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HANK featuring Mantler THE SOCIETY OF SIX E.P. FINALLY RELEASED!
It's true, we tell thee. Long promised, oft delayed and now available for purchase is The Society of Six E.P. It features 4 crackin' numbers, namely 1. The historical dance music of The Society of Six (featuring Mantler, himself now a permanent member of Hank), 2. You are the Child of Betrayal which stars Magali in her first ever Hank lead vocal, 3. The Art of Plain Talk, an ode to glue-sniffing (in a sense), 4. All the Greens, a mid-fi reworking of rare but loved oldie In the Middle of Crying. Buy it! Somewhere or other! Contact us if you run into problems!
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WT SIGNS AUSTRIAN SCHOOLBOY NASHVASH
Weeping Truckers is simply thrilled to announce a new signing: Nashvash. A 16-year old Austrian boy called Gerhard Bremner is the brains behind this self-described "urban bedroom house project". We came across Gerhard when he was visiting Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto, with his family, and was alone by the harbour playing his music to Lake Ontario, only a few Canada geese and seagulls in sight. In these strange, difficult but fascinating times of record company combustion, the decline of beloved 45s and cassette tapes, and huge advance towards the ephemeral, Gerhard stands out as a youth against his time, committed to apparently "archaic" formats whilst sounding like the immediate present. And he offered to furnish us with his music because we expressed an interest and we can't afford to press vinyl but can, at least, serve as a small outlet for artists. For starters, therefore, we have the dirt-house sounds of 'Hey Taximan'(mp3): "I like riding in taxis listening to dance music" says Gerhard by way of explanation. [This track samples late-80's/early-90's electronica artist Andrew Turner who has licensed the original work with Creative Commons.]
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High-end art magazine features Hank Hank has contributed a song for the latest issue of New York-based art magazine Esopus (it comes with a CD). The song is called Me and My Daddy in the Desert and was inspired by the dream of an Esopus reader who is a nice teenager from Texas. Chris Cummings sings lead, the girls speak French. We think you'll like it. The Fall 2007 edition is out now. The magazine is available in fancy art book stores or via their website. It's a great read. |
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How to Prosper... reissue "unlikely, at least in this lifetime"
Quashing speculation that Blocks Recordung Club was considering a reissue of Hank's acclaimed, now out of print 2004 sophomore LP How to Prosper in the Coming Bad Years, current president Steven Kado was recently overheard in a Toronto coffee shop saying that "I had drunkenly suggested it once but there's a certain purity and beauty in owning one of the unique covers. And anyway, no-one buys CDs anymore, dummy." HTPITCBY was issued as a limited edition of 500 CDs, all housed in one-of-a kind envelopes, handmade by Toronto/LA/Vancouver-based artist and Hank chanteuse/drummer Paige Gratland. Copies now change hands for millions and millions of dollars. If you own a copy you are basically set for life, pal. Lock it in a vault once you've ripped the CD. |
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When is Hank going to play again?
A Society of Six CD release show is currently in the pipeline, late-March in Toronto we reckon.
Confirmed date: Sunday 13th April at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.
Thanks to all of you who attended the almighty Hank extravaganza at the Rivoli on 9th Feb.
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Hank continue seemingly endless work on 3 new LPs Engineer: Some say Cab's a perfectionist but I think he just likes playing the studio piano |
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Tomlab/David Shrigley: Worried Noodles
An all-new exclusive Hank song is featured on Tomlab's release of David Shrigley's Worried Noodles. Everyone involved got to pick a Shrigley lyric from his original book and create a song out of it. Hank do Baby's Bible. Other people on the record: Deerhoof, David Byrne, Liars!, etc.
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Embattled Hank leader Cab Williamson was back in Toronto's Ivy Laine Studio last week in order to continue mixing and adding harmonic overdubs to songs which will appear on at least one of three Hank releases scheduled for 2008, The Luck of the Singers, Hank Play Rave Anthems of the 1990s and Can You Cry?. Williamson likened the sound of "Official Third LP" TLOTS to "the beat of a tambourine falling down an elevator shaft and landing in lush grass." Newish Hank staffer and successful solo artist Mantler has been frantically writing 8-part harmonies for some of the more choir-esque tunes including the spiritual Do You See the Love in My Eyes? and the ode to forgotten Italian cartoon series Signor Rossi entitled The Sun Shines At Your Door. |
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Plans to release all three records simultaneously have been abandoned because, after all, who the fuck are we kidding?
Squash
The majority of Hank have been keeping active amidst the long studio sessions by playing each other in a squash ladder and there are now rumours for a squash-themed E.P. late next year. One song has already been recorded: Hand Out (When I Dreamed of You). Forthcoming Hank releases will be available through Blocks Recording Club of Toronto, Canada and maybe other exceptional and fastidious entrepreneurs. |
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HEY!
Welcome to the new front page of Weeping Truckers. We've been taken over by some grey-whiskered press baron tyrant from the late-19th century. The newly-designed rest of site can be accessed up in the top-left corner (for anyone born before 1939). Look at what wondrous offerings we bring forth:
Majority of Hank catalogue available as free mp3 downloads!
All the Hank videos on one convenient page!
And other totally essential stuff! Bear with us as we iron out various issues. Our web designer trained as a landscape gardener so there's a bit of a learning curve. |
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
I know I left the kitchen window open, I just know it. Shit, I'm going to have to go home to shut it. Goddamn it, why am I so forgetful?
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