Matador Records | Preston School of Industry

10/09/03 — The Monsoon is coming...
NEW ALBUM IN 2004
The new Preston School of Industry record, Monsoon, is completed with a worldwide release date set for January 20th, 2004 (Matador/Domino/Trifekta).

1.
The Furnace Sun
Walk of a Gurl
Caught in the Rain
Line it up
So Many Ways

2.
If the Straits of Magellan should ever run dry
Her Estuary Twang (Warm Medicine)
Escalation breeds Escalation
Get your Crayons Out!
Tone it Down

Written and produced by Spiral Stairs with valuable assistance from Preston School alum Dan Carr, Chris Heinrich, and Mathew Zeek Harris (not to mention a few surprise special guests), all tracks were recorded and mixed this past summer in sunny Seattle, Washington. Also check the re-launched website with new audio, photos, merch, and upcoming tour dates.

SPLIT SINGLE WITH GERSEY
Meanwhile, a new split single with the Australian band Gersey will be released on October 13th. The record includes a pre-mixed version of the Monsoon track, “Caught in the Rain,” along with Gersey’s, “Roll out the Heartbreaker”. Order now.

UPCOMING SHOWS
CMJ Showcase:
October, 25 Arlene’s Grocery NYC 9pm—21 and over OK*
*(Spiral, playing the part of Will Sargent, joins Kelley Stoltz, Shayde Sartin, and Jon Hofer to cover Echo and the Bunnymen’s classic first record,“Crocodiles,” in its entirety. This is part of the Amazing Grease/Jackpine Social Club night for CMJ. Also appearing are Canoe, Panty Lions, Kelley Stoltz, Sonny Smith, and Oranger.)

Spiral Solo Dates—American Northeast (Opening for the Starlight Mints)
Oct. 26 Middle East Café Cambridge, MA
Oct. 27 Webster Theatre Hartford, CT
Oct. 28 Asylum Portland, ME

Spiral Solo Dates—Australia (In support of split-single release. Opening for Gersey.)
Nov. 20 The Evelyn, Melbourne
Nov. 21 The Evelyn, Melbourne
Nov. 27 The Gaelic Club, Sydney
Nov. 28 The Great Northern, Byron Bay
Nov. 29 The Zoo, Brisbane
Dec. 4 Settlers, Margaret River
Dec. 5 The Rosemount, Perth
Dec. 6 The Basement, Fremantle

11/13/02 — Spiral writes.
"Hello from Seattle. It's cold, but everyone up here keeps saying oh, it's a El Nino year, at least it wont rain that much. I hit the North late September to follow my beautiful wife in her quest to be a lifelong student. Ha, tried the student route once, dropped out instead to follow the Bunnymen, but that's another story altogether. Besides helping out with the wife's homework, I'll be working on a new Preston School of Industry record, which I'm hoping will be done by the end of the year, that's if the drywall in the basement gets finished. Speaking of PSOI, we're all still buzzing from that Wilco tour we recently did. Hopefully it'll translate into something as good for us as that Wilco record is. Hey, maybe we'll get Tweedy to play harmonica on it, that's if he still likes us, especially after my sorry Iggy Pop imitation at the last Wilco show, my naked chest is in no way and will never be as hard as Iggy's. Seriously, I'd like to thank all who bought the record and came to see us this past year.

"Speaking of my nakedness, you all have to check out the new Pavement Slow Century DVD just released. It has all of the Pavement videos and non-videos on there. Plus there's a 60 minute documentary with lots of cool live footage, interviews, commentary from the band and directors, and of course me getting naked at the West Virginia Lollapalooza. Not to be missed. Speaking of the Pavies and since this is the 10th anniversary of Slanted and Enchanted, Matador Records are releasing a deluxe re-issue cd which includes Slanted, Watery Domestic, singles, b-sides and rarities (an unreleased Spiral song), compilation tracks, a live show from '92 and 2 Peel sessions that were recorded around this time. It all comes in a beautiful 2 cd package with extensive liner notes and photos from the vaults (my garage). Worth it dude. Another thing that's worth it is the new Panty Lions record we just released on Amazing Grease Records. Panty Lions is Ashod and Arianna from the band Earlimart. We put out So Dang Rad a few months ago and it's still sounding good. They even recorded an old Pavie song. SO CHECK IT OUT. Anyway, thanks for listening and I hope to talk to you again when 1. it rains, 2. my basement gets finished, or 3. Wilco ask me to be their permanent bell soloist.

"Bye,
"Spiral"

07/03/02 — Scott Kannberg writes:
Bon Jour Y'all. We've got more breaking news for all you Preston people. The August 2nd show in CHICAGO with WILCO is now sold out. The tix were gone in 30 seconds we are told. So, if you didn't get your tix you are in luck... they've added a second show the very next night... August 3rd. Check out http://www.wilcoworld.net for ticket info. Please note that there is a Milwaukee show on July 27th as well... sorry, we forgot to list it in the earlier email. And for those who can't make it to Chicago or Milwaukee, PSOI will be playing... with ourselves, not Wilco... at the HIGH DIVE in CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS on Monday, July 22nd. Sorry, it's 19 and over.

06/07/02 — touring continues with Summer dates accompanying WILCO: following a series of successful UK gigs supporting Wilco, Preston School Of Industry have been invited to supported the Chicago quartet on 2 weeks of US dates this July. Check the tour dates section for more information.