After sitting dormant on the launchpad for two years, the Rocket Heart Records spaceship is ready to once again take flight. Since their last release, the Dead Girls' “She Laughed a Little” single, the label has been working to acquire the rights to Ultimate Fakebook's landmark piece of power pop, This Will Be Laughing Week.
That moment has arrived. After Rocket Heart's release of Ultimate Fakebook's debut full-length, Electric Kissing Parties, in 2010, fans have been clamoring for the power-pop trio's powerful sophomore release. The much-beloved album has been out of print since 2000, when it was re-released by Sony/550 Records.
Presented on vinyl for the first time, and in its finest form yet, this release of This Will be Laughing Week will be a merging of histories. The cover will feature the art of the original Noisome Records release from 1999, but the music on the LP will be from the later Sony/550 release. In addition to the songs on the original release, the Sony version featured re-recorded versions of the Electric Kissing Parties' tracks “Downstairs/Arena Rock” and “Far Far Away.”
Featuring such live favorites as “She Don't Even Know My Name,” “Little Apple Girl,” and “Soaked In Cinnamon,” This Will Be Laughing Week is a masterpiece of power-pop, and a must for any fan of catchy rock 'n' roll. This vinyl release takes a powerful statement of Midwest music, with roots and hooks hearkening back to Cheap Trick, and presents it in its finest form yet, and on vinyl for the first time.
Rocket Heart Records' initial vinyl pressing of This Will Be Laughing Week will be 850 copies; with 500 on black, and 350 Coke bottle clear. In order to fund this pressing, as well as pay for the licensing rights, the goal for this Kickstarter campaign is $13,000. If funded, the record will be available in early Fall 2014.
Tracklist:
01. She Don't Even Know My Name 02. Tell Me What You Want 03. Of Course We Will 04. Brokÿn Nëedle 05. A Million Hearts 06. Soaked In Cinnamon 07. This Will Be Laughing Week 08. Little Apple Girl 09. I'm All Out Of It Now 10. Far, Far Away 11. Glitter & Glue 12. Downstairs/Arena Rock 13. Real Drums 14. Perfect Hair
The kickstarter is already over $1,000 and it just started yesterday. Shut up and give them your money!
yes! saw these dudes play a living room with nada surf back in like 1998 and it was one of the best shows i ever saw. backed the test press package because why the fuck not?
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