Hometapes

THE WORLD IS A LOUD PLACE
The new Landlady album, out today.

“What Landlady delivers with The World Is a Loud Place is a balm for the tumult of the human condition, an acknowledgement that we contain mutually inclusive multitudes that we’ll never fully untangle. The world is loud, chaotic, and increasingly terrifying, but it’s also a place where we can find wells of joy, humor, and affection. It’s the best of times and it’s the worst of times, and Landlady can see you through all of it.” - Bandcamp | Album of the Day

“Beatles-tinged ‘glo-fi’ of pure heart, soul and pelvis…with animated album art to boot.” - NPR

“grand, sweeping, idiosyncratic, impressively arranged pieces of work” - Stereogum

LISTEN NOW & ORDER FROM US (2xLP, digital, and more) via Bandcamp.
AND THE EVERYWHERE-ELSE: Spotify • Apple • Amazon

Featuring art by Jesse Jacobs.

LIVE IN LANDLADYLAND:
TICKETS: http://landladyland.com/shows
1/25/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ House of Yes
2/08/17 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
2/09/17 - Ames, IA @ M Shop
2/10/17 - Omaha, NE @ O’Leaver’s
2/12/17 - Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
2/13/17 - Ogden, UT @ Salty Creative
2/14/17 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux
2/15/17 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
2/16/17 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
2/19/17 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
2/21/17 - Los Angeles, CA @ Satellite
2/22/17 - San Diego, CA @ Hideout
2/24/17 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
2/26/17 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
2/27/17 - Houston, TX @ Walter’s
2/28/17 - Dallas, TX @ The Prophet Bar
3/02/17 - Nashville, TN @ The East Room
3/03/17 - Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight
3/04/17 - Charlotte, NC @ The Evening Muse
3/05/17 - Raleigh, NC @ Neptune’s
3/06/17 - Richmond, VA @ The Camel  

OUT TODAY: Landlady’s new song pair, “Nina” and “Solid Brass”

“grand, sweeping, idiosyncratic, impressively arranged pieces of work” - Stereogum

• See the animated gif cover art, stream the singles, and pre-order: http://bit.ly/theworldisaloudplace

• Featuring art and animations by comic artist Jesse Jacobs: http://jessejacobs.ca

• See Landlady at their annual Holiday Spectacular, Dec. 10 at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY, feat. Steve (of Delicate Steve), The Westerlies, Lady Lamb The Beekeeper, Ex Reyes, Chrome Sparks and more (a benefit for We Make Noise)

• Adam Schatz’s Civil Engineering on Nov. 30 at Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY, with Cassandra Jenkins

LISTEN / SEE / SHARE VIA BANDCAMP:
*each link below has different animated art that will embed w/ any direct share or widget code
Landlady ‘The World Is A Loud Place’ album page: http://bit.ly/theworldisaloudplace
Landlady “Nina” song page: http://bit.ly/landladynina
Landlady “Solid Brass” song page: http://bit.ly/solidbrass
Landlady “Electric Abdomen” song page: http://bit.ly/electricabdomen
Landlady “Driving In California” song page: http://bit.ly/drivingincalifornia

SHARE BEYOND VIA GIPHY:
*each link below is your portal for sharing cover art gifs to Facebook, Instagram, and more
Landlady ‘The World Is A Loud Place’ Animated Album Cover Art: http://gph.is/2e4d2v9
Landlady “Nina” Animated Single Cover Art: http://gph.is/2g72VZ2
Landlady “Solid Brass” Animated Single Cover Art: http://gph.is/2fqETpN
Landlady “Electric Abdomen” Animated Single Cover Art: http://gph.is/2efRfQd
Landlady “Driving In California” Animated Single Cover Art: http://gph.is/2dpvlGV

LIVE IN LANDLADYLAND:

11/30/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool - Adam Schatz’s Civil Engineering $
I am chasing the spirits of Duke Ellington and Gene Wilder. I am trying to operate at a large scale that hits at the heart and can go anywhere at any time. Songs, improvisations, and adventures with a big band of impossibly talented people. This is Civil Engineering. - Adam Schatz

12/10/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Bell House - The Landlady Holiday Spectacular #
An annual large scale presentation of some of our favorite artists, surprises, and sounds, raising money for the We Make Noise organization. -Adam Schatz

$ w/ Cassandra Jenkins + DJ Kitty Baby (Ang from Body Language)
# w/ Steve (of Delicate Steve), The Westerlies, Ex Reyes, Chrome Sparks, Lady Lamb The Beekeeper, Pavo Pavo, Joanna Sternberg, Uncivilized, Jeff Curtin & His Magic Theremin, Crooklyn Rockers: A Very Natty Christmas

Landlady ‘The World Is A Loud Place’ is available now for pre-order via Bandcamp! And we’re sharing two new songs today.

