From both of us who are The City, Gary and I would like to wish you a happy Thanksgiving, merry Christmas, and a happy new year.

You’ve got to love the holidays in Chicago.

More music coming soon…

We just finished up our remix of Mute Math’s new song, Odd Soul, and submitted it to their remix contest.

Listen to the original here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvrfoU3SS4U

And then listen to our remix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPpqClhnXFw

If you like it, download it from Soundcloud, here:
http://soundcloud.com/jaymathes/odd-soul-the-city-remix

One of our favorite bands, Mute Math, announced a remix contest a couple of weeks ago for one of the songs from their new album, Odd Soul. The City is now working on a remix to submit to them. We hope to post it here, on our website, for you all to hear, too. Yes, we know their label, Teleprompt, may frown on us posting it here, but the final remix will be as much our creation as it is their property. If they ask us to, we’d be happy to remove the file. So check back here around mid-August to listen to our remix. In the meantime, check out our friends, Mute Math, here: mutemath.com.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-fort-the-fire-the-fairs-ep/id444286134

Boom.

Gary and I are talking. Perhaps too much. We’d like to do a music video for one of the songs on FFF. We’re talking concepts, logistics, and timetable. To inspire us, I pulled out a few reels for my old 8mm projector.

We’ll let you know when we know more.

Picture courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Our debut E.P., The Fort, the Fire, the Fairs, is now available for purchase in our webstore! Purchase today and receive a bonus download!^^

^^For purchases made on or before June 22, 2011. Link to download bonus material sent via email by 8/15/2011.

Gary and I are finishing up art design on the new E.P. this week. We’re happy to share with you the album cover for our debut release, The Fort, the Fire, the Fairs.

Official release date: Tuesday, June 21, 2011.

Pre-order it today from the webstore.

If you’re on Lincoln Ave. near Ashland tonight, think of us… We’ll be mastering our debut E.P. just around the corner at The Boiler Room, with Collin Jordan.

Album Title: The Fort, the Fire, the Fairs

Track list:
1. From the Bones
2. So Far
3. The New Logic
4. Broken Well
5. Jump

Stuck in the Dragon Room with Jay. The only way out for us is to finish mixing this E.P. We are almost there…

During the week of May 16th, Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room in Chicago will be mastering the tracks from our debut EP. Collin has mastered projects for hundreds of bands, including Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Local H, Less Than Jake, and Lucky Boys Confusion, as well as a great number of well-known record labels, including: Arista, EMI, Bloodshot, Touch & Go, Tooth & Nail, and Aware. He has worked at the legendary Chicago Trax, Battery Studios/Jive Records, and Alien Sound. We are so excited to have Collin be a part of this project!