OUT THIS WEEK: Mighty Vertebrate by Anna Butterss
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Anna Butterss
Mighty Vertebrate
Vinyl LP/CD/DD out this Friday October 4th, 2024
(( full album out on streaming platforms October 24th ))
Releasing worldwide on LP, CD, and digital download this Friday is Mighty Vertebrate, our first lead artist release with Anna Butterss!!!
The Adelaide, Australia-born bassist and composer "has built their career around unshakable rhythm, blinding curiosity, and a profound sense of artistic freedom" (Alternative Press)
"Their music "careens wildly from flute-forward spiritual dreaminess to Ralph Records angularity, from bubbling IDM to a catchy, hypnotic sampledelia straight out of early 2000s college radio." (The Quietus)
“...where pace and meter begin with Butterss and that steady talking bass; it feeds numerous swirling orbits of rhythm, prismatic auditory experiences slip-sliding in and out of grooves that just keep on tunneling through, searching for the root. That’s the Butterss business and business is doing quite well.” (48hills)
((( Photo courtesy of Euclid Records, St Louis )))
!!! Buy it IRL !!!
Mighty Vertebrate is available in record stores across the globe this Friday. Please consider showing your neighborhood small business some love and head out and grab a copy from an independent record shop this weekend!
If you don't know where to go, below is a list of places we've confirmed have stocked the album in their stores this weekend.
Aachen, DE - Tam Tam Tonträger
Albany, NY - Sound House Records
Amsterdam, NL - Rush Hour
Athens, GR - Lofi Concept
Auckland, NZ - Flying Out
Auckland, NZ - Stack Records
Austin, TX - End of An Ear
Baltimore, MD - Sound Garden
Berkeley, CA - Amoeba Music
Berlin, DE - Bis aufs Messer
Berlin, DE - Hauptsache Musik
Berlin, DE - HHV
Berlin, DE - Morr Music
Bielefeld, DE - JPC
Birmingham, AL - Seasick Records
Bloomington, IN - Landlocked Music
Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade Retail (USA)
Burnaby, BC - Rick Roll Records
Calgary, AB - Blackbyrd Myoozik
Calgary, AB - Melodiya Records
Chemnitz, DE - Underworld Records
Chicago, IL - 606 Records
Chicago, IL - Dusty Groove Inc.
Chicago, IL - Reckless Records (Belmont)
Chicago, IL - Reckless Records (Loop)
Chicago, IL - Reckless Records (Wicker Park)
Cincinnati, OH - Shake It
Columbia, SC - Papa Jazz
Copenhagen, DK - Proton
Dearborn, MI - Dearborn Music
Denver, CO - Twist & Shout
Dresden, DE - Family Store Records & Gallery
Durham, NC - Carolina Soul Records
Durham, NC - Chaz's Bull City Records
Düsseldorf, DE - A&O Medien
Edinburgh, UK - GOOD VIBES
Edmonton, AB - Blackbyrd Myoozik
Edmonton, AB - Listen Records
Fulda, DE - Marleen Schallplatten
Golden Valley, MN - Down in the Valley
Göttingen, DE - Glitterhouse Records
Guadalajara, JAL - Perfecto Miserable
Guadalajara, JAL - Tea Recs
Hamburg, DE - VEB Michelle
Hamburg, DE - Zardoz
Heidelberg, DE - Musikzimmer
Iowa City, IA - Record Collector
Lawrence, KS - Love Garden Sounds
Little Canada, MN - Cheapo Discs
Livingston Manor, NY - Jitterbug Sight & Sounds
London, UK - Dreamhouse Records Ltd
London, UK - ELEPHANT RECORDS
London, UK - JUNO RECORDS
London, UK - POLAR BEAR
London, UK - ROUGH TRADE
London, UK - WORLD OF ECHO
Long Beach, CA - Fingerprints
Los Angeles, CA - Amoeba Music
Los Angeles, CA - Record Surplus
Los Angeles, US - MO FIDELITY RECORDS
Ludwig Beck, DE - Ludwig Beck
Madison, WI - B-Side CDs
Madison, WI - Strictly Discs
Manchester, UK - BOOMKAT
Manchester, UK - NORMAN RECORD
Manchester, UK - PICCADILLY RECORDS
Middlesbrough, UK - RICHARD CHURCHYARD
