Don’t count the Fig Mints out! Say Okay has been hung up in tracking and mixing for the better part of 2010, but it’s finally done! Mastering and duplicating are the only tasks left at hand, and barring any cataclysmic event, release is slated for March of this year. Keep yr eyes on this space for further details.
In other news, there are two more Figs albums in the works this year; one of which will probably see the light of day before the summer, the other maybe by the end of the year or middle of 2012 at the latest. “Songs for my Friends” is an album of catharsis chronicling the very confusing, depressing, frustrating, sometimes infuriating, and frequently drunk late fall/early winter of 2010, and will be the Fig Mints’ farewell to cassette tapes. Yes, it’s true. We’ve gone …(gulp)… digital. You can’t expect to move forward by staying where you are, dig?
Which brings us to the next line of business. “Bad Age for the Underdog” (thanks Jason Raspa of Frogville for the suggestion!) will hopefully be the deep breath after the freak out. The beginning of better days to come, and a new take on songwriting and recording that may just yield the most polished and fully realized Figs record yet. Only time will tell, so make sure you keep on checking this space for details!
Up now for free download are the last two Daydream Generation compilations! Yeah, we’ve all heard the word “last” from Smally before, but each time seems more and more final and this just might be it, kiddies. No worries though; quixodelic.com will remain in business for all you cats and kittens who haven’t downloaded each and every one of the countless wonderful records available for free, and surely there will be more to come!
The Fig Mints are proud to have been featured on each and every one of the DG comps. Number 10 is another place to hear “We Love You”, the single from the imminent album, Say Okay; and the Best Of DG features “A Piece of Fluff (For the Record Breaker)” from the album Exercises in Futility (available for a measly 5 bux in the music section of the site).
On the new music front, the wheels continue to spin. There is a new album in the works, which will be released for free by Winter’s end; Say Okay, which will be up for purchase before Springtime; and Bad Age for the Underdog, which will be worked on if not completed by the end of 2011, so watch out, world!
Keep your ears and minds open, kids!
Hey, the mixing of the album is getting tedious, so I felt like I had to release something to break up the frustration. Up now for streaming at cllct.com and free download in the music section is a four song EP featuring a new song from the new record, and some other stuff.
Check it!!!
In other, equally important news, the newest Daydream Generation compilation is out! It features the Fig Mints covering Guided By Voices’ Peep-Hole, as well as The Real Burnouts, the Wheelies, Becky N, Simon Piler and the Atom Band, Dead Canaries, and so much more that you need to download it twice! Get on over to daydreamgeneration.com or quixodelic.com to get some great tunes to add to what’s left of the glorious summer sunshine. We love the Daydream Generation, and everyone else should, too!
Hey! Been a while…
So Quixodelic #3 is out, and an outtake from the new album, Say Okay, is on it. Smally did a little write up for what’s going on, so do be kind and click on the picture to visit the daydream generation for more details!
My deepest apologies to Smally and the Daydream Generation for not throwing that out there sooner, as Quixo 3 has been out longer than Elephant 6 #2, which I’ve posted below… Smally pours his heart and soul into his wife and family, and the fact that he still finds time to keep up with the DG and a day job is a testament to how big this guy’s heart and soul are, so go there and show some love!
Just finished a day at the studio figuring out the last song that needs to be tracked for the new record, so a good solid couple more daze, and it should be ready to master and have out for the masses to masticate and digest, hopefully without any undesirable side effects…
…And now for the weird news…
The Fig Mints have joined yet another social network… But this one really seems fit for what real people who make real music really need, so it probably won’t meet the slow, painful demise of the Myspace site, or the quick, painful demise of the Facebook/Reverb Nation accounts. Follow the link below to get to my CLLCT page, and after you’re done there, look around. Loads of great stuff up there; a lot of DG participants, too!
Happy Summer solstice, everyone!