Pitchfork

[Posted Tuesday, September 23rd, 2003 05:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

For men so devoted to the slow, careful development of sound, Ohio's Six Parts Seven sure like to keep busy. First up is a split EP with fellow Ohioites The Black Keys, which, although Six Parts Seven's role only consists of only one track, promises to offer "a blissful taste of what's to come on their fourth full-length," according to the Suicide Squeeze website. The Black Keys' offerings are slightly more substantial, with three tracks culled from a live recording on WMBR-- one song from each of their full-lengths, and one from an early Alive Records seven-incher. The CD EP came out just last week on Suicide Squeeze. Tracklist:

01 Six Parts Seven: "A Blueprint of Something Never Finished"
02 The Black Keys: "Thickfreakness" [live on WMBR]
03 The Black Keys: "The Moan" [live on WMBR]
04 The Black Keys: "Yearniní" [live on WMBR]

Second on the docket is the November release of Six Parts Seven's (sorta) remix project, also on Suicide Squeeze. Titled Lost Notes From Forgotten Songs, the album consists of tracks from their back catalog, in addition to the new track above, bequeathed to indie luminaries like Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse and David Bazan of Pedro the Lion for vocal additions, massive reworkings, and/or basically whatever the chosen artist wanted to do to them. You can download a taste of the album from the Suicide Squeeze website in the form of the Iron & Wine-overdubbed version of "Sleeping Diagonally." Overly-clever titling concept aside (see below), it bodes well for the project as a whole. In any case, Lost Notes From Forgotten Songs is scheduled for release on November 11th (though Suicide Squeeze has it available for pre-order as we speak). Tracklist:

01 Sleeping Diagonally (re-made by Sam Beam of Iron & Wine)
02 On Marriage (re-defined by Jenn Ghetto & Mat Brooke of Carissa's Weird)
03 From California to Houston, on Lightspeed (re-volutionized by Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse)
04 Song of Impossible Things (re-alized by Will Johnson of Centro-matic)
05 Seems Like Most Everything Used to be Something Else (re-assembled by Pall Jenkins of The Black Heart Procession)
06 Attitudes of Collapse (re-shaped by John Atkins of The Magic Magicians)
07 Now Like Photographs (re-invented by Brian Straw)
08 Cold Things Never Catch Fire (re-vitalized by Katie Eastburn of Young People)
09 A Blueprint of Something Never Finished (re-deemed by David Bazan of Pedro the Lion)

And what do you do once you've released a split EP and a remix album, but you're not quite ready to head into the studio and record your next album? Why, you tour, of course. No, it may not be an original idea, but they're married to it anyway-- those Six Parts Seven t-shirts won't wear themselves, people! They hit most of the U.S. in October and November, and here are the perts:

10-02 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar (w/ Centro-matic, Glossary)
10-03 Madison, WI - Toronto Club Corral Room (w/ Centro-matic)
10-04 Chicago, IL - Subterranean (w/ Centro-Matic)
10-05 Hamtramck, MI - Small's (w/ Leaving Rouge)
10-07 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe Live
10-08 Philadelphia, PA - Fire / The Philadelphia Bar and Grille
10-10 New York, NY - Knitting Factory
10-11 Brooklyn, NY - Luxx (w/ The Neal Pollack Invasion)
10-13 Greensboro, NC - Gate City Noise *
10-14 Athens, GA - Caledonia Lounge *
10-15 Atlanta, GA - Echo Lounge
10-16 Tampa, FL - TBA *
10-17 Orlando, FL - Will's Pub *
10-18 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
10-19 Baton Rouge, LA - Rotolos (w/ Always the Runner) *
10-20 Houston, TX - Fat Cats *
10-21 Austin, TX - The Carousel Lounge *
10-22 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves *
10-23 Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory *
10-24 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge (w/ Papa M) *
10-25 Colorado Springs, CO - 32 Bleu *
10-26 Albuquerque, NM - Atomic Cantina *
10-27 Phoenix, AZ - Modified *
10-28 Los Angeles, CA - Silverlake Lounge *
10-29 Goleta, CA - The Hard to Find Showspace *
10-30 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
11-01 Portland, OR - TBA (w/ Other Men My Age) *
11-02 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe

* with Summer Hymns