West Coast tour starts AUG 29

Our West Coast Tour starts AUGUST 29 and we are soooo psyched! We couldn't have booked this tour without the generous help of some amazing people, some of whom we have yet to meet in person: Ryan of Fort King, Borts Minorts, Michael of The Why Because, Grant of Echo Curio/VxPxC, Steve Taiclet, Trevor, Margie Ayers, Josh & Kristin/Mountain Home, Ron Rege, Garrett Pierce, & Gangi....big hugs!!!

So, here are the dates and info....come out! and tell your friends, lovers, enemies, kin!
(also--if you know any good vegan / vegetarian joints to eat at along the way, tell us!)
contactsilversummit@gmail.com

8/29 San Diego - HABITAT HOUSE w/ Derek Papa + Calico Horse 21+
8/30 Los Angeles - PEHRSPACE w/ Ben Kamen + Desolation Wilderness + Divisadero + Fort King (all ages)
8/31 Los Angeles - TANGIER w/ Gangi + The Winter Flowers
9/1 San Francisco - THE KNOCKOUT w/ Gangi + Silverghost (feat. Marcie Bolen of the Von Bondies)
9/2 Portland-THE SOMEDAY LOUNGE w/ tba
9/3 Seattle - THE MIX w/ The Battle of Land & Sea + Lauren Banhart
9/4 Portland - HOLOCENE (MusicFestNW) w/ Deerhunter + Oxford Collapse + Starfucker + Bodies of Water
9/5 Santa Cruz Mtns. - BROOKDALE LODGE (FolkYeah Presents) w/ Witch + Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound + Earthless
9/6 Oakland, CA - WOULDS (or 21 GRAND) w/ The Why Because + VxPxC/Warm Climate
9/7 Sacramento, CA-LUIGI'S FUN GARDEN w/ The Why Because + VxPxC/Warm Climate
9/8 Long Beach, CA-THE PROSPECTOR w/ Gangi + tba

West Coast TOUR in Aug/Sep!

We're busy booking our West Coast tour for the fall...heading out at the end of August with a full band including: Laura Ortman on violin; Ahram Kim on cello/vocals; and Daniel Schubmehl on percussion. Really excited about Portland (MusicFestNW opening for Deerhunter 9/4), and sooooo psyched about a show at the historic (and haunted) Brookdale Lodge in the Santa Cruz Mtns. (9/5) opening for Witch and Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound!

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)

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.

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

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 ?

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