Milwaukee, WI - Acme Records
Milwaukee, WI - Lilliput Records
Minneapolis, MN - Electric Fetus
Montreal, CA - SOUND RECORDS
Montreal, QC - Atom Heart
Montréal, QC - Phonopolis
Montreal, QC - Sonorama Disques
Mooresville, NC - Sell Your Soul Records
Munich, DE - Ludwig Beck
Nashville, TN - Grimey's
Norridge, IL - Rolling Stones Record Store
Nuremberg, DE - mono-Ton
Oakland, CA - 1-2-3-4 Go! Records
Orlando, FL - Park Ave. CD's
Ottawa, ON - Birdman Sound
Ottawa, ON - Vertigo Records
Oxford, MS - The End of All Music
Parksville, NY - Jitterbug Sights & Sounds
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Main Street Music
Phoenix, AZ - Stinkweeds
Portland, OR - Clinton St. Records
Portland, OR - Everyday Music
Portland, OR - Mississippi Records
Portland, OR - Music Millennium
Portland, OR - Speck's Records & Tapes
Princeton, NJ - Princeton Record Exchange
Richmond, VA - Plan 9 HQ
Rock Island, IL - Ragged Records
Saint-Hyacinthe, QC - Frequences Le Disquaire
San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Music
Scottsdale, AZ - Passenger Seat Records
Seattle, WA - Hex Enduction Records & Books
Seattle, WA - Silver Platters LLC
Seattle, WA - Sonic Boom Records-WA
Somerville, MA - Vinyl Index
St. Louis, MO - Euclid Records
Stockholm, SE - Record Mania
Tarzana, CA - CD Trader
Tokyo, JP - Capsule Records
Tokyo, JP - VENUS VINYL
Toronto, ON - Rotate This
Toronto, ON - Sonic Boom (Toronto)
Vancouver, BC - Audiopile Records
Wallingford, CT - Redscroll Records
West Palm Beach, FL - Rust & Wax
Winooski, VT - Autumn Records
Zürich, CH - Hum Distribution
LA Album Release Show
Help us celebrate the release of 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘀’𝘀 𝙈𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙮 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 on 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰𝘁𝗵!!
If you’re in LA, you can do so at this REAL LIFE release show!! The real life gig at 2220 Arts now features an opener – Madison Cunningham solo – and DJ sets by Jeff Parker.
Friday, October 4th, 8pm
2220 Arts + Archives
2220 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
<<< also >>>
Virtual (Bandcamp) Listening Party
If you’re not in LA (or if you’re in LA) you can come to the online VIRTUAL listening party on @bandcamp and join the International Anthem crew along with the VIP Anna Butterss in the chat. It's free, come hang!
(( photo by Samantha Lee ))
...about MV...
As evidenced by Anna Butterss' remarkably varied CV — one that veers from the krautrock-steeped fusion of emergent Los Angeles supergroup SML and improvisatory jazz workouts alongside Jeff Parker and Makaya McCraven to the skyward indie of Phoebe Bridgers and the anthemic Americana of Jason Isbell, among so much more — their versatility as a collaborator is head-spinning. But that busy schedule can be both a blessing and something of an obstacle.
Mighty Vertebrate — Butterss' first solo album since Activities, which Pitchfork hailed as "one of the most exciting, undersung jazz releases of 2022" — began amid the very real challenge of threading solo work into the dense calendrical web of an in-demand collaborator.
“I had just gotten off of a bunch of touring at the end of 2022 and just wanted to write music,” says Butterss. “The best way for me to do that, I’ve found, is to set myself a discrete and focused task." The prompts read like something out of an Oblique Strategies deck:
I’m going to make a song where the bass doesn’t function in the role of a bass.
I’m going to work on this for an hour and then I’m going to stop.