“The new LP from the mesmerizing NYC experimental rock outfit also has Bandcamp’s first animated cover art” -Bandcamp, New & Notable, Oct. 19, 2016

ABOVE: The animated album and single cover art by Jesse Jacobs!

LISTEN / SEE / SHARE VIA BANDCAMP:

Landlady “Electric Abdomen” 
Landlady “Driving In California”

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Landlady ‘The World Is A Loud Place’ Animated Album Cover Art
Landlady “Electric Abdomen” Animated Single Cover Art
Landlady “Driving In California” Animated Single Cover Art

Okay, this is the truth.  

Electric Abdomen is about being uncertain and Driving in California is about being invincible. They are two sides of one big complicated coin, alive and on edge about what has happened before and what is about to happen beyond the right now.

The interior of Electric Abdomen is the present tense of how uneasy it can feel inside your own skin. My own skin, your own skin, our own skin. It manifests constantly but it can come out the most when it is time to dance. Sometimes it is so clearly time to dance that the hairs on your skin are trying to pull it in different directions in order to guarantee some movement. But the brain says no as the brain often does, because of what others think, because of what appearances look like, because of how you think things are even though they mostly aren’t. Electric Abdomen is how mostly all of that doesn’t matter in the right now. And how shaking a limb in the right now can maybe be the only thing that really gives the brain a rest. Electric Abdomen is about tangible hypnosis. How that uncertainty can lead to invincibility.

Driving In California came out of me on an airplane, which is unfortunately off brand for the song title, but I decide to come clean in the final verse. This is a real classic Landlady choose your own adventure. Each member of the band can make different improvised movements and raw inflections in multiple parts of the song, it keeps us limber, it keeps us happy, and it gives the music an honest flexibility that makes me want to never stop. So this recording, this version, is just one of many. Not quite infinity, but close. Infinity minus one. This version and this nearly infinite song lets me be myself, even when I change. I can aim high to be universal and broad reaching, while still being specific and truthful. I can seek out fresh air and admit when I am afraid. I can take risks even when I am uncertain. I can feel invincible, even when I know I can’t possibly be.

Let’s go.
Adam Schatz

LIVE IN LANDLADYLAND:

11/04/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Manhattan Inn - Adam Schatz & Indigo Street Catch Up In Public 
Indigo Street and I have known each other for seven years and have not spent nearly enough time together lately. We will play songs together and interview each other about our lives with all of America* watching. -Adam Schatz *whoever comes to the Manhattan Inn at 7pm sharp.

11/05/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Manhattan Inn - Mrs. Adam Schatz ^
I have gotten to experiment with friends over countless performances at the Manhattan Inn, and this will be my last time playing in this special, generous room, before it gets turned into something obvious. -Adam Schatz

11/06/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Threes Brewing - Mrs. Adam Schatz @
Kal Traver, lead singer and baritone saxophonist from the mighty Rubblebucket, has a new solo endeavor and this show kicks off her weekly residency at Threes Brewing. I will be performing alone and #1 Kid is the terrific brain project of Rubblebucket’s Adam Dotson. -Adam Schatz

11/30/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool - Adam Schatz’s Civil Engineering $
I am chasing the spirits of Duke Ellington and Gene Wilder. I am trying to operate at a large scale that hits at the heart and can go anywhere at any time. Songs, improvisations, and adventures with a big band of impossibly talented people. This is Civil Engineering. - Adam Schatz

12/10/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Bell House - The Landlady Holiday Spectacular
An annual large scale presentation of some of our favorite artists, surprises, and sounds, raising money for the We Make Noise organization. More details coming soon! -Adam Schatz

^ w/ Dave Harrington, Nick Hakim, Joan As Policewoman  
@ w/ Kalbells + #1 Kid
$ w/ Cassandra Jenkins + DJ Kitty Baby (Ang from Body Language)

Ian Chang “Spiritual Leader” by Endless Endless

Endless Endless is Hometapes’ Adam Heathcott and Sara Padgett Heathcott, unfolding. This summer, we walked into the light with Ian Chang (you know him from Landlady) and made it our own. The video features Sunhouse’s Sensory Percussion and was premiered by The Creators Project last week. 

