City of Ice Downloads

The new Br'er album, City of Ice comes out this week on November 22nd. In anticipation of the release, we are offering some mp3 downloads for your listening pleasure. Check them out:

You Go, We'll Stay Here [mp3]
Sea of Doubt [mp3]
City of Ice [mp3]

City of Ice

We are very excited to announce that on November 22nd, Edible Onion will be releasing City of Ice, the long awaited follow up to Br'er's debut album, Of Shemales and Kissaboos. In the four years that have passed since then, we have released a number of singles and eps from the band that have covered a wide spectrum of sounds and ideas. City of Ice is the culmination of those four years and marks an artistic high point for the band and principle songwriter, Benjamin Schurr. We are very proud to bring you this record packaged in gatefold sleeves made from recycled paper, each containing booklets with lyrics and photography and held in cases covered in gel transfers on top of acrylic and watercolor washes. Each case is unique and hand numbered. Click here for more information and to preorder it.

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Br'er - City of Ice Tour - Fall 2011

This week, Br'er leaves on a month long tour in support of their new album, City of Ice, due out November 22nd. They will be hitting up New England, the Midwest, and East Coast. Check their website, or click the link below for an up to date tour schedule.

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Archaic Fetishism Volume 3

Archaic Fetishism Cassettes are back! This cassingle had its pre-release debut in July at Edible Onion Fest and now its finally available to purchase online. Four very different songs are collected here in custom made, hand-painted sleeves for your listening and hoarding pleasure.

The first side starts with the song "Sticky Bellows" from Healing Trapeze, the recording and songwriting project of Br'er drummer, Jordin Goff. "Sticky Bellows" begins the cassingle with a surreal, manic, nightmare march that gives way to a quiet, little start-stop folk song from Hermit Thrushes. Side B follows a similar approach, but to a lesser degree. A Stick and a Stone's "Helicopters" opens with a subdued, melancholic dirge that's filled with Elliott's signature ghost choir harmonies. The percussion leads perfectly into the last song, a poppy cover of Brian Reichert's "I Like People" performed by The Horror, The Horror and produced by Benjamin Schurr of Br'er. This cassette also debuts two new artists we have never worked with before, Healing Trapeze and A Stick and a Stone.

Only 100 copies will be made! Reuse. Recycle. Relisten.

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New Heaven & The New Earth 2011 Mini Tour with Pando

Quick note: The New Heaven and the New Earth are doing a mini tour around Canada and the Midwest with the avant-classical string duo, Pando, of Montreal. Joining principal songwriter Roger Alejandro Martinez will be the members of Pando, Vincent Fournier-Boisvert and Mathieu Gaudreault, as well as Edible Onion stalwart Shaina Kapeluck.

The tour dates are as follows:

August 25th - Quebec City, QC @ Cafe Babylon
August 26th - Sherbrooke, QC @ Le Tremplin
August 30th - Grand Rapids, MI @ Hoi Poloi (136 S. Division SE Cherry Grand Rapids, MI)
August 31st - Chicago, IL @ Cafe Ballou w/ Health and Beauty and Matthew Shelton
September 1st - Cincinnati, OH TBA
September 2nd - Buffalo, NY @ The Vault
September 3rd - Toronto, ON @ TRANZAC
September 4th - Montreal, QC @ L'Absynthe

If you live in one of these cities, please come check out the show, and be sure to pick up a copy of the "All Saints' Day" vinyl.

Also, if you have never heard Pando, you can listen to them here.