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LIFE1003 - Days
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Some music seems not to have been made so much as it simply fell out of the sky, the product not of intensely scrutinized songwriting-by-committee and the chipped glamour of rehearsal rooms and recording studios, but some type of celestial will. If music is as serious as life to you, you know what this means, and you probably have in mind a handful of bands who you think have achieved it.

These seven songs – the first that Days have committed to any sort of official artifact – come from years of anonymous toil and tinkering in the band's native gothenburg, sweden. But they don't sound as though they came from anywhere in particular, or were ever troubled by anything as common and earthbound as mistakes, arguments, second guesses and broken strings. Taken as a whole, it doesn't sound like a debut, either – although its air of innocence, of untainted wonder at the beauty of life, could only have come from a band that, until now, has only existed in its own safely contained universe.

Of course, this is the great illusion that truly special bands are able to create. The reality of Days, and of their Downhill EP, is nothing so glamorous or otherworldly. We've made hundreds of recordings through the years, most of them now scattered on old cassettes, says guitarist John Ludvigsson, but these were the ones we were most happy with at that time. The making of songs has been a goal in itself, and we were quite happy just doing that for five or six years.

The band met as teenagers, randomly, through common friends, John recalls. Fabian's parents let us use his basement for a rehearsal room. Ever since, that came to be the place from which we would set out on our musical journey that led us to where we are now.

Although they aren't teenagers anymore, Downhill evokes a soft-focus memory of the best adolescent summer you (n)ever had: blazing hot sun, suburban fields and city sidewalks, and the latent anticipation of an inevitable leap into the wider experience of adulthood. I've come to realize it's downhill, sings fabian sahlqvist on the title track, and it sounds like both a resignation and a celebration, surrender and rapture. It's a song of almost ridiculous beauty, and Days repeat the trick six more times across the length of the EP.

We always try to make songs that can stand the test of time and stand for themselves – I think we've all lost track of our influences in the creative process of doing so, says John, politely declining comparisons to The Byrds, early Primal Scream, and the legendary cult indiepop label Sarah Records. We're not trying to be unique or redefine pop, but find and define what's beautiful and worthwhile in a seemingly conventional context.

Bull's-eye.

For fans of: The Smiths, The Wild Swans, The Left Banke, East Village, The Orchids
Artwork by: Anna Bjerger
CD: 5 tracks / 7: 2 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/


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STILL AVAILABLE: A SMILE AND A RIBBON
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Shelflife Records continues it's comeback with the next installment
of it's combo 7-inch/CD collection: The Boy I Wish I Never Met by A
Smile and a Ribbon.

A Smile and a Ribbon is rebecca mehlman and martin lindqvist, a
Swedish combo who was more-than-willing to take the unlucky fate of
Rebecca's failed relationship and set it to music. The result is
bubblegum pop most sanguine. But watch out, this sweet spoonful of
sugar might give you a toothache if you're not careful. The Boy I
Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from
1950's girl bands, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality.
Its a not-so-innocent look at childhood fancy and lost love.

13 bittersweet songs on CD and Vinyl. A limited edition pressing of
300 copies.

For fans of: Pipas, Talulah Gosh, Free Loan Investments, Confetti, Language of Flowers

Photography by: Xavier Gomez
CD: 9 tracks / 7: 4 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/


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STILL AVAILABLE:
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LIFE1001 - Warm Morning Silver Rain CDEP+7
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FORTHCOMING:
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LIFE1004 - Kuryakin Still Here CDEP+7
LIFE1005 - the ruling class Tour de Force CDEP+7
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LIFE1003 - Days
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Some music seems not to have been made so much as it simply fell out of the sky, the product not of intensely scrutinized songwriting-by-committee and the chipped glamour of rehearsal rooms and recording studios, but some type of celestial will. If music is as serious as life to you, you know what this means, and you probably have in mind a handful of bands who you think have achieved it.

These seven songs – the first that Days have committed to any sort of official artifact – come from years of anonymous toil and tinkering in the band's native gothenburg, sweden. But they don't sound as though they came from anywhere in particular, or were ever troubled by anything as common and earthbound as mistakes, arguments, second guesses and broken strings. Taken as a whole, it doesn't sound like a debut, either – although its air of innocence, of untainted wonder at the beauty of life, could only have come from a band that, until now, has only existed in its own safely contained universe.