See Ian Chang playing with Landlady at all of these upcoming shows:

09/26/16 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
09/27/16 - Dallas, TX @ The Kessler Theater *
09/28/16 - Austin, TX @ The Parish *
09/30/16 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom *
10/01/16 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern *
10/04/16 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom *
10/05/16 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent *
10/07/16 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *
10/08/16 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre *
10/10/16 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge *
10/11/16 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *
10/13/16 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Café *
10/14/16 - Chicago, IL @ Metro * †
10/15/16 - Ferndale, MI @ The Magic Bag * †
10/16/16 - Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small’s Theatre * †
10/18/16 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer * †
10/20/16 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall * †

* w/ Okkervil River
† w/ Lip Talk

Landlady has a new video!
US tour starts tomorrow

Now your eyeballs can join your earholes in the ecstatic experience of Landlady’s new Heat EP. A video for the first track – a cover of Sly and The Family Stone’s “If This Room Could Talk” – is out today.

WATCH: Landlady “If This Room Could Talk”
Visualized, animated, and directed by: Joe Presser 
Additional design work by: Wesley Dasilva

Landlady’s summer tour starts tomorrow. Come and see:

7/07/15 - Oakland, CA @ Leo’s *
7/08/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo $
7/09/15 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
7/11/15 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom ^
7/13/15 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada ^
7/14/15 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s ^
7/15/15 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s ^
7/16/15 - Little Rock, AR @ White Water Tavern
7/17/15 - St. Louis, MO @ The Luminary ^
7/18/15 - Nashville, TN @ The Stone Fox
7/20/15 - Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall ^
7/21/15 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s ^
7/22/15 - Cambridge, MA @ Brighton Music Hall ^
7/23/15 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade ^
7/28/15 - Richmond, VA @ The Camel # %
7/29/15 - Durham, NC @ The Pinhook #
7/30/15 - Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight #
7/31/15 - Birmingham, AL @ Secret Stages Festival
8/01/15 - Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar #
8/03/15 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club #
8/04/15 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas #
8/05/15 - Cincinnati, OH @ Madison Live # &
8/06/15 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe #
8/14/15 - Hudson, NY @ The Half Moon #

* w/ Naytronix (Nate Brenner of tUnE-yArDs), Kid Trails
$ w/ Alana Amram & The Rough Gems, Brass Magic, Sam Dew
^ w/ Son Lux
# w/ Buke and Gase
% w/ Andy C. Jenkins
& w/ Dream Tiger

We want more
Slaraffenland’s new album, Slow Waves, out now and FREE

We started by folding paper, and now we’re folding time.
It’s been over five years since we released Slaraffenland’s We’re On Your Side, and a cool eight since their Hometapes debut, Private Cinema, declared the Copenhagen-based five-piece’s transcendence of any national, musical, or emotional border. They were at our very first Friend Island. They toured with Efterklang, Akron/Family, and Bowerbirds. They made a film with Vincent Moon, in addition to being the climactic stars in Moon’s time capsule capture of the Hometapes House in Austin during SXSW 2009. We’ve been in a long-distance relationship for the ages with Christian, Mike, Jeppe, Niklas, and Bjørn. So, after five years of building their own studio – and their own families – five thousand miles away from where we first met, Slow Waves landed like the world’s heaviest and prettiest postcard. 

And we’re sending it on to you. Slaraffenland is giving Slow Waves away for free in its digital form, in addition to offering an LP version (limited to 250 copies worldwide). There’s no reason not to keep in touch.

Slaraffenland Slow Waves
1. I’m Okay
2. I Want You *click to watch the video!
3. I’m So Afraid of You
4. Sleepwalking
5. Somebody Someday
6. We Want More
7. Down Down Down
8. Take Time

GET IT: 
Slaraffenland Slow Waves 
MAILORDER: Limited Edition LP (North America or World)
FREE: Digital Download (via Bandcamp or slaraffenland.net)

Slaraffenland’s Hometapes catalog in now available via Bandcamp, complete with new pictures of their deluxe releases, updated pricing, and instant high quality digital downloads. Visit the Slaraffenland Virtual Merch Table.

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PICTURED ABOVE:
Slow Waves cover art by Slaraffenland’s Niklas Antonson
Slaraffenland in Jeppe’s new car, minus Niklas (who’s behind the camera)

Something happened to me
Something happened to me
Something happened to me
Pattern Is Movement records their last song with Shaking Through.

Thank you, Weathervane Music.

