As I outlined in GO! Magazine a couple months ago, Central Oregon acoustipunk powerhouse Larry and His Flask is blowing up outside their home region, thanks in large part to (1) non-stop hard work, and (2) a slot opening for Dropkick Murphys across about one-third of the country.
The result of this attention? Everywhere you go now — YouTube, MySpace, the band’s Facebook — you’ll see new fans clamoring for music they can purchase and listen to on their own time. You see, all the proper albums currently out under the name Larry and His Flask feature the band’s old, more straightforward punk sound. Getting your mitts on a recording of the new, twangier Flask has been nearly impossible.
Until now.
Also in that article a couple of months ago, I told you the band recorded three songs in Boston last winter while on the Murphys tour, with an eye toward releasing a 7-inch record sometime in the near future. Well, the future is here: Larry and His Flask’s new 7-inch is officially out and on the merch table, as well as available digitally. The band pressed 1,000 copies — 100 on white vinyl and 900 on “blood red” vinyl — and hand-packaged them to include a full-color insert inside a silkscreened paper bag. The three tracks are “Shakedown,” “Wolves” and “Ready Your Roommates.” (You can hear “Shakedown” and purchase the three MP3s at the band’s MySpace or Facebook.)
The fellas are currently making their way west across the country, and they have a couple of dates with the Murphys in Nevada in August before they play a homecoming show Sept. 15 at the Rotary Arts Pavilion in Redmond as part of the Music in the Canyon series.
Below, check out a few nifty photos of the Flask’s record in production. (Click here for more.) Now this is cool!
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AWESOME!!!