Of course, this is the great illusion that truly special bands are able to create. The reality of Days, and of their Downhill EP, is nothing so glamorous or otherworldly. We've made hundreds of recordings through the years, most of them now scattered on old cassettes, says guitarist John Ludvigsson, but these were the ones we were most happy with at that time. The making of songs has been a goal in itself, and we were quite happy just doing that for five or six years.

The band met as teenagers, randomly, through common friends, John recalls. Fabian's parents let us use his basement for a rehearsal room. Ever since, that came to be the place from which we would set out on our musical journey that led us to where we are now.

Although they aren't teenagers anymore, Downhill evokes a soft-focus memory of the best adolescent summer you (n)ever had: blazing hot sun, suburban fields and city sidewalks, and the latent anticipation of an inevitable leap into the wider experience of adulthood. I've come to realize it's downhill, sings fabian sahlqvist on the title track, and it sounds like both a resignation and a celebration, surrender and rapture. It's a song of almost ridiculous beauty, and Days repeat the trick six more times across the length of the EP.

We always try to make songs that can stand the test of time and stand for themselves – I think we've all lost track of our influences in the creative process of doing so, says John, politely declining comparisons to The Byrds, early Primal Scream, and the legendary cult indiepop label Sarah Records. We're not trying to be unique or redefine pop, but find and define what's beautiful and worthwhile in a seemingly conventional context.

Bull's-eye.

For fans of: The Smiths, The Wild Swans, The Left Banke, East Village, The Orchids
Artwork by: Anna Bjerger
CD: 5 tracks / 7: 2 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/


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STILL AVAILABLE: A SMILE AND A RIBBON
----------------------------------------------------------
Shelflife Records continues it's comeback with the next installment
of it's combo 7-inch/CD collection: The Boy I Wish I Never Met by A
Smile and a Ribbon.

A Smile and a Ribbon is rebecca mehlman and martin lindqvist, a
Swedish combo who was more-than-willing to take the unlucky fate of
Rebecca's failed relationship and set it to music. The result is
bubblegum pop most sanguine. But watch out, this sweet spoonful of
sugar might give you a toothache if you're not careful. The Boy I
Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from
1950's girl bands, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality.
Its a not-so-innocent look at childhood fancy and lost love.

13 bittersweet songs on CD and Vinyl. A limited edition pressing of
300 copies.

For fans of: Pipas, Talulah Gosh, Free Loan Investments, Confetti, Language of Flowers

Photography by: Xavier Gomez
CD: 9 tracks / 7: 4 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/


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STILL AVAILABLE:
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LIFE1001 - Warm Morning Silver Rain CDEP+7
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FORTHCOMING:
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LIFE1004 - Kuryakin Still Here CDEP+7
LIFE1005 - the ruling class Tour de Force CDEP+7
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LIFE1003 - Days
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Some music seems not to have been made so much as it simply fell out of the sky, the product not of intensely scrutinized songwriting-by-committee and the chipped glamour of rehearsal rooms and recording studios, but some type of celestial will. If music is as serious as life to you, you know what this means, and you probably have in mind a handful of bands who you think have achieved it.

These seven songs – the first that Days have committed to any sort of official artifact – come from years of anonymous toil and tinkering in the band's native gothenburg, sweden. But they don't sound as though they came from anywhere in particular, or were ever troubled by anything as common and earthbound as mistakes, arguments, second guesses and broken strings. Taken as a whole, it doesn't sound like a debut, either – although its air of innocence, of untainted wonder at the beauty of life, could only have come from a band that, until now, has only existed in its own safely contained universe.

Of course, this is the great illusion that truly special bands are able to create. The reality of Days, and of their Downhill EP, is nothing so glamorous or otherworldly. "We've made hundreds of recordings through the years, most of them now scattered on old cassettes," says guitarist John Ludvigsson, "but these were the ones we were most happy with at that time. The making of songs has been a goal in itself, and we were quite happy just doing that for five or six years."

The band met as teenagers, "randomly, through common friends," John recalls. "Fabian's parents let us use his basement for a rehearsal room. Ever since, that came to be the place from which we would set out on our musical journey that led us to where we are now."

Although they aren't teenagers anymore, Downhill evokes a soft-focus memory of the best adolescent summer you (n)ever had: blazing hot sun, suburban fields and city sidewalks, and the latent anticipation of an inevitable leap into the wider experience of adulthood. "I've come to realize it's downhill," sings fabian sahlqvist on the title track, and it sounds like both a resignation and a celebration, surrender and rapture. It's a song of almost ridiculous beauty, and Days repeat the trick six more times across the length of the EP.

