October 13, 2009

The Swell Season -- FREE INSTORE

Swell Season Free In-store Performance
Tuesday, October 20th - 7:00pm
** SORRY, THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

Several years ago we were lucky enough to host The Frames while they were out supporting Damien Rice, and it is still one of our most talked about in-stores, to this day. Anyway, flash forward a few years, and Glen Hansard is now a movie star (Once) and he's playing in a new project called The Swell Season and we get the unbelievable call asking if they could play at the shop the day after the Academy Award telecast, but as a grounding experience if they win the Oscar for Best Song - Let me tell you when they won, it felt like we were gonna get to hold the gold guy. Well, long story short, they got a little overwhelmed with press requests and we agreed to revisit the idea when things had calmed down a bit. Apparently this is the eye of the storm. Mere days ahead of the release of Strict Joy we are incredibly excited to welcome Glen and Marketa to our humble little stage.

I could go on for days trying to describe their sound and still not do as god of a job as if I just sent you to watch the desk-top performance they did as a Tiny Desk concert for NPR.

The new album is a step forward from the sparseness of their self-titled debut and the Once soundtrack, due in large part to it boasting much fuller instrumentation, courtesy of several members of The Frames. You can Low Rent listening post them at their myspace page.

We are expecting a quick capacity bell on this one, so if you'd like to join us, please RSVP ASAP. We'll begin the pre-order Thursday at 11:00am, via drop in visit or phone call (Sorry, we need to keep too close an eye on the list to allow web orders). Our number, for those who don't have us on speed dial, is 562)433-4996. We are currently only opening the list for the folks who pre-order Strict Joy, which is due out on October 27th. (Please note; there is a regular, deluxe (with a live CD and a live DVD), and a vinyl version available, any and all will be available for pre-order.)