Sub Pop Release Schedule Remaining 2009 + Beginning 2010

D E C E M B E R

8              AVI BUFFALO “What’s in It For?” (7” single) “What’s in It For?” b/w “Jessica” is the debut release from Long Beach, California’s Avi Buffalo. And, one or both of these songs will appear on the Avi Buffalo full-length release we will be putting out sometime in the spring of 2010.

J A N U A R Y

26           BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream (CD + DVD/2xLP) Recorded in upstate New York, in a converted church called Dreamland with producer/engineer Chris Coady (who has worked with TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blonde Redhead, and a bunch of others) Teen Dream is the third album from the Baltimore-based duo Beach House, and their Sub Pop debut. The new album gives voice to a full universe of unbridled imagination, and the manifestation of Teen Dream has been a welcomed and all-consuming obsession for Beach House the past 9-12 months. Teen Dream will be packaged with a companion DVD featuring a video for each song on the album, each by a different director.

26           AFCGT AFCGT (LP + 7”) Drooling Hillbilly Metal, Sea Urchin Psychedelia, Yukon Freak Thrash, and Beatnik Swamp Drone are musical genres, like dozens of others, which are in the infancy of their developments. Yet someone has finally harnessed the inside track to claiming a few of these elusive styles as their own creations. AFCGT is a rather convenient vernacular for A Frames and Climax Golden Twins but if you’re hopeful that the usual sources are stocked with facts and figures about this outfit, think again. There’s not much information available on AFCGT. The cretinous calliope that is AFCGT descends from a decrepit longhouse on the shores of a dark lake where the self-inflicted wounds from a windy forest of flailing, whipping branches gave birth to the white heat oddities from this their self-titled new album on Sub Pop Records. Conjoined a little over two years ago, the group has already been dishing out vinyl; recording a 10-inch EP, a full-length LP, and appearing on a 7-inch compilation not to mention a few super-limited CDRs thrown in for kicks. With 3 electric guitars, a bass guitar, and a drum kit they manage to emulate the decaying soundtrack of an international airport with all the trimmings; accidental runway collisions, air traffic control extremism, unauthorized handling of cargo, and bitching passengers at checkpoint screenings. AFCGT will be available as both a vinyl LP (with bonus 7-inch single!) and as a digital album (without bonus 7-inch single!), though not as a compact disc.

26           RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR 2 (CD/LP) Retribution Gospel Choir is a rock trio founded in 2007. The group features Alan Sparhawk on guitar and vocals, Steve Garrington on bass and Eric Pollard on drums and vocals. Alan also fronts the band Low with his wife, Mimi Parker, and Steve also plays bass in Low. 2 is Retribution Gospel Choir’s 2nd full-length and Sub Pop debut! Eric Swanson recorded these performances at Sacred Heart Studio in Duluth, Minnesota, and Matt Beckley mixed the recordings at Faux Rock in Sherman Oaks, California.

F E B R U A R Y

2              THE ALBUM LEAF A Chorus of Storytellers (CD/LP) A Chorus of Storytellers was recorded by Ryan Hadlock in the frosty month of February 2009 at Bear Creek Studio just outside of Seattle. It was mixed in the decidedly warmer month of June in Reykjavik, Iceland by Birgir Jon Birgisson (of Sigur Ros). Those paying attention will notice that this is nearly the same way their last album Into the Blue Again was recorded. There is, however, one fundamental difference between this and every other album The Album Leaf has ever recorded. For the first time in five albums, The Album Leaf recorded as a whole band. In the past, almost every instrument was performed by principal songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jimmy LaValle. This time the whole band was invited to participate and the result is their best record yet.

16           BEN SOLLEE & DANIEL MARTIN MOORE Dear Companion (CD) Dear Companion is a collaboration between Daniel Martin Moore, Ben Sollee and Yim Yames to draw attention to the practice of Mountaintop Removal in the Tennessee mountains; the album benefits Appalachian Voices. Recorded in the first half of 2009, Daniel and Ben trade lead vocal duties, while Yim produces. Daniel and Ben will tour together in early 2010. Daniel’s debut album, Stray Age, came out in October 2008 on Sub Pop. Ben’s debut album, Learning to Bend, was released February 2008.

M A R C H

2             THE RUBY SUNS Fight Softly (CD/LP)

16           HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Birthday (CD/LP)

30           DUM DUM GIRLS I Will Be (CD/LP)

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