Singing Tower / A Tip To Trick The Tide

Exclusive, limited, hand-numbered edition of 100, created for the band's April/May 2015 Pussy-Peril Tour (named after the poster created by artist Ali Calis, a screen-print of which is included with this release, and which is used for the covers of the 7" version). Hand-made packaging is a roughly 12x12" piece of plywood, with grip tape on one side, painted &numbered on the other. CD is mounted to the center of the numbered side via a foam holder. Each copy has a 12X24" poster wrapped around, and an insert with the following notes/lyrics: Way, way down in the southwestern tip of Kentucky is a sleepy town called Murray. Through an entanglement of dark thoughts and festering boredom oozed a creepy outfit called Quailbones. Kelley and I stepped into their muck at a show in a record shop on an R. Ring tour and instantly fell in love with their music. It was brash, squirmy, drenched and moody... you know... great! We decided then and there to work with them on something... hence, the forthcoming split 7 inch due out this July on SofaBurn. Their track is called, "A Tip to Trick the Tide" and it's exactly the Cramps, Echo and the Bunnymen condom-less orgy you'd expect! Our song, "Singing Tower" is a meandering lullaby to a wayward spectre trapped in a steeple. You are holding a Handmade Wooden 'LP'. It is a PLACEHOLDER, crafted for this tour, limited to 100. It contains a CD with both songs and a silkscreened poster illustrated and pulled by our friend Ali Calis at Able Projects in Ohio. To pre-order the vinyl, go to: sofaburn.com/rring. It will ship mid-July. Thanks! - Mike R.RING is Kelley Deal and Mike Montgomery. "Singing Tower" written by R.RING ©, (P) 2015 Body Butter Music, BMI and The Promise of Somewhere Better, ASCAP. Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Mike and Kelley at Candyland, Cincinnati, OH Singing Tower "Follow around the singing tower. Follow around. Around leaded spires, follow around. You know you can't stay here —the Old Ones are near. Oh, how they will conspire to follow around. Come down. Come down. Follow around the singing tower." Quailbones is Corbet Hall, Tim Peyton, Jordan Ferguson, Jeff Bugg and Matthew Rowan. Additional Instrumentation by Gregory S. Cook. Lyrics and Arrangement by Quailbones. Recorded and Mixed by Shelby Preklas at Loud and Clear, Paducah, KY. Contact: QUAILBONES@GMAIL.COM A Tip to Trick the Tide 'This dust to dust will dance around and leave you nothing but the clouds. Some say you're not the only one who feels defeat when you have won. Pour yourself another dream/drink. The day was done/dumb. But who's to blame? I am on your side, a tip to trick the tide. Got out of bed, got out ahead, the light looks green but I know it's red. You crashed the car, became the king/ queen. Swollen comfort comes for free. Lay loose let's blow away tonight. This town is bound to up and die. Ocean Rain plays on your stereo, takes me where I'd like to go."