"We always try to make songs that can stand the test of time and stand for themselves – I think we've all lost track of our influences in the creative process of doing so," says John, politely declining comparisons to The Byrds, early Primal Scream, and the legendary cult indiepop label Sarah Records. "We're not trying to be unique or redefine pop, but find and define what's beautiful and worthwhile in a seemingly conventional context."

Bull's-eye.

For fans of: The Smiths, The Wild Swans, The Left Banke, East Village, The Orchids
Artwork by: Anna Bjerger
CD: 5 tracks / 7": 2 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/


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STILL AVAILABLE: A SMILE AND A RIBBON
----------------------------------------------------------
Shelflife Records continues it's comeback with the next installment
of it's combo 7-inch/CD collection: "The Boy I Wish I Never Met" by A
Smile and a Ribbon.

A Smile and a Ribbon is rebecca mehlman and martin lindqvist, a
Swedish combo who was more-than-willing to take the unlucky fate of
Rebecca's failed relationship and set it to music. The result is
bubblegum pop most sanguine. But watch out, this sweet spoonful of
sugar might give you a toothache if you're not careful. The Boy I
Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from
1950's girl bands, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality.
Its a not-so-innocent look at childhood fancy and lost love.

13 bittersweet songs on CD and Vinyl. A limited edition pressing of
300 copies.

For fans of: Pipas, Talulah Gosh, Free Loan Investments, Confetti, Language of Flowers

Photography by: Xavier Gomez
CD: 9 tracks / 7": 4 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/


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STILL AVAILABLE:
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LIFE1001 - Warm Morning "Silver Rain" CDEP+7"
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FORTHCOMING:
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LIFE1004 - Kuryakin "Still Here" CDEP+7"
LIFE1005 - the ruling class "Tour de Force" CDEP+7"
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LIFE1003 - Days
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Some music seems not to have been made so much as it simply fell out of the sky, the product not of intensely scrutinized songwriting-by-committee and the chipped glamour of rehearsal rooms and recording studios, but some type of celestial will. If music is as serious as life to you, you know what this means, and you probably have in mind a handful of bands who you think have achieved it.

These seven songs – the first that Days have committed to any sort of official artifact – come from years of anonymous toil and tinkering in the band's native gothenburg, sweden. But they don't sound as though they came from anywhere in particular, or were ever troubled by anything as common and earthbound as mistakes, arguments, second guesses and broken strings. Taken as a whole, it doesn't sound like a debut, either – although its air of innocence, of untainted wonder at the beauty of life, could only have come from a band that, until now, has only existed in its own safely contained universe.

Of course, this is the great illusion that truly special bands are able to create. The reality of Days, and of their Downhill EP, is nothing so glamorous or otherworldly. We've made hundreds of recordings through the years, most of them now scattered on old cassettes, says guitarist John Ludvigsson, but these were the ones we were most happy with at that time. The making of songs has been a goal in itself, and we were quite happy just doing that for five or six years.

The band met as teenagers, randomly, through common friends, John recalls. Fabian's parents let us use his basement for a rehearsal room. Ever since, that came to be the place from which we would set out on our musical journey that led us to where we are now.

Although they aren't teenagers anymore, Downhill evokes a soft-focus memory of the best adolescent summer you (n)ever had: blazing hot sun, suburban fields and city sidewalks, and the latent anticipation of an inevitable leap into the wider experience of adulthood. I've come to realize it's downhill, sings fabian sahlqvist on the title track, and it sounds like both a resignation and a celebration, surrender and rapture. It's a song of almost ridiculous beauty, and Days repeat the trick six more times across the length of the EP.

We always try to make songs that can stand the test of time and stand for themselves – I think we've all lost track of our influences in the creative process of doing so, says John, politely declining comparisons to The Byrds, early Primal Scream, and the legendary cult indiepop label Sarah Records. We're not trying to be unique or redefine pop, but find and define what's beautiful and worthwhile in a seemingly conventional context.

Bull's-eye.

For fans of: The Smiths, The Wild Swans, The Left Banke, East Village, The Orchids
Artwork by: Anna Bjerger
CD: 5 tracks / 7: 2 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/


----------------------------------------------------------
STILL AVAILABLE: A SMILE AND A RIBBON
----------------------------------------------------------
Shelflife Records continues it's comeback with the next installment
of it's combo 7-inch/CD collection: The Boy I Wish I Never Met by A
Smile and a Ribbon.

