yesterday i got my first single from the dark beloved cloud singles club. the best thing about this singles club is its free:

We here at Dark Beloved Cloud really like singles: little recordings focused on one great song that's not part of an album, with extra stuff that complements that great song somehow. And, as much as we love selling records and CDs, we also really like giving people music in exchange for something other than money. Hence, the Dark Beloved Cloud Singles Club.

Every month or two, you'll get a 3-inch (small!) CD (like the current Singing Catalogue--yes, they play in virtually any CD player). They're songs exclusive to these singles, and they're by some pretty amazing bands. Small, simple, cute, great.

And how do you get them? You can get a six-disc subscription to the dbc singles club by sending us your name, your address, and six hand-decorated 3" x 3" cards. They will, in turn, become the "cover artwork" for six other subscribers' singles.

so awhile back i sent in some art work(or in my case pictures i had taken) and so yesterday i got my first disc. unfortunately, the person who did the art work for this disc thought it would be a good idea to use oil pastel, and to draw on both sides of the card they sent in, thus getting pastel on the cd itself. the disc wouldn't play when i first got it, but i was able to get enough of the pastel off for it to play.

the band featured on this single is cordelia's dad. the first song is acoustic/folky. closer to current 93 than peter paul and mary. it wasn't too bad, with a female singer. the next two songs have a male singer and crossed that folkiness with a more 70s rock thing that just wasn't my thing. there's a certain kind of rock guitar solo that i just can't get into, and this had it. the male singer, just didn't do anything for me as well. for some reason i kept thinking of almost famous while listening to this, but i like the music in that film better.

hopefully the next single that arrives will be more to my tastes.