The Cairo Gang - "Now You are One of Us" (from The Corner Man 10/23):
MP3: http://endlessnest.com/mp3player/source/Now_You_are_One_of_Us.mp3
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/emptycellarrecords/now-you-are-one-of-us/
"He's a man who loves music with every fiber of his being, and that comes through on tracks like this." - Mark Schoneveld, YVYNYL
Empty Cellar Records is proud to present our latest release The Corner Man, by Chicago's notorious The Cairo Gang (In stores 10/23). Perhaps familiar, The Cairo Gang is the outfit of wunderkind Emmett Kelly, long time conspirator in the Bonnie "Prince" Billy band and multi-instrumentalist/producer extraordinaire for a multitude of legit musical enterprises.
The Corner Man is the much-anticipated new LP by The Cairo Gang and the first full-length of new material since the impossible to find '06 record Twyxt Wyrd. In the time between, Emmett Kelly and The Gang has worked on various projects including 2010's Holy Clover EP (Empty Cellar), and collaborations with Bonnie "Prince" Billy for the critically acclaimed LP and 10", The Wondershow of the World and Island Brothers, both on Drag City. This is their first full length for Empty Cellar, and we couldn't be more psyched to see how it's come together. The Corner Man is a marked departure from Wondershow in presenting a diverse program of songs that explores Kelly's own singular voice and production styles. It contains lush, full arrangements that span from tentative and intimate ballads, to searing guitar and deep pocket drumming - always with the lead voice way out front and a wild bed of gorgeous harmony just behind it.
On this effort Emmett is joined by Chicago musicians Leroy Bach (Wilco, The Boogie Band), Ben Babbitt (Pillars and Tongues, This Is Cinema), Sam Wagster (The Father Costume), avant-garde pianist Ben Boye. Mixed with worldly recording wizard David Vandervelde and mastered by Paul Oldham, The Corner Man is presented on glorious vinyl in an elegant old-style paste-on sleeve and letter-pressed obi.
Track Listing:
Side A: Everybody Knows / Now You are One of Us / Gland in Gland / Put on a Smile
Side B: Gone is the Light / Freak / Ill Force / There is Something Here
Pre-order URL: http://www.endlessnest.com/store/index.php#EMP015
Press Photos: Photos by Jim Newberry
Album Art: Album Art
More about The Cairo Gang: Emmett Kelly on Wikipedia
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The Cairo Gang is available for interviews and live performaces.
If you would like a review copy of the full album or further information, please contact: Arvel@endlessnest.com
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