Scott Andrew

Posted September 2, 2012

We have another Kirby Krackle video out! Please enjoy "In Another Castle" featuring our singer Kyle solo on ukelele:

SPOILER: it's about Mario.

I keep trying to gently convince Kyle that we have to record and release the punk version of this tune. Maybe someday!

Posted August 30, 2012

Posted August 26, 2012

Speaking of the new Explone record, I spent some time last weekend putting together "YouTube singles" (for lack of a better term) for each track of our forthcoming Telescope + Satellite EP, and I figured, why not do Dreamers/Lovers too. So running up to the release of T + S I'll be posting a few of my favorite tracks from Dreamers/Lovers here.

(YouTube perplexes me. Tons of people use it for music discovery, and it seems the easiest way to embed songs anywhere without requiring listeners to have a Spotify or Rdio account. Way to drop the ball, everyone (Except Bandcamp! (and SoundCloud!)!))

"Girl w/ A Black Eye" is one such favorite, and showcases Pat's talent for mashing up Cheap Trick vocals with Hüsker Dü power chords. I always thought this tune never got the love it deserved.

Posted August 24, 2012

...comes out on September 4th, same day as the new Explone record. That's gotta be a good portent, right?

I could play this song all day (and I have):

(Watch it on YouTube.)

Posted August 23, 2012

Posted August 23, 2012

Paris Review – Return Engagement: An Interview with Rebecca Gates, Peter Terzian. Rebecca Gates led the Spinanes in the 90s.

I never stopped playing live shows, and never stopped writing, but I stopped doing the business side of it, and stopped that cycle of finishing a record and having people say, Well, now you have to do something different to maintain our interest. I was relieved to step away from that craziness.

Everything I currently know about starting and keeping habits in one long manifesto by Buster Benson.

The PA Report - Slender creator Mark Hadley talks Amnesia, H.P. Lovecraft, music, and how to get horror right. The article that led me to mess around with Unity. Also: the game is terrifying. I had to quit because I couldn't stop jumping out of my skin.

How thatgamecompany Struggled to Save Journey - IGN.

The Setup / Game. Interviews with people in the game industry, asking how they get things done. Via Megan!

Posted August 18, 2012

Finally kicking this guy out the door! Telescope + Satellite will be available everywhere on September 4th. Our release show is October 4th at the Sunset Tavern in Seattle.

We want to spread these songs far and wide, so if you'd like a review copy for your blog or podcast, or know someone who'd like one, email me or Patrick and we'll set you up.

I wrote a little bit about recording the EP here.

I love this mini bio Patrick wrote for the band:

Seattle-based rock band that refuses to acknowledge the irrelevancy of electric guitar in modern music. We won't stop believing. We still love Cheap Trick, Queen, Husker Du, Nada Surf and the Pixies. Conservative Christians can have our Judas Priest records when they pry them from our cold, dead fingers.

Let's DO THIS.

Posted August 15, 2012

Posted August 15, 2012

Now that Gotye himself has created a mashup of all those Gotye covers on YouTube, there's no reason for anyone else to ever cover this song ever again, yes? Yes.

That said, every minute of this is delightful.

Posted August 13, 2012