Browse by Label: TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED

Artist:	HOLLAND BORTHWICK
Title:	Helene
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	TRR 035CD

"Whenever electro-pop producer extraordinaire Trevor/hollAnd and world-renowned New York artist Mark Borthwick collaborate, the results are always sure to be richly poetic, hypnotically melodic and more that a little abstract. Many of the sound collages created by these two are set as soundtracks to Borthwick's visual installations in various museum exhibitions throughout the world. Helene was originally composed for an exhibition at the Swiss Institute in New York City in 1999. The text for this album includes the line '...abundant souls waiting for the unexpected little fleetings layering themselves a thousand leaves a cleansing of a seasons end...' That line became the inspiration for song and album title A Thousand Leaves by Sonic Youth. A friend of the band, Borthwick contributed his stunning photography for the artwork of A Thousand Leaves, as well as his very unique poetry and handwriting."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Black Sabbath Tribute - Everything Comes & Goes
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 040CD

"Back in 1997, we at Temporary Residence Ltd. had a novel idea: compile a Black Sabbath tribute album with experimental rock, folk, and electronic bands reinterpreting classic Ozzy-era Sabbath tunes. At the time it seemed like a unique idea, since such tributes were then executed primarily by washed-up glam bands or tired hardcore groups cheekily cashing in on nostalgic quasi-irony. Much has changed over the last eight years, of course. Black Sabbath did the unthinkable by reuniting -- and has since done so three times. Ozzy Osbourne became a household name with his startlingly popular MTV-produced reality show. Everything Comes & Goes is full of genre-bending homages by genuine Sabbath fans; each track serves to remind us of the stunning brilliance and innovation that was the original Black Sabbath. And that, first and foremost, makes it worth all the wait. Artists include: Matmos, Four Tet, Ruins, Paul Newman, The Anomoanon, Racebannon, Curtis Harvey Trio, Grails and more."

Artist:	CERBERUS SHOAL
Title:	...and Farewell To Hightide
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	2CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	TRR 041CD

"Often criminally overlooked, critics everywhere gushed over the unique blend of orchestral arrangements, tribal rhythms, weeping melodies and youthful energy. Finally -- after a short-lived reissue by the band -- this album gets a proper re-release with a bonus disc of rare tracks that were never included in the original album. Seven years after its creation, it sounds like it could have been recorded yesterday. Now people will really have the chance to pay attention."

Artist:	FRIDGE
Title:	Happiness
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	TRR 043CD

"Fourt Tet's Kieran Hebdan follows up the wonderful and hugely acclaimed Pause album (Domino) with this very impressive new album from his 'other' band Fridge. Released on Hebden's own label Text. The literal and prosaic nature of the song titles bypass the always entertaining (and always distracting) art of being self consciously artful. The true nature of this record is the transference of pure emotion -- the intimacy and intensity of the trio in the studio together."

Artist:	FRIDGE
Title:	Happiness
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	2LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	TRR 043LP

"Before Four Tet was remixing Radiohead and Coldplay and before Adem was performing with David Byrne and Fairport Convention, they were breaking new ground as Fridge, a trio formed in 1996 with fellow schoolmate Sam Jeffers. After three critically-acclaimed albums, the group took an inadvertent hiatus when its members' various solo projects took off. Six years later, the group are back with The Sun, their most celebrated album yet. To celebrate their triumphant return, we are releasing their astonishing 2001 album, Happiness, on deluxe limited edition double vinyl. This is the first time Happiness has been available on vinyl anywhere in the world in over five years." Strictly limited to 2,000 copies, and pressed on 100% virgin black vinyl.

Artist:	CERBERUS SHOAL
Title:	Elements of Structure / Permanence
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 045CD

"Local artist Tim Folland made two silent films asked Cerberus Shoal score the soundtrack. Folland wanted the band to improvise while watching the films and their first takes would be the final cuts. For this endeavor, Cerberus Shoal invited Tarpigh to come improvise with them. The session went so well producing two drifting, mood-altering slices of progressive jazz-influenced rock that the two bands decided to officially join forces under the Cerberus Shoal moniker. This is a brilliant snapshot of the birth of magic that grew to unforeseen heights between these six amazing musicians. Unchoreographed, unassuming, and unbelievably good."

