Kelley Polar - Love Songs of The Hanging Gardens (Environ CD05)

love all the 12"s, love the first album, love the new 12", i just cant fucking wait for the new album!

love how 'entropy reigns' references 'blue monday'

"Entropy Reigns" is fantastic. Was already excited; now much more so.

new album's pretty great, but honestly, kinda sounds like dominique leone. especially the less dancey tracks. the arrangements, the vocals. kinda weird.

they both have "serious" music backgrounds and interests and probably thus can pull off the kind of harmonies and arrangements that your average bedroom studio types can't.

oh yeah, i'm no saying that one copied the other, just that it's kinda neat to hear another classically trained prog-disco dude. which one's greg lake and which one's jon anderson?

man this album is totally awesome

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61MLk7x5ljL._SS500_.jpg

This record just gets better and better.

is it out or are you guys going off promo/ leakage?

Everybody should come to NY for the Environ Bar Mitzvah.

It's released on March 3rd.

i disagree. tried to listen to it several times. the first time was my most pleasurable. he needs to focus on just playing his violin/cello/whatever and leave the very weak singing effort to indie rock bands. this album fails in my opinion.

Everybody should come to NY for the Environ Bar Mitzvah.

-- dan selzer, Friday, January 25, 2008 8:23 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

explain plz!

i would do that

that cover is rowdy.

explain plz!

Save the date: Saturday, March 1st

more info shortly.

http://www.acuterecords.com/barmitzvah_flyer.gif

omg want to go so bad. awesome.

ha. those kid pix are hilarious.

Now I know why Dan wanted 'that' pic....

"Morgan, I can't believe you sold your entire Garbage Pail Kids set for a... what was it called? A record by Maraschino Benedetti?"

"Massimo Barsotti!"

"Who?"

"MASSIMO BARSOTTI!"

"Oh whatever, Morgan."

you got me, patrick!

I'm gonna post my entire pic somewhere, the look on my face is classic and I'm the only one actually holding a goddamn torah.

I will break my "no studio b" rule for this.

WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO BE 21 AND OVER

NOT FAIR

my criticism seems unfair above. what i really want is a Kelley Polar Quartet LP with full on instrumental house/disco/italo jams.

Oh my God, that is hands down, the greatest flyer of all time.

http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v183/49/113/709515744/n709515744_418768_5376.jpg

Just got tickets for the London show at Indigo2 with Junior Boys + Metronomy + Friendly Fires + Prinzhorn Dance School + Morgan Geist.

hey dan, nice eyebrow arch

welll ... i guess i'll chime in with a related party i'm promoting in toronto then ... sadly, no live kelley polar. maybe one day.

Seventh Heaven & Bad Passion welcome

MORGAN GEIST (Environ, NYC)

JEREMY GREENSPAN (Junior Boys)

+ Gary Abugan (Luna Park)

hosted by Will M & Jaime S

Friday February 22, 2008

@ WRONGBAR 1279 Queen W (Toronto Canada)

$10 before 12/ Adults Only

ps i think there's a free kp download at itunes this week (for those of you not going off promo/ leakage)

those dudes should come to montreal after.

guess it's too late for that.

ooh i have tix to the studio b . or my bf got them and i told him i would probably go. i guess i will!?

sadly, no live kelley polar

or me, sadly.

yes, very sadly! you played mtl not too long ago right? unfortunately i only just recently made dave's online aquaintance, otherwise we could've orchestrated some mtl/ to co-promotion action.

Mtl was fun, if cold. Dave hooked me up with the most awesomest record spot I've seen in a long time, Nice.

death o vinyl!

i still regret not going to that night at zoobiz. i had some excuse.

Remixes coming soon, according to the Environ mailout:

Kelley Polar "Entropy Reigns" (Ewan Pearson & Al Usher Remixes)
Kelley Polar "We Live in an Expanding Universe" (Caribou Remix)

Pearson!

refix plzz

The Pearson remix can't fail to be spectacular.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(i don't see how it can be impoved though, if they do they deserve another imaginary medal. i'm excited for this.

Bedouin Soundclash a big influence according to EYOE site.
has anyone been to the indig02 venue yet? whats it like? is it early doors or will i have to spunk out all my cash on cabs?

http://acuterecords.com/BAR_MITZVAH.mp3

I was at the Toronto event. I really wanted to go up to Morgan and personally tell him how amazing that bar-mitzvah flyer is.

hah. so ridiculous. hope it's gonna be on all the pop radio stations.

is there going to be an environ briss?

that's awesome. i like that you guys don't scrimp on the promos.

is there going to be an environ briss?
pfffft, that's after 8 days.

I don't know if I've ever publicly admitted my desire to DJ a Bar Mitzvah party (as a real set, not as one of those hand out prizes and play 50 Cent cd's type DJ's), which is why after a month that remains the funniest thing ever (although in all fairness, this is the same desire to DJ at: baseball games, in class, on some sort of omnipresent set up which is audible everywhere in the world, and at bars/clubs).

Should be a fine party I'd say.

Environ Bar Mitzvah reminder...Studio B tonight...I'm going on first so get there at 10 sharp, or wait if you're trying to avoid me. You may also want to show up early because we've got some serious jewish knishes with mustard and they're not going to last. Oy vey. Details, including Tedwards amazing radio promo, at my blog:

http://acuterecords.com/blog/?p=34

See you after sunset...