Rotary Club

Rotary Club's debut album Vis-à-Vis has just popped out of the EZ Bake oven. You can download it here or order it at cdbaby.com/cd/rotaryclub or even, gulp, Itunes. We recommend buying it early and often.
The first reviews of Vis-a-vis are comin' in. Check da blog for the full reviews from the The Big Takeover and The Noise (Boston).
"...mere comparisons simply don’t, can’t, won’t do this justice. Believe me: this belongs on every new music-lovers must-have list." (The Noise Boston)
"This is one of the best records I've ever played on." (Tony Maimone)
"LEADBELLY, CHARLIE PATTON, and SKIP JAMES joining THE BAND for MEAT PUPPETS covers." (The Big Takeover)
"A catchy and subtly quirky new disc." (Time Out New York)
Recorded in Brooklyn in the spring of 2007 with ex-Pere Ubu bassist Tony Maimone in the producer seat and on bass, the twelve songs featured on Vis-à-vis reflect singer/songwriter/guitarist Tom Devaney's vision. Which is to say, the manifestation of a lifetime rocked by lunar landings, presidential pardons, OPEC-induced gas lines and a battle between a congenital New England fatalism and an underlying romanticism. Add to that, all the absorption of Syd Barrett, Arthur Lee’s Love, late 60s Ray Davies, John Fahey and Mississippi John Hurt one can shake a stick at. So what does it all sound like you ask?
Well you'll have to buy it and listen for yourself, but as Maimone opined,"it's got this Syd Barrett thing going on. But it's American, very American.”
The release of Vis-a-vis is the apex of a year of things musical having fallen into place for Devaney and Rotary Club. The majority of the songs on Vis-à-vis were written over the past two years, recorded initially on a cheesy 70s tape recorder and then onto a four track demo which Devaney sent to Maimone. Maimone loved the songs and told Devaney that he wanted to produce the record. Umpteen NYC to Boston bus trips for rehearsals with his old band mates and four months later, Vis-a-vis was born.
As a long time Pere Ubu fan, working with Tony Maimone has been a somewhat surreal experience for Devaney, but the respect is mutual. “This is one of the best records I’ve ever played on,” said Maimone. Somewhere in Devaney’s living room, Pere Ubu’s Modern Dance and Dub Housing LPs are smiling.
For those with the inclination to touch the merchandise in a record store Vis-a-vis is available at Other Music (othermusic.com) located at 15 E. 4th Street NYC and at Sound Fix (www.soundfixrecords.com) at 110 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg.
The non-MySpace Rotary Club website is up in a skeletal version (www.rotaryclubnyc.com) but we promise fast and furious updates and improvements. Please spread the word!
Rotary Club At Union Pool Nov 2, 2007

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