Hello,
The long-awaited Ben Davis & the Jetts / Des Ark split entitled Battle Of The Beards is available for pre-order on the website. Ben Davis & the Jetts and Des Ark might be wildly different but it is rare to find a collaboration that works this well; both artists are in top form on this split full-length. The LP version is currently limited to 500 copies, with 250 on gold vinyl and 250 on green vinyl. The bands will be doing a CD release show together at the Cats Cradle in Chapel Hill on February 24th and hope to do a few shows together on the East Coast around the release.
The Rah Bras have decided that it’s time to hang up the keyboards, keytars, and drum keys until 2037, which we are very sad about. If you are in the Richmond area, make sure to check out their last show (until their possible reunion in 2037). The details are as follows:
WRIR’s 2-Year Anniversary Party
February 2nd, 7pm-midnight
Rah Bras
The Gaskets
David Shultz & the Subtle Neon Browns
Josh Small & Liza Kate
Richmond Renaissance Center
107 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA
We are excited about the Glös full-length entitled Harmonium, set to come out in March. The band has a cool video up on their website (which we also hope to have up on the Lovitt site shortly as well), and you can also check out a few of the songs on their site. You will be hearing a lot about this record the next few months.
Des Ark plans on starting to record a new full-length in March with Jonathan Fuller in Richmond, Virginia.
Haram has been writing new material and is planning on recording some of it in the near future. Jeff Kane recently left the band and was replaced by long-time friend Kevin Longendyke (City of Caterpillar). The band is now also a five-piece, with the newest addition being Ben Tankersley. The band hopes to starting playing out live with the new line-up in the next few months.
Fin Fang Foom recently celebrated 10 years of being a band with a sold-out show at the Local 506 in Chapel Hill. They have been playing out and working on writing new material, which they hope to record at some point this year. The band will be touring Europe in June with Ben Davis & the Jetts.
Bats & Mice is going to start recording their next full-length this spring.
The Engine Down DVD is coming close to completion. We hope to have a new trailer on the website and a release date set soon. Also, Lovitt Transmissions: Volume Two will hopefully go into the editing phase this spring. Anyone that has any recent footage of any of the bands, please do get in touch as we might be able to use it.
Pinebender just got back from a 2-week tour. Their new record Working Nine To Wolf continues to garner critical acclaim. If you had not had a chance to check it out yet, we recommend that you do as it is a mind-blowing record.
We have the Pinebender – Things Are About To Get Weird 2xLP, Fin Fang Foom – Native Tongue CDep, and Des Ark – Live On WXDU (Demo) in the web store for those who are interested.
Take Care,
Lovitt Records
