Video: Embarrassing Fruits Live at CD Alley

Above we have 2 lovely videos of Embarrassing Fruits playing at CD Alley, the finest record store on the East Coast in my humble opinion. This intimate in store performance was a celebration for the release of Fruits' new EP, The First Time and was augmented by pizza and beer (Fruits' favorites). The first song is an unreleased track called "Two Birds" and the second video is "Bicycle", a song from The First Time. Order the EP here.

Adopt A Highway #3!

Our dear darling "highway" North Greensboro St. got another sprucing up from the Trekky Mafia a couple weeks ago. We've adopted the street and are in charge of cleaning it for the next four years! That's quite a relationship.
We picked the hottest and brightest day ever to do clean up # 3. We also started at high noon just to make it interesting. There were considerably fewer treasures found this time around, but there was:

• a dead squirrel
• an egg shell (half found near Harris Teeter and the other half about a mile down the road!!!)
• condoms as usual
• Magic Cards! (although I think they were mana)

Stay tuned for #4 in a few months. And clean your street too!

Embarrassing Fruits' The First Time EP Out Today

Embarrassing Fruits' The First Time EP is out today! You can get it at a variety of places:

Buy from Local Record Stores.
Order from Trekky Records.

Download from Trekky Records.
Download from iTunes.
Download from Amazon MP3 Store.

The Independent reviews Embarrassing Fruits' The First Time

http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=261741

While listening to The First Time EP, the Trekky Records debut from Chapel Hill trio Embarrassing Fruits, certain physical sensations drift in and out: There's the smell of a packed club in the summer heat, the feeling of wind rushing past your ears in a roofless car and the feeling of déjà vu. But this is a welcome sort of nostalgia, a re-simplification of indie rock that harkens to early '90s touchstones. Think Pavement on sedatives. Think Dinosaur Jr. without the feedback.

First Time begins with a reflection on wide-eyed, youthful dreams beset by the realities of the old world. Joe Norkus' guitar sits nicely between clean tones and distorted washes, drawing out chords alongside John Neville's simple rhythm, as bassist Lee Shaw takes the melody. The four songs mostly follow these same guidelines, but that sameness is largely a strength once you fall under the EP's spell.

"Bicycle" is an internal monologue about the aimlessness of youth and the perils of expressing one's own personality. "We've all got our own songs/ in our heads/ but we go to the show/ and we pretend to listen," sings Norkus. Such universal sentiments highlight the band's restrained confidence. That is, even while Embarrassing Fruits twists its collective arm toward a genre that's moved mostly beyond these sounds, the trio puts enough of its own stamp and spirit on these songs to put you proudly in that old place.

Embarrassing Fruits releases The First Time EP at Local 506 Friday, Aug. 1, at 9:30 p.m. with a free show. Hammer No More the Fingers and Opening Flower Happy Bird open.

The Physics of Meaning has a new Album

The Physics of Meaning is Daniel Hart, member of St. Vincent and John Vanderslice's band. Daniel has written an amazing concept album called Snake Charmer and Destiny at the Stroke of Midnight that we will be releasing (with Daniel's own Bu Hanan Records) exactly 2 months from today.

The album tells the story of a serpent who wants desperately to become a human being, set against a backdrop of magical forests, wishing wells, a king's army and the hypnotic melodies of the last real snake charmer on earth. The album was recorded by Mark Paulson (Bowerbirds, The Rosebuds) and features contributions from Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Adam Baker (Annuals) and members of Megafaun and Des Ark. Cop the album 09.16.08 but listen to a free song right now!:

MP3 | The Physics of Meaning - Aeroplanes and Hurricanes [from the Snake Charmer and Destiny at the Stroke of Midnight LP]

Lost in the Trees has a new LP

We are happy to announce the release of the newest album from everyone's favorite folk orchestra, Lost in the Trees. The new record is called All Alone in an Empty House and it is an intensely personal collection of classical/folk songs concerning traumatic relationships with parents and family.
Recorded by Ryan Pickett (My Morning Jacket) and lead tree Ari Picker, the album will be released in one all-encompassing super format featuring a vinyl record, compact disc and digital download. We are thrilled to bring you this package and hope that it will become the new standard format for music lovers, starting 09.09.08. We'll reveal more details soon, for now enjoy "Fireplace" from the new record:

MP3 | Lost in the Trees - "Fireplace" [from the All Alone in an Empty House LP]

Video: Trekky Records Office Flood Disaster AGAIN!

Back in 2006, when our office was in Carrboro, NC, someone in our building accidentally busted a water pipe and it started raining inside. We thought that would be the last of our large-amounts-of-water-inside worries, but we were wrong. Over the Independence Day weekend, Free Masons and The Weather Channel conspired once again to strike us with a minimal-damage flood to our office space. We put together a little video chronicling the aftermath:

The Never announce Summer Tour

The Never are back to their second home (the road) for the next few months, which means they're probably coming to a town near you. Prepare to hear a whole lot of The Never's upcoming followup to Antarctica, tentatively set for a February 2009 release.

