september 2008
the band is releasing a new song, "oranges and apples" as a download single on october 13. this track is from the band's forthcoming album in the music and was inspired by the late syd barrett, one of the founding members of pink floyd. the single is being released in connection with the city wakes festival, which is a tribute to syd. the festival takes place in cambridge and london in late october and is intended to raise awareness and funds for the arts and mental health issues. the festival site includes a page about the trashcans, including an interesting interview with john douglas and a two minute sample of the song. the band is donating proceeds from downloads of the song to the syd barrett trust.
frank was filmed recently for a video that is being completed for the song, which will be available next month. [9/19]
august 2008
there are plans in the works to release an upcoming album track via download for a limited time in october. this is in connection with a unique festival taking place in the uk in october. this should be finalized very soon, with more information to come. [8/28]
july 2008
the album recording is done and the mixes are also nearly complete, with only very minor changes being tested. carly simon recently recorded some backing vocals. see the recording section of the gigs page for updates. the band has also begun meeting with record labels to discuss licensing the album for release.
the release of the back catalog is still being discussed. while it may not be universal itself who releases the albums, it will likely be a label and distributor within the universal family.
generally, the plan for 2009 is coming together. the first three albums would be released at the beginning of the year. weightlifting would follow around march, with the new album to follow shortly afterwards. all re-releases will have b-sides/bonus tracks. the band is hoping to appear at the SXSW festival in austin, tx in march, either while or before touring. they're also planning to tour in the uk and possibly japan next year. there are or course a lot of details to be sorted out but 2009 is shaping up to be a busy year. [7/27]
may 2008
frank is returning to new york city at the end of the month to record vocals for "the jimmy webb song," for which the band has been busy writing lyrics. he'll also record a few vocal changes to other songs and check in on the album mixing. [5/1]
april 2008
frank spent a week in new york city in march finishing up the vocals for the new album. one track ("the jimmy webb song") still doesn't have completed lyrics written. otherwise, twelve songs have been completed and andy chase is moving the mixes forward. see the recording section of the gigs page for updates from the studio. [4/6]
february 2008
frank, john and paul spent 10 days in martha's vineyard in january-february working on additional recording sessions for the upcoming album. frank will return to new york city in march to finish the vocals for a few remaining songs and then the recording should be complete. album mixing will probably take place in april and the band will be working on securing licensing deals to release the album. [2/21]
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september 2008
a new lyrics page has been added for "oranges and apples."
paul livingston has updated the guitar chords for another b-side - see the guitar chords page. [9/19]
august 2008
paul livingston has updated the guitar chords for a few more b-sides, which have been added to the guitar chords page. [8/28]
july 2008
the band blog has an update about the generation x project.
two mp3s of fan cover versions of tcs songs have been added to the downloads page. [7/27]
may 2008
paul livingston has updated the guitar chords for a bunch of b-sides, which have been added to the guitar chords page. along with this, updated/corrected lyrics for these b-sides have been posted to the lyrics page. [5/1]
april 2008
paul is on a roll...all songs from cake and i've seen everything have been added to the guitar chords page. [4/18]
paul livingston has updated the guitar chords for six more songs from a happy pocket, which have been added to the guitar chords page. i've seen everything is up next. [4/11]
paul livingston has updated the guitar chords for four songs from weightlifting and seven from a happy pocket. all have been added to the guitar chords page. more will be added very soon. [4/10]
paul livingston has finished updating the guitar chords for weightlifting. eight new/corrected have been added to the guitar chords page.
frank has posted a blog update from his recent new york city recording session. [4/6]
february 2008
three new videos have been added to the downloads page. [2/24]
paul livingston has been at work updating the guitar chords. the first five songs from weightlifting have been updated and added to the guitar tabs page.
the band blog has updates from the recent martha's vineyard recording sessions.
three mp3s of fan cover versions of tcs songs have been added to the downloads page. [2/21]
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