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data: 12.04.05 this is the way the
album ends
Good morning, fuckos.
This is the way the album ends, this is the way the album ends, this
is the way the album ends....not with a bang; but with a release date.
Yeah, you didn't see that coming did you? You thought that it was just
an elaborate April Fool's, didn't you? Well, P'SHAW! It EXISTS, and
HERE'S The proof:
you can pre-order from Amazon.
So, preorder if you can, but if you're a fan of Yer Humble Record
Store, the album is being distributed by those good folks at
Shellshock. It will therefore be available in all good record shops,
and quite a few shit ones.
A few words on downloading. If you've seen us live you'll probably
have witnessed me blathering on about how great filesharing is and how
you should download all our stuff (much to the chagrin of our old
record company). In fact, I'm pretty sure there's a few interviews
with me floating around on the web where I point out that if you were
to download our stuff and send us £2, we'd be making a lot more money
than our old contracts allowed us. That's still true, so don't think
I'm basing what I'm about to say next on greed or a profit motive. I'm
still a very big fan of downloading and more important to me than
anything else is the fact that our stuff gets out there. But (and it's
a but bigger than Tarrie B's):
This record company has been set up by good people trying to get music
out into the world. We're maxing out credit cards and calling favours.
If I told you how much debt this record has created you wouldn't
believe me. If 8000 people download the album and only 2000 people buy
it, someone will be getting their legs broken by Jims' Loan Shark And
Vehicle Repair Company. Please do not contribute to organised crime;
please buy this album. We guarantee you'll enjoy it more*.
OK, soapboxing aside, here's some more info. We've been spending a lot
of time holed up at Alienistic Studios recently, rehearsing until our
ickle fingers bleed. We've been doing photographs, and if any of you
know us personally you'll realise there's nothing more painful than
trying to take photos of stoners; thank you, once again, to Amy at
Xtaster, who has come through beyond all the odds. We've been
finalising the artwork and yelling at each other.
We've even been designing t-shirts (currently, Dex's idea of a picture
of us on the front of a t-shirt, all dressed in black suits and white
ties with the words THE MIOCENES underneath it, is way out ahead). I
urge you to head over to the
Calculated Risk Forum and join the
battle!
Oh yeah, and one final thing. I'd like to apologise humbly, meekly,
and without reservation, to Graham's mum, who happened to see our
Merchandise page a few weeks ago. My depravity in creating that page
was beyond measure - yet I would like to offer a few words of
explanation. When I first started doing this website, the internet was
populated almost entirely by sexual predators, the desperately lonely,
and science fiction fans (yes, Izit.org, I'm looking in your
direction). Dispicably, I tried to define Miocene according to the
parameters set out by our nerdy peers; making me a moral relativist
(or scum, for short).
I hereby vow to Clean Up Miocene.org - we shall be tough on sleaze,
and tough on the causes of sleaze.
Viva la revolucion!
-b.
info: miocene.org
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