are you ever coming home...or should i learn to live without YOU?

trib•ute [trĭb'yūt] n. 1. a gift, payment, declaration, or other acknowledgment of gratitude, respect, or admiration : recorded a cover compilation as a tribute to their musical influence.

alright, alright. so i adjusted the example a wee bit. :)

it's old news to those in the know. but it's sad news, nonetheless. after [16] sixteen brilliant years together aussie indie pop legends the lucksmiths have called it a day. all good things must come to an end eventually. [unless you're the rolling stones. in which case you are nothing but a sad shadow of your former selves churning out the annual greatest hits perfomance promoting your embarrassing album of "new" material.] not unlike my heroes, the jam, who stepped out of the limelight whilst still producing relevant music.

the indie pop scene will definitely feel the effects of their departure.

dale marquez [apple orchard, some gorgeous accident, sonnet lviii] has [once again] organised a brilliant compilation of bands to pay fitting tribute to the luckies. we're honoured to have played a part in "music to hold hands to." we hope that it serves its purpose as a farewell/love letter to our melbourne lads : tali, marty, mark & louis.

thank you for the music.

music to hold hands to : a tribute to the lucksmiths [1993-2009]

01 "the chapter in your life entitled san francisco" the jealous sea

02 "i prefer the twentieth century" fantasy lights

03 "caravanna" grace period

04 "the great dividing range" apple orchard

05 "untidy towns" under shooting stars

06 "guess how much i love you" archaster

07 "the shipwreck coast" candyaudioline

08 "successlessness" gustav hz

09 "little athletics" that lingering feeling

10 "sunlight in a jar" slumbook

11 "midweek midmorning" archway close

12 "there is a boy that never goes out" slow hello

13 "honey honey honey" golden teardrops

14 "young & dumb" her boychart

15 "the art of cooking for two" scattered pearls

16 "the sandringham line" the wentletraps

17 "california in popular song" land of ill earthquakes

18 "take this lying down" soft pillow kisses

19 "pin cushion" self portrait

20 "music to hold hands to" dewdrop fountain

21 "synchronised sinking" the impossible kid

sleeve design by connie francis [carnival park/melody style apartment]

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extended PLAY.

we have a new song, "sunshine [after the rain]" on the series two records/eggnog records split [3] three inch CD/EP club compilation number [2] two! [whew! that was a mouthful, no?] you can preview it on our myspace page. heck, if you like it--add it to YOUR page! hehe.*

we share the release with the winter club [UK],the art deparment [USA], the simple carnival [USA], my pet goat [sweden] & new year ruse [UK].

it's a limited pressing of [50] fifty available for purchase to anyone worldwide. that's [25] twenty-five per label. so if you're going to order [1] one, you'd better do it soon!

the price is the same from either location. you can buy it by sending [25] twenty-five USD to : seriestworecords@gmail.com OR orders@eggnogrecords.co.nz. price includes international shipping costs.

we've received invites on our myspace that have made our day.

and last.fm has turned the corners of our mouths upwards as well.

in short [to quote a favourite song of ours] "we can't stop smiling & we don't know why we'd want to anyway..."

*we've removed "sunshine" from our myspace page as of 10 august 2009. we feel that the mix does not properly represent the song. fret not, as we are in the process of re-recording it. :)

work is a [4] four letter WORD.

[3] three months. yeah. it's been [3] three months & [7] seven days since the last post.

time to play catch up! haha. i guess it was a combination of laziness & busyness. [or business, depending] in varying degrees & percentages. this lapse in entries doesn't mean that we haven't been working. quite the contrary. there's always something cooking inthe jealous sea kitchen!

where to start? hrrrm...

01. we got to meet dale, ryan & lorelie of apple orchard/golden teardrops fame [they are extremely cool indie pop kids!] at the camera obscura show [08 june 2009] at the fillmore. [if we look starstruck, it's 'cause we were. tracey & co. were amaaazing!] and if you haven't already checked out apple orchard's & golden teardrops's music--do yourself a favour. click the links. you won't regret it!

