Pitchfork

[Posted Thursday, September 11th, 2003 04:30:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

In a maddening attempt to milk one more news report out of us (those publicity whores-- but they do have 500,000 albums to sell), Beulah have added a date to their upcoming tour, bought back the rights to one of their own albums, and announced they'll be releasing a limited-edition CD of demos for their latest Velocette release, Yoko. Beulah's career has been a bit of a record label merry-go-round, with just about all of their albums going out of print at least once, so it comes as welcome news (especially to them) that they've been able to buy back the rights to their sophomore release, When Your Heartstrings Break. According to the band's official site, the album has already been repressed and will be available on their upcoming tour with John Vanderslice, as well as back in stores soon, and for sale on their website (I told you they were whores!).

They've also pressed 2,500 copies of a CD containing the band's demos for Yoko to sell on the tour, and if there are any left over afterwards, they'll be available through the Beulah website. The demo album features four- and eight-track, largely acoustic versions of Yoko tracks, with only the occasional keyboard or horn accompaniment. According to Beulah's Bill Swan, "Being that we recorded much of it in Oakland you can hear the rumble of cars blasting hip-hop as they pass by." Sounds like an enhancement to the poppy Beulah sound, no? The tracklist will be the same as the finished album. Can't you just smell the collectibility? Now we need you to do a little addition. Check our previous story for the Beulah tour dates and mentally append this one:

11-07 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall (w/ The Velvet Teen)

In case you were wondering if Yoko's somewhat litigious namesake had any issues with the album's title, let us ease your mind. According to Swan, "Miles sent a letter to Yoko Ono explaining why he named the record after her. We've heard she liked the letter, so hopefully there will be no lawsuits in the future." Lawsuits, Bill? That's the least of your worries-- pray she doesn't break up your band and make you bake bread for her for the next five years!