Artist:	TARENTEL
Title:	Ephemera
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	TRR 046CD

"Inspired by pioneers like Pink Floyd and My Bloody Valentine, Tarentel properly began in 1998. Rabidly thirsty for new sounds and influences, the band dug deeper and deeper into 20th century minimalist composers (Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Terry Riley) and avant rock legends (This Heat, Zoviet France). Their sound transformed gracefully, shifting from twinkling guitar and sturdy rhythms to visceral walls of triumphant noise and orchestral textures. Not since their stunning debut album From Bone To Satellite has there been a Tarentel release that more accurately compliments their dynamic shifts and subtle nuances. Even as a collection of singles, it plays like a flawless album. Like magic."

Artist:	PARLOUR
Title:	Octopus Off-Broadway
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	TRR 047CD

"Recorded over a four year period in various home studios, Parlour combines gentle arpeggiated guitar chords, warm synthetic washes and confident, down-tempo drum beats to create a truly meditative rock experience. With a certain Kraut rock leaning ala Can and This Heat, Furnish leads the groove all the way to edge without falling into monotony. The rhythm section is the dense, tightly wound cord pulling the heavy load along with comfortable ease. A definite must-have for fans of Papa M, The For Carnation, Bedhead, Fridge, Pluramon, and Tortoise."

Artist:	FRIDGE
Title:	Eph
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	2CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	TRR 048CD

"Now, for the first time ever, all of Fridge's Go!Beat-era recordings are available in one convenient package for a much more appealing price. No more will folks have to settle for rumors of this masterpiece. Included in the 2-CD set is the original Eph album in its entirety, along with a second disc containing the out-of-print Kinoshita Terasaka single and Of EP. And just for good measure, we threw in two previously unreleased remixes from uber-hyped Matthew Herbert and mix maestro P. Pulsinger. A total of about 100 minutes worth of music."

Artist:	RUMAH SAKIT
Title:	Obscured By Clowns
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	TRR 049CD

"Ridiculous tempos, absurdly complex song structures, absurdly hilarious song titles and now legendary live shows. Rumah Sakit have recorded a high watermark for angular rock music. A flowing, mood-altering masterpiece of jazz-infected structures, funky rhythms and beautifully frenzied guitar interplay called Obscured By Clowns. Steeped in progressive rock influences, Rumah Sakit blends their intricate polyrhythms and subtle beauty with massive walls of destructive improvisation. Swan song or not, this will certainly leave an inspiring mark on fans of Don Caballero and Tool."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Thank You (Anniversary Compilation)
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	TRR 050CD

"In the eight years that Temporary Residence has been releasing music, we have never done a proper label compilation or budget-priced sampler of any kind. This is for one simple reason: compilations are usually bad. We can probably count the number of solid, essential compilations released in the last 20 years on one hand, with fingers to spare. Why then, would we go and jeopardize a good thing by releasing an inexpensive label compilation? Because this one's not bad at all. As a matter of fact, it's pretty damned amazing. Featuring brand new and exclusive tracks from most of our artists and packaged with a gorgeous 24-page full-color booklet, this collection is absolutely essential for any fan of Temporary Residence bands (specifically Explosions In The Sky, Fridge, Tarentel and Sonna), or just fans of beautiful instrumental music."

Artist:	PARLOUR
Title:	Googler
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 052CD

"Recorded over the last five years in various places and mixed this past summer, Googler continues the meditative flow of synth-laden drones, crystalline guitars and dense rhythms. But a dark wind blows through the album to reveal the band's angular aggression. Memorable traces of Parlour's past can be heard -- having collectively served time in Crain, The For Carnation and Aerial M, among others -- most notably in the gentle ebb and flow of 'Jololinine' and the angular, driving attack of 'Distractor.' Carefully incorporating live instrumentation and subtle layers of electronics, leader and founding member Tim Furnish draws on a wide variety of influences to develop the tactile textures. Having helped plant the seeds for the sprawling array of musical inspiration that is Louisville, KY, Googler sees Furnish blooming vibrant new shades of a favorite color."

