SUN BLOOD STORIES ALL AGES RSD17 ALBUM RELEASE PARTY FRIDAY, APRIL 21

In celebration of the release of “It Runs Around the Room With Us,” Sun Blood Stories will perform a special all-ages Record Store Day Eve album release set at 7:30pm Friday, April 21, at The Record Exchange (1105 W. Idaho St.). As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages.

“It Runs Around the Room With Us” will be available for purchase at the event (CD, vinyl and cassette). Sun Blood Stories’ official album release party is Saturday, April 22 at Neurolux and we have tickets for sale at the store.

“It Runs Around the Room with Us” is the third album from Sun Blood Stories. It’s a collage of echo fuzz feedback melodies; super chunk forever drums; sometimes pretty songs too.

Sun Blood Stories appears in trio form while still maintaining full orchestral textures that guide you on a journey through that space between wake and sleep. Alternating between ghostly, heavy and goofy, this album creates a solid vision from the opening note to the ending laughter.

ABOUT SUN BLOOD STORIES

Sun Blood Stories is a mass of harmonic noise distilled into occasionally delicate, but always haunting songs. The band is comprised of three equal members: Amber Pollard, Ben Kirby and Jon Fust; this current arrangement is the realization of a sedulous refining process that has guided them into trio form.

Sun Blood Stories has been called “high desert psychedelia” (thanks, Wolvserpent), sonically compared to early Pink Floyd (thanks, random patron at Hogan’s) and flatteringly referred to as “Neil Young in a cave on acid” (thanks, Talkative).

Sun Blood Stories is dreamy, aware, personal, open, fuzzed out, and loud af.

TOY ZOO/SICK WISH SPLIT 7-INCH RELEASE PARTY THURSDAY, APRIL 20

The Record Exchange will kick off Record Store Day Weekend with a Toy Zoo/Sick Wish Release Party at 6pm Thursday, April 20. As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages.

Toy Zoo and Sick Wish will perform back-to-back sets in celebration of the release of their split 7-inch on Hi-Fi Mantra. The limited-edition 7-inch will be available for purchase at the release party!

ABOUT TOY ZOO:

Toy Zoo is a doom pop band hailing from Boise, Idaho. Combining a love of synth-driven new wave with distorted punk music, Toy Zoo brings a raucous party to their live shows. Consisting of a vocalist, a synth player, two bassists and a drummer; their sound can veer in scope from raw post-punk to synthesized bliss to heavy, rollicking doom-influenced punk. Having released their self-titled record last year, Toy Zoo is busy recording their second record.

ABOUT SICK WISH:

Sick Wish was formed in 2014 by Boise musicians Brett Nelson (Built To Spill), Cory Hentrup (Toy Zoo), Jonah Nelson (Standing Stupid) and Marty Chase Martin (Sleepy Seeds). Their sound has been described as new wave/post punk in the vein of Joy Division. Having just wrapped up their recording debut “Riddelvoid,” they are planning to tour to support its release throughout the U.S. this spring and summer.

JOYFUL NOISE TREEFORT SHOWCASE WITH KISHI BASHI, TALL TALL TREES, CJ BOYD SUNDAY, MARCH 26 (1-3PM)

The Record Exchange is hosting a Joyful Noise Treefort Showcase from 1-3pm Sunday, March 26, during Treefort Music Fest. As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages — Treefort pass not required to attend. Treefort Music Fest runs March 22-26 and we have passes for sale at the store!

We’re partnering with one of our favorite independent labels to give you a taste of the Joyful Noise artists performing at Treefort. Hear live sets from:

Kishi Bashi

Tall Tall Trees

CJ Boyd

Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym for violin virtuoso K Ishibashi. Having recorded, toured, and collaborated with diverse artists such as Regina Spektor, Sondre Lerche, and of Montreal, Kishi Bashi released his first full-length album 151a via Joyful Noise in 2012, which received high praise and the title of NPR’s “Best New Artist Of The Year”. K’s follow-up album Lighght expanded his palette to include more diverse and nuanced instrumentation, flirting with Eastern-tinged arrangements, Philip Glass inspired improvisations, and 70s prog.

Kishi Bashi’s third studio album, Sonderlust, was released on September 16, 2016. With the help of producer Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear), engineer Pat Dillet (Angelique Kidjo, David Byrne) and drummer Matt Chamberlain (Morrissey, Fiona Apple, of Montreal), Kishi Bashi has created his most personal and artistically adventurous work to date.

The man behind Tall Tall Trees is Mike Savino, a pioneer in the world of experimental and psychedelic banjo music. If you’ve seen Kishi Bashi live over the last several years, chances are you’ve already seen this insane banjo virtuoso playing in K’s band, and perhaps opening the show. Often performing solo, Savino’s modern take on the one-man band involves running his homemade instrument, dubbed the “Banjotron 5000,” through a slab of effects and loopers, bowing, drumming and strumming out multi-textured arrangements to support his lyrically driven songs.

Bassist, composer, vagabond, CJ Boyd uses low-end loops and voices in order to try and stop time. On perpetual tour since March 2008, movement and stasis are both at the center of his music. Though solo performance takes up the bulk of his time and effort, he also plays in the bands Desert Center, Kurva Choir, Rhonya, and Move. His non-stop travels between North America and Europe have been propelled by vans, cars, trains, buses, planes, and boats, but most of all a commitment to ceaseless discovery and re-invention. His oceanic sounds provide a home for the homeless and journeys to the homebound.

RECORD EXCHANGE TREEFORT IN-STORE SCHEDULE:

Secret In-store Wednesday, March 22 5:30pm RSVP
Weaves Second Chance In-store presented by Boise State Public Radio Friday, March 24 4pm RSVP
Marco Benevento Second Chance In-store Saturday, March 25 5pm RSVP
Joyful Noise Showcase Sunday, March 26 1-3pm RSVP

FULL TREEFORT SCHEDULE:

treefortmusicfest.com/schedule

All Record Exchange in-store events are free and all ages, and a Treefort pass is not required to attend (but you really should get one because you don’t want to miss out on the #treefort2017 action).