soltero
New Soltero "best of" collection now available, free download on Bandcamp. It includes songs from the first 6 albums, plus a Creedence cover. Enjoy, share it with your friends, play it in the shower!
Our newest and finest album is nearly complete, and will be released summer 2013. Very excited about this one.
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Albums
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Buy(2005) Recorded in Boston by Tim Shea and Jesse Kudler at their respective studios. The band was Tim, Ben Macri, Casey Keenan, and Alex McGregor, though the "who plays what" varies song-to-song. - 12 tracks
BuyRecorded at Steve Mayone's house in the winter of 2003/04 on his reel-to-reel 8-track. Songs written and performed by Tim. - 11 tracks
Buy(2003) Recorded in Boston at Steve Mayone's place and with the Mobius Band in Amherst. - 12 tracks
Buy(2001) First album. Recorded with the Mobius Band in Amherst, MA. Ben Sterling (guitar), Noam Schatz (drums), Peter Sax (bass), Tim Howard (guitar/vox).
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Discography
- YOU KNOW, ALBUMS
Our first two records are out of print, but can be downloaded on Bandcamp. If you'd like to order a CD of 1943, You're No Dream, Tongues You Have Tied, or Hell Train, please email tim[name of the band]@gmail.com. I ask for $10, check or PayPal, which includes shipping. Each additional album is $8, unless I don't have any more copies, in which case I won't charge you anything.
1943 (2012)
"The Brooklyn group just released their new album, 1943, and it’s full of some ridiculously good songs that I can’t stop playing over and over. For me, my first hook was the similarities to the delivery and the writing style of D. Berman of Silver Jews, but there’s a bit more of a mellow jangle going on in these tunes. This song starts off slow for a few seconds, but just wait until it delivers the subtle hooks that made me fall in love with this new album." - Austin Town Hall
"Soltero enquille ainsi les petites merveilles, séduisantes en mode engourdi (Teen Angel) comme en mode plus rythmé (les mini-tubes Mercenary Heart et Alegria). Tim Howard et son comparse Alex Drum signent avec 1943 un album de chevet en puissance, moitié madeleine, moitié cure de jouvence." - Magic (France)
You're No Dream (2008)
"The album dances between two places—waking life and sleep—in a way that doesn't feel completely comfortable in either state. It is a dark and stunningly subtle record..." - Treble
Hell Train (2005)
"Aural treats abound: Pet-Sounding thump-ta-thump and plaintive harmonies, keening Neil Youngian piano ballads, mellow Malkmus guitar swoon, and baritone bons mots that would leave Stephin Merritt tongue-tied." - Boston Phoenix
The Tongues You Have Tied (2004)
"Songs that possess the mortal weight of old folk ballads, but are delivered with the regal melodies and vocal style of Ray Davies." - Popmatters
Defrocked and Kicking the Habit (2003)
"Howard shows himself to be a fantastic songwriter, the type that gives heart to all other songwriters out there despairing that every song has already been written." - Portland Phoenix
Science Will Figure You Out (2001)
"Absolutely stunning...Sure, anyone can write about unrequited love, but how many can really make you care about their pain?" - Northeast Performer
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About
- JUST A WEE BIOGRAPHYSoltero is a rock band/hit factory that now lives in Brooklyn, NY.Microcultures, in France, is our European label of sorts, and for all stateside biz, please contact me, Tim Howard: tim[name of the band] at gmail. Our new album is a jangly summertime record called 1943, and it's an English-language postcard from Nicaragua and Guatemala. A million thanks to the many generous folks who funded the production of the record by way of Microcultures!We're also glad to have a new partnership with Cincope Records in Buenos Aires, getting us heard in Argentina. Nos agrada mucho tener nuevos amigos en america de sud!I'm currently recording an album at home on Steve Mayone's old 8-track, the one we used on Tongues You Have Tied.Do you want to use a Soltero song in your movie or this or that? It can happen. Email me. And if you are looking for press photos, download here - these are glamour shots of Tim and Alex Drum, the two main fellas you hear on 1943.
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Contact
- tim[name of the band] at gmail.com.