Artist:	ANOMOANON
Title:	Asleep Many Years in the Wood
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 054CD

"The instantly recognizable warble and touching harmonies of brothers Ned and Will have been imitated ad nauseum more times than any of us can recall. With an ever-increasing influence that's as far reaching as any other today, the Palace walls are as strong and vibrant as ever. Returning with his band, The Anomoanon, Ned Oldham has carefully crafted an album ripe with country crooners, slow burning ballads and the occasional raucous back woods jam."

Artist:	CEX
Title:	Being Ridden
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 055CD

"Three years after carving an unorthodox path to IDM superstardom, Cex sheds his former skin to show the world the grown man that had been buried beneath his own expectations. After years of releasing albums that he refers to as 'practice', he takes his tallest leap yet to The Next Level and proudly unravels the first strands of 'the real thing.' Produced and recorded in the homes of Cex and Craig Wedren (Shudder To Think), Being Ridden is a monumental leap forward in the career of a guy who, at 21 years old, has already eclipsed many of his heroes in creative risk-taking and execution alone, not to mention shear accessibility. Layering acoustic guitars, hip-hop beats, dense bass, bells and witty, catchy-as-hell Fresh Prince meets Eminem meets Bright Eyes lyrical flows, Cex is just about the freshest mashing of genres ever unleashed."

Artist:	CEX
Title:	Being Ridden Instrumentals
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 056CD

"Rather than release Being Ridden strictly in its original lyrical format, we're also releasing this special all-instrumental version to appease DJ's and haters of rap alike! For those that felt more comfortable when Cex was merely an IDM superstar and not a party-rap-pop genius, we give you this warm blanket of instrumental treats. As an added bonus, there are three exclusive instrumental tracks on this disc that are not included on the vocal version!"

Artist:	ELUVIUM
Title:	Lambent Material
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 057CD

"In the dictionary, the literal definition for Eluvium reads: the debris from the disintegration of rock. One listen to Matthew Cooper's (aka Eluvium) flawless debut album, even peripherally, and you can't help but smirk at how perfectly appropriate the moniker is. Sounding somewhat like the echoed resonance of a Sonic Youth show after everyone has stopped playing and the crowd has gone home, Cooper himself isn't guilty of the mass destruction, he's merely there to pick up the beautifully broken pieces. With a depth ranging from fragile to glacial, he takes dense layers of guitars and pianos and builds them into an awe-inspiring fortress around himself. Resting comfortably and confidently in the spirits of Brian Eno's Discreet Music and Ambient Music For Airports, Eluvium is a freakishly beautiful affair. It is pure, epic rock music... after the lights go out."

Artist:	ICARUS
Title:	Six Soviet Misfits
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	2CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	TRR 058CD

"Icarus is the misadventure of Ollie Bown and Sam Britton, following the fiddly twisted rhythm along a scratchy line; noise from black boxes through which only certain pieces of data may pass. This in turn feeds through boards and wires to become processed as musical, by default. In short, an effect similar to dropping ink into water is experienced aurally as a series of ineffable blips, interleaved within the sounds of the marketplace. With a bit of luck this should reconfigure musical industriality into a Dadaist work of precision chaos, but a freak occurrence could equally spell disaster for us all. All Icarus can do is try to mediate the event; this is the true fate of the modern musician, sending his or her sound bouncing along wires until somewhere, at some unknown point, they crash headlong into context. It's like tapes and cars. It's like the junk equation. It's like the effect of indifference to sound, which is less than the difference in sound from in front or behind. The dissolution of noise clears way for a fragmented melody; a flux of harmony on a polymetric pulse. As yet more vibrations fall victim to the staccato bit-wise we say 'let noises run amok'."

Artist:	LAZARUS
Title:	Songs For An Unborn Sun
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 059CD

"Formerly an integral part of Tarentel and The Drift, Trevor Montgomery is now Lazarus, the voice that sings with projected whispers while a lonely acoustic guitar trails slowly behind. With an intimacy so direct that you can feel the breath on the back of your neck, Lazarus is here to help you when you're having trouble getting that first tear to roll over your eyelids. A sadness that is catatonic, a hopelessness that is fleeting, and an optimism that is waiting to strike you through the heart when you least expect it. All you need is sleep to dream, and all you need is Lazarus to sleep. It will fill you with love, and thus you are our hero."

