(tp0018) Release Date: December 15, 2009 [digital download - free]
| the gifted children - one clear minute, volume 02 (tp0015) Release Date: October 27, 2009 [7" vinyl - 7.00] |
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| just a little more than a month after the first volume of the 'one clear minute' series was released, we're happy to announce that volume 02 is ready for release!
once again, there's one rule: the maximum song length is 60 seconds. in that single minute, the gifted children have managed to create 9 more fully realized songs, not just little fragments or tossed-off ideas.
volume two again has a wide variety of sounds, ranging from noisy mini-anthems ('the arrhythmic fervor') to straight-up indie rock ('supper club', 'plebeian assault') to beatlesque pop ('welcome to sex in the 90s') to more stripped down, acoustic songs ('american night', 'empty homes') and more... 9 songs, 8 minutes, a lot of ideas and, perhaps most remarkably, a coherent flow from start to finish to make this a true mini-album. Note: Available for sale only on vinyl, in a limited edition of 200 copies. Comes with digital copy on mini-CD for those who like the look of vinyl but don't have the equipment to play it. Ship date: October 27, 2009. Price: $7 | |
| 7" vinyl : Buy now [$7.00] | |
| the gifted children - my museum pieces (tp0016) Release Date: September 15, 2009 [CDR - 7.00] |
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| the next full-length release from the gifted children brings the largest cast of characters yet, with over 15 people contributing to the sounds of the 11 new songs. this album has everything from bombastic group sing-alongs ('you smashing young prince') to quiet folk songs ('a weathervane alliance') to apoplectic sax screams ('offshore news') to crazy, noisy electronic beats ('and so it ended'), all cohering together for a great autumn record. ship date: september 15, 2009 | |
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| the gifted children - one clear minute, volume 01 (tp0014) Release Date: September 15, 2009 [7" vinyl - 7.00] |
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| one clear minute, volume 01, marks the beginning of a new vinyl 7" series from the gifted children.
responding to some who complained of too-short songs over the years, they decided to write and record several dozen songs with one rule: the maximum song length is 60 seconds.
in that single minute, the gifted children have managed to create fully realized songs, not just little fragments or tossed-off ideas.
and 7" vinyl is the perfect medium to exploit for such a project - each volume of the one clear minute series will contain 8-11 songs, making for mini-albums on each record.
volume one kicks off the series with a wide variety of sounds, with straight-ahead indie rock ('forget about the mountains'), piano ballads ('dirigible army'), oddly catchy diatribes ('no saviors, please'), beatlesque ('marina sirtis') and much more... these 9 songs pack more coherent ideas into a mere 8 minutes than many full-length albums. stay tuned for volume 02 later this fall, and more installments in 2010! Note: Limited edition of 200 copies. Comes with digital copy on mini-CD for those who like the look of vinyl but don't have the equipment to play it. Ship date: September 15, 2009. Price: $7 | |
| 7" vinyl : Buy now [$7.00] | |
| the gifted children/alexander strung - summer tour 2009 (tp0017) Release Date: September 1, 2009 [digital download - free] |
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| this free, digital-only release marks the inception of a split single series which we've dubbed the 'summer tour series'. this year's summer tour single features alexander strung's funky technopop hit, 'beat the dog (to the raccoon)', and an electronic pop number from the gifted children, 'how boring...', that falls somewhere between burial, the twilight singers and the pet shop boys. did we mention it's a free download, out on september 1? | |
| digital download via the gifted children website: Free | |
| the gifted children - open windows (tp0013) Release Date: March 31, 2009 [mini-CDR - 4.00; digital download - free] |
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| open windows is the third release in a month for the gifted children!
this 7-song EP packs a ton into a mere 11 minutes: the title track's simple, repeating piano line ends up crashing into a cinematic wall of distorted bass, drums and saxophones to set the stage for the rest of the EP. there's also a completely re-recorded version of 'a forest', with its crescendo of delayed guitars, pianos and mandolins; 'rescate', a starkly pretty song about lost potential; noisy mini-anthem 'here comes the flood'; a sweet piano/voice/upright song, 'transcription (a certain sweetness)' and much more... open windows, filled with many different ideas and yet completely coherent as a whole, ranks among the best releases from the gifted children. | |
| mini-CDR : Buy now [$4.00] | |
| digital download via the gifted children website: Free | |
| the gifted children - the reginald pantry (tp0012) Release Date: March 17, 2009 [CDR - 6.00; digital download - free] |
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| four of the gifted children got together to work on the untitled hi-fi collection that's been an unfinished plague for 7 years, and decided to vent some excess energy by making up some music. the resulting new full-length album, the reginald pantry lp, takes the form of a soundtrack to an imaginary zombie film and is a pretty significant departure from past efforts. drawing more from the sculpted noise of artists like tim hecker, nadja and fennesz than on indie rock stalwarts guided by voices or pavement, the reginald pantry lp offers 14 collectively improvised pieces, captured live by a handheld digital recorder in a single afternoon. the results were then dumped into jeff's computer and edited, looped, rearranged and soaked in cavernous reverb and layers of distortion to create an album wherein individual instruments lose their meaning. no hooks, no lyrics, just pretty noise. this will be, at least initially, a free online-only release. | |
| CDR : Buy now [$6.00] | |
| digital download via the gifted children website: Free | |
| the gifted children - calvano (tp0011) Release Date: March 10, 2009 [mini-CDR - 4.00; digital download - free] |
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| jeff was stuck in his parents' house one friday night due to some western new york weather, and decided to write and record an ep from scratch using only the things at hand. found in the house was a shitty old mic from a 1970s tape recorder, an old acoustic guitar, his father's accordion, an out-of-tune piano, some wine glasses and some seasoning containers. combined with field recordings made on a walk, he recorded these five songs onto a laptop, adding some effects in later mixing. this is wintry, indoor, indie folk to help stave off the cold... | |
| mini-CDR : Buy now [$4.00] | |
| digital download via the gifted children website: Free | |
| alexander strung - party (tp0010) Release Date: February 3, 2009 [digital download - free] |
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| we at tinhorn planet are pleased to announce our non-gifted children releases with this, 'party', by alexander strung. essentially a solo album by part-time gifted children contributor and full-time leader of the chief smiles, alexander strung, 'party' is a ten-song set of electro-pop without any of the shitty trendiness in that genre which often makes us wince.