All dates:

07-10 Wilmington, NC - The Whiskey*
07-11 Charleston, SC - The Pour House*
07-12 Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern*
07-13 Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor*
07-14 Athens, GA - Tasty World*
07-15 Nashville, TN - The Basement
07-16 Bloomington, IN - Bear's Place
07-17 Bowling Green, KY - Bread and Bagel
07-18 Kansas City, MO - Korruption
07-19 Manhattan, KS - Edesia's Bakery
07-24 Des Moines, IA - Vaudville Mews
07-26 Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge
07-28 Kalamazoo, MI - The Peace Center @ WMU
07-30 Pittsburgh, PA - Shadow Lounge
07-31 Hamden, CT - The Space
08-01 Boston, MA - The Lily Pad
08-02 New York, NY - The Mercury Lounge
08-03 Philadephia, PA - Millcreek Tavern
08-04 Washington, DC - Black Cat
08-05 Norfolk, VA - The Boot
08-16 Carrboro, NC - The ArtsCenter$
08-20 Garner, NC - Swift Creek Coffee
08-20 Greenville, NC - Spazzatorium
08-21 New Bern, NC - The Music Box
08-23 Pittsboro, NC - Carolina Brewery
08-24 Boone, NC - Black Cat
08-26 Thomas, WV - The Purple Fiddle
08-27 Harrisonburg, VA - Clementine's
08-28 Fredericksburg, VA - The Loft
08-29 Blacksburg, VA - The Lantern
08-30 Greensboro, NC - The Blind Tiger

*= with Cary Ann Hearst
$= with Un Deux Trois

Video: LIVE! from Trekky House: The Never

For weeks now we've been posting videos online as a part of our LIVE! from Trekky House series. The concept, as you might guess, puts the artists of Trekky Records playing at the home of Trekky Records, a compound complete with living spaces, office, recording studio, screen printing studio and beautiful grounds. Of the first round of videos that we recorded, this week's will be the last. We hope to continue the series in the future, so keep checking back here for more fun visual entertainment.

This week's video comes from The Never, who played a brand new, unreleased song called "Raincloud" that will appear on their as-yet-untitled new album, set for a February 2009 release. We find The Never on the porch of Trekky House, where we like to play chess, drink, fix things, light candles and watch whatever the TV antenna can pick up. Many thanks to director Jon Mackey for all these videos and the awesome photography in the videos. Enjoy:

The Physics of Meaning Daytrotter Session

Our dear friends over at Daytrotter are the best website on the internet for great exclusive session recordings from the best bands around. Trekky's newest addition, The Physics of Meaning recently stopped by the Daytrotter Studio in Rock Island, IL for a session and we have the wonderful result for you right here. The session includes two songs from the upcoming Trekky/Bu Hanan release Snake Charmer and Destiny at the Stroke of Midnight, as well as
a song from Physics' self titled debut and an unreleased song called "Annabelle Lee" which is an Edgar Allen Poe poem set to music in honor of the Day of the Dead. All four songs are available for free download at Daytrotter.


The Never have also done a Daytrotter Session, one of the first that the site ever released, actually. You can scope that here.

Trekky Records welcomes The Physics of Meaning

We are thrilled to announce that Trekky Records will be releasing the next record from one of our favorite bands, The Physics of Meaning. The band is led by violin virtuoso Daniel Hart, also a frequent member of St. Vincent, John Vanderslice and The Polyphonic Spree. More details to come, right now we just want to welcome Daniel and Physics to the Trekky Family and let you know to look out for a new record from Physics, to be released by Trekky and Daniel's own Bu Hanan Records on September 16.

Video: LIVE! from Trekky House: Embarrassing Fruits

To celebrate the announcement of Embarrassing Fruits' new EP, The First Time, we are proud to present the next installment of our weekly LIVE! from Trekky House online video series. Here we see Embarrassing Fruits playing "Bicycle", a track from The First Time around the fire pit at Trekky House where we like to start fires and stare at the flames for hours and hours. Drink up:

Embarrassing Fruits has a new EP!

Listen up! We would like to humbly yet boldly anounce the release of a new 5-song EP from Embarrassing Fruits, widely known as one of the "hardest bands around". It is called The First Time and is packaged in a beautiful, 3-color screen printed digipak made by Embarrassing Fruits and The Trekky Records Printing Company. The EP is the first release of recordings made in The Owl Room, the official in-house studio of Trekky Records. The CD will be available 08.05.08, but here's the title track to get you PUMPED:

MP3: Embarrassing Fruits: First Time [from the upcoming The First Time EP]

Video: LIVE! from Trekky House: Butterflies

For this week's edition of LIVE! from Trekky House, we have Josh Kimbrough of Butterflies in the forest. These are the woods right next to Trekky House. Unfortunately a lot of the trees around Josh have been cut down because the neighbors were afraid they would fall on their house. You should plant a tree at your place to offset this forest destruction. Anyways, Josh plays a beautiful alternate version of his song "Forklift" while sitting on a stump and it is just gorgeous. We hope you dig:

Video: LIVE! from Trekky House: Wil Donegan

The hits keep rolling in with our LIVE! from Trekky House video series. This week we have Wil Donegan, troubadour. Wil sings his song "I'll Be Fine" through the door of the Blue Bird, our trusty tour bus. Wil frequently plays live and full band with the Apologies, but here we have an intimate solo performance. Mmmm!