Artist:	KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF
Title:	Cicadidae
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 060CD

"Combining brass and string instruments, electronics, drums, percussion and keyboards, Cicadidae sees the band communicating with each other in the spaces between control and loss of control, intuition and reflection, density and transparency. The childlike brilliance of their melodies renders you weightless, with an occasional thumping pulse to keep you from losing your balance. Formerly drawing comparisons to To Rococo Rot, Amon D��l II and Third Eye Foundation for their cold, dark anthems, Cicadidae finds more in common with the lighter side of the German underground, specifically the mates of The Notwist, Styrofoam, the Morr Music roster and Icelandic darlings, Mum. Cicadidae offers Kammerflimmer Kollektief the chance to not only grab those that have followed all along, but also the folks that have wanted to love them all along, but couldn't shake the feeling of being pushed away. Where before there was a push, now there is an irresistible pull."

Artist:	EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
Title:	The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 061CD

"Picking up where their hugely successful Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever left off, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place begins as a flickering twinkle that soon grows to a blinding light. This new sense of hope is the defining characteristic of this record, and ultimately the journey that their music takes us on. Immeasurably more dramatic and dynamic than their last album, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place takes its shape not in the unexpected cacophony that had become the band's trademark, but in the infinitely deeper caverns of the human soul. With a soft heartbeat-like thump that grows stronger by the minute, the band is now closer than ever to replicating the simple movements that, when strung together, form the unpredictably complex machine that is the human body. Words simply cannot do this the justice that it deserves. It goes so far beyond elementary comparisons to other bands. The answer is somewhere between your head and your heart, and indeed, that is not a cold dead place."

Artist:	HOWARD HELLO
Title:	Don't Drink His Blood
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 062CD

"Written, recorded and produced entirely by Kenseth Thibideau (Pinback, Tarentel, Rumah Sakit) and Marty Anderson (Dilute), Don't Drink His Blood is a mystical adventure of pop proportions that few have ever reached. More in tune with his other band, Pinback than ever before, the mind-blowing combination of sounds and styles is truly unlike anything we've ever heard (help us out if you know of something else that sounds like this... please). Add to that the fact that it carries the contemplative message of being seduced by commercial media, and you have an album that is more important than it leads on, and often too catchy for you to notice. Seduced, indeed. No one saw this coming, but we sure hope it never goes away."

Artist:	NICE NICE
Title:	Chrome
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 063CD

"Born in Olympia, WA and now calling Portland, OR their home, guitarist Jason Buehler and percussionist Mark Shirazi meticulously warp hard funk, psych, soul, dub, angular rock and no-wave noise into a mechanical beast that can take you from dream to dance in 30 seconds flat. The instrumentation is relatively simple: guitar and drums. But it's the endless tap-dancing of effects pedals and rock solid dub beats that make every moment more magical than the last. Recorded entirely in their home studio, most of the tracks are largely improvised, with only basic ideas and motifs to start from. Having played with everyone from Black Dice to Cex to Lightning Bolt to Gold Chains, and thoroughly blowing their minds all the same, Nice Nice are that rare band that seems to equally appeal to the bedroom stoners and Friday night hipsters."

Artist:	EVERGREEN
Title:	Evergreen
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 064CD

"Formed from the ashes of local legends Cinderblock in the early 90s and boasting a revolving line-up that would make Spinal Tap blush, the group solidified in 1993 when Britt Walford (Slint, The Breeders, Palace Brothers) joined on drums. A tight mix of percussive guitars, strolling, funky bass and relentlessly catchy drum beats escalated the drunken vocal sways of Sean McLoughlin to immeasurable heights. Equally inspired by Fugazi, Television and The Stooges, Evergreen was a breath of fresh air that only Louisville folks were really ready to breathe. While the rest of the world was too busy going ape shit over increasingly soulless faux-jazz, Evergreen were throwing down party-punk jams to tear the roof down and/or get them arrested for public indecency (that's another story for another time). Recorded in brilliant dance-punk stereophonic mid-fi by James Murphy (now of the DFA), this album seemed like a throwback in 1995. Oddly, it now feels more at home amidst the increasingly soulless faux-garage rock revival."

