After Andrew from Preservation contacted me the other day about my promise to upload the Saddleback album, I sort of had a little epiphony and decided to draw up some guidelines. Because of the party that brought this little change of heart about, I decided to name it after them - Cheers! Make this the first amendment of the RHPro constitution.

THE PRESERVATION ACT
From now until eternity, the following shall be observed:
I [RHPro Constitutional Outline]
a This constitution may be changed at any time by the host or by consent of the host.
b Failure to follow these rules and guidelines may result in undesired post editing.
bb If you have to be told more than once, you shouldn’t be writing here.

II [Numerical Guidelines and Limits]
a No album or albums uploaded to any ftp shall be shared on this blog.
aa Promotional mixes are an exception, and don’t count as albums.
b No more than two mp3s from any single album shall be included per post.
bb … Unless the album is a mix or compilation and contains a number of different artists

III [Credit and Citation]
a Authors may choose to check the RIAA record label listing before posting any mp3s.
aa Artists whose labels are on this list should not be posted.
aaa Any mp3 shared should not have artist - title.mp3 format.
b Links at the bottom of posts should link back to the artist or label’s website
bb If no artist/label website is found, link to artist’s myspace page.
bbb If none of the above is found, a website must be provided to donate to or buy from the artist.
c If available, authors must should use mp3s provided by the artist or label.
cc If no mp3s are publicly available, authors may upload mp3s observing rule II-b.

Stay tuned.

Thanks to blazindave of tw fame.
edit: and front page of YouTube. :x

Planet Unicorn Heyyy

<Insert long absence excuse here> (My graphics cards died so I didn’t have access to the computer with all my music on it.) <Insert long absence apology here> <Insert blame on other contributors inactiveness here>

Rocking out at Picnic Rock

So I just got a job, and what’s cool about it is that I can listen to music  the entire day. I’m working a wholesale nursery and there’s no customer involvement at all. I come, I do my work, I go home. So I decided to bring along my iRiver and listen to some stuff during my extremely long eight-hour days. While mostly listen to upbeat things that I can groove to while working (Scheduled for next blog post), I sometimes switch to the occasional Post-Rock that I haven’t listening to much of. And that’s how I rediscovered Saddleback.

Saddleback is the work of a man name Tony Dupe, who lives isolated in a little valley near Sydney, Australia. The album is entitled Night Maps and is the second one he’s released under the Saddleback name. The place where he lives, in my mind, must be where a lot of inspiration for his music comes in. I’ve found a way to describe it - Creepy Pseudo-Old-Western Post-Rock. It paints pictures of sepia overcast skies, dirty cowboys, and dark murderous intent. It’s not really like anything at all that I’ve heard before in the entire Post-Rock genre. It’s not happy music, I can say that. There’s a very intricate quality to it as well. So many instruments that push each other around give it a really cool quality and  rough sound. The tracks all tie in together, but all have very distinct differences. Indeed a work of masterpiece, but I understand it’s not for everyone. I didn’t like it at first, but it took a few listens to really appreciate it. If you don’t try to compare it to anything, you’ll have a better chance of enjoying it for what it is. This is definitely something I plan on supporting with my hard-earned money.

The old deal stands, interest in the entire album through comment comments and I’ll upload it for ye. The label has requested that I not upload the album, and I plan on keeping my word. No album upload on this one guys. Preservation, thanks for being cool about it!

Links:
Inertia Records Saddleback Page
Saddleback on Myspace

Tracks:
Saddleback/Night Maps/Hanging at Picnic Rock
Saddleback/Night Maps/Shot Through