DEAR WORLD, PLEASE GET ACQUAINTED WITH 2 OF OUR FRIENDS' BANDS:

USE YOUR FACEBOOK FOR SOMETHING USEFUL!




GOLDEN TORSO, FEATURING MEMBERS OF THUNDERBIRDS ARE NOW! AND KYLESA




NPC's, FEATURING MEMBERS OF RED PENS AND TEENAGE STRANGER

RED PENS 7" NAMED SINGLE OF THE WEEK ON COLLAPSE BOARD!

GRANTED IT SAYS SELF RELEASED AND FEMALE VOCALS, BUT STILL!

http://www.collapseboard.com/reviews/singles-reviews/single-of-the-week-red-pens-next-summer-self-released/

DEAR MATADOR: WE LOVE YOU TOO!

MATADOR RECORDS - ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING AND MOST RESPECTABLE INDIE LABELS OUT THERE -- HAD THE FOLLOWING TO SAY ABOUT THE TEENAGE MOODS LP AND THE RED PENS 7" IN THEIR NEWEST DISTRO UPDATE:

'TEENAGE MOODS - MOOD RING LP 25 DIAMONDS RECORDS
Minneapolis grunge pop. Silk-screened sleeves in a numbered edition of 300.

RED PENS - NEXT SUMMER b/w I RUN THIS 7” 25 DIAMONDS RECORDS

Minneapolis indie rock. Unnumbered edition of 400.

I realize that I just described both of these new 25 Diamonds releases using some of the most clichéd, verboten terms out there, but the thing is that I’ll stand behind those descriptions AND I’LL STAND BEHIND THESE RECORDS AS GOOD RECORDS. Both of them embody the best elements of those genres and playing records in the office turned heads and even got a visit over to the record player or two from various folks in the office while they were on. Real deal, quality stuff for sure so don’t overlook them.'

!!

FYI, THE TEENAGE MOODS LP IS GETTING SERIOUSLY LOW AROUND THESE PARTS; THINK I'M DOWN TO JUST ABOUT 20 COPIES LEFT FOR MAIL ORDER?

TODAY I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

why not?

FYI:

BOTH OUR RELEASES ARE NOW EN ROUTE FOR DISTRIBUTION THROUGH MIDHEAVEN/REVOLVER AND MATADOR DIRECT!

RED PENS 'NEXT SUMMER'/'I RUN THIS' 7" IS NOW AVAILABLE!

THE NEW RED PENS 'NEXT SUMMER'/'I RUN THIS' 7" IS NOW AVAILABLE! 350 COPIES ON RANDOMLY COLORED VINYL WITH BLUE COVERS AND 50 COPES ON BLACK VINYL WITH CREAM COVERS. OBTAIN IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

*COME TO THE TURF CLUB IN ST. PAUL, MN. TONIGHT TO SEE RED PENS, SAFEWORDS AND SULK. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY TIME AND PLACE THE BLACK VINYL VERSION WILL BE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE OF MAIL ORDER.

*VISIT http://25diamonds.storenvy.com/ TO PURCHASE EITHER VERSION.

*IN MINNEAPOLIS, VISIT TREEHOUSE RECORDS AND EXTREME NOISE RECORDS AS OF TOMORROW.



TO HEAR AN MP3 OF 'NEXT SUMMER', VISIT http://soundcloud.com/25diamonds

XO 25D

RED PENS 7" RELEASE SHOW - SATURDAY, SEPT. 17TH AT THE TURF CLUB

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE NEW RED PENS 'NEXT SUMMER'/'I RUN THIS' 7" WILL BE AVAILABLE; 400 PRESSED, WITH 350 ON RANDOMLY COLORED VINYL AND 50 PRESSED ON BLACK VINYL WITH ALTERNATE COVERS.

RED PENS - 'I RUN THIS'

LIVE VERSION OF THE B-SIDE TO THEIR NEW 7":

RED PENS - 'NEXT SUMMER' IN 2 VERSIONS

TWO DIFFERENT VIDEOS TO SHARE TODAY FOR THE SONG 'NEXT SUMMER', THE A-SIDE TO THEIR NEW 7":



AND YA GOTTA GO TO FACEBOOK FOR THIS ONE:

TO WATCH A SLIDESHOW PUT TOGETHER TO THE RECORDED VERSION!


THESE WILL BE OUT VERY SOON, JUST GETTING THE COVERS FINISHED UP!

XO 25D

TEENAGE MOODS 'MOOD RING' LP IS AVAILABLE TODAY!

THE FIRST RELEASE ON 25 DIAMONDS IS OFFICIALLY OUT TODAY!

25D 002 - TEENAGE MOODS 'MOOD RING' LP:






THIS RECORD WILL BE AVAILABLE TONIGHT AT THE HEXAGON IN MPLS FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORD RELEASE SHOW, AND STARTING MONDAY WILL BE AVAILABLE AT TREEHOUSE RECORDS, EXTREME NOISE RECORDS AND THROUGH OUR WEB STORE:

25 DIAMONDS WEB STORE

TO HEAR 'TULIP TATTOO', THE FIRST SONG OFF OF THE 'MOOD RING' LP, PLEASE VISIT:
'TULIP TATTOO' ON SOUND CLOUD

25D 001 - RED PENS 'NEXT SUMMER'/'I RUN THIS' 7" WILL BE AVAILABLE VERY SOON AS WELL!