Artist:	ELUVIUM
Title:	An Accidental Memory In The Case of Death
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	TRR 066CD

"Returning exactly one year after dropping one of the most consistently gorgeous ambient rock records of the last decade with 2003's Lambent Material, Eluvium's Matthew Cooper follows it up with, well, one of the most consistently gorgeous neoclassical records of the last quarter century. An Accidental Memory in the Case of Death began as most Eluvium's pieces do, sitting on a bench in front of a baby grand piano in Cooper's apartment. The difference this time was that the songs started to grow legs, and eventually ran away together until an entire album of haunting, intimate suites were made for solo piano. Cooper's longtime influences of baroque classical and modern minimalist composers shines bright over the brief-but-sweeping half hour length of this record, and never once does he give in to the wall-of-noise temptations that made Lambent Material so oceanic. Instead of drifting away in a sea of swelling guitars and drones, you're graced with a rare display of Cooper's unaccompanied piano movements."

Artist:	TARENTEL
Title:	We Move Through Weather
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 067CD

"Though hardly a pop record, We Move Through Weather is Tarentel's most focused album since their 1999 debut, From Bone To Satellite. However, the similarities stop there. Now stripped to a trio (Sonna's Jim Redd completes the line-up on drums), the sound is almost entirely intuitive. Virtually every song is built from expansive improvisations of sweeping drones and walls of discordant feedback. Where taught, meticulous guitar melodies once drove their songs to conclusion, thunderous drumming now navigates the group through an uncertain abyss of layered noise, horn bursts (courtesy of musician Steve Dye's arsenal of homemade instruments) and the occasional lonely piano. Perhaps for the first time since their inception, the studio Tarentel and the live Tarentel are one and the same. "

Artist:	MONO
Title:	Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky,...
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	TRR 068CD

...Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined. "Tokyo, Japan's Mono are a peculiar group. While most bands offer up their sincerest and most genuine recordings in their infancy and spend the rest of their careers trying desperately to rediscover their youthful energy, Mono's trajectory has been quite the opposite. Their early recordings are a visceral homage to their past and present heroes -- the documents of a band boasting an impressive symphony of sound in spite of their relatively small line-up. These days, they have become one of the most passionately aggressive rock bands of the last decade, executing their soaring crescendos, titanic sheets of distortion and dark melodies with the delicacy and precision of a folded paper crane. This flourish of hopeful creativity was captured by Steve Albini in the form of the eight pieces that make up their third album Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined. More lush and orchestral than previous recordings, the album couples an overall slow-melting ambience with a thunderous drive that reaches far greater heights than the band's earlier work."

Artist:	ANOMOANON, THE
Title:	Joji
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 069CD

"Hailing from the same rural Kentucky town that birthed fellow longhairs My Morning Jacket, The Anomoanon's music synthesizes backwoods folk and arena-ready anthems. Combining Ned Oldham's familiar croon with the acoustic textures of Led Zeppelin and inspirational dirge of Crazy Horse into a sound that seems so natural, one wonders if this record wasn't just waiting around for these guys to discover it. Saying that this is the band's most accomplished recording is downright redundant, since it's also one of the finest of its kind by anyone. In a sea of glorified bar bands posing as hipster revivalists, Joji finds The Anomoanon dropping from the sky and landing on both feet with a rhythmic stomp that rattles every bone in your body."

Artist:	CEX
Title:	Starship Galactica
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	TRR 071CD

"Originally released on the small UK imprint 555 Recordings, Starship Galactica was both impossible to find and none-too-durable (a single piece of paper folded over the CD and tucked into a thin plastic sleeve). It quickly fell out of print and has been lingering on eBay ever since. At that time, Cex's rise in popularity had only just begun -- 4 years later, a reissue of this treasure was long overdue. The very sound for which artists like Prefuse 73 and Four Tet are so universally championed for these days is represented here in spades, several years before either of those artists brought it above ground. Along with the original eight tracks, we have included a few lost gems from Cex's early days, all lovingly remastered and repackaged. Recorded way back in 1996, the three previously unreleased bonus tracks are rumored to be the very first songs that Cex composed on his computer."

