalog/records/ls007.html

OR if you desire instant gratification, there's
Other Music's Digital Store, Amazon, and iTunes for digital downloads:
http://digital.othermusic.com/search/full.php?FULL=284148&ALBUM=1&ref=21

http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Summit/dp/B001AX072W/ref=mb_oe_o
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=282270541&id=282270533&s=143441

Friday, June 6, 2008

Upcoming shows, west coast tour...

We're playing a couple shows in NYC soon...
Come out! We'll have the new album on LP and CD w/ us.

June 28th @ CakeShop 152 Ludlow Street NYC
Hex Education Journal, Dropout Boogie NYC and Language of Stone Records presents
w/ Heavy Hands (Brooklyn), Sri Aurobindo (Baltimore), Ellen Mary McGee (London)
+ MAHASIDDHI + SNYDER'S CRACKLE AMOEBA LIGHTSHOW
(pic by Akane Kodani)

July 3 @ Glasslands Gallery 289 Kent Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
RECORD RELEASE PARTY!
w/ Antimagic (ex-These are Powers), The Dust Dive (our awesome violinist's band w/ her hubby), White Hills + projections by Brooke Sietinsons (Espers) accompanied by Mary Lattimore (Valerie Project) on harp!

We're also headed out to the west coast to visit our bretheren on the other side.... (if you can help us book some of the dates below, please get in touch! Thanks!)
8/29 San Diego
8/30 San Diego
8/31 Los Angeles, Tangier - w/ Gangi, The Winter Flowers
9/1 San Francisco, Smile/The Knockout - w/ Gangi
9/2 San Francisco
9/3 (somewhere between SF and Portland, anyone?)
9/4 Portland, WW Festival - w/ Deerhunter
9/5 (Portland or anywhere in-between there and
Seattle ?)
9/6 Seattle
9/7 ?
9/8 ?
9/9 ?




Wednesday, June 4, 2008

You can pre-order our new album!

It won't be released until June 17, but you can pre-order the CD or LP here:
LoS/Drag City preorder page

We're covering The Cure

...for the Manimal Vinyl Records tribute comp, Perfect As Cats.

We'll be covering A Night Like This and will be among some fine company, including Bat for Lashes, Blonde Redhead, The Dandy Warhols, CocoRosie and others.


Should be out in the Fall, later this year.