[Blog] Grant gave us a dose of cool: soul jazz musician Grant Green.
Tuesday 8/29—
[Blog] We previewed Sand + Silence by folk duo The Rosebuds. [Twitter] Our developer Marc leaked info about a cool new feature on mobile.
Wednesday 8/30—
[Blog] Wishy Wednesday happened in full force. [Twitter] A Murfie member admitted his Creed CDs were on sale for $0.
Thursday 8/31—
[Blog] We previewed Spoon’s upcoming rock album, They Want My Soul. [Facebook] The Murfie Genie delighted a few members with album gifts. [Blog] Two words: Music History. (Learn up, people!) [Twitter] Pixologie had fun visiting the Murfie office!
Friday 9/1—
[Twitter] We wished blues guitarist Robert Cray a Happy Birthday.
Preview The Rosebuds, a dance-folk duo out of North Carolina, formed their marriage and musical endeavor in 2001. Composed of Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp, the duo was recognized by local indie label Merge Records two short years later, and subsequently released their debut record, The Rosebuds Make Out.
While the band has been prolific throughout their tenure, releasing six full lengths and three digital LPs in eleven years, they’ve worked tirelessly with other groups as well. In 2010, Howard contritubed his skills to Midwestern R&B supergroup Gayngs‘ only release thus-far, Relayted. And in 2011, The duo also toured with Bon Iver behind their enormous release, Bon Iver, Bon Iver.
Just before the release of their fifth LP, 2011’s emotionally devastating Loud Planes Fly Low, the husband and wife announced they had filed for divorce. While the divorce would surely mark the demise of other music groups, Howard and Crisp have continued to make music together. Next week marks a new chapter for the duo, as they’re set to release Sand + Silence, their first album since the split and the first for for their new label, Western Vinyl.
Pre-order your copy of Sand + Silence on Murfie! Each CD comes with unlimited streaming (Web, iOS, Android, Sonos) and downloads in mp3, aac, FLAC and ALAC.