Science of Sound - Independent Record Label

05.05.09
We've got a new SOS artist! Madison-based Icarus Himself has become part of our roster. Their first full-length entitled Coffins was self-released just last month, and we are essentially re-releasing it... today! We are very fond of the album and all of its minimalist beauty. There are three song samples up on the Store page for you to hear... check them out! Icarus Himself will be touring the Midwest in August, and heading East in September. We're very excited to welcome them on board!

04.20.09
In addition to our website, CDBaby and Amazon, most SOS releases (physical copies) are also now available on Interpunk.com, including our new 7-inch featuring Sleeping in the Aviary and The Hussy. Of course we'd love you even more if you purchased directly from us or one of the bands, but Interpunk's cool too. There are now a couple of song samples from the 7-inch up on our Store page for you to check out.

Looks like Sleeping in the Aviary will be hitting the road again in August-September for a 4-week tour through the Eastern half of the country. Booking has just begun so stay tuned for dates! If you're itching to have them come to your city and have a show/venue in mind for them, please email Terrin. Tour help is always appreciated!

02.17.09
We have a release date for the Sleeping in the Aviary/The Hussy split 7-inch.... March 27th!

So far there are two release shows booked:
March 27th at The Frequency in Madison, and
March 28th at The Hexagon in Minneapolis.

The 7-inch will be available through the bands at shows, at a few independent records stores in Madison (B-Side, Exclusive, MadCity) and through this very website.

SITA's side: 1. Automatic (for Krol) 2. Radiowaves
The Hussy's side: 1. One Time 2. I Got Soul 3. Snakes

I really feel SOS had a great year in 2008! We've been trying to poke our tiny head out into the world more and more the past couple of years, and managed to break through the surface a few times in 2008. We had three releases: Whatfor's "Sooner Late Than Never", Pale Young Gentlemen's "Black Forest (tra la la)"and Sleeping in the Aviary's "Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel", all of which received great press locally, nationally, and elsewhere.

Local Hype: We'd like to thank The Isthmus here in Madison for labeling us "Label of the Year", as well as all three of our 2008 releases making Rich Albertoni's "Top Ten Madison CDs of 2008" list! Decider Madison (Link: http://madison.decider.com) included a track from each release on their 2008 Madison Music Mixtape, and Jesse Russell from Dane101 named PYG's "Black Forest" the "only album he fell deeply in love with this year". Joshua James, also from Dane101, gave PYG the #2 spot on his Top Six Local Releases of 2008, claiming it may have received the #1 spot if his mother-in-law hadn't inquired about PYG's next upcoming show date! Thanks for all the support, Madison!!!

Here are some HIGHLIGHTS OF REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, ETC. RECEIVED FOR OUR 2008 RELEASES:

Print Reviews (no links, but you can read these on the Store page in the Reviews section underneath the album cover):
Skyscraper Magazine
CMJ New Music Report 10/06/08

Print Reviews (no links, but you can read these on the Store page in the Reviews section underneath the album cover):
CMJ New Music Report 10/20/08
Elmore Magazine
The Charlotte Observer
The Daily News (PA)
Alternative Press
PRICK Magazine
Magnet Magazine- Current Winter Issue on Page 100 "Introducing the Band"

Hey! Have you noticed our new PHOTOS page yet? If you have any photos of any of our bands that you'd like to share, please send them to info@scienceofsound.com and we'll post 'em (and of course give you credit). If we have any photos posted that were taken by you, and the credit isn't listed, please send an email with your info so we can get that updated (and sorry!).

News from the Laboratory:
We just sent off materials to start the pressing for the Sleeping in the Aviary / The Hussy 7-inch, so we'll know more soon regarding its release date.

His & Her Vanities is still poking around in the studio. Okay, okay... it's taken over 4 years to finish a new album, but Ricky and i have been busy with this record label and the studio (not to mention our kids) so it's taking us a long time! But we now have 6 songs finished which is a huge accomplishment. And hey, Winter is a great time for working on music cuz it's too flippin' cold to do anything else! So if all goes well, our album should be finished and released sometime this year.

12.01.08
Well both PALE YOUNG GENTLEMEN and SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY made it back safely after two months of touring, and both tours went very well! In one week SITA will be heading out again for another 13 dates:
SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY DECEMBER TOUR DATES

Dec. 8- Chicago, IL- Go Go Town
Dec. 9- Champaign, IL- Mike 'n Molly's
Dec. 10- Memphis, TN- Murphy's
Dec. 11- Little Rock, AR- White Water Tavern
Dec. 12- Dallas, TX- Double Wide
Dec. 13- Houston, TX- Walter's on Washington
Dec. 14- San Antonio, TX- The Warhol
Dec. 15- Austin, TX- Trophys
Dec. 16- Denton, TX- Rubber Gloves
Dec. 17- Lubbock, TX- Jake's Backroom
Dec. 18- Tulsa, OK- Soundpony
Dec. 19- Wichita, KS- Kirby's
Dec. 20- Omaha, NE- PS Collective
Check their MySpace page for more details on each show.

