SUNSET RUBDOWN RANDOM SPIRIT LOVER The Mending Of The Gown The woven lyrics and singular songwriting style heard in Sunset Rubdown invoke a mythological Magic Vs. Midas world, where magical narratives and tiny metaphors give shape to ordinary objects in the room; Up On Your Leopard, Upon The End sometimes beautiful, sometimes beastly. The moniker was first born to bear the solo bedroom Of Your Feral Days recordings of Spencer Krug, but has since evolved into a full-fledged band, involving the vital The Courtesan Has Sung contributions of fellow Montreal residents Jordan Robson Cramer, Michael Doerksen, and Camilla Wynne Ingr. Winged/Wicked Things Colt Stands Up, Grows Horns Now enter Sunset Rubdown’s third full-length record, Random Spirit Lover, featuring twelve songs Stallion that bleed in and out of each other, mixing portents with theatrics, confusions with conversions. For The Pier (And Dead Shimmering) The dark glamour of the music beneath the half-baked revelations in rhyme creates a tone of high The Taming Of The Hands That drama, blown-out and overt, but the stage is wild and the roles aren’t clear, so the sincerity of the Came Back To Life work and the spontaneity of the recordings can’t help but shine through the formality of structure. In short, listening to Random Spirit Lover is like watching schoolchildren in a dress rehearsal for the Setting Vs. Rising annual Easter play. And though they aren’t old enough to know the occasion is anything more than Trumpet, Trumpet, Toot! Toot! pastel-painted eggs and edible bunnies, they wear the fake beards with confidence and style. Child-Heart Losers Random Spirit Lover was recorded in early 2007 at Breakglass Studios in Montreal with Jace Lasek (also of The Besnard Lakes) and Dave Smith. A prolific and talented musician, Krug is also a member of Frog Eyes and Wolf Parade, and, in the fall of 2006, he collaborated with Dan Bejar of Destroyer and Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes to form Swan Lake, recording their first album for Jagjaguwar called Beast Moans. Jordan Robson-Cramer is currently the brain behind Magic Weapon as well as a member of Miracle Fortress, and Michael Doerksen produces his own solo work under the name of Deep Sleepover. CATALOG #: JAG113 RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 9, 2007 “Beyond writing catchy tunes and packing them with whispers, mallets, harpsichord, and FORMAT: CD/2xLP (VINYL NON-RETURNABLE) patches of cheapskate drum machines, [Spencer Krug’s] an intriguing presence. Instead CD BOX LOT: 25 UNITS of bubbling along at one level, he roller coasters and raves, mixing nonsense with sharp 2xLP BOX LOT: 15 UNITS observations and sadness with puns.” —PITCHFORK GENRE: ALTERNATIVE/INDIE ROCK KEY MARKETS: NEW YORK, BOSTON, CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, PHILADELPHIA, SEATTLE, PORTLAND, ATLANTA, MINNEAPOLIS, 1. Spencer Krug has emerged as a special kind of songwriter, whose fans are devoted, sometimes fanatical, AUSTIN (TX), WASHINGTON (DC), BLOOMINGTON and always talking about his works and spreading the word. Random Spirit Lover is his most ambitious (IN), CHAPEL HILL (NC), MONTREAL (QC), record to date. VANCOUVER (BC) 2. Full domestic publicity by Motormouthmedia. Full domestic radio publicity by Terrorbird. CD UPC: 656605211329 3. Sunset Rubdown will be touring the United States throughout October, in close proximity to the release date. 4. Retail promotional posters and copies of the CD are available. In addition to standard retail markerting, 6 56605 21132 9 a very special limited edition poster “value add” will be offered to independent stores, to be provided to customers who buy the physical CD or LP the first few weeks of the release. 2xLP UPC: 656605211312 5. The previous Sunset Rubdown record on Absolutely Kosher, Shut Up I Am Dreaming has sound-scanned over 15,000 copies, and was designated with Pitchfork’s “Best New Music” tag. Other Spencer Krug-related projects have done as well or better. Swan Lake’s Beast Moans sound-scanned approximately 12,000 copies in the U.S., and Wolf Parade’s recent full-length has sound-scanned over 75,000 copies. 6 56605 21131 2 EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTED BY SC DISTRIBUTION PHONE: (812) 335-1572 / FAX: (812) 323-8494 1499 WEST SECOND STREET BLOOMINGTON, IN 47403 US DOMESTIC SALES CONTACT JACQUI REFICE JACQUI SCDISTRIBUTION.COM < @ > WWW.JAGJAGUWAR.COM INTERNATIONAL SALES CONTACT ALEX MANN <[email protected]>.