A RESIDENTS UPDATE

From the latest newsletter :

Meanwhile, the group are preparing a live album, as recorded at their SECRET SHOW in San Francisco back in January. It'll be called 'Documentary Evidence', and if all goes to plan there'll be a 2LP version and a CD/DVD set. Due as close to the first anniversary of the show as we can manage - watch the skies!

The group are also hard at work on pREServed editions of 'Demons Dance Alone' and 'Animal Lover' as we speak. The latter has proved so complicated that Renaldo Malpractice had been drafted in to help them remember it all and figure the whole thing out - that album went through more stages and evolutions than any album has the right to do. But fortunately Renaldo hasn't (yet) taken nearly as many mind-altering drugs as The Residents, and is thus able to remember more than a couple of weeks into the past.

You may have heard too that Klanggalerie are about to help The Residents realise a long-held ambition and release a complete 'Sam's Enchanted Evening' show to accompany their recent 'So Long Sam' set. One way or another that whole project came and went without the group properly documenting it, although it was all recorded at the time. You can find out everything you need to know on that one at klanggalerie.com.

Our friends at Psychofon are also currently putting the finishing touches to their set of Classic Series vinyl reissues too, featuring the usual stunning array of mind-bending collectables. And everybody knows The Residents do so LOVE a mind-bending collectable. You can check it all out psychofonrecords.com.