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There have been a lot of reviews coming in for both PYG's and SITA's new albums, as well as some interviews. Most of them have been posted on the Store page underneath the individual album covers where it says "Read the Reviews".

A great interview with Mike fromPALE YOUNG GENTLEMENwas just posted on The Red Alert, and The Capital Times got a lot of interesting tidbits out of Elliott of SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY.

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In other news, we're planning on releasing a 7-inch in the near future featuring two unreleased rockin' songs from SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY on Side A, and three awesome tracks from Madison garage-rock duet THE HUSSY on Side B! We'll have more details on that soon...

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Fun Fact I: PYG's album has been holding pretty steady on the Metacritic.com site with a score currently at 82. Pretty cool.
Fun Fact II: The cover to the storage compartment on top of SITA's van blew off while they were driving through Florida. If you found a sleeping bag on the highway near Jacksonville, it may be Elliott's.

10.14.08
SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY

"EXPENSIVE VOMIT IN A CHEAP HOTEL" RELEASED TODAY!

Both SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY and PALE YOUNG GENTLEMEN are on tour right now, so please make sure to check the Tour page if you'd like to catch them live! AND they both have tour blogs... check 'em out!
PYG: paleyounggentlemen.wordpress.com | SITA: sleepingintheaviary.blogspot.com
SITA says: "Holy ballslapper! We done started a tour blog. Live vicariously through us and sleep in a heavily scented minivan!!!"

10.07.08
PALE YOUNG GENTLEMEN

"BLACK FOREST (TRA LA LA)" RELEASED TODAY!

09.23.08
You can now pre-order PALE YOUNG GENTLEMEN's "Black Forest (tra la la)" and SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY's "Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel" on the Store page! There are also some sample songs posted, as well as some of the first reviews.

Both bands will be heading out on tour in October. Check the Tour page for details!!!

05.20.08
NEW RELEASE! WHATFOR's "Sooner Late Than Never" is out today and available for purchase on the store page! The album is also available at CdBaby, Amazon, local independent record stores (B-Side and Exclusive Company) and will be on iTunes and many other digital download sites soon. We're having a release party at High Noon Saloon in Madison on Friday, May 23rd. SOSOS-008!

Looks like new albums from PALE YOUNG GENTLEMEN and SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY will be coming in early October. Both bands will be touring in support of their records with dates to be determined soon. So check back!

03.15.08

The snow is finally melting, thank GOD!!!

In SOS news... there's finally a name for Michael Sienkowski's (drummer for Sleeping in the Aviary) project, and that is WHATFOR. The name of the album is "Sooner Late Than Never" and it will be released on May 20th. We'll have a bio and some reviews up on the site soon.

As for SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY... well things didn't work out in their living room. They hit some walls trying to record in their house so eventually ended up coming into our studio to record with Ricky again (and it turned out AWESOME!). The basic tracking was done live, and now SITA's got the tracks back at their house to add overdubs and mix.... so things are moving forward. This album is quite a change from the first... it's got a bit of a folk feel, and believe it or not, almost all of the songs run about three minutes or over! Whoah! No release date scheduled yet, but i think we're aiming for this fall sometime.

We've got another thing to report... something else very exciting... we will be releasing the sophomore album from PALE YOUNG GENTLEMEN! We're super stoked to bring them on board! They've been in our studio this week to demo the songs for the new record so that they can iron out all of their ideas before heading into Smart Studios here in Madison to record with Beau Sorenson in April and May. The demos sound incredible, and we're extremely eager to hear what things will sound like after the songs are completed and run through the Smart machine. No release date scheduled here yet either.

We feel very lucky to be associated with these upcoming releases!

Also, we're working with somebody to design a NEW WEBSITE which should be up in the next month or two. Besides a new look, it will also have more features like pages for videos, photos, a mailing list, a music player, etc. Oooooooooooooooooooo.

Now come on, Spring!

SOS

01.19.08
This is our first post of 2008... HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's effen cold out there!!!!

Just a little bit of news...

It seems as if Michael Sienkowski's album (name of project is still to be determined) is just about all mixed, and we've set a release date of May 20. It's always exciting when an upcoming release is starting to take shape. We'll have more info on it soon.

SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY- Elliott, Phil and Michael have begun converting their living room into a recording zone for their sophomore album in which they'll be recording themselves onto an 8-track. They've just started working on getting some tones and drum sounds, but the record button hasn't officially been pushed yet. Also, rumor has it there will be a new lineup for a couple of upcoming shows they have scheduled...something about an accordian player and a violinist. Hmmmm.......

11.06.07
SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL/ SHE IS SO BLONDE is now available for purchase on the store page!

