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Patrick’s band Gloom Balloon’s debut album and single are now up for pre-sale on http://maximumamesrecords.com/2013/10/gloom-balloon-lpcd-7-now-available-for-preorder-with-incredible-extras-tour-dates-with-christopher-the-conquered-announced/

Gloom Balloon will also be heading out on tour with our pal Christopher the Conquered go see them when they hit your town…

Gloom Balloon’s debut release, She Was the One That Got Away (7″/DL), sounds like a modern day take on Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks, with saxes, flutes, and horns floating around a classic hip-hop beat. The single’s b-side features Bob Nastanovich of Pavement and the Silver Jews screaming imaginary horse names. It’s with that free-form style of collaboration and freedom that these home recordings are assembled.

Side A of Gloom Balloon’s  debut LP, You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Disaster/Fix The Sunshine Pts. 1-7 (An Ode To Bill Doss) (LP/CD/DL), features songs written on the verge of suicide, elliptically examining emotions in a wonderfully melancholy song cycle. Featuring the Finezza Quartetto, each song shifts through familiar and forgotten sounds into colorful and unpredictable combinations. Side B (Fix The Sunshine) is dedicated entirely to Bill Doss, whose voice you hear on track one. The side is a sonic kaleidoscope of styles exploring experimental soundscapes, electronic beats, and straight up psych-pop. Gloom Balloon is talking directly to Will Cullen Hart and Bill Doss of The Olivia Tremor Control when he sings: “All the children in the world are one day going to die, so Will, You, and I.”

Preorder the vinyl now only as a bundle with the debut Gloom Balloon 7″ and receive:

• Advance shipping of the 7″ and album together
• Advance streaming of the album and 7″ tracks
• Collectible “gloom” balloons
• Exclusive digital download of a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “One of Us Cannot Be Wrong”
• Exclusive digital download of the acoustic demos of Side A of You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Disaster/Fix The Sunshine Pts. 1-7 (An Ode to Bill Doss)
• An autographed copy of a page of the string arrangements for the song “Gloom Balloon”, signed by Patrick Tape Fleming (Gloom Balloon), composer/conductor H.D. Harmsen, and co-producer/musician Christopher Ford (Christopher the Conquered).
• Personalized Gloom Balloon painting by Patrick Tape Fleming
• A chance to win a big Gloom Balloon painting and a test pressing of the LP + 7″

ORDER THE BUNDLE HERE.

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Gloom Balloon + Christopher the Conquered Tour Dates:

• 10/24 – Northfield, MN – The Chapel
• 10/25 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club (w/ Jacuzzi Boys)
• 10/26 – Beloit, WI – Coughy Haus
• 10/27 – Madison, WI – Dragonfly Lounge
• 10/28 – Chicago, IL – TBA
• 10/29 – Galesburg, IL – TBA
• 10/30 – St. Louis, MO – Livery Company
• 10/31 – Nashville, TN – TBA
• 11/01 – Chattanooga, TN – JJ’s Bohemia
• 11/02 – Athens, GA – Flicker Theater
• 11/03 – Asheville, NC – Emerald Lounge
• 11/04 – Knoxville, TN – TBA
• 11/05 – Memphis, TN – CourtHouse Co-op
• 11/06 – Lafayette. LA – Artmosphere
• 11/07 – Houston, TX – TBA
• 11/08 – Austin, TX – Hole in the Wall
• 11/09 – Denton, TX – JJ’s Pizza
• 11/10 – Fayetteville, AR – Nightbird Books
• 11/11 – Colombia, MO – TBA
• 11/12 – Kirksville, MO – The Aquadome