Artist:	LAZARUS, WILLIAM
Title:	Live Trees We Grow Up to be Satellites
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	2CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	TRR 072CD

Subtitled: (The Backwards America). "Following his departure from esteemed avant-rock collective Tarentel, William Trevor Montgomery donned the Lazarus moniker and began releasing his (sometimes uncomfortably) intimate bedroom recordings. His first album, last year's Songs For an Unborn Sun, was a slow-burning affair with the uncanny ability to make you feel simultaneously better and worse about your life. Produced by Scott Solter (Tarentel, Court & Spark), Like Trees... is an epic folk-rock masterwork. Influences as disparate as Elvis Costello and Pink Floyd to Nirvana and Bright Eyes take on a whole new light in this grand, orchestral production, which is relentless in its beauty and power. Like fellow SF freak folks Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom, Lazarus clears a path between your head and your heart, and you can feel it widening with each listen."

Artist:	MONO
Title:	One Step More and You Die
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	TRR 073CD

"Since its original release in 2002, One Step More and You Die has become the monolithic cornerstone of Mono's discography. Every subsequent release has been inevitably (and perhaps unfairly) compared to this album, as if it were the band's high watermark, never to be dethroned. Mono brilliantly answered even the most stubborn of naysayers with this year's transcendent You Are There. To celebrate that release, we dug into their back catalog and pulled out this masterpiece of dark dirge, repackaged with additional artwork. One Step More stared the 'sophomore slump' threat square in the face and pummeled it from note one. Four years later we can confidently say that it sounds just as brutal and beautiful as it did the day it was laid to tape."

Artist:	BY THE END OF TONIGHT
Title:	The Fireworks on Ice EP
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$6.00
Catalog #:	TRR 075CD

"As with many great bands, this one almost literally came out of nowhere and brought with them the most mind-bending combination of sounds we've heard since that dream that I had about Don Caballero and Botch playing a hillbilly ho-down with The Police. It was weird, man. Beginning like a twisted prog-rock Georgia stomp, the four songs here are equal parts hardcore, speed metal, jazz breaks, epic avant-rock and sentimental 80s soundtracks. It's a refreshing change of pace for a scene that is so saturated with one-trick ponies." 4 song CD EP.

Artist:	TARENTEL
Title:	Paper White
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	TRR 076CD

"If last year's breakthrough album We Move Through Weather was Tarentel's high water mark, then these two companion EPs could be interpreted as the rise and fall of that flood. The same recording sessions are responsible for all three releases: Paper White represents the beginning, We Move Through Weather is the inspired centerpiece, and the 43-minute Big Black Square signals the smoky ending. Played in succession, the three releases chart Tarentel's journey from dynamic, guitar-driven instrumentalists to perpetually curious treasure hunters of the mysterious sounds that most of us take for granted. If this were the end of Tarentel's story, they would have enough riches to last a lifetime. Eight years into their career, however, it seems they've only just begun."

Artist:	ELUVIUM
Title:	Talk Amongst the Trees
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 078CD

"Beneath the cold water glow, Talk Amongst the Trees is a soundtrack for exploring the surface of your own ocean, slow moving like the sand that runs through your fingers, and incandescent like the most unique creatures of the sea. Lacking most recognizable instrumentation (save the guitar mantra, 'Taken'), Talk Amongst the Trees is an album that exists in its own fantastic landscape. Making no attempt to compete with the world outside, it drags you inside your own subconscious, allowing sentimental thoughts and memories to pile up on themselves. As the hour-long journey progresses, details fall away until nothing remains but a warm, colorless, but intimately personal, abyss. We're not sure how he does it, but once again Eluvium creates a new and beautiful feeling."

