J. Mascis to Produce Des_Ark Debut (Pitchfork)

[everyonelovesjaron]

J. Mascis to Produce Des_Ark Debut

Rob Mackey reports:
In 2003, Des_Ark landed a spot on the incredibly high-profile list of "Ryan Goldman’s 19 Albums Pitchfork Forgot to Review in 2003" with their self-released demo EP. You say you don’t remember? Oh, don’t be so coy…Anyway, this year, the Durham, N.C., band is back to do it up proper in the form of a debut full-length, Loose Lips Sink Ships, produced by Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis. Slated for a March 8 release via Bifocal Media, the record comes on the heels of a string of compilation appearances, a split 7", and a whole hell of a lot of buzz. How ’bout a tracklist:

01 Some Are Love
02 No More Fighting Cats, OK?
03 Queen of the Sketch Patrol
04 Yes Sir, Yes Way
05 It’s a Hard World Sometimes for Little Things
06 Jesus Loves You (But Yr Still Comin Home With Me Tonight)
07 Send Jolly to Raleigh
08 For Bob Riecke

Coinciding with the release of Loose Lips, Des_Ark’ll be packin’ their bags for a lengthy tour with Eyeball Records’ Del Cielo, starting March 4. Shows (all dates with Del Cielo):

03-04 Washington, DC – Warehouse Next Door
03-05 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Roboto Project
03-06 Bloomington, IN – Church of the Sun Ra House
03-07 Chicago, IL – TBA
03-08 Milwaukee, WI – 2427 N. Pierce
03-09 Omaha, NE – Fort House
03-10 Lawrence, KS – Jackpot
03-11 Wichita, KS – TBA
03-12 Dallas, TX – Bar of Soap
03-13 Austin, TX – Monkeywrench Books
03-14 Houston, TX – The Southmore House
03-15 New Orleans, LA – Nowe Miasto
03-16 Pensacola, FL – Sluggo’s
03-17 Gainesville, FL – The Ark
03-18 Miami, FL – The Alley
03-19 St. Augustine, FL – Loose Screws
03-20 Savannah, GA – 314 Lamara Drive
03-21 Atlanta, GA – The Drunken Unicorn
03-22 Asheville, NC – Green Eggs and Jam
03-23 Somerset, KY – TBA
03-24 Louisville, KY – The Old Louisville Coffee Shop
03-25 Greensboro, NC – Guilford University Bryan Jr. Auditorium
03-26 Richmond, VA – Nanci Raygun

[AGAP]

Cool news, we had some news about this early last year, glad to see it’s finally coming out!…Des-Ark & J Mascis

Looks like the cd release party is tomorrow Feb 26th in Chapel Hill NC @ Local 506…Des-Ark shows

They’ve got a bit on their website about the release…des-ark.org

[jeremiah]

great band check them out if you get a chance.

also – the drummer was once a guitar tech and/or roadie for J/Dinosaur I believe.
they don’t usually bost people they associate with as they are trying to ‘keep it real’
just an interesting twist.

[AGAP]

Definitely gonna check them out!

Couple years ago J was featured on the Circuit 8 DVD, he talked about his past experience of producing bands, apparently it got pretty ugly, said he wanted to change that if he started producing again…wonder if he brought them flowers or something

Wonder if J will be at the cd release party tonight…

[Aatos]

I hope Des Ark wont sound like The Ark…

[jeremiah]

"Aatos" wrote:

I hope Des Ark wont sound like The Ark…

they don’t – give them a listen ala mp3 from http://bifocalmedia.com/bands.html”>http://bifocalmedia.com/bands.html

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