Call it Christmas in (almost) March - or just call it another indication that the record industry as a business model is in the final stages of failure...
Just follow the links for 2 full-lengths and an EP for free and legal.
Lead guy Alex Dezen offers this explanation as to why he has teamed with Paste Magazine to hand out his latest opus:
I suppose the hardest thing to explain to people is why I’m giving this record away. “You’re just going to give it away?” seems antithetical to the human brain. “Is this just a bunch of b-sides or something? Some ‘give away’ material you don’t mind releasing into the ether?” No. Quite the contrary. I have never worked so hard or put so much of myself into a collection of recorded songs. It is for just this reason that I want to give it away. To me it makes perfect sense. I just want people to hear this music, and I don’t want them to have to enter into some kind of contractual agreement with a third party to do so. Download the record, copy it and give it to your friends, lovers, and enemies. Whatever. It’s so hard these days just to get the actual music into people’s houses and cars, let alone their ears. Besides, I know everyone’s broke, maybe I can supply the soundtrack. So, I just want to give this music away because I want people to hear it. I should have done this years ago. I’m starting over.
It may also be worth pointing out that it is a lot harder to be critical of art that is given to you with no pretention. So what if it isn't the best record in the collection (or in The Damnwells collection for that matter...)? Alex gave it to me. I can at least spin it and enjoy it without evaluating it as an investment.
3. F*** Her, or the Terrorists Win - EP
Music that is performed in another language offers a unique twist to the normal listening procedures. The auditory experience becomes solely about sound - not about what is being said. So it might say a lot about the electronic atmospherics that F*** Her is able to create that this 6-song collection is incredibly engaging despite being sung entirely in Spanish.
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