Comedy Minus One – News for October 2017.

The Gotobeds LP out! Andrew Cohen & Light Coma LP in stores! Shows too!

The Gotobeds “Fucking in the Future” Lp (cmo042)

The future is NOW! The Gotobeds demo + singles collection “Fucking in the Future +5” is out!

Black vinyl copies are completed, but unfortunately the limited edition white vinyl copies have been delayed slightly at the pressing plant due to a quality control issue.

Your pre-orders will ship as soon as possible and we apologize for this unexpected hold up. If you would like a gratis download code in the interim we are happy to provide. Just let us know.

Physical records of both colors can be still ordered direct from Comedy Minus One right here.

Digital files can be downloaded / streamed from the following locations, among other services:

iTunes : Bandcamp : Amazon : Google Play

If you would like your favorite North American record store to stock “Fucking in the Future +5,”  please request they order from Revolver.

For TV / Film licensing, please contact Lyle Hysen at Bank Robber Music – [email protected].

Curious aesthetes! Cursorily interested parties! Whatever the opposite of well-wishers are! You are each invited to re-examine The Gotobeds’ past that is contained herein.

These sounds represent the embryonic stages of said band – Five songs are culled from their unfortunately-titled 2012 demo tape “Fucking in the Future,” four are from the Mind Cure 45s “Ipso Facto” and “NY’s Alright,” as well as a recently-recorded cover of “Flowers Avenue,” a song by their dearly-departed friend and Pittsburgh music legend Karl Hendricks.

From demo to forever-out-of-print 7”s to the cover, “Fucking in the Future +5” spans the earliest recording of the band to the their most-recent (the Karl Hendricks track was recorded in March 2017).

Boy how they’ve grown! When the band convened on the studio for the first time ever as a unit in those halcyon days of 2012, it was a bleak scene. The drummer forgot his floor tom. The bass speaker had torn recently and was not replaced. The singer was at the mercy of the final stages of mono and the guitarist didn’t show up for live tracking (due to a previous night of gambling at the casino). 

Little has changed however. During the final take of “Flowers Avenue,” drummer Getty Images dropped his stick at a thrilling climax during the solo (check the 4:10 mark) and the band – assuming the take was a throwaway – played harder and took more risks with their improvised parts, lending the song a looser and more exciting feel than previous takes. Happy accidents are what the band trades in.  

The rest is allmusic.com history. The Gotobeds went on from their initial recordings to the WFMU studios, into Gerard Cosloy’s hands for their debut LP on 12XU, the brilliantly titled Poor People Are Revolting, to critical darlings and eventually the cut-out bin at Sub Pop’s airport store.

From there, who knows? 

“Fucking in the Future +5” (cmo042) was released through Comedy Minus One on October 13, 2017.

SELLING POINTS:

• This is the first time the entire GTB demo tape has been available on vinyl!

• Remastered by Mr. Matthew Barnhart at Chicago Mastering Service (if you know, you know).

• The two Mind Cure 7”s are out of print FOREVER. These tracks are now only available here (smart ass, it’s a different version of “NY’s Alright” OK???).

• Includes a brand NEW cover of The Karl Hendricks Trio’s “Flowers Avenue” exclusive to this release. Hazy Lazer cried while singing it.

• Gorgeous new full color artwork.

• Limited to 500 copies, with the first 200 pressed on white vinyl. Buy now or scan Discogs later!!!

Side A
New Dress (Debutante)
Blank Stairs
New York Swagger
LUST-AHHHH!!!!!
(I Wasn’t Made) For These Times
 
Side B 
Ipso Facto (It’s All Happening)
Television Addict
New York’s Alright (If You Like Sex & Phones)
Prisoners of Love
Flowers Avenue

Andrew Cohen & Light Coma “Unreality” Lp (cmo041)

“Unreality,” the eagerly anticipated debut LP from Andrew Cohen & Light Coma, is in stores presently.

Physical records can be ordered direct from Comedy Minus One here.

Digital files can be downloaded / streamed from the following locations, among other services:

iTunes : Bandcamp : Amazon : Google Play

If you would like your favorite North American record store to carry “Unreality,”  kindly ask them to order from Revolver.

For TV / Film licensing, please contact Lyle Hysen at Bank Robber Music – i[email protected]

“Unreality” is also the title of the debut album by Andrew Cohen & Light Coma.

Andrew Cohen & Light Coma is the new rock band for Andrew Cohen, guitarist of Silkworm and Bottomless Pit, backed up by Chicago veterans Light Coma. The group is driven by a dual guitar attack, but is not as heavy metal as that description sounds.

The collaboration highlights Cohen’s skills as a songwriter, with his recognizable touch for balladry, pathos, and the poetry of the mundane. Light Coma call to mind Crazy Horse or the Magnolia Electric Company, matching crisp distortion with the sober cadences of a tall old man on his way to the hardware store again. AC/LC’s arrangements afford the players substantial dynamic range. Cohen can whisper and wail with the best of them; Light Coma match him instrumentally with every turn.

This record – released June 2, 2017 on Comedy Minus One – was recorded in several sessions over some period of time. It came together easily, unrushed, but urgently.

Six of the songs are electric. Three are acoustic.

Recorded by Mr. Matthew Barnhart and Mr. Steve Albini at Electrical Audio and MINBAL in Chicago.

The cover art is a diorama by artist William Schaff (Okkervil River, Songs: Ohia).

Limited to 500 LPs + digital download.

Side A
Repack
Sugar Puffs
The Usual
Your Biography
Midwest DTs

Side B
City and River
Blue Dragon
Unhinged Melody
Midwest Delirium

Stores and distributors are welcome to contact us about stocking these titles. Comedy Minus One is distributed directly in North America through Revolver. European customers can contact Day After for our wares.

Canadian, UK and Australian distribution sought.

Thank you.

Jon Solomon
Comedy Minus One
comedyminusone.com