Artist:	BY THE END OF TONIGHT
Title:	A Tribute to Tigers
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 081CD

"Produced in an actual recording studio (albeit for only $300) the four boys of By the End of Tonight almost stand still for a couple moments during the album. The scorching metal riffs of 'Fireworks on Ice' are distilled through hyper-emotional crescendos and vivid, playful melodies. The drums, which overwhelmed previous recordings, are more subdued, the controlled chaos propels the dynamics of each song to new heights. Yes, he still plays a child's drum kit; and yes, he can still muscle more out it than Tommy Lee and Alex Van Halen combined. By the End of Tonight have done what few others have achieved: giving virtuosity heart, and letting that heart determine the pulse of their music. They have a rare gift for shrugging off genres and finding the concentrated emotional core of every melody they play, all the while keeping your eyelids glued to your forehead."

Artist:	PARLOUR
Title:	Hives Fives
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	TRR 082CD

"For Hives Fives, Parlour ditched the laptops, broadening instrumentation and expanding into a seven-piece. The result, as desired: bigger beats, stronger melodies, and a more organic sense of composition. Bass and drums lock into Neu!-like grooves, while an array of keyboards and long-time member Connor Bell's (Shedding) guitars swirl in all directions; saxophone and bass clarinet layer thick drones at the very heart of the sound, cementing the instrumental density that is Parlour's trademark. Replacing computers with live players lends each song a newly warm-blooded adrenaline rush, a relentless forward motion that doesn't let up. No longer just a solo vehicle for Furnish, Parlour's contributors make the group greater than the sum of its parts. With a sound like Sonic Youth on a sugar high, or a Krautrock !!!, or soundtracks to the best TV shows you never saw, Parlour are making the most vital, interesting music of their long career."

Artist:	CRAIN
Title:	Speed
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 083CD

"In the late 1980s Louisville, KY was a breeding ground for a new, complex, art-damaged form of punk rock that ultimately and undoubtedly changed the face of underground rock forever. The two bands who were, unquestionably, the driving forces behind this movement were Slint and Crain. The former's story needs no introduction. The latter's is far overdue for re-examination. Speed fits somewhere between the positive punk anthems of Fugazi and the gritty wall-of-noise melodicism of Nirvana. Throw in the occasional spoken-word vocals a la The Minutemen, and you have a record that was every bit as important as Spiderland in directing the quick evolution of underground American rock music. Be it for their envelope-pushing music, or certain members' notorious button-pushing antics, Crain's influence is wide-reaching and evident on countless records by everyone from James Murphy's now-defunct pre-DFA projects (Pony, Speedking) to widely popular and hugely influential acts like Shellac and Helmet."

Artist:	SLEEPING PEOPLE
Title:	Sleeping People
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 084CD

"Though aptly described as a 'pleasant headache,' Sleeping People are more concerned with filling your headspace than hurting it. They build up elaborate song structures, only to deconstruct them through a series of complexities that would most certainly run away from themselves without the group's rigorous-yet-fluid control. Tonally similar to early Yes albums, and bearing more than a passing resemblance to classic King Crimson, it is an album of stunning complexity that never abandons the thoughtful melodicism that carries all great records. Featuring past and present members of Pinback, Tarentel, Rumah Sakit and Howard Hello, Sleeping People's pedigree no doubt partly explains its fascination with trance-like repetition and aggressive time signature changes."

Artist:	DRIFT, THE
Title:	(rmxs)
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	TRR 094EP

"Following the 2005 release of their debut album, Noumena, The Drift set out to tour relentlessly in support of the album. Two years later, the band is still on tour, and to keep up, we're rolling out a limited edition 12" compiling two side-long remixes from Four Tet and Sybarite. Side A is a nine-minute jazz exploration, launching The Drift's spacious, atmospheric compositions into deserted, zero-gravity territory. Four Tet's remix is a stone cold classic, rich in the virtues of patience and the payoff. Side B, conversely, is a dense, rhythmic reworking of Noumena's most immediately accessible track, 'Invisible Cities.' Sybarite gets to the point quick, and fleshes out the deliriously funky details over the course of its emphatic 11-minute runtime. This 12" is strictly limited to 1,000 copies. Each copy is housed in a beautiful full-color chipboard jacket."

