Oh boy, oh boy! Via the postman, my copy of the Siderunners’ latest CD, Sabbath Country Sabbath, arrived this afternoon.

I ordered the CD and T-shirt from Failed Experiment Records in Chicago, way back on July 10, as noted here.

Early last week or so, I received an email from Mike at Failed Experiment; he said that the first shipment was returned by the USPS, with no mention as to why. I validated my address with Mike, and today, all’s well. And not only did I get one shirt, there were two shirts in the package. If this is lagniappe for my patience in waiting, thanks Mike! If on the other hand, I got two shirts in error, I’ll be glad to pay for the other one, SWMBO having already claimed it and all.

So, there’s a Busch race this afternoon, tonight is pork chop night. Thereafter, SWMBO and I will don our shirts, pop in the CD, and hear some great music. Review to follow.

The album liner notes reveal that this CD was recorded in an empty upstairs apartment in the house of a Siderunners friend on 9/3/2005. From the notes, pure poetry:

… as we positioned ourselves as best we could to get a balanced sound. We started drinking about noon and just recorded; no overdubs, no fixes, no fucking pitch correctors; nothing except wood, steel, and whatever the devil let us keep. This is a band playing together, warts and all. Treat this as if you were in the room with us, helping yourself to our cheap beer in the twilight of anonymous summer day.

Later tonight, I shall do that very thing.

-k-

Update: Forgot to include linkage to the Siderunners website. Find them here.

Technorati Tags: failedexperimentrecords, siderunners