Silver Summit @ Cameo, Williamsburg, NY, 6/25/09

Silver Summit @ Cameo, Williamsburg, NY, 6/25/09
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photo by Justin Baldwin

1st show since January!

We are playing CAMEO in Williamsburg, Brooklyn this Thurs. June 25th. It's been a long time, but we're going to rock some new songs. With some amazing friends!

1st CARBONIC (Ghost Woods)
2ND THE WHITE LODGE (Attacknine Recs)
3rd SILVER SUMMIT (Language of Stone)
4TH PRINCE & PEARL (White Magic, Castanets, Brightblack Morninglight)

8pm start. $6
at CAMEO 93 N. 6th St. Brooklyn

"Leaves of Life" compilation release June 23rd

Hi friends! Silver Summit have contributed a track to a compilation curated by Buck Curran of Arborea, called "Leaves of Life". It will be released June 23rd on Borne Recordings. All proceeds benefit the UN’s Food Aid Agency, World Food Programme, and human rights advocacy monitors, Not On Our Watch.

There's a nice review of it and more info on the Naturalismo blog.

"Leaves of Life" benefit comp for UN World Food Program

Hello everyone!
Our lovely friends, Arborea, have put together a benefit comp for the UN World Food Program called "Leaves of Life" on which we contribute a new unreleased song, "Oaks". We're very excited to be a part of this!

from their blog...

The cover art is an Amazingly Beautiful drawing by Hanna Tuulikki (Nalle, and the Family Elan). The tentative release date for the comp is March 21st, 2009 and will be released on our label Borne Recordings/Acuarela (U.S. distribution through Darla Records). All proceeds are going to be donated to World Food Program (United Nations agency) to help with special and Very important relief operations and emergencies in places such as Darfur region of Sudan,Uganda, and the Congo. The confirmed lineup is - Alela Diane (with Mariee Sioux), Rio en Medio, Marissa Nadler and Black Hole Infinity, Fern Knight, Devendra Banhart, Mi and Lau, Larkin Grimm, Arborea, Mica Jones, Big Blood, Micah Blue Smaldone, Cursillistas, Magic Leaves, Silver Summit, The Plains, Starless and Bible Black, David Garland, Citay, Ora Cogan, and Eric Carbonara. The digital version of the cd will also include some bonus tracks...music by Jozef Van Wissem, Denise Dill, and Laurent Brondel.

Photos from west coast tour w/ Woven Hand

The west coast tour w/ Woven Hand was INCREDIBLE. We are all going through major tour withdrawal now :(
Here are some pics from the LA and Vancouver shows, taken by some fine friends:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21229310@N07/sets/72157612938162454/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevelouie/sets/72157612730973525/

Jan 2009 West Coast tour dates w/ WOVENHAND

We're touring next month, in January on the West Coast, supporting WOVEN HAND !
We'll be backed by a live band that includes Laura Ortman (Dust Dive, Stars Like Fleas) on violin/guitar, Elias Reitz (Gojogo, Brightblack Morning Light, Painted Cakes) on drums, and Ahram Kim on bass and backing vox.
WOVEN HAND are AMAZING and these shows are going to be GREAT-come out!

Here are the dates:

Jan 16 2009 Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
Jan 17 2009 Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Jan 18 2009 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
Jan 20 2009 Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, CA
Jan 21 2009 Audie’s Olympic Fresno, CA
Jan 22 2009 Spaceland Los Angeles, CA
Jan 23 2009 Hotel Congress Tucson, Arizona
Jan 24 2009 Launchpad Albuquerque, New Mexico

Last show of 2008....

We're playing one last show this year, at LE POISSON ROUGE in Manhattan, opening for VETIVER. We're on at 8pm, Crystal Stilts at 9pm, Vetiver last. 18+
No more shows in NYC til the Spring, while we tour the west coast supporting WOVEN HAND in mid-Jan, and Sondra does some solo shows in CA in Feb.