WATCH:
Pattern Is Movement “Save Me” Pt. 1 (Artist)
Pattern Is Movement “Save Me” Pt. 2 (Production)

Joyful Noise has added some additional subscriptions to their 2015 Flexi Series. Get a rare copy of Pattern Is Movement’s “The Silence of the Trees” Flexi if you subscribe now.

Visit Pattern Is Movement’s Virtual Merch Table to explore their decade-spanning catalog on Hometapes.

Don’t miss PIM’s Farewell Tour, starting in just two weeks:

6/04/15 - Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor
6/05/15 - Raleigh, NC @ Kings
6/06/15 - Athens, GA @ Caledonia
6/08/15 - Rock Island, IL @ Rozz-Tox
6/09/15 - St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird
6/10/15 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
6/11/15 - Indianapolis, IN @ Joyful Noise
6/12/15 - Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlie’s
6/13/15 - Columbus, OH @ Double Happiness
6/14/15 - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
6/15/15 - New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
6/17/15 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
6/18/15 - Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right ^
6/19/15 - Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre
6/20/15 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s #

* w/ Maps and Atlases
^ w/ Ava Luna, SHRAF
# w/ Norwegian Arms, Dream Safari 

We are Endless Endless.
Look at what we made for Sylvan Esso “H.S.K.T.”

Established in 1995.
It’s true.
Adam and I have been making for a long, long time.
The Hometapes universe has always been multi-tentacled. From events like Friend Island to our “professional work” to the music and art projects we’ve created with our vast community of friends (since we were teenagers in Arkansas), our lives have been defined by a deep commitment for living and doing and doing it well.

It’s time to put a name on it. Of course, it’s gotta be good.
Say it with us: Endless Endless.

Our move to Durham, NC, was accompanied by a deep dive into the rushing creative river of our friends and neighbors, Sylvan Esso. They had a new single coming out and they wanted to evolve the appearance of their 12″ series, shoot new band photos, make new merch, and, in general, pull back, see, and acknowledge the landscape they terraformed, with the power of their art over the past year. Bingo. While we were shooting photos, we had an idea for the “coolest lyric video ever.” Yesterday, it came out.

WATCH: Sylvan Esso “H.S.K.T.”
Directed, shot, and edited by Adam Heathcott and Sara Padgett Heathcott, Endless Endless

Check out the project page – and the 12″ jacket art we designed – on our new website, right here.

“’H.S.K.T.’ is no ordinary song — and this is no ordinary lyric video. The anatomy of the production grew straight out of our photo shoot for the song’s 12-inch jacket. The third in a series of singles whose design boldly declared Sylvan Esso in simple text, ‘H.S.K.T’ introduces Nick and Amelia into the picture — literally. What began as an exploration in still photography quickly evolved into an evening in a room only lit by the words of ‘H.S.K.T’ — and entirely soundtracked by them. Adam and I shot over thirty takes. The light effects are entirely practical. The energy that Nick and Amelia have generated all over the world, on their debut album and on increasingly big stages, was discovered, messed with, and simply captured. You can read along, or you can just dance.” - Sara 

Get a room: Ormonde “Lemon Incest” video
The duo’s EU tour starts tomorrow!

Ormonde, the platonic sonic love child of Anna-Lynne Williams and Robert Gomez, released their debut album, Machine, on Hometapes in 2012. A year later, we all found ourselves in a motel room on Interstate Ave. in Portland, OR – with a camera, natural light, old sheets, and Ormonde’s translated-from-the-French cover of Serge and Charlotte Gainsbourg’s controversial and beautiful duet “Lemon Incest.” Look closely and you’ll see we were under these covers, too.

WATCH: Ormonde “Lemon Incest” Official Video on Vimeo or YouTube.
Created by Endless Endless (that’s us).

Ormonde begins a European tour tomorrow, with their new album Cartographer/Explorer (released by UK-based label Gizeh) in tow. Dates below!

Ormonde European Tour
4/17/15 - Jihlava, CZ @ Diod
4/18/15 - Pilsen, CZ @ Papirna
4/20/15 - Prague, CZ @ Jamm Club
4/22/15 - Brussels, BE @ house concert
4/23/15 - Rennes, FR @ 1988 Club
4/24/15 - Metz, FR @ La Chaouee
4/25/15 - Arnhem, NL @ house concert
4/28/15 - Antwerp, BE @ Het Huis Happaert
4/29/15 - Utrecht, NL @ house concert
4/30/15 - Breda, NL @ Crypte at Luther’s Kirk
5/01/15 - Zwolle, NL @ Minstrel Music
5/02/15 - Groningen, NL @ house concert