BRAD LANER + JOENSUU 1685 SPLIT 12” Brad Laner / Joensuu 12” A collaborative 12” between noise pop legend Brad Laner and Hometapes - HTD003 - LIMITED EDITION Finnish experimental trio Joensuu 1685, this limited edition RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2011 vinyl-only project is relased by Oslo-based label Splendour and distributed in North America exclusively by Hometapes. TRACK LIST: A1. Brad Laner “Hero Seed” 3:32 “Finland’s fuzzy gospel/shoegaze answer to Spiritualized” A2. Brad Laner “Feelin’ Stronger Every - NME.com on Joensuu 1685 Day”(Chicago cover) 4:47 A3. Brad Laner “Fountain Climber” 4:51 Brad Laner, who broke ground as founder/leader of Medicine, B1. Joensuu 1685 “Lost Highway” 16:45 contributes three tracks -- all comparable to the type of lucid, eccentric noise pop that made his last two solo LPs so striking CATALOG NUMBER: HTD003 and masterful. Brad’s take on Chicago’s “Feelin’ Stronger Every RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2011 Day” is a must hare for anyone with ‘Chicago VI’ and ‘Loveless’ in FORMAT: 12” VINYL - LIMITED TO 1000 their record collection. EXPORTABLE: NORTH AMERICA ONLY BOX LOT: 32 (NON-RETURNABLE) “a sun-splattered psych-popper...kaleidoscopic ‘ooh-la-la’ harmo- GENRE: Rock/Indie/Alternative nies, tinkling glocks, and vintage, tube-crackling guitars. Head- SELLING POINTS: phones recommended.” Brad Laner covers Chicago’s “Feelin’ Stronger - Stereogum on Laner‘s Neighbor Singing LP Everyday” Limited pressing. Only a small quantity of the 12” During a break from touring their first album and supporting are being imported and o ered by Hometapes. Wolf Parade, Joensuu 1685 recorded hours of new material in a The 12” is released by Oslo-based Splendour cabin in Northern Finland. The eerie and nearly 17-minute-long Records, a new label in partnership with the noise rock piece 'Lost Highway' is the first track to surface from booking agency UFA (Serena Maneesh, Jaga these sessions. Jazzist, 120 Days, etc.) “..it takes their post Spacemen 3/Neu leanings to somewhere P: 812-335-1572 F: 888-678-0167 US: [email protected] entirely new. Incredibly powerful, it’s devotional, hymn like, hyp- WORLD: [email protected] notic. As Joensuu 1685 become more minimal, they become more EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTED BY SC DISTRIBUTION. powerful.” - Kieron Tylor on Joensuu’s “Lost Highway”

“You could call it shoegaze or something, but that wouldn't quite capture its eccentric buzz...a bit of everything, with a wailing lead guitar clearing the way for tight self-harmonizing that sounds 656605785714 like Yes with Hendrix on guitar instead of Steve Howe.” HOMETAPES www.home-tapes.com - Pitchfork on Laner’s Natural Selections LP