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Ok, so I've been looking forward to making this announcement for quitesome time, but wanted to wait until everything was in place.

So...now everything is in place and...I AM IN A NEW BAND!!!

So, I realize that might not be quite as exciting to you yet as it is to me, but just wait. ;)

The band is called "Color of Love," and you can check out our myspace here.

I should emphasize two things before you follow that link, though - these are not my songs, and I am not the one singing them in the recordings.So don't get confused and think I've given you a bad link. =) The songs are all by my friend and nearly-next-door neighbor Mike Ulrich, and the lovely lady singing is Mike's friend Teresa Eggers, who moved to NYC just after making the record. I am replacing her at live shows and on future recordings (we have some really fun stuff in the works!), and having a great time doing it.

Color of Love feels like a pretty big stylistic departure for me, but I have to say that I have become a huge fan, and the whole thing is really exciting. I mean, imagine you get this new album, and you're really into it, and singing all the parts in your car...and then, SNAP!, you are in that band, singing those parts for real! So it's a lot of fun, really challenging for me as a singer in a lot of different ways (I've just started my first voice lessons, which are fantastic!), and I'm really looking forward to seeing where things go.

I really hope everyone who reads this will check out the band and help warm up our myspace with friending and commenting and song playing and all that stuff. And, if you really like what you hear, you can buy the cd "Camphor Songs" on iTunes (or for a discounted rate at shows - we'd love to see you in person =) or CD Baby.

As far as exactly what "Color of Love" is like, in sound it reminds me a lot of The New Pornographers or Belle and Sebastian. CD Baby says Camphor Songs should appeal to fans of Yo La Tengo, Wilco, and The Shins, and throws us into Alternative/Experimental/Folk/Rock type categories. Our myspace says "Punk/Punk/Punk," but that's just for fun.;) Thematically, though, I think these songs are extra fun because they break out from the "relationship song" mold. Really, there aren't any songs obviously about romantic relationships. Mike writes about...uneasy relationships with technology? Existential crises? A la OK Computer, the folk/pop version...? Basically, listen past the poppy pretty silliness (at times), and you're likely to feel a little uncomfortable. In a really good way. =)

Thanks for listening!