i hope it's got a face that i know

Yowza yowza yowza. I mean, damn -- when those Sisters pull a comeback they don't fuck around. No, they just go ahead and stage the most glorious resurrection since a certain Nazarene kicked a stone out of his way a couple of millenniums ago. Here are the tidings of joy from American Laundromat:

1. "The Caulfield Sisters will be playing a show on September 8th at Don Hills in NYC."


2. "In the next few weeks we’'ll be releasing the original demo version of Fine” on iTunes. The demo version is much different than the Say It With Fire –EP version and fans will love having this track in their collection."


3. "Cindy and Mary have agreed to allow American Laundromat to exclusively release the 3 Wheeler “Deal Breaker Demos” on iTunes. The 3 Wheeler demo was recorded after Pee Shy disbanded and before The Caulfield Sisters formed. The songs are a perfect blend of dreamy indie rock and smart pop we’'ve come to expect from The Caulfield Sisters. Mary herself is working on artwork for both the Fine single and Deal Breaker Demos."

Can it get any better? Oh yes it can: "Look for both in the next few weeks."

All I can say is: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, I just need to faint somewhere.

The Don Hills show seems like it should be especially magical, since the club's calendar says the Sisters will be appearing with The Hornrims, whose members include Cindy's old Ybor City co-conspirator Joe Popp. Perhaps Cindy and Joe will bring back the old Ybor Orchestra while they're at it, maybe do an impromptu rendition of "Fiddle on the Griddle." We can dream, can't we?

No we can't. Not now. This is far too much great news in one sitting to possibly justify hoping for more.

OK, one final question: Will these iTunes releases be available in iTunes Plus? The only thing better than hearing new music from the Sisters is hearing them at 256kbps resolution instead of 128, plus not having to engage in annoying technical rigamarole to play them on your non-iPod player. That would make all this beyond perfect. But hell, I'll take them on eight-track if that's all that's available. (Hmmmm ...)

In any case -- thank you, thank you, thank you for the great news, and congratulations to everyone involved for all the hard work that no doubt went into making this happen. You guys rock.

days grow long as the days go on

Great news: Various folks who know much more than I do say the Caulfield Sisters juggernaut is getting ready to roll, to which all I can respond is a mighty yee haw. See these snippets from the American Laundromat message board plus the comments to my prior blog post for more. Really, I was just expressing my fears out loud so they'd turn out not to be true.

Meanwhile, anyone looking to get their sororal fix can listen to a few new songs featuring Kristin on her other, other, other band Gloria Deluxe. The GD is also working on two new albums, has a bunch of shows coming up in Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Chapel Hill in the next few months, and has set up a new website for Accinosco (a\k\a the Accidental Nostalgia Company), which is essentially Gloria Deluxe plus a bunch of supporting players. Think of them as the Talking Heads circa 1983, as opposed to the Talking Heads circa 1977. Sure, they're not the Sisters, but they've been known to put out a snappy tune now and again.