recorded in his brooklyn apartment in late 2008, mr. strung has created a cozy winter womb filled with hooks, beats and great songs aplenty... from the melancholy party vibe of "olympic twin" (with a cameo from full-time gifted child jeff suszczynski) to the muted bedroom electro-pop of "holocene", and the understated pop anthem that is "valley forge", this is a winter album of diverse, small pleasures. come and get it, and feel free to donate whatever you want if you like it! recommended if you like: atlas sound - let the blind lead those who can see but cannot feel beck - modern guilt radiohead - kid a | |
| digital download via the gifted children website: Free | |
| the gifted children - christmas 2008 (tp0009) Release Date: December 16, 2008 [digital download - free] |
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| We've decided to release the first in what will hopefully become an annual series of Christmas EPs. This is available for free to all, in glorious 320k MP3 format.
Holiday songs rendered beautifully for the unbeliever in everyone... Recommended for fans of David Lynch, My Bloody Valentine, Eartha Kitt and large reverbs. Huzzah! | |
| digital download via the gifted children website: Free | |
| the gifted children - always stay sweet (tp0008) Release Date: October 14, 2008 [digital download - 9.99; CD - 8.00] |
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| Street date: October 14, 2008
'always stay sweet' is the the second full-length, and already the 9th (yes, we said 9th!), overall release for the gifted children in 2008... Brighter than its predecessor, 'whitespace differences', we think this album will convince you that the gifted children are perhaps the most criminally unknown band in the land. From a 70-second pop anthem for the underdog ("the straw brigade") to a cello-filled ode to dying in plane crashes ("the dancehall atlantic") to a chamber-music-meets-Aphex Twin rumination on muses to the beautiful noise of the title track, 'always stay sweet' is the next great album of 2008... For those who like comparisons, think Guided by Voices communing with Broken Social Scene and Red House Painters and you're partly there. | |
| digital download via itunes: Buy now [$9.99] | |
| CD : Buy now [$8.00] | |
| the gifted children - a turncoat spring (tp0005) Release Date: April 29, 2008 [mini-CDR - 4.00] |
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| more parallel-universe hits from the prolific western new york band the gifted children. "a turncoat spring," already their 7th release so far this year, veers from catchy mantrarock ('halo') to paranoid apocalyptic fantasies ('the kingdom plentiful') to their shortest song yet recorded ('sum total' clocks in at a mere 11 seconds). this time, all the songs were written and recorded in a single night. substances may have played a role in the making... | |
| mini-CDR : Buy now [$4.00] | |
| the gifted children - the commonwealth squelch (tp0003) Release Date: 2005; reissue March 18, 2008 [digital download - 3.96; mini-CDR - 3.00] |
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| We're reissuing this 2005 mini-EP from the gifted children - 4 songs, 4 minutes of mid-fi indie bliss. They've packed more great ideas into these 4 little gems, written in a single day, than you would think possible. From a 48-second anthemic ode to co-dependence ('laboring in the dream factory') to the creation of a parallel-universe dance craze ('the commonwealth squelch'), this is jam-packed indie rock action... | |
| digital download via itunes: Buy now [$3.96] | |
| mini-CDR : Buy now [$3.00] | |
| the gifted children - harbinger themes, volume 01 (tp0004) Release Date: March 11, 2008 [digital download - free] |
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| The "official" release of the first volume in an expanding series that takes the pretty instrumental bits (that will likely be buried under layers of noise) from upcoming releases and lets them shine, unadorned ... Originally given limited, free release on March 30, 2007, harbinger themes, volume 01 will be available on mini-CD for just $3. | |
| digital download via the gifted children website: Free | |
| the gifted children - we saw the vultures (tp0002) Release Date: March 11, 2008 [digital download - 5.94; mini-CDR - 4.00] |
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| the gifted children's 21st release, this is a 6-song EP that summons the ghosts of autumns past. Capturing the transition from summer to school, from warmth to an isolating cold, from present-tense action to nostalgia for the past... Featuring an alternative version of "we saw the vultures" from the full-length whitespace differences. | |
| digital download via itunes: Buy now [$5.94] | |
| mini-CDR : Buy now [$4.00] | |
| the gifted children - whitespace differences (tp0001) Release Date: February 2, 2008 [digital download - 9.90; CD - 8.00] |
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| tinhorn planet's inaugural release! This is the 5th full-length by the gifted children (Buffalo and Rochester, NY), and their 20th release to date. Everything from shoegazer indie rock to short stabs of pop brilliance to noisy electronic instrumentals... A true winter album, this is the perfect friend for those dark January nights spent drinking alone. | |
| digital download via itunes: Buy now [$9.90] | |
| CD : Buy now [$8.00] | |
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