Date: May 30th 2009

===== Watercolor Paintings & iji split 7" & summer tour !!! =====
OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE JUNE 30TH
TOUR STARTS JULY 4TH

I received the test pressings for the Watercolor Paintings & iji split 7" yesterday. It's a black vinyl disk with 3 songs by iji and 4 songs by Watercolor Paintings. If you aren't familiar with these two bands, Watercolor Paintings is a sibling duo who play harp/ukulele songs that will break your stinkin heart. iji is a 6-piece indie pop band from Seattle with lots of energy and plenty of sing alongs.

The WCP/iji split 7" is going to be pressed in a quantity of 300 copies, with hand printed covers, and black vinyl.

If you'd like to preview the whole Watercolor Paintings & iji split 7", you can do so here:
http://www.lostsoundtapes.com/lst18.php

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In support of the 7" record, the two bands will be going on a two month long summer tour!
Here are all the tour dates as they stand now. If there's no venue listed, they could use a hand.
Send any tour help or suggestions to lostsoundtapes@gmail.com

July 4th Seattle, WA @ w/ Backpack
July 5th Victoria, BC
July 6th Vancouver, BC @ The Shed w/ Collapsing Opposites, Stefana Fratila
July 7th Whidby Island, WA @ Eli Moore's House
July 8th Spokane, WA @ The Empyrean
July 9th Missoula, MT @ ZACC Gallery
July 10th Pocatello, ID
July 11th Salt Lake City, UT
July 12th Boulder/Denver, CO @ The Glob w/ Bad Weather California
July 13th Omaha, NE @ The Pizza Shoppe Collective
July 14th Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
July 15th Minneapolis, MN
July 16th Milwaukee, WI @ The Chicken Hole
July 17th Madison, WI
July 18th Chicago, IL @ The Funhouse
July 19th Urbana, IN
July 20th Bloomington, IN @ Rachael's Cafe w/ Matty Pop Chart & Delay
July 21st Grand Rapids, MI @ The DAAC
July 22nd Detroit, MI @ Leroy St Records house
July 23rd Toledo, OH @ The Black Cherry w/ Hat Company & Pickle Fight Puppets
July 24th Cleveland, OH
July 25th Syracuse, NY
July 26th Toronto, ON or Montreal, QC
July 27th Burlington, VT @ 242 Main w/ Math The Band
July 28th Providence, RI @ The Sweat Shop w/ Math The Band
July 29th Boston, MA w/ Math The Band
July 30st Philadelphia, PA w/ Math The Band
July 31st Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio w/ Math The Band
August 1st early Havertown, PA @ Haverford Free Library w/ Factors of Four
August 1st Baltimore, MD
August 2nd Washington D.C.
August 3rd Richmond, VA
August 4th Durham, NC
August 5th Charleston, SC
August 6th Athens, GA
August 7th Gainesville, FL @ Wayward Council
August 8th Panama City, FL
August 9th Birmingham, AL
August 10th Knoxville, TN @ The Biscuit House
August 11th Louisville, KY
August 12th St. Louis, MO
August 13th Little Rock, AR or Memphis, TN
August 14th New Orleans, LA
August 15th Houston, TX w/ Fishboy
August 16th Austin, TX w/ Fishboy
August 17th Dallas/Denton, TX w/ Fishboy
August 18th Oklahoma City, OK w/ Fishboy
August 19th Albuquerque, NM w/ Fishboy
August 20th Tucson, AZ @ Dry River w/ Fishboy & Great Job
August 21st Phoenix, AZ @ The Trunk Space w/ Fishboy, Bangarang, and more
August 22nd San Diego, CA w/ Fishboy
August 23rd LA, CA w/ Fishboy
August 24th Santa Barbara, CA @ Biko Garage w/ Fishboy
August 25th San Louis Obispo, CA w/ Fishboy
August 26th Santa Cruz, CA w/ Fishboy
August 27th Oakland, CA w/ Fishboy
August 28th Redding, CA w/ Fishboy
August 29th Portland, OR w/ Fishboy
August 30th Seattle, WA @ Carousel Fest

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Watercolor Paintings and iji also have myspace pages if you would like to check them out.
http://www.myspace.com/watercolorpaintings
http://www.myspace.com/iji


===== Submissions open for new ukulele compilation ======

We're taking open submissions for our new compilation “Ukulele, Mekulele, Wekulele”. If you have a song that utilizes the ukulele in some way and would like to submit for consideration, please send a wav, aiff, or flac file to lostsoundtapes@gmail.com via a service like mediafire.com or mail a cassette or CD to Lost Sound Tapes / PO Box 45586 / Seattle, WA 98145. I’ll choose the tracks that fit together the best and notify everyone. The deadline is August 31st, 2009. Our first ukulele compilation, “Ukulele and So Can I”, is currently out of print, but I hope to reissue it alongside the new one. Send me your best or weirdest tracks, originality certainly helps! Don’t be afraid.


===== A couple new distributed tapes =====

* Sandy City "Surfin' WA" tape on Fox Pop Recording Co.
members of Blanket Truth and iji playing feel good lo-fi pop punk/"surf punk" songs

* High Water Marks "Arivar Sullimer" tape on Fox Pop Recording Co.
a couple new songs from the Elephant 6 related band and one long noise jam


===== Other projects in the making =====

* Andrew Mello & Weakness split cassette tape
Two of the best one man bands you've never heard. Ultra pop sensibility and rock n roll.
http:///www.myspace.com/andrewmellomusic | http://www.myspace.com/weakness

* Cave Babies "Green" tape
Hopefully some day! Later in the year I hope. Listen to it now at archive.org

* Blanket Truth "My Keyboard / My Ukulele" double EP
Two 5 song EPs as a 3-piece band, one of keyboard songs and one of ukulele songs.


===== Memos =====

We now have a facebook page, wanna be a fan of Lost Sound Tapes?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lost-Sound-Tapes/72329620052

How about Watercolor Paintings or iji or Blanket Truth?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Watercolor-Paintings/77687122366
http://www.facebook.com/pages/iji/22605264690
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blanket-Truth/61543133176


That's all for now, thanks so much for your support! Hopefully we'll see you this summer.

- J o n M a n n i n g
www.lostsoundtapes.com
lostsoundtapes@gmail.com