Artist:	LADIES, THE
Title:	They Mean Us
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	TRR 095CD

"After delaying the inevitable for over half a decade, the west coast's most versatile indie rock everyman (Rob Crow, Pinback) and the world's most left-of-everything drummer (Zach Hill, one-half of the outlandish noise duo Hella and drummer for Deftones side-project Team Sleep) have joined forces to unite the disparate worlds of noise and pop as The Ladies on the stunningly addictive and efficient They Mean Us. More adventurous than Pinback, and more accessible than Hella, The Ladies prove to be the best of both worlds. It's even better than the ideal album you've been making up in your head for the last half decade or so."

Artist:	SYBARITE
Title:	Cut Out Shape
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	TRR 096CD

"Xian Hawkins (aka Sybarite) has been busy doing a lot of things, but making a new album is not one of them. After the release of his 4AD debut, Nonument, Hawkins found himself scoring an array of film and television projects for clients ranging from VH1 to Playboy and everyone in between. Temporarily diverted from following up Nonument, Hawkins instead took the time to focus on remixes and collaborations, contributing only a handful of new songs to various compilations and singles over the last four years. As it turns out, the long delay was good for him, as the Sybarite of today sounds remarkably fresh, with a wider range of tempos and more varied instrumentation than most electronic and dance artists. Hawkins has grown as both a composer and producer, and Cut Out Shape benefits greatly from the trees-before-the-forest work ethic that Hawkins has been experiencing since 2002. The attention to detail is startling, the product of spending four years on a set of songs with no specific destination in mind beforehand. As much as Cut Out Shape was originally designed to be more of a collection of loose ends, it grew into what is now Sybarite's finest hour yet, rivaling the finer moments of Four Tet, Sigur Ros, Tortoise, Mouse On Mars and The Notwist."

Artist:	CAROLINE
Title:	Murmurs
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	TRR 097CD

"Following the critical and fanatical praise of last year's otherworldly Where's My Love single, Tokyo, Japan's Caroline releases her enchanting debut album. Murmurs is a thing of blessed beauty that defies easy description. It is nearly impossible to attach words to the supernatural brilliance of Caroline's songs. From the weeping trumpet and innocent lyrical sentiments of opener 'Bicycle' to the cinematic tide of 'Winter' -- whose orchestral weight and lyrical hopefulness threaten to crush the listener from the inside-out -- Murmurs is a truly masterful album. No samples were used: dozens of live acoustic instruments -- pianos, harps, bells, guitars, strings and hand drums -- are shaped around Caroline's crystalline voice and threaded together by warm bass and dense beats. With a transcendence that could give you chills on a blistering summer day just as easily as it could warm your body on a bitterly cold night, it's no wonder Caroline has developed a reputation as queen of the 'snow jams.'"

Artist:	MONO
Title:	You Are There
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	TRR 098CD

"Throughout their six-year career, Mono has ascended consistently in both popularity and critical acclaim, with record sales and live show attendance corresponding. But still elusive to the Japanese quartet has been the successful translation of their powerful and violently beautiful live performances to their recordings. Despite their albums' masterful subtleties and majestic walls of noise, the consensus has remained that their transcendent live show is simply incomparable. If there is any chance of breaking that spell, it lies in You Are There, without a doubt the prime contender to unite the live and recorded worlds of Mono. With You Are There, Mono's representation of tragedy comes with an inherent joy, delivered with the hope that in all dark there is equal parts light. They're not heavy like Black Sabbath -- they're heavy like Beethoven."

Artist:	EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
Title:	All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	2CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	TRR 099CD

"Thirty seconds is all you'll need to believe in the tragedy-turned-majesty of All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone, Explosions In The Sky's long-awaited, very eagerly anticipated fourth album. The hands-over-your-face, drop-to-your-knees opening track is only the beginning of the dominating brilliance of this record. Recorded by John Congleton (The Roots, The Mountain Goats) at Pachyderm Studios in rural Minnesota, the album is a massive leap forward, showcasing a broader instrumental range and their most focused, efficient songwriting. It's also within arm's length of matching the overwhelming glory of their legendary live shows, trading in the crystalline production of The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place for a paint-peeling intensity that blurs the lines between studio and live performance." Limited edition two-disc set includes remixes by Jesu, Adem, The Paper Chase, Mountains, Eluvium and Four Tet.

Artist:	VA
Title:	TRR 100: Thankful
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	TRR 100CD