Hey There Stranger VIVA LA VINYL

So yes, we finished our first North American tour with British Sea Power, SXSW flew by, we had the time of our life at Primavera Sound in Barcelona and now we are working on our first album that will be out in the fall. If you want to see how we spent these past crazy months just check out our photo diary. The shows keep flowin'.

In more important news... finally the VINYL 12" edition of Hey There Stranger will be out soon and is up for pre-order over at WWNBB Collective's site. They are teaming up with Lefse to release this golden gem, it comes limited to 300 copies and SIDE B will have exclusive remixes from some of our best pals. No shitty fillers. Trust us.

Check the tracklist out... and then go ORDER.

SIDE A

1. Gone To Sea
2. Terrible Day
3. What My Life Could Have Been
4. Devilish Coast Sway
5. I Lost Time
6. Toi

SIDE B
1. Terrible Day (Banjo Or Freakout remix)
2. I Lost Time (Visions Of Trees remix)
3. Gone To Sea (Welcome Back Sailors remix)
4. Devilish Coast Sway (Crimea X remix)
5. Gone To Sea (Death In Plains remix)

SXSW 2011 meltdown times 5

If anyone is packing sleeping bags for Austin and SXSW in a few days, one thing is sure, you will find us there.

We have a show in San Antonio on the 15th of March and then five during SXSW in Austin. Come say hi. This is all before our tour with British Sea Power. Check out all those dates on the left.


- 17.03.11 SXSW BirdDog Promo @ The Aquarium, 6pm, w/ Eternal Summers, Yellow Ostrich, MillionYoung etc. Info: http://birddogproductions.blogspot.com/

- 18.03.11 Music For Listeners showcase @ Red House Pizzeria, 6pm, w/ Bombay Bicycle Club, Franke & the Hearstrings etc. Info: http://www.musicforlisteners.com/mflatredhouse_day01.html

- 18.03.11 WNYU Sxsw House Show @ Demi-Dog House, w/ La Big Vic, Twerps, Prince Rama etc. Info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155612664492000#!/event.php?eid=155612664492000

- 19.03.11 SXSW Ground Control Touring Showcase @ Lustre Pearl, 8pm w/ Deer Tick, Dawes, Holy Sons etc.

- 20.03.11 SXSW Lefse day party @ Cheer Up Charlie's, 3pm w/ Woodsmen, Sore Eros, Jenny O, Sunglasses etc.

New York, Austin, SXSW, welcome us back, yay!

Ladies and gentleman,

we will keep this a quick as possibile this time. The A Classic Education gang is busy packing and getting ready for their third trip to United States!

The excitement is driving us mad!

We will be stopping off in New York for a few shows before heading out to Austin for SXSW.

Here are the details:

New York shows

Mar 13th @ Piano's - The Music Slut presents... (w/ Casiokids, Spleen United, Banjo Or Freakout)
Mar 14th @ Bruar Falls - Brooklyn (w/ Darren Hanlon + Electricians)
Mar 15th @ Cameo Gallery - Kanine Records Pre-SXSW show - Brooklyn (w/ Million Young, Starring, Golden Ages, Butterfly Explosion)

Sxsw Austin shows

Mar 17th @ Music For Listeners showcase - (The Redhouse Pizzeria 1917 Manor RD, 5pm w/ Jenny Owen Youngs, Standard Fare + others)
Mar 18th @ Friends Bar (11 pm), official show (w/ The Laurel Collective, Kissaway Trail, Surf City + others)

- You can read a bit more about us over at Brooklyn Vegan: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/03/a_classic_educa_1.html

- And just to put the pressure on SPIN named us one of the bands to watch at the festival: http://www.spin.com/gallery/spins-50-must-hear-bands-sxsw?page=40
And they just also put a download compilation up.

- Our CMJ tour diary is also finally up: http://sweepingthenation.blogspot.com/2010/03/italian-men-in-new-york.html

- And yes our single What My Life Could Have Been/Toi is still a free download at http://www.holidayrecords.net/ce.html
Get it.

- One last thing, our good pal Francesco out this fan video together for What My Life Could Have Been: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiQqVkpqOfs

See you soonish, can't wait to meet up with friends from across the ocean!
ace
xxoo

Roma and Firenze

One thing we are excited about is playing in Florence and Rome for the first time. We've waited a long time for this, come and say hi this weekend!

Florence show is at a club called ExFila.
Rome is going to be at a beautiful festival organized by the Frigopop blog. Small interview with us here and all the necessary info over at their website.

See ya in the middle of the fountain.