Lafcadio

We’re back!

After a restless month of absence from Chapel Hill, we were ecstatic to play at the Local 506 on Sunday, January 11th. Sunfold and Burroughs played as well, and Jake Seaton at Music.MyNC took some great pictures available  at http://music.mync.com/2009/01/slideshow-chapel-hills-lafcadio-opens-for-sunfold-at-506/

We’re looking forward to an upcoming interview with Adam from Annuals at Studio B, but even more to our CD release show at the Local 506 on January 30th! More info to come.

Hey Yall! So it’s been a long time since we’ve been around, thanks to the double whammy of Thanksgiving and exams. After our brief hiatus, we put close-to-final touches on recordings last night, and are sitting on mixes to be sent out and mastered later this week. For anyone who likes to plan, the CD release party will be January 30th at the Local 506, played in the company of our fellow vinyl-ites Lake Inferior and Apollo.

Sarah Smolen of Vinyl Records came out to take some photos with us last week. Here are a couple picks from what she sent us! Something about band photos with us felt absolutely goofy, awkward, and… well… who the hell hangs out in a field? But at least we’re not in a desert, looking at the blindingly bright horizon of our future with expressions of determination. No, we are playing rock, paper, scissors. And making terrible jokes.

Though I can only really speak for myself, I think the semester ended well for all of us. Ryan, Stevie and I were caught up in a whirlwind of catch-up, while Eric took his one exam. just sayin.

I’m looking forward to some time off, but certainly not time away–I want to be in Chapel Hill, playing with Lafcadio! More than anything, this semester has been colored by the breakneck pace that characterized our coming together. In the last four months, we wrote our first songs, unplugged the fridge to record them in Ryan and Stevie’s living room, played our first show (broke string at said show/s), went on the radio (broke string at said station), and taught Ryan how to not break strings (not one since October! Knock on wood). Now we’ve got five songs planned for release in January, and talk of a tour this spring.

Some observations: Ryan has had three haircuts in this time. I have worn boots to every show. Eric is the king of the double-pocket shirt. And Stevie only ever plays the drums with one expression: business.

love, and thanks for listening,

Liz

 You may have been wondering,

“Who is this Eric fellow? He sounds so strange and wonderful.”

That he is, but no longer a mystery. Courtesy of Sarah Smolen, a few pictures from Wednesday night’s show–Eric (far right), Liz and Ryan, and a full band shot

Thanks, Sarah!

hey hey! The show last night was a blast. Lots of friends came out to take video and pictures, so we’ll have that posted as soon as we get it! In case you couldn’t make it out, or if you did and just want some more, OR if you just wanna have a rockin Thursday night, come out to Jack Sprat and see us!

Lafcadio will be headlining the evening, joined by the lovely miss Jackie Lee ( http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=59290878), as well as Kenneth Barshop and Pretty Awesome Wijj Train

The show is $4, doors are at 10, and we plan on going for a long, long time.

In other news, here are some pics from the Vinyl Records Showdown last September!

Lastly, a thanks to Corey Inscoe and the Noize Bazaar at http://www.coreyinscoe.com/ for his kind words:

“This Chapel Hill trio was one of the first three artists signed on UNC’s Vinyl Records after finishing tied for second in the September Showcase battle of the bands. The crazy thing is that they have only been together for a couple of months.

They have a great folksy sound and singer Liz Ross has a voice that will melt your heart, I promise. You can check out some of their music at their Myspace page, the live recordings from their September Showcase here, and a new demo recorded by Ross at their website, here.

Beautiful stuff. They’re in the studio now working on their debut EP which should be out on Vinyl Records in January.”

Thanks, Corey!

So, in case you didn’t know, Liz gave me a mohawk on Saturday due to suggestions from Stevie and Sara. It rawks! Here’s some pixxx for your viewing pleasure.

btw, in case you didn’t know,

WE WON! WE’RE IN! We are now signed with Vinyl Records. Thanks so much to everyone that voted for us and helped us campaign. Now we can get down to business and start making music!