Temporary Residence

So he's playing with who now? I'm a bit out of the TR loop these days.

Sonna was Jeremy Devine's band, IIRC, so, kindof the label house band. I guess they aren't really a goind concern now. They weren't bad. The drummer is amazing and really changed Tarentel's sound a lot when he joined; they're essentially a different band than the one that made the first two albums.

the tarentel lp had a black sleeve. i wonder, sometimes, did i mean to buy a tristeza lp instead? i havent heard them, so i dont know, but it does seem feasible

American Analog Set
At Right Angles (Nathan from Halifax Pier)
The Black Heart Procession
Colophon (Jefre from Tarentel)
Curtis Harvey (of Rex/Pullman)
The Drift (Danny from Tarentel)
Explosions In The Sky
Kilowatthours
Mono

Is supposedly the final 9 months of year 2 (2003), following Appendix Out, Songs: Ohia and Sybarite in the first quarter. At Right Angles, Kilowatthours and Colophon managed to ship as quarter 2.

TRL have promised freebies to make up for the inconvenience, but you can guess how much of them have been seen (I think there was an In-Sound type sampler with the last lot and there are rumours of an Eluvium DVD with the next lot, but I'll believe it when I see it - especially when according to TRL quarter 3 was "at pressing" in about November).

The Drift are amazing.

And I've already talked about my love of Eluvium.

wtf?!?!????!

Fer Christs sake, I have moved twice (I think) since I subscribed to year two!! The lack of Arab Strap (sniff!)is bad enough, but my breath is getting less and less bated even for the sublime Explosions in the Sky and the rather wonderful Black Heart Procession.

And having just checked the website, it seems we aren't even getting vague updates anymore...

And bear in mind this is a subscription; that means that TR has had the money for these releases for over two years.

Look,I'm not suggesting the product is not worth waiting for; it always has been and I'm sure it always will be. But we aren't even getting news updates on TiC now, nearly 18 months after year 2 should have finished.

And I'm not asking for much - just what the position is with Q3 release and if we can expect to see it, say before the end of summer? I know how good these EPs can be and I wanna know when I can have my next fix!!

There is nothing on the archive news lists on TR to suggest any other volumes have been shipped.

I've just e-mailed TR. When I get a response I'll post it here.

Of course, if he doesn't want me to post it, I won't.

Twice they offered some material that TRL turned down (one was a set of demos, one a bundle of unreleased songs) that could be TiC exclusive. They also offered to record something specific during their last US tour (yes, it's that long ago) which TRL failed to arrange - I think there actually was something booked eventually, but not until after the Strap were back in the UK which isn't exactly convenient. I think there was even a third offer of material, one track of which turned up on a British comp, which was rejected.

Apologies for any inaccuracies, I'm working from memories of the Strap board from a couple of years ago. Also it's only one side of the story, I guess.

on a TiC x-post, I asked on the TiC boards in late January (I think - can't check because they've been taken down, prosumably because of all of the pr0n spam) when we might get Q3. J3r3my responded that it would be "soon", it was "at pressing" but they were waiting for the Eluvium DVD which was a late addition but "probably" shouldn't hold up shipping. I guess it's entirely possible they've shipped in the US and international orders have been overlooked, in which case sorry for the bitching but SEND THEM PLZ.

I don't want to sound like I don't love this ep series, because some of them are amazing, but it's been late almost since the first orders for 2003 were accepted and since then non-TRL bands (which, let's face it, are the draw for a lot of people) have dropped out to be replaced by offshoots and side projects of established TRL outfits (which may not be a bad thing, without hearing them it's hard to tell). In fact, had it not been the Strap they were replacing the lat eaddition of EitS would have been a nice surprise.

Hey Jeff,

Sorry for the delays, but it has become par for the course for this series. The next set is (hopefully) due in July, and will consist of the following artists:

Explosions In The Sky
Eluvium
The Drift

Each CD will include more than 30 minutes of new, unreleased music. That's our attempt at making it worth the wait.

Thanks,
Jeremy
Temporary Residence Ltd.

Eits are next! That will make the wait worthwhile. And big thanks to Jeremy for getting in touch as quickly as he did.

"That's our attempt at making it worth the wait."

THAT'S WHAT WE PAID FOR.

I should stop bitching, there's an EitS ep coming soon. Although I note Eluvium weren't in the "9 remaining acts" list above - $10 says they've replaced BHP, who have pulled out.

You know, TiC still hasn't completed (one disc to come). I was a bit off about it ^^^ I suppose.

Anyway, I going to start a TRL poll but 135 releases is too much, probably, given the number of people who would vote in it.