Band News

       4/20/2000

The new CD ("The Falling Kind") has been released. I know it's available at a few record shops in New York City, but I don't know where else yet. I'll find out soon.

       2/28/2000

The new CD is to be named "The Falling Kind" and will be released in April.  I'll get some clips and cover art up ASAP.  The band has finally found a new bass player and drummer  and have been getting them familiar with the material so maybe well start seeing more show dates.  It's been too long for me!

The new album is in the can.  Things are moving pretty slow right now for various reasons, but I just acquired some RealAudio encoding tools so I'll be putting up some RealAudio versions of a couple of songs off the new album pretty soon.  The album doesn't have a title yet.

The web site has been moved to semi-gloss.com which becomes the  official band web site!  We'll be getting clips from the completed album and more pictures. 

The new album is done.  It doesn't have a name yet, and will be released around early summer.  They still have to do cover art and packaging, then deal with distribution.  I haven't heard it yet, but will soon.  I'll keep you posted. Jordy is heading back to NYC in a couple of weeks to do some shows and work with Angela Strachan (head of Dirt Records) on the release.

Lem Jay Ignacio has become a frequent guest band member.  He'll be playing keyboards when he can join them onstage and is featured on the new album.  You can hear him on the KCRW RealAudio interview.  Welcome Lem Jay!  I've seen him play a guest shot with the band last year at Luna Lounge in NYC.  He sounds great with the band!

LA radio station KCRW has posted the Semi-Gloss interview/performance on their "Morning Becomes Eclectic" show.   Click here to listen to it online in RealAudio.

If this link doesn't work because KCRW moved it, then go to www.kcrw.org, click on the "Morning Becomes Eclectic" program, the look for the Feb 18, 1999 Semi-Gloss interview.  Unfortunately, it seems like the conversion to RealAudio had some problems because there are sections of some songs missing, creating odd transitions and the last song is cut off.  They play 7 songs: "Stephanie's Boy", "Late Night Stroll",  "Passerby",  "Mystery", "Brand New Day", "Tiny" and "Bossa Nova".

The band is in the studio with producer Paul Dugre and recording is going full bore.  They have the help of some great guest musicians this time and Jordy is excited about the results.  Drums are  being handled by Joey Waronker from Beck;  Danny Frankel (from Jewel/Fiona Apple) is doing percussion, Lem Jay Ignatio is fantastic on keyboards, and they're also  adding some cello.  You can tell by the additions that the Semi-Gloss sound is expanding a bit, but the feeling remains the same.

The band is getting some airplay on LA's famous alternative station, KCRW, and doing an on-air performance  Thursday, February 18th on the "Morning Becomes Eclectic" show.  These sessions are usually saved in RealAudio format on the KCRW website at www.kcrw.org.

The band laid down the basic tracks for the new album from mid-December almost to Christmas.  They came back to New York for Christmas.  Jordy reports that the recording is going very well and the band is having a great time in the studio.  Most of the band is back in LA now laying down the final tracks (vocals, guitars, fills).  After that comes mixing and mastering.  Look for a great album (unnamed so far) to show up somewhere around early summer.

Jordy is back in New York so the band can get ready to do the next record.  The band will plan and practice for a couple of weeks, with one gig thrown in, then they all go to LA to do the recording.  The CD will have a tentative late spring 1999 release date.  I'll put some demo clips from the new album up on the website as soon as I get the time.

Jordy is back in New York for a couple of days to play in the CMJ Music Festival.  It's 4 days, 4 nights, 60 clubs, 1000 bands.  Then back to LA for a while.

Jordy is taking a hiatus in Los Angeles for a while so there are no planned gigs for the near future.  The band is finally due to begin recording their next album soon, but there is still no fixed recording date.  The recording may happen in LA, but who knows?  Hurry back Jordy!

The next album is untitled as of yet, but it's going to be a good one.  I've heard the demo CD for this album and the band is really coming together.  The mostly new tracks are smooth and sweet and beautiful.  As usual, Jordy writes most of the tracks, but this album includes a wonderful piece called "Careless" by Verena and Greg.   You're going to love this album!