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° I Want To Be Ready ° The Early’s new album is landing on February 27th with Island House Recordings (@islandhouserecs). This is the band’s first ever vinyl release!

°Single “Sand Clock” out NOW on Bandcamp (link in bio)

I Want To Be Ready is the culmination of two years of improvised performance, compositional experimentation, and recording sessions at Kawari Studios (@kawarisound) in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The album’s title is inspired by choreographer Danielle Goldman, who describes dance improvisation as an embodied state of self-awareness–or readiness–for whatever is to come. This music grows out of that feeling of readiness. Some pieces unfold totally spontaneously, others are through-composed and layered with overdubs and effects.

Guitar hero and friend Chris Forsyth (@chrisforsythsolarmotelband)
writes: “Moment to moment the music bobs and weaves like a murmuration of birds as it also hums along like the drone of interstate traffic as experienced from a highway motel at night (two perfectly natural phenomena). Zoom in or zone out - I Want To Be Ready works either way.”

The Early:
Alex Lewis: electric guitar, korg minilogue
Jake Nussbaum: drum set, percussion, electronics

Recorded & Mixed by Zach Goldstein at Kawari Sound
Mastered by Sam Torres (@samtorresnoise)
Master Lacquer by Carl Saff (@carlsaff)

Cover & Insert Paintings by Daniel Graham Loxton (@danloxton)
Album Design & Layout by Ian Branch (@ianbranchdesign)

📸 @sahanicyouth taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by @theearly_band

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9 months ago

“Three Paintings After Genoa for The Early” – with Daniel Graham Loxton
Limited Edition Test Pressing Paintings for I Want To Be Ready
Mixed Media, 12.75x12.75 Inches, edition of 3

We’re really excited to share this collaboration between The Early and one of our oldest friends, the talented painter Daniel Graham Loxton (@danloxton).

Visit the link in our bio to read more about Dan’s original paintings made on the blank sleeves of the test pressings for “I Want To Be Ready”.

Again, link in bio 🙏🏻 DM or email us if you’re interested in acquiring one of these paintings. taken in Cold Spring, New York by @theearly_band

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4 months ago

We had a beautiful time on this six show springtime Northeast run with our new buds Bent Light. It was a joy hearing their music every night. Please check out their record The Daylight Is Ours (@memory_waste_ ) as soon as you can.

Thanks to all the venues who hosted us: @belltower_records, @mamatriedbk, @tubbyskington, @prototypepaterson, @brickbatphilly, & @rhizome_dc. We’re struck by how many generous & kind people are running great spaces for this music. Thanks to the all musicians who joined the bills. And lovely seeing so many of our friends and connecting with new folks. Grateful for it all.

We also dropped vinyl copies of I Want To Be Ready at a bunch of stores along the way: @belltower_records, @freakout.spot, @philarecx, @brickbatphilly, @jointcustodydc. Go find them.

More shows + music + other Early-related stuff very soon.

✌🏼 Alex & Jake taken in Rhizome DC by @theearly_band

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4 months ago

The Early x Bent Light Spring Tour is coming up later this month. Here are all the show flyers. Can’t wait.

Wednesday, 5/27: North Adams, MA @ Bell Tower Records with @aelliotr 🎨 by @michaelslyneisnttheonlydreamer

Thursday, 5/28: Brooklyn NY @ Mama Tried w/ @kid_millions + @_sarah_bernstein_

Friday, 5/29: Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s w/ @benseretan + @sonic_monkeywrencher 🎨 by @jesse.veasey_

Saturday, 5/30: Paterson, NJ @ Prototype (presented by Record Crates United) w/ @ahumancertainly + @bigacidofficial

Sunday, 5/31: Philadelphia, PA @ Brickbat Books w/ @ill_iterate 🎨 by @sam_____wenc

Monday 6/1: Washington DC @ Rhizome w/ @ravenkellymarie 🎨 by @touchfreak by @theearly_band

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5 months ago

We’re so grateful to all the music writers who have spent time with I Want To Be Ready over the past few months.

Thoughtful, often illuminating words on the record from @thewiremagazine, @thequietus, @popmatters, @ravensingstheblues, @klofmag, @recordcratesunited +++ many more.

THANK YOU to all the listeners out there.
It’s really been a joy to feel like the music is being received and enjoyed.