10.20.07
SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL/SHE IS SO BLONDE's debut album coming out Nov 6!

HIS & HER VANITIES are finally back in the studio. Recording for the 3rd album began about a year ago, then the band got too busy with other things to finish. Well now it's all opened up again and they're going to stay at it until it's done. Please send good vibes.

TRANSFORMER LOOTBAG will be tackling the High Noon Saloon on New Year's Eve! Partay!

SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY should be returning from tour at any minute, and will most likely be back in the studio within the next couple of days to finish the tracking for Michael's solo album.
End of news.
Thanks for checking in!

09.14.07
SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY TOUR STARTS TODAY!
Please go out and show the guys some love! SitA will be debuting some of their new songs from their upcoming sophomore album, which will be recorded upon returning from tour. Elliott will have copies of his new solo album "She is So Beautiful/She is So Blonde" along to sell (way ahead of the scheduled release date of Nov. 6)... as well as his brand new comic book, "The Amazing Adventures Of The Man Who Couldn't Get Cancer!" There is also a new batch of t-shirts heading out with new designs created and screen printed by the band. Lots of NEW stuff, eh?? They even have new haircuts.
Click here for Tour Dates!

08.22.07
Sleeping in the Aviary is Hardly Sleeping
Elliott, Phil and Michael have been busy this summer. Before they leave for another West-coast tour in mid-September, they're trying to finish the tracking for an album full of songs composed by Michael, under a name yet to be determined. Working with Ricky in the SOS studio, many of the songs are coming along nicely, and I'm amazed at how it's turning out. Harmonies, layers of instruments (including cello, piano, tuba, bells, violin, etc.), engaging lyrics, songs that sound like they originated in the '60's… what's not to like? No release date has been scheduled yet until the tracking, mixing, etc. is farther along. I'll be posting some pictures of them in the studio shortly on our MySpace page.

We've got a release coming up in November that is also Sleeping in the Aviary-related. "She is So Beautiful/She is So Blonde" is the name of both the solo project, and the title of the album by Elliott featuring 11 spacey, compelling songs recorded by himself at home during the years of 2003-2007. The album makes me feel like a fly on the wall, listening in on someone writing songs that I shouldn't be hearing. It's fantastic. The songs range from stripped-down guitar and vocals only, to close to 70 tracks of sonic depth in one song alone. Copies will be ready in time for the guys to take to sell on tour, but the official release date isn't until November 6th. We'll be taking pre-orders sometime in October. I'll post another bulletin when everything's set to go.

Also… expect a 7-inch from SitA available in a couple of months as well. AND when they get back from tour in October, they will start work recording their second full-length, which will be released sometime next Spring. Good day!

06.04.07
If you're heading to NXNE in Toronto this week, try to stop by Rancho Relaxo on Thursday, June 7th to catch Sleeping in the Aviary's set at 11PM!

05.01.07
Sleeping in the Aviary is still on tour, currently out East. Have you seen them yet?? They'll be coming back home in a couple of weeks and then heading into the studio in late June to record Michael's (drummer) solo album, and when that's finished they'll start recording their second full-length (which will be released next Spring). In the beginning of June, SitA is heading to Toronto, Canada for some NXNE action. The festival is June 7-9, and we should find out which date and time slot they'll have soon. So as you can see, between recording, NXNE, some regional shows, yoga classes, growing organic grapefruits and operating their portable dog grooming salon, the guys will be fairly busy this summer.

SitA's debut album, "Oh, This Old Thing?" has been getting some good reviews in various publications and websites. You can see some of these on the Store page... click on "Read the reviews" underneath their CD album cover.

His & Her Vanities and Transformer Lootbag have a show coming up this month. They'll be playing together at the King Club in Madison, WI with Romance Language (Madison) and View-Finder (Cincinnati). Show time is 10PM.

That'z all we'z got for now. Thanks for checking in.

03.03.07
Sleeping in the Aviary is on tour!
They've gone South and are now heading West. And North. Will then go East from NorthWest. Slightly South again, then more East, North will follow, NorthEast to be exact, then more West back to the Midwest. To make more sense of this, view their tour dates at www.myspace.com/sleepingintheaviary.

02.20.2007
SitA's vinyl has arrived!!

01.28.07
SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY
The debut album, "Oh, This Old Thing?" has finally arrived! We kissed and caressed each little digipak as soon as they got here cuz they looked so happy to be completed and wrapped in cellophane. The CD version is scheduled to be released Feb. 6th while vinyl will take a little longer and should be ready around Feb. 20th... but that doesn't mean we can't take pre-orders!

CDs will be available online through our website here, as well as Amazon, No Karma, iTunes, Saki (Carrot Top's online store), CDBaby, and more as soon as we get it all set up. Distribution to independent record stores by Carrot Top.

SitA will be celebrating their release Feb. 2nd at the High Noon Saloon in Madison, WI along with The Dials, Pale Young Gentlemen and His & Her Vanities. 18 and up. $5. Starts @ 10PM sharp.

National tour begins Feb. 20th so be sure to check the tour page for details!