S.W.A.K. #2, print edition

At long last, SWAK #2 has arrived. "The Exquisite Corpse" issue. Filled with lots of fantastic illustrations and exquisite corpse stories by Michael Baird, Michael Bain, John Kolar, Sam Miller, Willis McClung, Will Patterson and yours truly. We did most of the work during the "Slightly Annoyed Max" tour. Also in there are some photos from Sound Team's last tour, which was indeed exquisite and the band was shortly to be a corpse, so I guess it fits with the theme.

If you would like a copy, please paypal $4 ($2 plus $2 shipping) to: mortonbairdiii@yahoo.com

Make sure you include your address!

If you catch one of {{{SUNSET}}}'s shows, they will be on sale for only $2. Limited edition of 100 copies, cut, copied and stapled at that bastion of local diversity, FedEx Kinko's.

CHRIS SCHLARB SHOW

Chris Schlarb, in conjunction with his awesome new album "Twilight and Ghost Stories," has put together an ensemble in San Francisco and Austin to perform his album. I (bill) am fortunate to be part of that ensemble and I think it'll be innaresting...

here's the flyer:



more info at chris schlarb's website

"ETERNALLY DEAD" IS NOW ALIVE

The cassette is mostly live performances... in some cases, i prefer these to the final versions... there is a real spirit to the tape... much of it seems like stand-up comedy...

In addition, there is a phone call track called "sausage" and a monologue called "self-help heckling" and a few other songs available nowhere else, like the elusive "Civil War."

There are only 100 and there will definitely never again be another printing.

North American orders:

International orders:

sk8r boi party, july 11 // "eternally dead" tape

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the "eternally dead" tape is being born right now, as we speak...

hopefully..... at the sk8r boi show, they will be available.

Other Music, part 2: Too Much Wes Anderson

Other Music wrote a full review of the album:

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Sunset's Bill Baird is depressed, or maybe he's just been listening to depressing music, or maybe he's watched one too many of Wes Anderson's movies (they're both from Austin, TX); anyhow, this singer/songwriter is channeling something that has led to the creation of the must-hear prog-folk record of the summer. The Glowing City is a smorgasbord of sound that seems to have been crafted in a toy factory with a tape machine and an ethereal piano. By his lonesome, Baird is able to do what the Polyphonic Spree uses upwards of 20 musicians to achieve, which is crafting triumphant harmonies of disharmony in the style of '70s pop by the likes of ELO and Bowie. There are most likely some collaborating musicians, but Sunset is Baird's opus. As Baird alternatively croons and chants deep within a densely layered mix, you can hear his passion seep through instruments as diverse as French horns, tribal drums, Kraftwerk-esque keys, and accordions. This album is apparently the conflation of two separate complete records, yet a narrative arc is undeniable and the overall tone is cohesive to a fault. Bill Baird took some chances recording this music, and you should take a chance listening to it...the effects could be emotional.
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-Max Gray

other music digital exclusive release

You can now download "the glowing city" from nyc awesome shop Other Music. The download format is 320kbps mp3s... definitely the best sounding mp3.

Here's what other music says about the disc:

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EXCLUSIVE ADVANCE RELEASE! Sunset is the folk/psych/pop brainchild of Austin's Bill Baird and his new album is meditative, dramatic, electronic, and evocative of a pre-"Guero" Beck. As the nom de plume suggests, the general mood of the record finds its footing somewhere near Baroque melancholia, but the dramatically epic nature of the project and its variable prowess of instrumentation will leave you feeling undoubtedly triumphant. NPR calls him "beautifully lo-fi," and I call him the best thing I've heard in months.
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Download it here for $9.99 (whole thing) or $1.11 per track. If you want the hard copy with full artwork and poster, you can buy that here

Gold Melts to Gray

the name of a song I wrote today.

We have a show this Thursday, at Emo's with the Kadane Brothers who played in this pretty cool band called Bedhead. They put out a record on Trance Syndicate that I bought... "Beheaded..." a slow burning beauty to them.

In case you haven't heard, we are putting out another album in a few weeks. That's three albums since December. That's gotta be some kind of record. And we're a good way towards another. "The great unclogging," is how I will one day refer to this phase of my life.

The album was originally created as two separate albums, but economics and timeliness made me decide to release all of the stuff at once. Plus I liked the idea of releasing an album just 3 seconds shy of the absolute limit for a compact disc. Something pleasingly contrary about it, especially in the age of the mp3.

We will be selling this album at Thursday's show. Come on out so you can grab a copy before the release date.

So I hope to see you this Thursday at Emo's, around 10pm. We will be selling our 3 latest albums, "Pink Clouds," "Bright Blue Dream," and "The Glowing City." And playing songs from the next one.

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