Eternal gratitude again to Tim / @islandhouserecs for putting this out! And thanks to @gbrlbrnbm for his help spreading the word. Copies of the vinyl are still available ;)

📸 @sahanicyouth by @theearly_band

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6 months ago

Hey folx !! Real excited to hit the road this spring!
BENT LIGHT AND THE EARLY 5/27 NORTH ADAMS @belltower_records W/ @aelliotr 5/28 BROOKLYN @mamatriedbk W/ @kid_millions and @_sarah_bernstein_ 5/29 KINGSTON @tubbyskingston W/ @sonic_monkeywrencher 5/30 PATERSON @prototypepaterson BW/ @ahumancertainly @recordcratesunited 5/31 PHILADELPHIA @brickbatphilly W/ @ill_iterate 6/1 WASHINGTON DC @rhizome_dc W/ @ravenkellymarie by @theearly_band

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6 months ago

Thank you to everyone who came out to our I Want To Be Ready release shows in Catskill and Philly. We’ll remember this special weekend for a long time.

And thanks for buying up most of the records we’ve been given so far! More are available from @islandhouserecs (it’s another Bandcamp Friday this week).

We’ll be announcing a late May East Coast tour soon: Western Mass, Brooklyn, NJ, Washington DC… Looking forward.

1) photos at @theavalonlounge by @danloxton
2) photo at @arsnovaworkshop by lucy
3) photo outside @solarmythbar by @killer_donut by @theearly_band

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7 months ago

Our album “I Want To Be Ready” is out this Friday, 2/27 with @islandhouserecs.

We’re performing the album in full twice that weekend:
// 2/27 in Catskill, NY at @theavalonlounge
// 3/1 in Philadelphia, PA at Solar Myth, presented by @arsnovaworkshop

Video here from our excellent @hideoutchicago show from January. 🎥 by Doug Kaplan of @bbsittersclub / @hausumountain

Thanks to all who have supported this music so far. More soon… taken in Hideout Inn by @theearly_band

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8 months ago

Our new album ~I Want To Be Ready~ is out in two weeks. Listen to the single “Sand Clock” + pre-order the vinyl via @islandhouserecs!

Some early reviews are in from the @thewiremagazine, @recordcratesunited, @dustedforreal, & elsewhere. Read some excerpts in the slides 👆🏼

+ A reminder that our album release show is on March 1st in Philly at Solar Myth, presented by @arsnovaworkshop. Buy tickets!

✌🏼

📸 @sahanicyouth by @theearly_band

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8 months ago

🫧 We have new music out today. We’re proud to share this music as our first release with @islandhouserecs. This is Bandcamp exclusive for now (link in bio).

🫧 Cusp 🫧 is a single studio improvisation recorded at Kawari Sound in the suburbs of Philadelphia in the spring of 2023. This music was performed towards the end of our sessions for our last album Impatient. We were deep in that particular mind meld, but also arriving at a turning point, ready to let go of old compositions and start the search for something new. The take is split into three tracks, but can also be listened to as one seamless unit. Patrick Shiroishi (@patrickshiroishi) - the great and prolific Los Angeles-based improviser - generously contributed overdubs to the final movement “Chopaghetti”.

We are donating all proceeds to Asian Americans United (@asianamericansunited) who have been supporting immigrant communities and fighting oppression from Philadelphia’s Chinatown since 1985.

The Early is:
Alex Lewis: electric guitar, korg minilogue
Jake Nussbaum: drum set, percussion, electronics

On Chopaghetti:
Patrick Shiroishi: Alto Saxophone, Field Recordings

Recorded by Zach Goldstein at @kawarisound
Mixed by Tim Shrout in Portland, Oregon
Mastered by @carlsaff

Cover photo by @danloxton by @theearly_band

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10 months ago

Looking to connect with musicians here in Chicago. Decades of experience in experimental, improvisatory, post rock, jazz adjacent settings… I know I’m in the right place but not sure where to begin. If you’re here or know someone who is, let’s talk !! Thx for reading 👌🏻 by @theearly_band

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a year ago

New album, week of shows, starting with this 2-night stand at Mojo’s, the most community-minded room for music in town and one dripping with the spirit of jazz via its New Orleans vibes by @theearly_band

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a year ago