There it is! A brand new e.p. by former the Unicorns and Clues frontman Alden Penner. The recording named ‘Odes to the house‘ is Penner’s first solo effort since 2005 and documents a collection of acoustic songs written during a three month journey through Africa and the Middle East. The songs are accompanied by four videos showing the recording process of the e.p. at Dutch Design Factory ‘Pastoe’.

“The collection of songs are dedicated to the people of the world, particularly in North Africa and the Middle East, who have been expressing their desire for justice and peace in recent months, in the hopes this energy and fervour can be channeled into true and enduring emancipation from the weight of grievous oppression.”, says Alden.

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1. Last shelter
2. The fountain of the living
3. The mountain of significance
4. The house won’t pass

All songs written by Alden Penner.

‘Odes to the house’ is available in two formats.

Package #1 containing:
Silkscreen poster
Compact disc
Download card (video/wav/mp3)

Alden Penner
Odes to the house incl. CD
€7.00

Bandcamp:
Lossless audio files

Alden Penner is a Canadian musician and producer from Montreal, Canada. In 2000 Penner formed The Unicorns together with high school friend Nicholas Thorburn and Jamie Thompson. The band released two albums ‘Unicorns are people too’ and their hit album ‘Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?’ which garnered critical acclaim.

After the band broke up in 2004, Alden returned in 2007 with a new group called ‘Clues’ which’s self-titled debut album was released on May 19th 2009 on Constellation Records.

On april 4th 2011 Alden Penner released his first solo effort since 2005 through Beep! Beep! Back up the Truck. The recording named ‘Odes to the house’ documents a collection of songs written during a three month journey through Africa and the middle east.

Some of you may have already noticed a bit of flirting, but now it’s getting hot!

This year, Utrechts annual LE GUESS WHO? festival will be taking place from november 26th untill november 29th. The festival is initiated by Tivoli and offers more the 50 must see acts including Patrick Watson,
the Very Best, Tragicly Hip, the Dodos and Great lake swimmers.

STOP! Now before we continue. Utrechts sweet sweet venue Tivoli is still under heavy fire. Make your self useful and support them by signing their petition HERE!

CONTINUE! For this years edition the pretty pretty LE GUESS WHO? peeps, have asked us to participate in their awesome initiative…wink…wink. So honoured as we where we could not refuse such a flattering offer…wink…wink. This is what we came up with.

Saturday November 14th at dB’s studio, Utrecht

LE GUESS WHO? pre-party with

CLUES (Montreal, Constellation records)

Clues was founded in the summer of 2007 by Alden Penner (one-half of Unicorns) and Brendan Reed (Endless Forever, Arcade Fire). In 2008, Clues recruited friends Ben Borden, Lisa Gamble, and Nick Scribner from the Montreal art and music scenes.
During live shows and on recordings, the band share and trade-off on their extensive collection of instruments and create a hopeful, urgent music that expands Montreal’s (already diverse) pop music lexicon, with references to post-punk and experimental music traditions. Clues’ concerts incorporate multiple drummers, a Commodore 64, and an OLPC.

Afterwards people will be dancing to tunes chosen by Utrechts most famous DJ WIEKES

Almost forgot… We are paying so…
It´s FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

it starts at 21:00 and you can show your coolness here by signing in at
LAST FM

During the festival it self Beep! Beep! will host a night at Kargadoor which is near EKKO at the Oudegracht.

Friday November 27th

MOON & SUN (swe/nl) 20:45 – 21:15
AUDIOTRANSPARENT (nl) 21:45 – 22:30
RYLAND BOUCHARD (usa) 23:00 – 23:45

www.myspace.com/moonandsunsings
www.myspace.com/audiotransparent
www.myspace.com/rylandbouchard

Open: 20:00
Entree: € 6,-
LAST FM

More hot words on that next week when we are still hungover from the incredible pre-party!!!

Beep Beep’s Vette Analoge Shit presents:

LE GUESS WHO pre PARTY w/ CLUES (unicorns/arcade fire) for FREE.

The nice people of the Le Guess Who festival asked us to participate in this years edition of the potentially best indoor festival in Holland. And so we do! Not only will we curate a venue during the festival it self, but we will also be hosting the PRE-PARTY. So we’ve booked Clues (the new with Unicorns front man Alden Penner and Brendan Reed of Arcade Fire) to create awesomess. And since we are so desperately desperate for people to like us, we’ve decided that all of you are welcome. For Free!! Jeez! Read the rest of this entry »

Our Paper Tiger boys are doing Canada for a crazy six weeks with their buddies the Wind Whistles. Temy will keep a diary for us loyal fans so we can fill that gaping hole in our hearts with his warm words. Today, we’re starting off with part I. The diary is in dutch, but fear not: pictures are pretty too…
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While Geert is touring Europe with The Black Atlantic, our Paper Tiger boys are crossing the Atlantic leaving Europe behind. They will be touring Canada for the next six weeks with their buddies of the Wind Whistles. So if you live in Canada, they will be traveling from the west coast to the east coast and back. Go spent some time with them! It can get lonely on the road!

and of course, the dates: Read the rest of this entry »