arms and sleepers: March 2011

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

SPRING 2011 TOUR HAS BEGUN

Thursday, March 24, 2011

IT'S ALMOST TIME.

Wait, is Arms and Sleepers going on tour or somethin'?

Yeah, they is. Next week marks the beginning of a 3-month long journey on North American and European soil---and more announcements for June + early July are on the way too. We're both thrilled and nervous, but more than anything, we can't wait to play for you again! It all gets underway this Wednesday, March 30 @ TT The Bear's in Cambridge. We do hope to see you there for what looks to be a great tour-kick off show, along with Those Wolves Actually Happened, Deleted Arrows and Plumerai. We heard everyone is going to be there, so you should too.

2 new shows were recently added: Hamden, CT @ The Outer Space on March 31, and Copenhagen, Denmark @ KB18 on 04 June. (Yeah, we switch up the date format to accommodate your continental needs---that's how we do.) The Krakow, Poland show on 05 May has been moved to a new venue: Pod Jaszczurami. Make note on your calendars.

Advance tickets for the Montreal show @ Casa Del Popolo on April 9 (w/ Caspian) are now available from Cheap Thrills and Phonopolis. You save 2 bucks when you buy ahead of time, so don't be lazy and head down to either shop.

The kind folks from Dunk Fest in Belgium made a little promo video for their awesome upcoming event 22-24 April:

We are extremely excited to be a part of this year's festival. We perform on the last day, Sunday 24 April, at 21:30. Full set times, tickets and other information are all available HERE.

Don't forget to follow our travels via the tour blog over at Tumblr! Facebook and Twitter pages will also be regularly updated.

Full information regarding the upcoming dates can be found HERE. RSVP on Facebook and Last.fm. We look forward to seeing you in the coming weeks/months---do say hello!

There are also some non-tour news...

Now is the last chance to order a copy of our recent DVD release. There are 10 or so copies remaining, and whatever is left after this weekend will be sold at the upcoming shows. If you want one, click HERE to purchase. 100% of the proceeds are donated to our Music Against Hunger charity fundraiser.

The Sunday in Bed Vol. 4 compilation, featuring our track The Inland Sea, is now available for purchase via Amazon. Released by Club Star Records out of Cologne, Germany, this comp features numerous artists including Caribou, Memory Tapes and Shawn Lee. Check it out!

Pre-orders for the CINEMATIQUE and FROM THE INLAND SEA vinyl are still being taken over at Ericrock. Bundle deals, special raffles, and lots of coolness going on, so be sure to scope it all out over at Ericrock's website.

Until March 30th, everything is 20% off on our Bandcamp page. Just enter the discount code "asmileinsofia" at checkout. We also have a special new Big Cartel page with bundle deals and other discounts, with the goal of raising as much money as possible to help us fund the beginning of our long journey. If you might be curious, click HERE.

(cover by Tim Beers)

Of course, we do also have some FREE music for you! Earlier this week, we released a free 3-song Digital EP as a thanks for helping us reach 4,000 "likes" on Facebook. You can download it HERE. We also put up a free music sampler on our Bandcamp page, with a total of 9 tracks. Take a look HERE.

There is more information about THE ORGAN HEARTS, our upcoming full-length record, over at the Expect Candy website. The first single, TUSK, will be released on April 15, just as the European leg of the tour gets underway.

NOSTALGIA FOR THE ABSOLUTE, our latest mini-album release, has received some kind reviews lately from Sputnik, SSG Music, Fields of Gravity, and, in German, Motor, Rote Raupe and Triggerfish. If you haven't purchased this album yet (digital download only), you can do so directly from us HERE.

And finally, not too long ago we did an interview with Kosovo 2.0 from, well, Kosovo! You can read it in 3 languages HERE.

Thank you for getting through this lengthy update and... SEE YOU ON THE ROAD!

a + s

Monday, March 14, 2011

NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT

THE ORGAN HEARTS will be our 3rd full-length record and will be released on May 13, 2011 via Expect Candy on CD + Digital. Guest appearances include Ben Shepard of Uzi & Ari on vocals and Philip Jamieson of Caspian on guitar. The album cover and tracklisting are below; the first single, Tusk, will be released on April 15, 2011 along with a remix by Helios. (You can watch the 2011 video teaser featuring short clips from the upcoming album HERE).

Tracklisting:

01. Kepesh
02. Tusk
03. I Sing The Body Electric
04. The Afternoon Child
05. A Smile In Sofia
06. Antwerp
07. Serie Noire
08. Reprise
09. Yesterday's Child
10. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
11. Atelier
12. Airport Blues

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We can't wait to finally share this one with you!

a + s

Friday, March 11, 2011

CINEMATIQUE + FROM THE INLAND SEA VINYL REISSUES NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!

The long awaited Cinematique and From The Inland Sea vinyl editions are finally here! Brought to you by Ericrock, you can now pre-order each from their website. Special deals, combos, test press raffles, and other fun information is all available HERE. Hurry up—Cinematique LPs are limited to 300 copies, and From The Inland Sea LPs are limited to 500 copies, with the first 100 units on semi-clear vinyl. This latter release also features a bonus track not available on the CD version of the EP.

Nostalgia For The Absolute, our latest release, is available for purchase from our Big Cartel online shop or iTunes. The limited edition DVDs are still available HERE, with all proceeds donated to our Music Against Hunger charity fundraiser.

And don't forget to check out the upcoming tour dates HERE and RSVP on Facebook and Last.fm!

Have a great weekend!

A&S

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

SPRING 2011 TOUR STARTS IN 3 WEEKS!

Yep, we'll be taking our new tunes for a spin beginning March 30th in Boston, and in full gear until the summer months! More shows to be announced, too. For all current dates, please visit our official tour page with all the venue and ticket info.

To help us raise some money for this tour, we've started a special pre-tour sale during the month of March. We've created a dedicated Big Cartel page for this, and you can check it out here: http://www.asmileinsofia.bigcartel.com. All deals available only until March 30th. Please take a look and help us spread the word about this sale!

NEW YORK FOLKS: you can buy advance tickets for the April 1st show at Littlefield in Brooklyn HERE, and save $2 from the door price!

Our Tumblr page will be the main place for daily reflections and thoughts from the road, so if you're interested in keeping up with that, subscribe to the blog HERE.

That's it for now---hope everyone is doing well!

Friday, March 4, 2011

NOSTALGIA FOR THE ABSOLUTE released today!

Nostalgia For The Absolute, our latest mini-album, is officially released today. You can purchase it via ITUNES, or directly from us at BANDCAMP, where you can also stream the entire record. You can still get the bonus track "Rire Jaune" by the end of the day today when you buy from us.

Cinematique and From The Inland Sea vinyl pre-orders begin in less than a week! Check out the pre-order page on Ericrock's website, who is putting out both of these releases.

More music has been added to our Bandcamp page HERE, including Matador and Black Paris 86 bonus tracks.

If you're looking to buy our entire discography in high-quality MP3, Apple Lossless or FLAC formats, you can now do so at our Big Cartel online shop HERE. For $50, you get 91 songs from all 12 official releases!

Kris Johnsen of Emblem Studio in Portland, Maine recently completed screen-printing our Spring 2011 tour posters, which will be available for sale at all upcoming shows (until supplies last). This is a limited edition of 105, signed by Kris himself. You can check out the whole process, from beginning to end, on his website HERE. Highly recommended!

And finally, a cool little demo reel that we came across using our song "The Architekt":

DemoReel2010 - Christophe Dalpé DOP from Christophe Dalpé on Vimeo.

Much love,

AAS

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