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goodbye july

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or get it from the best independent music site on the net:Goodbye July is the side project of Paul Rijnders, best known as keyboardist for the American synth group Anything Box (Living in Oblivion). Anything Box's bio can be found on wikipedia HERE. He is joined by Cheryl Amalfitano on background vocals.Goodbye July released their debut, "Basura Blanca" in 2004. The album is a mix of the synthpop that Paul grew up on and the alternative guitar stylings of which he later grew fond. Standout tracks include "Salvation" and "Asleep on Your Soft Word", which was featured on New York Electroclash DJ Larry Tee's compilations. Also included is the Christmas themed "The Only Things Worth Opening", a track he wrote while his mother was in the hospital for heart surgery. Though the song was a celebration, her life was most ironically claimed by breast cancer the day after Christmas three years later.Paul has an indie rock side project called the Lamented. He is also most active with Anything Box and has recently toured South America several times where they were met by thousands of adoring fans and featured on several television shows. Example HERE.The album cover is a little different on iTunes

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Member Since: 26/02/2004
Band Website: www.goodbyejuly.com
Band Members: Paul does the music & the voice. Cheryl sings backup on some songs.
Sounds Like: anything box depeche mode postal service book of love the smiths
Record Label: SkinFactoryMusic (our own super tiny label!)
Type of Label: Indie

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got the number one seller on AdifferentDrum.com this week!

Paul
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:48:00 GMT

The CD is released today on Halloween!

Get it at A Different Drum or click here to buy it a CD Baby! " Goodbye July is the (almost) solo project of Paul Rijnders of Anything Box, an American Synthpop group that has toured all over the U.S...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:10:00 GMT

Real CDs on the way featuring artwork by S. Philip G!!!

So the requests for the real, physical CDs are being answered with authority. For the longest time, I couldn't think of a good reason to print up CDs of the new album when there was not more to offer...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:03:00 GMT

final tracks of album finished!

Well, I’m not sure why the last few took so long, but they did. Every song is different now (except for Machu Picchu). I just have to analyze the masters for a few more days and do fun things ...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:02:00 GMT

We’re giving away a free cd to the friend of the week

So I have some extra CDs in my closet that need a good home.Who knows if anyone is paying attention to this. Maybe this contest will be pants. Maybe it'll be mustard. I heard a dj say that, so I'm ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:46:00 GMT

"I got it.."

I'll never forget that day when I heard those words come from that person after he wrote that song. It was way back in 1989 and I heard Claude say it to me as he handed me his headphones. I had just...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:52:00 GMT

The album is in the works....

So I spent all day in the studio yesterday (from 9 am to 11 pm) reproducing the breakaway. I thought it was finished more than a year ago, but the recent good production of "Necessities" and "Machu P...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:06:00 GMT