Symptoms of decay

From The Driftwood Singers Present, on "Raleigh":

This song, in all its wobbly weave of guitaring, has mysteriously grabbed hold of me and won’t let go, especially the spooky/shocking miniaturist guitar solo at minute 2:14 or thereabouts.

'Cryspace' single and more

The title track to the Psychic Envelopes Cryspace album has found its way to the MySpace page, where it is available for free download.

Another "new" track is the rare "Everything's All Right!" 8-31-07 mix, featuring a single S.M. vocal track rather than the more recognized double-tracked vocal.

Track listing for 'Cryspace'

SIDE A
Lost and Found
The Consequence of You
Raleigh
Just Like Heaven (Cure)
Providence #3
Everything's All Right!* (J. Moran/E.P.)
Just Between You and Me* (April Wine)
Candy Says** (Velvet Underground)
Winter Losses

SIDE B
Berlin Wall*
Wall St. Girl
Cryspace
Any Way That You Want Me* (Troggs)
You Don't Know Me and You Won't See Me (J. Moran/Beatles)
Good as Gold
Something Happened*
The Only One (B. Bragg)
Blue Moon* (Big Star)
RUOK?

Bonus tracks: Indian Summer (Beat Happening)

All songs written by E.P. except as indicated
Vocals, ukulele, guitar, accordion, keyboards: E.P.
*Vocals: S.M.
**Vocals, ukulele: A.P.
Produced by E.P. except **produced by A.P. and E.P.

Psychic Envelopes announce free download of entire 'Cryspace' album

October 18—The new Psychic Envelopes album, Cryspace, will be available for free download, a spokesperson for the band announced last night. "All of the tracks will be available at some point over the next few weeks on the band's Myspace page," he said. "Currently, 'Berlin Wall,' 'Winter Losses,' the demo version of 'Something Happened,' and the cover of 'Any Way That You Want Me' are up, and the selection will change every few days until all the songs have been offered."

Although most of the tracks have been put on the page before, the group promises to include demos, covers, and other rarities. The "entire Cryspace experience," according to the spokesperson, "consists of 20, 22 tracks, maybe 25." It's "open-ended," he added.

"We're very excited," said E.P., who had been hovering around the proceedings incognito, dressed like a fumigator.

Watch this space for a complete track listing.

Right through the heart

From the archives: E.P. on P.E.'s "Raleigh"

I should explain that my iPod has no volume control, so if a song plays too loud, I can either fast-forward to the next track, or take off the headphones until the noise subsides.

"Berlin Wall"

"Berlin Wall" was the final song recorded in the same late August '07 session, featuring crystalline Sarah vocals and yielding "Everything's All Right!," assorted covers, and "Something Happened."

Q: What's the story with the music?
A: The backing track had been composed many months earlier, featuring two ukuleles, two keyboard lines, and a completely different melody and set of lyrics. (The only bit that survived is the bridge.)
Q: Anything else you want to tell us?
A: The male vocals were rerecorded in mid-October. A snippet of guitar was added to the coda as well.

"I can't be summed up in your 50 words or less"

Jumping off "Everything's All Right!," their quasi-collaboration with Team Knucklehead, the Envelopes return with a quick 'n' dirty cover of T.K.'s classic "You Don't Know Me"...and barely pause to breathe before following it up with an abbreviated version of the Beatles' "You Won't See Me"!