[l to r : taylor, me, ryan & lorelie]

[l to r : taylor, me, dale & ryan]

02. we've been getting some podcast/internet support from various sources as well. the lovely kids at this elegant chaos & one step beyond/pop on paper have been great to us. thanks so much guys!

i guess that's as good a place to start as any. we're definitely not finished yet! hehe. be sure to swing by all the pages mentioned. we're guarantee that you'll hear something you like! :)

one step BEYOND.

it's messages like this that make me smile. we had [2] two of our songs played on one step beyond, a podcast based in leipzig in march of this year. i found the above in my last.fm inbox a few days ago. it was inspiring to hear that "moving targets [eventually get hit]" was a "kind of underground hit." success in europe? not out of the question now, i suppose. i'm always surprised when we make fans that are so encouraging. thanks so much sindyan! we'll be grinning indefinitely. :)

so you had better do as you are told. you better listen to the RADIO!

google-ing one's self. i know, i know. sounds kind of naughty & risqué, no? i suppose it could be. haha. it's interesting to see what you'll find. it's a hit or miss kind of thing, really. but sometimes...you find gold.

our song "a boy, a girl & a rendez-vous" [which was recently featured on the eardrums pop BIRDSONGS, BEESONGS VOLUME B compilation] made it onto dj dave's playlist for 14 april 2009! the STEREOPHONIC HI-FI HAPPY HOUR is his radio show that resides at the U [the university of missouri-st louis student radio] on tuesdays 7-8 pm. we shared the slot with brilliant artists such as : the jesus & mary chain, cornershop, the apples in stereo & it's a musical.

this makes us extremely happy. more airplay in more places is awesome. hopefully we'll make more friends/fans as a result. we'll keep our fingers crossed. :)

volume BEE.

if [1] one free compilation featuring us this month wasn't enough for you guys & gals--then thank your lucky stars! 'cause here's another!


the new spring compilation from our friend, knut b. lindbjör's eardrums pop "BIRDSONGS, BEESONGS" is now available. so far, [2] two volumes have been released. we are on volume B. or volume BEE, i suppose. haha.

01 promise and the monster - words

02 parachutes - tree roots turn to forts

03 charlotte & magon - i love you, you are my friend

04 martin carr - why you gotta bring me all this rain

05 monobird - exploding view

06 THE JEALOUS SEA - A BOY, A GIRL & A RENDEZ-VOUS

07 no kids/mount eerie - prisoner of desire

08 the electones - the huntress

09 cryptacize - mythomania

10 seeland - pretty bird [alt. version]

11 looking glass - ah la la

12 blue roses - doubtful comforts

13 tailor made for a small room - pleasant hill

14 montt mardié - castle in the sky

15 tim & sam's tim & the sam band with tim & sam - inside the egg

16 arthur and martha - japanese kiss

17 wild honey - the house by the sea

18 wisdomtooth - bandits

19 tramontana - low rise

20 aquella illusion - buscador

21 jonathan johansson - du sa

our contribution is named after a red roses for me compilation that featured aberdeen's cover of biff bang pow's "she never understood." our song is about a couple separated by several degrees. [time/distance/where they are in life] it works on different levels, really. it's also the only jealous sea song [so far] to feature the "spoken word bridge" made popular by several 60's soul songs. if it worked for belle & sebastian, why wouldn't it work for us, right? hehe.

ps : if you download anything from the eardrums pop site, please give something back. thanks so much!

so love me, hold me. 'cause i'm FREE.

UNDER THE COVERS, the [3rd] third volume of dale marquez's mp3 compilation series, is [finally!] up for download. this time around [21] twenty-one filipino indie pop bands participated.

we're quite fond of track number [12] twelve. hehe.

nocturnal we - femme fatale [velvet underground]

golden teardrops - if i needed someone [the beatles]

carnival park - portland, oregon [the cat's miaow]

scattered pearls - the lucky one [au revoir simone]

that lingering feeling - abandon ship [april showers]

the fantasy lights - loveless [new order]

superminty - time thief [pale saints]

some gorgeous accident - brighter [the railway children]

lovely days and loud hurrays - before we begin [broadcast]

so the jerk - hole in my heart [bmx bandits]

farewell isobel - keep your love [the loveninjas]

the jealous sea - toy tambourine [aberdeen]

soft pillow kisses - over the rainbow [the crooner]

the wentletraps - just like honey [the jesus and mary chain]

apple orchard - appetite [prefab sprout]

camera shy - afterhours [velvet underground]

radiomanila - saving all my love for you [marilyn mcCoo and billy davis, jr./whitney houston)

candyaudioline - nothing much to lose [my bloody valentine]

sonnet LVIII - skyscrapers of st. mirin [live] [the close lobsters]

sarah sitting - why baby [live] [aislers set]

lazy lorelei - know who you are at every age [live] [cocteau twins]

you can download it from either of these links :

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deux

the music may be free, but this compilation is priceless!