April 20, 2008

The [bert] record is here! "Thunder and Frogs", the third full-length from the band formerly known as Holy Mary, Mother of Bert is now available from the website, Five years in the making, with its members flung across Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Colorado, "Thunder and Frogs" has eleven new compositions from the five-piece, their first new recordings in eight years.

Tristan da Cunha recently released their second full-length "Instanter" on their own label. Seven new songs of complexity and mayhem, it's available on their website.

Hangman's Alphabet continues to plug along; they have a number of demos up at their myspace, and the band is heading into the studio next month to record its first full-length, to be released in August to coincide with a tour.

Words for Snow reunited this past fall to perform in Boston and release their eponymous, posthumous self-titled full-length. We're currently trying to get some to make available through the site; updates to come.

Though Shark and Bear went on indefinite hiatus after the release of "Morning Prayer, Four Letters Long", the band did record about 30 minutes ' worth of new material, which currently is in mixing. We hope to release it later this year, perhaps compiled with some of the band's early material.