May 01, 2008

Nobody Presents: Blank Blue -- FREE INSTORE

Nobody Presents: Blank Blue Free In-store Performance
Tuesday, May 6th, 8:00pm

We get pretty excited whenever we have an in-store, but when it's members of the Fingerprints Family who are coming in to play for us, well it adds a whole new level to the mix - some sort of proud/wahoo factor that's tough to quantify. You see, to do these things well, we recognize that you don't necessarily want to see everything we can throw together, just the great stuff. We're the same way, so in the spirit of every other great band we've had in to play, we're proud to bring Elvin and Niki out from behind the counter to put them on the front of the stage. Tuesday will see the release of Nobody Presents: Blank Blue, Elvin and Niki's other side, the super creative side, that keeps them up into the wee hours.

Let's just get this out there; it's a concept album. But in this case "concept" like "well thought out and focused", not "concept" like "bloated and self-indulgent". The story is a surreal telling of a post-apocalyptic underwater West Coast, set after we all drop into the sea after the long talked about "big one", Elvin explains it best: "I started to think about making an album that I would want to listen to, that reflected the music that I love to put on and space out to. I loved albums where one vocalist takes you through a journey through different sounds and styles. Niki was the first person I trusted with my idea of Blank Blue and her voice matched the music perfectly. It also helped that we have worked together at a record store for 7 years so we were official record store geeks."

Check out their myspace page for some samples, then give us a call to let us know you're coming - it's going to be a good one.

Here's some recent press:

Blank Blue are still a very young group, but the songs they've completed so far possess a beatific, rococo lushness-as well as an understated funkiness.
     - OC Weekly

Sounds like Os Mutantes with an 808 kick sample.
     - LA Record

Delicately straddles the fence between 60s psychedelia and the Bristol sound of the 90s.
     - Friction NYC

Nobody Presents Blank Blue: Western Water Music Vol. II is the official follow up to the 2003 album Pacific Drift: Western Water Music Vol. I. In the five years between albums, the 31 year old Los Angeles producer has traveled the world touring with the likes of The Mars Volta, Prefuse 73, Battles, Edan, Dntel, and Flying Lotus.

This will be a Live Music Club event, but you are welcome to call us at the shop to RSVP: 562.433.4996

Click here to sample/buy Western Water Music Vol. II