TEENAGE MOODS LP RELEASE SHOW

friday, august 5th at the hexagon in minneapolis.

this will be the first time the teenage moods 'mood ring' lp will be available; released in a pressing of 250 on colored vinyl and 50 on black vinyl with modified cover art.

more info HERE

these will also be in stores and available for mail order soon after - more info to follow soon.

xo 25D

OH SHIT

OH HI

slight updates:

teenage moods lps are expected to arrive on my doorstep tomorrow, and covers are currently being screened; expect a late july release.

red pens 7" test pressings ship this week; perhaps a late august release?

buildings lp has been (at least temporarily) deleted.

figuring out the rest with optional body, golden torso, etc. - will update when more is known.

thanks friends.

OPTIONAL BODY

sonny kay: vocals (year future, the vss, angel hair, etc.)
rockey crane: guitar (year future, dead and gone, some girls, etc.)
russell white: bass (camera obscura, the champagne kiss, space horse, etc.)
alan rosetti: drums (the icarus line, vietnam, the sagittarians, etc.)

two songs on myspace found here:

OPTIONAL BODY MYSPACE

record news to follow soon!

R.I.P. POLY STYRENE

GOLDEN TORSO

ex members of bands!

RECORD NEWS!

okay, a few announcements can be made, i think:

25 DIAMONDS 002 is the teenage moods 'mood ring' lp; i just got it back from being mastered and it is being sent to the plant this week.
TEENAGE MOODS BANDCAMP PAGE

25 DIAMONDS 003 is the buildings 'braille animal' lp; it is being mastered right now.
BUILDINGS MYSPACE PAGE

25 DIAMONDS 004 is a 2 song 7" by red pens; it is also being mastered right now.
RED PENS MYSPACE PAGE

release dates, other upcoming releases, pressing information, etc. will be listed soon.

stay tuned!

xo 25D

BUILDINGS

WELCOME THE PLAGUE YEAR - 3 SONG DEMO

3 song demo with all different versions of songs that went to their lp on the electric human project. featured members of neil perry, makara, you and i, nineteen//nineteen, joshua fit for battle, etc.; they existed in the mid 2000s and are now broken up.



WELCOME THE PLAGUE YEAR DEMO

TEENAGE MOODS @ RADIO K, 03/11/2011

4 songs by teenage moods, recorded at radio k on 03/11/2011. pretty much exactly what the title says, right?

the official link is here, with downloads, pictures, etc.:

RADIO K PAGE

or a simple file of the 4 songs on mediafire is here:

MEDIAFIRE PAGE

JOHN HENRY WEST - LIVE @ WUSB, 07/07/93

every song the band ever recorded plus one, as well as a really awkward interview at the end. i believe at least one song is mislabeled (not so computer savvy as to know how to fix it right now) -- the song called 'ammunition aimed' is in fact called 'holiday'.

download, enjoy:

JOHN HENRY WEST RADIO SHOW

CALL ME LIGHTNING

TEENAGE MOODS

RED PENS

THE INFINITY DIVE/ERESHKIGAL SPLIT 10"

..this too, why not. ereshkigal's first recording, the infinity dive's second release; 6 songs each.

ERESHKIGAL/THE INFINITY DIVE SPLIT

NINETEEN//NINETEEN DEMO

i can't sleep... fuckit. here's the demo by NINETEEN//NINETEEN, a very short lived band from minneapolis circa 1999 that featured:

kerry jo pries: vocals (makara, scara brae, welcome the plague year, etc.)
mark jorgensen: drums (the khayembii communique, the infinity dive, song of zarathustra, assassinations, etc.)
seth johnson: bass (the infinity dive, scara brae, the book of dead names, etc.)
chris friedrich: guitar (astoria, linedotstar, etc.)
ian casey (that's me!): vocals (the infinity dive, assassinations, etc.)

and on tour:

tony dwyer: guitar, bass (usurp synapse, drago miette, etc.)

we made a 4 song, 5 minute demo that we sold for a buck each and toured the u.s. for 3 weeks... it was a blast.

HERE IS THE NINETEEN//NINETEEN DEMO IN ALL IT'S POORLY RECORDED, DOUBLE TITLED, JAZZ SAMPLED GLORY

ERESHKIGAL + NINETEEN//NINETEEN PICTURES FROM 1999!

came across some pretty cool pictures of ereshkigal and nineteen//nineteen from the 1999 more than music fest in columbus, OH. i'd never seen before; they are all copyrighted, so please follow the following links to view them:

ereshkigal 1

ereshkigal 2

1919 1

1919 2

thanks eli, where and whoever you may be!

25 DIAMONDS LIVES.

MEGA UPDATE COMING SOON ANNOUNCING NUMEROUS RELEASES.

SOMETIMES DOING THINGS RIGHT TAKES TIME; PLEASE CHECK BACK WITH US VERY SOON FOR RELEASES, DATES, LINKS, PHOTOS, ORDERING INFORMATION/OPTIONS, PRESSING INFORMATION, ETC.