Endless Boogie to Release Admonitions Nov. 12
Last year, amid the chaos of the autumn that followed the chaos of the summer and preceded the chaos of winter — a clusterfuck for all seasons — ostensibly New York-based improvisateurs Endless Boogie released the 4LP box set The Gathered and Scattered, and even with the unceasing distraction of pandemic and collapsing democracy (neither woods we’re out of, by the way), they sold out 1,000 copies in, I dunno, seconds? Minutes? Preorders? Does it matter? They’re gone. You missed it. Me too. Nature of the thing.
The news that there is more Endless Boogie along the way is enticing. A new studio release. Recorded across studios in NY, Texas and Sweden. I don’t know who it is living in Sweden at this point, but recording at the studio founded by Träd, Gräs och Stenar‘s Jacob Sjöholm is bound to result in some right-on vibe. Frankly, to expect anything less would be silly.
No audio yet, but audio will come, rest assured. And go no less surely.
To the PR wire:
Endless Boogie announce Admonitions out November 12th
5th studio album recorded in Brooklyn and Sweden
Endless Boogie, one time staple of New York City dives and hole in the walls – now elusive, with members located around the globe – have announced that their 5th studio record Admonitions will be out November 12th. It’s a double LP which began and ended with sessions in pastoral Svartsjö, Sweden (at the studio founded by Jacob Sjöholm of Trad, Gras, Och Stenar). In between saw stops in a cramped Brooklyn basement and a Llano, Texas home studio. The album clocks in with a run time of 83 minutes, and starts with perhaps the best 22 minute opener in the history of 22 minute of openers (“The Offender”).
The band describes the collection as follows:
Seven tracks of unrefined wisdom, mostly put to tape in improvised fashion with little to no warning
Eklow on crude direction, Sweeney on stealth glamour, the obscurantist clarity of Paul Major is, as always, as ever, on full display, the fierce reality of Mike Bones is crucial, and the stoic solidity of The Harry Druzd lays beneath it all. Old pal Kurt Vile hovers over COUNTERFEITER.
Full grease, delivered with ease. It is the band’s humble wish that you immerse yourself and enjoy this offering.
Endless Boogie formed in the mid-90’s on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. They existed for years as a ‘rehearsal band’ – or a reason to get (famed rare record dealer) Paul Major out of his house. They were (semi) famously coaxed into playing their first show by Stephen Malkmus, opening for him at the Bowery Ballroom in 2001. After two self-released LPs of rehearsal recordings they released their debut album Focus Level in 2008.
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