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looks like someone got a little tongue tied while reporting on our song "knock less, monster." we play at don pedro at 8 tonight with @beargirlband and #saltpeople (at Don Pedro)

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twas great to hang with the @mcfkmcfk gang on friday. we play again tomorrow at #donpedro with @beargirlband and #saltpeople (at Pet Rescue)

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showing up to show off at a show in a minute @mcfkmcfk #petrescue (at Pet Rescue)

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We're playing at Pet Rescue in Brooklyn tonight with some great @mcfkmcfk bands! If u want the scoop on what's new with us, check out our chat with @tablethreemedia about "Mention," @allsoundsnj , stolen gear and some bands we love. tablethreemedia.tumblr.com #t3m #tablethreemedia #allsoundsnj #ishmaeltheband #mention #mcfk #petrescue #brooklyn

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T3M Interview: Ishmael

This past week were fortunate to be able to interview the Brooklyn prog/emo band Ishmael. Their style of music is genre hopping and genre blending containing the technicality of a prog band and the emotion of an emo band. Take a look and see what they had to say about their signing to All Sounds Records, an overview of their most recent release Mentions and their view on the rising New York City music scene.

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Here’s some images of the first run of physical copies of Mention.

Custom CDs made by Pavonine Packaging from the design by Alexis Gallo.

You can pre-order these through these links:

http://ishmaeltheband.bandcamp.com

https://allsounds.bandcamp.com/album/mention

Or come get one at our release show, 5/16 at Aviv in Brooklyn with Vasudeva, Slim Charles, Zula, and Nonsense.

4 track album

Our new EP Mention is now available for stream and purchase.

Thanks so much to everyone who made this happen, and to everyone who takes a minute to check it out.

Mention EP: Lyrics

Eyes Like Mouths

Hide life all in a day’s work

Run dry – so show me who’s worth

Your eyes like mouths

They open to answer why so many stand side by side

Your eyes like mouths

They open to swallow

I’d so gladly stay entwined

High lights coming down and you’re there dancing

I’ve been wandering around all the same haunted houses

Wondering what went wrong

Where you’ve been hiding out for all of this time

Second Troy

Are you waiting for something?

It’s gone away

Cut me out like pulling up your garden for fresh soil

I’ve drawn away

I lied when I said otherwise

I’ve always wanted you to stay

You kill the violence in my head

Step right out and back again

Where once were violets in your hand

Step right out and back again

Blame can’t be placed on you for lack of verses that moved them on the day

Has anyone else seen these eyes reflect a quiet fire?

Mention

Lie still to lie

Follow me, turn away

On our way to a place

Time will drop in decay

Give a name to a face

Fore born, fall away

Let the moods have the day

Time drops in decay

Isn’t silence the same as a lie?

Did I ask for anything I wouldn’t give back

But then again

There’s a conversation I’ve denied and let lie

(safe and quiet)

An articulation might remind

(safe inside)

But don’t mention falling, we’re up too high

Remind but don’t mention falling

We’re up to our eyes in reminders of what it could be like were I to write what I’ve in mind

Reminders of why I still lie still and wait until the time’s right

Tabula Rasa

The colors, they don’t blur anymore

And I’ve forgotten the words I planned

Let’s begin again

Calculate the time it takes us until we’re overdrawn

Deactivate the past mistakes we’ve made until they’re all but gone

I’ve been asleep for too long

Can that be real which does not have a name?

It all adds up but doesn’t feel the same

Where do you go I’ve been missing you

It’s never enough

Is it ever enough?

Never enough

Did I fall asleep?

Am I all but gone?

The color’s they don’t blur anymore

Calculate the time it takes us until we’re overdrawn

Deactivate the past

Stream, download (for free!) and share our single “Eyes Like Mouths” on bandcamp or soundcloud. Our EP comes out on All Sounds tomorrow!

www.ishmaeltheband.bandcamp.com

www.soundcloud.com/ishmaeltheband

Artwork by Alexis Gallo (www.alexisgallo.com, @glexisallo)

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Hi - Today we're very excited to announce that we have signed with All Sounds, and together we will release our new EP "Mention" later this month. Be on the look out for a single in the coming weeks. Here is the cover (artwork by Alexis Gallo). Thank you to everyone who helped along the way, we can't wait for what's next!

Gingerlys - http://gingerlys.bandcamp.com/releases Dear Tracks (On Tour) - https://deartracks.bandcamp.com/ Ishmael - http://ishmaeltheband.bandcamp.com/ Trot Fox -https://trotfoxmusic.bandcamp.com/

3/16 - Alphaville, Brooklyn 8pm

Fraidy Cat

Cold winter fire. Call once, ring twice. Is your old promise alive? All rise. Will you come back? Remember us. Will the rain outside ever let up? Long days just trying to forget your name and all I wanted for us was never to come back. Was it alive? All this time simply waiting. Float. Was it a lie? Something that we created. Kids.

Keep your old ghosts (haunt no more) Breathe life into (forgotten words) Bring my home town (down below) Into the ground. (remember.)

Download the song HERE.

Ishmael // Slim Charles - split single

1. Fraidy Cat - Ishmael

2. In Life and in Light - Slim Charles

Our song "Fraidy Cat" was recorded on an August afternoon in Newark Ohio during our Midwest tour by Jonathan Hape (Narrow/Arrow) at National Audio Preservation Society.

The cover was designed by Alexis Gallo - http://alexisgallo.com/

featuring an Image captured by Nick Pray - http://nfpray.tumblr.com/

Both songs are available for free.