Pitchfork: Anticon Signs SJ Esau, Thee More Shallows

Anticon Signs SJ Esau, Thee More Shallows

The folks at Anticon are giving both their hometown of the Bay Area and Bristol, England some love with the recent signings of locals Thee More Shallows and Brit SJ Esau.

SJ Esau (born Samuel Wisternoff) will release his Anticon debut Wrong Faced Cat Feed Collapse on March 13. And it's hard to believe, but SJ Esau was cavorting with Massive Attack and Tricky as a freestyling MC before he even hit puberty. According to a press release, however, his current music is "more Pavement and Low than De La Soul, though his love for all three is no doubt equal." He also has a few shows scheduled for February and March in England.

Thee More Shallows will release their first album for the label-- Book of Bad Breaks-- on April 24, and according to a press release, it "plays like a film but moves fluidly in and out of dark, rich pop and cold, distorted atmosphere." If the record sounds anything like it reads, we're sure the trio will have no trouble fitting with the Anticon aesthetic.

On the live side of things, Thee More Shallows have one show currently scheduled for February 3 at San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill, where Dosh and Kyoto Beat Orchestra will join them. A full U.S. tour in support of Book of Bad Breaks is in the works for May and June.

Wrong Faced Cat Feed Collapse tracklist:

01 (Untitled)
02 Cat Track (he has no balls)
03 The Wrong Order
04 Geography
05 Wears the Control
06 (Untitled)
07 (Untitled)
08 I Got a Bad
09 All Agog
10 Queezy Beliefs
11 Halfway Up the Pathway
12 Lazy Eye

Book of Bad Breaks tracklist:

01 D. Shallow
02 Eagle Rock
03 The Dutch Fist
04 Night at the Knight School
05 Int 1
06 Proud Turkeys
07 Int 2
08 Fly Paper
09 Int 3
10 Oh Yes, Another Mother
11 The White Mask
12 Chrome Caps
13 Mo Deeper

SJ Esau dates:

02-09 Bristol, England - The Croft *
02-17 Bristol, England - The Louisiana
03-15 London, England – Spitz
03-21 London, England - The Luminaire #
03-22 Bristol, England - The Cube #
03-25 Oxford, England - Port Mahon

* with Joe Lally, Zu
# with Bracken