There's absolutely nothing extraordinary about today. The weather is a bit grey. Work is busy as usual. Still, there are only a couple of days like this one in your life.
I woke up this morning, alone, in my bed in our new house. I had breakfast and coffee, alone, and checked my e-mail. I tripped over my suitcase on my way to the bathroom, got ready and hopped on my bike to work. A morning like every morning for most of the past few years. What's different about today is purely in my knowledge that I will never again have a morning like this in my life.
Tonight I'm on my way, suitcase in hand. I'll have an early flight tomorrow morning, destination New York City. Destination fatherhood. In a couple of weeks time, when I return to the Netherlands, this house will be a home for me, my girlfriend, our son, and a dog. Nervous? Me? But it's all good, of course.
Wish me luck.
Download (Mediafire)
1. Parker Lewis - The only loving boy in New York
2. Let's Whisper - All happy endings
3. Frank Wilson - Do I love you (Indeed I do)
4. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - 103
Slumberland Records is (finally!) continuing their ace Searching For The Now split single series. The idea is simple: two great bands, one great single, and a bunch of often exclusive songs on beautifully coloured 7 inch of vinyl. After a few months of waiting, here are number 5 and number 6:
I'm so late with writing this. A couple of months ago I read Sam's interview with Standard Fare. It was a little while after their 7" split with Slow Down Tallahassee had arrived, I think, but I was in the middle of moving into a new house and everything, and there was no time. It's months later now, and the wires of my record player still haven't found an outlet in the house. Shame on me. 
The Hidden Cameras return! First, at the end of next week, there'll be the In The NA EP, and the new album Origin:Orphan is set for a September 22 release, both on Arts&Crafts.
One release I was really excited about finding in my mailbox after coming home from the USA was this, the new Eux Autres single. It'd be my first time to to hear the band with added members Yoshi Nakamoto (The Aislers Set, Still Flyin') on drums and Nevada on keys. After two addictive albums, my expectations were quite high.
Our Sam is exactly one week old today. 
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart? Northern Portrait? Yes, I'm excited about those debut albums this year. But nothing beats my excitement for this: Liechtenstein's Survival strategies in a modern world. 