News
Summer 2010
European Tour
A tour of UK and Europe is in the works for July and August. Check in HERE for a list of upcoming Windsor for the Derby shows.
Against Love is out now!
Head to your local independent record store and pick up the new album, or order online from Secretly Canadian!
Here is the press release for Against Love from Secretly Canadian's blog:
In a day and age when many a band must carefully plot an air of mystery around themselves, it is with much grace that Philadelphia-Austin sonic craftsmen Windsor for the Derby have maintained their particular cult mystique over eight albums of subtle, biting and exploratory post-rock. We’re proud to announce the latest from WFTD, Against Love, arriving June 22 on Secretly Canadian (June 21 in the UK).
In a world of “slow” movements that rail against mindless consumption, rock survivalists Windsor for the Derby represent “slow” music. For their latest outing, they began with a set of seemingly infinite drones and loops inspired by their early beginnings as a band. As those recordings were passed back and forth, the sounds were further sculpted by Dan Matz and Jason McNeely into their own leftfield brand of pop song. This became Against Love.
While they experimented with more formalized rock structures on their past few albums, Against Love finds the balance between experimentation and rock tradition more heavily skewed toward the former. The songs are filled with tried & true conventions. Nowhere on Against Love is this better displayed than within the psych-pop anthem “Queen of the Sun,” full of warm feedback and synth built around a patient acoustic guitar strum.
Listen to “Queen of the Sun” HERE.
Lyrically the songs are about how the modern world is changing the human condition, how we decide to land when the floor is pulled out from under us, and how hope is born from loss. The songs were shaped over months in backstage rooms, hotels, vans, and wherever else Matz and McNeely found time during WFTD’s European and American tours of the past two years. Tracks were finalized in Matz’s haunted Hope Union Studio, where disengaged clock chimes, spectral taps, and mysterious footsteps are a constant cause for another take; some left in the mix.
New music for you!
A few of the following limited edition releases are available. These were made available for our tour this past summer and are limited and numbered to 100. Each is signed. Price: $20 US shipping included.
Windsor for the Derby/ Against Love Tour EP
unreleased and prereleased material. listed as an ep but more a full length, nearly 45 minutes. custom art by Jason McNeely.
Dan Matz/ Lifted
Full Length. Dan covers an eclectic mix of some of his favorite songs. (Van Zandt, Young, Gore, Erickson, and more) Cover designed by Anna Neighbor.
Dan Matz/ Nix Nix Nix Night
One track, 50+ minutes of drone and song. Originally premiered on Free103.9. Custom art by Dan Matz.
email dnmtz AT hotmail DOT com(replace capitalized letters with appropriate symbol and remove spaces) if you're interested.
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