A Smile and a Ribbon is rebecca mehlman and martin lindqvist, a
Swedish combo who was more-than-willing to take the unlucky fate of
Rebecca's failed relationship and set it to music. The result is
bubblegum pop most sanguine. But watch out, this sweet spoonful of
sugar might give you a toothache if you're not careful. The Boy I
Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from
1950's girl bands, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality.
Its a not-so-innocent look at childhood fancy and lost love.

13 bittersweet songs on CD and Vinyl. A limited edition pressing of
300 copies.

For fans of: Pipas, Talulah Gosh, Free Loan Investments, Confetti, Language of Flowers

Photography by: Xavier Gomez
CD: 9 tracks / 7: 4 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/


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STILL AVAILABLE:
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LIFE1001 - Warm Morning Silver Rain CDEP+7
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FORTHCOMING:
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LIFE1004 - Kuryakin Still Here CDEP+7
LIFE1005 - the ruling class Tour de Force CDEP+7
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fun fun fun show! no paws (no lions) played live. they are so great! listen to this show! they are from riverside, ca. there's some cool stuff going on down there.

5...4...3...2...fun!!
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feeling groovy - Ruck Rover
runway model gorgeous - Augustus Sweetheart
fluff on the mallow - Go-Kart Mozart
saving the paste - Goblin Universe
french pop - Pantsuit
sense of sound - Sambassadeur
frozen - 800 Cherries
shoppers theme - Pog
gotta lot - Trike
a stranger song - The Finches
how fucking romantic - The Magnetic Fields
summer tells stories - Red Sleeping Beauty
i wish i was a cat - The Port City Allstars
teenage girl - The Poison Control Center
i'm just waiting to here you say you made a mistake - Crime Time
ukranian shores - Talkshow Boy
in front of the house - Human Television
warm - Confetti
je t'aime - Ponies in the Surf
wedding song - Matty Pop Chart

LIVE: No Paws (no lions)

keen on idleness - Thank God for Astronauts
we're all trying - Matty Pop Chart (sing-a-long, sort of..)
king herald - Dave Dean's Musical Forklift

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LIFE1002 - A SMILE AND A RIBBON
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Shelflife Records continues it's comeback with the next installment of it's combo 7-inch/CD collection: The Boy I Wish I Never Met by A Smile and a Ribbon.

A Smile and a Ribbon is Rebecca Mehlman and Martin Lindqvist, a Swedish combo who was more-than-willing to take the unlucky fate of Rebecca's failed relationship and set it to music. The result is bubblegum pop most sanguine. But watch out, this sweet spoonful of sugar might give you a toothache if you're not careful. The Boy I Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from 1950's girl bands, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality. Its a not-so-innocent look at childhood fancy and lost love.

13 bittersweet songs on CD and vinyl. A limited edition pressing of 300 copies.

For fans of: Pipas, Talulah Gosh, Free Loan Investments, Confetti, Language of Flowers

Photography by: Xavier Gomez
CD: 9 tracks 7: 4 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/

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STILL AVAILABLE: WARM MORNING
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LIFE1001 - Silver Rain by Warm Morning.

Warm Morning are two brothers from Piacenza, Italy who play refined neo-acoustic pop music. With a delicate balance of figerstyle guitars, vocal harmonies, and elaborate string arrangements, they offer stripped-down psychedelia that comes straight from the heart.

Pulling influences from the last four decades, Warm Morning's polished vocal arrangements have all the charm of Liverpool's Lotus Eaters. Their pop sensibility is unmistakable; worthy of comparison to the legendary Fantastic Something. We herald the return of Shelflife with this release-- you don't want to miss it! Limited to 300 copies.

For fans of: Fantastic Something, The Lotus Eaters, and Kings of Convenience
Artwork by: Jill Bliss
CD: 5 tracks 7: 2 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/

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BACK CATALOG
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We've restocked our online back catalog with some titles that have been out of print for some time. Check it out.

--> http://www.shelflife.com/shop.html

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FORTHCOMING
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LIFE1003 - Days Downhill CDEP+7
LIFE1004 - Kuryakin tba CDEP+7
LIFE1005 - the ruling class tba CDEP+7
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LIFE1002 - A SMILE AND A RIBBON
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shelflife Records continues it's comeback with the next installment of it's combo 7-inch/CD collection: The Boy I Wish I Never Met by A Smile and a Ribbon.

