“cathedral with no eyes presale is hella live”

The time has come to follow last year’s Cities vs. Submarines (free download), produced by Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu, and Railcars does not in the slightest bit disappoint. Spewing some Bay area art rock on the faces of the young, Cathedral With No Eyes brings more well thought out distortion and clever transitioning to the table which creates a continuous rhythm making CWNE one psychotic fucking song. Of course if you go way of the vinyl then you’ve gotta flip the record, so by default it can become two. Finding inspiration in the strangest of places Aria Jalali has centered this record around the life of Edmund the Martyr, a King of 9th century East Anglia. The tracks recount his life, succession to the throne as a youngin’, conquests, and finally suffering at the hands of vikings and death by their arrows! While CvS will always be one of my favorite and most well-played albums CWNE has a dense quality to it, like peering into a swamp; it’s not safe but god help me if I don’t want to dip my leg in there.

The release date is October 6 via Stumparumper and the first 100 who pre-order the album ($10) will receive an exclusive, hand-numbered, pre-order-only 8.5″x11″ Railcars poster and a 1″ pin featuring the album art. All pre-order folks will also be entered into a drawing for a test pressing of the album, that’s a pressing of only five! Pre-order and more info right here (then click merchandise). I’ve attached a brilliant and unofficial video for “Castles” above which is definitely one of my favorite jams of ‘09 and below you can download the first two tracks in their singular form. One day angels will masturbate to “passion of saint edmund (rebirth).”

Railcars – Life of St. Edmund (Ponds) + CASTLES
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Railcars – Bohemia Is Without A Sea
Railcars – There Is Ice; It Is Blue
Railcars – Concrete Buildings

remember, there’s only going to be 1000 of these babes pressed. and if you’re looking for a roomie in brooklyn, aria is moving to new yawk in 2010 – maybe we should have a fmly contest to see who can claim that beast of a man.