Greetings Eyeballers,
It's that time again - another update from the now shared and increasingly cramped desk of New Ralph Too and The Cryptic Corporation. The Residents have been laid low for a while whilst recovering from the party to end all parties in celebration of the 80th birthday of their friend and handler Homer Flynn, but as ever there is plenty going on around them.
The guys have been overwhelmed, flattered and amused by the response to 'DOCTOR DARK', their latest magnum opus. Reviews have been overwhelmingly positive and encouraging, which bodes well for their next album, which is already demoed and promises to be another fascinating piece of work. In the meantime, if you've not yet heard 'DOCTOR DARK' it's streaming on all known platforms and available on both 2LP and CD formats:Anybody looking to fill gaps in their Rez collection may also like to know that Cherry Red are also currently running a 15% off sale across many, many fine titles, as well as a competition to win a set of signed 'DOCTOR DARK' test pressings.
But the really big news is that The Residents will be premiering their brand new 'ESKIMO' live show at the EXOTIKON festival in L.A. on June 7th - the Mayan Theater is the place to be, and we're promised something that builds on the original album and takes it someplace else. If you're in the area, why not pop along and give them encouraging thumbs up signals as they debut a show that's been occupying their collective imaginations for almost fifty years now.
Elsewhere, the recently announced 'American Composers Series' pREServed 3CD promises the usual riches, whilst The Residents continue to prepare the next entries in the series, namely 'Animal Lover', a proposed CD compilation of the accidental 'Leftovers' trilogy and a possible Randy, Chuck & Bob commemorative souvenir set that nobody really wants. There are also ongoing thoughts on a limited edition subscription club offering all kinds of deep dive releases (new and old), T-shirts and so on... maybe one day.
All of which brings us to this month's offering for those of you who've endured and embraced the guys this past fifty something years. Some months ago, The Residents dug into the enormous archive of material they recorded for the 'Hunters' TV show back in the 1990s. The resulting 'Wood Snakes' mini-album seemed to be enjoyed by those who heard it, so the group, who never miss an opportunity to bask in their own popularity, have dug deep into that archive again and produced another mini-album, this time titled 'Seven Cats'. Whether or not this stuff made it to the final cut of the show is lost to time and space, but The Residents hope you might enjoy it, and accept it as compensation for all of the other stuff they've put you through over the years. You can find the link below.
And that, as we say in showbiz, was that.
Enjoy!
Your Pals @ New Ralph Too
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