A Smile and a Ribbon is Rebecca Mehlman and Martin Lindqvist, a Swedish combo who was more-than-willing to take the unlucky fate of Rebecca's failed relationship and set it to music. The result is bubblegum pop most sanguine. But watch out, this sweet spoonful of sugar might give you a toothache if you're not careful. The Boy I Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from 1950's girl bands, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality. Its a not-so-innocent look at childhood fancy and lost love.

13 bittersweet songs on CD and vinyl. A limited edition pressing of 300 copies.

For fans of: Pipas, Talulah Gosh, Free Loan Investments, Confetti, Language of Flowers

Photography by: Xavier Gomez
CD: 9 tracks 7: 4 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/

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STILL AVAILABLE: WARM MORNING
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LIFE1001 - Silver Rain by Warm Morning.

Warm Morning are two brothers from Piacenza, Italy who play refined neo-acoustic pop music. With a delicate balance of figerstyle guitars, vocal harmonies, and elaborate string arrangements, they offer stripped-down psychedelia that comes straight from the heart.

Pulling influences from the last four decades, Warm Morning's polished vocal arrangements have all the charm of Liverpool's Lotus Eaters. Their pop sensibility is unmistakable; worthy of comparison to the legendary Fantastic Something. We herald the return of Shelflife with this release-- you don't want to miss it! Limited to 300 copies.

For fans of: Fantastic Something, The Lotus Eaters, and Kings of Convenience
Artwork by: Jill Bliss
CD: 5 tracks 7: 2 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/

------------------------------------------------------------------------
BACK CATALOG
------------------------------------------------------------------------
We've restocked our online back catalog with some titles that have been out of print for some time. Check it out.

--> http://www.shelflife.com/shop.html

------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORTHCOMING
------------------------------------------------------------------------
LIFE1003 - Days Downhill CDEP+7
LIFE1004 - Kuryakin tba CDEP+7
LIFE1005 - the ruling class tba CDEP+7
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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LIFE1002 - A SMILE AND A RIBBON
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shelflife Records continues it's comeback with the next installment of it's combo 7-inch/CD collection: The Boy I Wish I Never Met by A Smile and a Ribbon.

A Smile and a Ribbon is Rebecca Mehlman and Martin Lindqvist, a Swedish combo who was more-than-willing to take the unlucky fate of Rebecca's failed relationship and set it to music. The result is bubblegum pop most sanguine. But watch out, this sweet spoonful of sugar might give you a toothache if you're not careful. The Boy I Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from 1950's girl bands, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality. Its a not-so-innocent look at childhood fancy and lost love.

13 bittersweet songs on CD and vinyl. A limited edition pressing of 300 copies.

For fans of: Pipas, Talulah Gosh, Free Loan Investments, Confetti, Language of Flowers

Photography by: Xavier Gomez
CD: 9 tracks 7: 4 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/

------------------------------------------------------------------------
STILL AVAILABLE: WARM MORNING
------------------------------------------------------------------------
LIFE1001 - Silver Rain by Warm Morning.

Warm Morning are two brothers from Piacenza, Italy who play refined neo-acoustic pop music. With a delicate balance of figerstyle guitars, vocal harmonies, and elaborate string arrangements, they offer stripped-down psychedelia that comes straight from the heart.

Pulling influences from the last four decades, Warm Morning's polished vocal arrangements have all the charm of Liverpool's Lotus Eaters. Their pop sensibility is unmistakable; worthy of comparison to the legendary Fantastic Something. We herald the return of Shelflife with this release-- you don't want to miss it! Limited to 300 copies.

For fans of: Fantastic Something, The Lotus Eaters, and Kings of Convenience
Artwork by: Jill Bliss
CD: 5 tracks 7: 2 tracks

--> http://www.shelflife.com/

------------------------------------------------------------------------
BACK CATALOG
------------------------------------------------------------------------
We've restocked our online back catalog with some titles that have been out of print for some time. Check it out.

--> http://www.shelflife.com/shop.html

------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORTHCOMING
------------------------------------------------------------------------
LIFE1003 - Days Downhill CDEP+7
LIFE1004 - Kuryakin tba CDEP+7
LIFE1005 - the ruling class tba CDEP+7
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