signal hill

hi everyone, we are excited to announce that the preorder for our new album, “chase the ghost” will begin on tuesday march 12th via Sun Sea Sky Productions.

during the preorder, you will be able to purchase both 2xlp and cd formats. both versions will come with an immediate download of the entire album, a signed chase the ghost poster (limited to the first 100 orders) and a set of 4 buttons.

the 2xlp will be strictly limited to 250 copies (100 on clear vinyl and 150 on white vinyl), in a gatefold jacket. at the time of order, you will get to choose between the white or clear, while supplies last.

new music?

is waiting another 2 weeks too long before hearing some new music? we thought so too! enter your email address below to download a song off the new record called “collide us” for free!

if you enjoy the tune, we’d sincerely love for you to share it with your friends.

we cannot thank you enough for your continued support, and are thrilled that in 2 weeks from now, you will be able to hear our new album! more to come on or before march 12th!

with gratitude,

signal hill

12/22/12 <insert mayan calendar debunked joke here>. hope this year has been a great one for you! its been a productive one for us, and even though 2012 had us tying with 2010 for playing the least amount of shows (2) in a year, yet we still feel incredibly accomplished. we finished writing & recording our 2nd full length album “chase the ghost” and honestly, im not sure we could feel more proud about this record. we recently got the final version back from mastering, in which ed brooks over at rfi mastering did a great job! this is our first ever full vinyl release, so we are beyond stoked! we are working with sun sea sky productions to come up with the pre-order/release dates, and hope to have them broadcast to you as soon as possible. earlier this month, we played in los angeles for the first time in over 2.5 years. many thanks to adam and pauline over at pehrspace, tad piecka, junghaus, the littlest viking, and for all of you that came! it meant a lot seeing some familiar faces coupled with some new ones, we are humbled that you still care! it really was a memorable night for us. tad covered gloria by mineral, it was rad seeing junghaus which has 2 former members of timonium for the first time, and the littlest viking does what they do = shred seriously hard, and have some of the best in-between jam banter around. needless to say, it was an honor to share our return to LA with them. our set list for anyone interested in those things was this (which we played 3 songs off the new record for the first time ever ):

1. the dead vineyard
2. paper airplanes
3. freelance forest
4. the fantastic hours
5. collide us
6. chase the ghost
7. california is too long.        

here’s us playing a snippet of the song collide us:

also, a handful of our first ever animated gif’s to help us relive the night! (created by danny duarte) .

with 2012 coming to a close, we also took some time to think about some of our favorite records/tracks in 2012. as with other years, we are pretty bad at keeping up on the latest music, so this is more the favorites of “what we jammed in 2012, not necessarily from 2012 recap”

top albums (no particular order)

brian

1. mumford and sons - babel
2. young moon - navigated like the swans
3. danny paul grody - in search of light
4. deer tick - war elephant
5. diiv - oshin
6. tycho - dive
7. you.may.die.in.the.desert - international waters
8. all india radio - red shadow landing
9. silian rail - each/other
10. owen - ghost town 

rishi

1. diiv - oshin
2. john talabot - fIN
3. tame impala - lonerism
4. kendrick lamar - good kid m.a.a.d. city
5. wild nothing - nocturne
6. frankie rose - interstellar
7. joey bada$$ - 1999 
8. alt-j - an awesome wave
9. air - le voyage dans la lune
10. grimes - visions 

dave

1. beach house - bloom
2. diiv- oshin
3. now, now - threads
4. the sea and cake - runner
5. people get ready - s/t
6. domo genesis & alchemist - no idols
7. el-p - cancer for cure
8. silian rail - each/other
9. flying lotus - unti the quiet comes
10. the littlest viking - s/t

tim

1. avishai cohen trio - gently disturbed
2. fun. - some nights (i know, i know)
3. thomas newman - shawshank redemption soundtrack
4. talk talk - laughing stock
5. cliff martinez - solaris soundtrack
6. easy star sll-stars - thrillah
7. dirty dozen brass band - twenty dozen
8. alabama shakes - boys & girls
9. daft punk - tron: legacy
10. mark hollis - solo album

and for top tracks (also no particular order)

brian

1. mumford and sons - after the storm
2. young moon - painting of waves
3. owen - i believe
4. tycho - a walk
5. deer tick - dirty dishes
6. the national - all doll up in straps
7. the ashtray hearts - english
8. you.may.die.in.the.desert. - signal to safety
9. silian rail - the beast
10. balmorhea - days

rishi

1. john talabot - oro y sangre
2. the soft moon - machines
3. diiv - how long have you known?
4. main attrakionz - so whut
5. cloud nothings - our plans
6. the antlers - crest
7. alt-j - bloodflood
8. frankie rose - know me
9. pinback - proceed to memory
10. lotus plaza - eveningness 

dave

1. beach house - other people
2. diiv - human
3. forgetters- hoop and swan
4. captain murphy f/ earl sweatshirt - between friends
5. now, now- lucie, too
6. all india radio - golden
7. people get ready - windy cindy
8. the sea and cake - pacific
9. the littlest viking - slap bracelet wounds 
10. wild nothing - shadow 

tim

1. the budos band - nature’s wrath
2. daft punk - flynn lives
3. talk talk - all of laughing stock
4. r.l. burnside - someday, baby
5. avishai cohen trio - the ever evolving etude
6. easy stars all-stars - thrillah
7. dirty dozen brass band - best of all
8. joe strummer and the mescaleros - midnight jam
9. fun. - carry on 1
10. fun. - out on the town

that’s all for now! more to come early in the new year, we promise :) stay warm and happy holidays to you and yours.

with love and gratitude,

/sh/