NEWS ARCHIVE : 2005
11.2.05
Well, it's official. Jonathan Takami has decided
to retire from Harpswell Sound, and quite possibly the rock n roll
lifestyle (although I find that hard to believe). We are currently
auditioning some new people and will hopefully be back at it shortly.
But as everyone knows, there's only one JT.
Consequently, we have to cancel our upcoming show at TTs with the magnificent
Mittens. Go see them anyway.
Also, if you know any bass players who like what we do, have them contact us
at info@harpswellsound.com.
Thanks!
9.20.05
Man, it's been awhile since we updated here. Been
a busy summer, played some great shows with Charlie Chesterman,
Mittens, Dan Blakeslee and lots of other great bands.
Starting to buckle down now and finish work on the children's book & album,
which should come out next year sometime. Also starting work on our next full
length, which we plan on taking some time to finish and will hopefully release
next summer.
Hope you enjoyed your summer, because here comes jacket season...
4.30.05
Some mp3s of our Local Motives set are available
online at wmpg.org.
Thanks again to everyone over there for a fun night.
We also have a show on the 11th with our friends Seekonk at
the Muddy River Smokehouse in
Portsmouth. Rumor is we get some barbeque out of the deal.
Also check out some Top 10 lists of stuff we're
into right now.
4.16.05
We played a last minute fill-in set on WMPG's Local
Motives radio show last night, which was a great time. Check
out their site for some photos and probably some mp3s at some
point. Big thanks to Jan, Jim, Tom and everyone who helped out.
Also big thanks to Cerberus
Shoal and Rev.
Crank Sturgeon for a great show at space last Friday. CS were unbelievably
good, with 2 drummers to boot! Hope they're having a good time on their European
tour..
3.25.05
Thanks to everyone who came out to the last few shows.
The Red Door and the Words & Images show were both amazing,
fun nights.
Big thanks to Andrew Bourgoin for his incredibly thoughtful review in Northeast
Performer magazine.
We're continuing work on the songs for the untitled childrens record/book project,
and beginning pre-production for our next full length. Lots of new songs in
the works..
I'd also like to thank WMPG and
independent and college radio stations across the country (and in Europe) for
playing tracks from Skylight. It's comforting to know that DJs and programmers
still exist that actually sit down and listen to the CDs they get. You guys
are the best.
1.7.05
Happy New Year!
Harpswell Sound will be the in-studio guest on Charlie Gaylord's Greetings
from Area Code 207 radio show this week.
WCLZ 98.9
Wednesday, January 12th : 6pm
Sunday, January 16th : 11am
Our new CD, Skylight, ended up on some local
charts:
#1 : Tom Flynn's (WMPG)
Best New Local Music in 2004
#4 : Sam Pfeifle of the Portland
Phoenix picked it as one of his Top
20 Local Albums of 2004 (PDF link)
#101 : WMPG's Top 104.1 2004 Rock Releases (as reported to CMJ)
Harpswell Sound were also one of the top local artists in the Weekly Top 30
on WMPG, and Alex
Steed at WMPG picked Skylight as one of his top 7 2004 releases
Skylight will also now be distributed
domestically by Revolver
USA. Big thanks to Matthew G. Lammikins Jr.
Hope to see you all next Saturday at The Big Easy, and thanks for everything
in 2004.
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