I’m going to make a song that uses groups of three-bar phrasing.
I want to sample something and make it into a song.
I’m going to start with a drum machine.
“Every song was like that,” Butterss continues. “Then once I got started I just followed where my mind wanted to go. It was very structured.”
The music — and even the album artwork, created by Tortoise member and one of Butterss' many sonic reference points John Herndon — reflects that structure beautifully. Butterss' material was tightly composed and melodically realized before being decked out with candied, kaleidoscopic soundscapes courtesy of album co-producer and percussionist, Ben Lumsdaine.
Butterss and Lumsdaine eventually migrated the operation to Chris Schlarb’s Long Beach hideaway BIG EGO to track a selection of full band material with trusted longtime collaborators (and Butterss' bandmates in SML) Gregory Uhlmann (guitar) and Josh Johnson (saxophone).
This band imbues Mighty Vertebrate with the same confident, chameleonic command that Butterss exhibits across their varied projects. Vintage afrobeat grooves provide ballast for post-modern pedalboard tone sculptures ("Bishop"); Malian desert guitar licks are imbued with a slow roiling post-punk panic (on the Jeff Parker-featuring "Dance Steve"); and placid saxophone elegies are refracted through bubbling synthesis ("Ella"). There are nods towards City Pop, 8-bit video game soundtracks, foreboding post-rock, and lo-fi hip-hop drum machines — all elegantly assembled into a seamless, ever-shifting whole.
(( photo by Samantha Lee ))
...about AB...
Anna Butterss is a Los Angeles-based bassist and composer, originally hailing from Adelaide, Australia. Known to many as a first-call for high profile artists in all genres, they have performed and recorded with Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, Andrew Bird, Phoebe Bridgers, Madison Cunningham, Aimee Mann, Jason Isbell, and many others.
Butterss is a core member of the fast-rising proto-trance supergroup SML, who Pitchfork says “represents the thrilling next phase of a vibrant L.A. community.” Their first solo album Activities was also praised by Pitchfork as "one of the most exciting, undersung jazz releases of 2022."
Butterss’s uniquely lyrical low end command has been foundational to progressive jazz recordings such as Jeff Parker’s Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy, Makaya McCraven’s Universal Beings, Daniel Villareal's Panamá 77 and Lados B, and SML's debut LP Small Medium Large.
Limited Edition *Fossilized Chartreuse* Color Vinyl
Mighty Vertebrate comes on 140 gram vinyl LP (pressed at Pallas in Germany, with lacquers cut by Daniel K at SST) inside a heavyweight matte jacket - featuring artwork by John Herndon - with IARC obi strip and poly-lined printed inner-sleeves.
And for the first pressing only, we have a limited edition of 444 copies on *Fossilized Chartreuse* color vinyl.
Purchase Mighty Vertebrate
as part of the
**Fall '24 Bundle**
For the fervent, faithful collector of our output.
Mighty Vertebrate is the first of our Autumn releases, which means – you guessed it! – the FALL '24 BUNDLE is available for purchase now! Perhaps our most mondo bundle yet, this single parcel will include all SIX (6!) LPs of Fall 2024. No spoilers here, but aside from those we've already announced (IARC0086 Anna Butterss, IARC0088 Tomin, and IARC0087 Rob Mazurek ESO) we can tell you for certain that the season is STACKED.
This bundle includes 5x single LP releases and 1x double LP release. Purchase gets you a bundle-exclusive discount of 10% off the LP prices, plus a 60% discount on shipping costs.
The bundle will ship from our warehouses in the US, EU and UK, but don't sleep.. the quantity available in each warehouse is limited! Early purchase is recommended to ensure the lowest possible shipping, tax, and VAT costs.
All items will ship together in one package around November 1st, so you'll be receiving half of your bundle 2-4 weeks after the initial street dates, and the other half you'll be receiving early.
Bandcamp downloads will be sent via email for all the releases by, or before, the ship date.
Order the Fall '24 Bundle on limited edition color vinyl here.
Order the Fall '24 Bundle on classic black vinyl here.
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