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RYLAND BOUCHARD

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“ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE AND POTENTIALLY SCARY MINDS OF OUR GENERATION” - DAYTROTTER
"PURELY ARTISTIC, BAFFLING, AND ALMOST COMPLETELY UNCOMMERCIAL". -SPIN MAGAZINE
"IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND FROM A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION" -SPLENDID
"HAS SOMEONE BLUDGEONED RYLAND BOUCHARD?" -PITCHFORKMEDIA
"IT'S NOT EVEN MUSIC OUTSIDE THE MARGINS, IT'S AS IF THE MARGINS WERE NEVER EVEN THERE" -FAHRENHEIT
H O W D O Y O U D O H O W D O Y O U D OH O W D O Y O U D O H O W D O Y O U D O :
C O W B I R D S A N D C U C K O O S
11.15.2009, DOUBLE 12" VINYL
PART ONE & PART TWO SCREEN-PRINTED AND HANDMADE BY SWIM SLOWLY RECORDS IN 2009. ARTWORK BY DANIEL GIBSON. PHOTOGRAPHY BY RYLAND BOUCHARD AND LISA VIRONDA. LIMITED RUN OF 500 COPIES.
PART ONE
1. CLIMB TO THE TOP 2. LITTLE MURDERS 3. HOW DO YOU DO 4. NO BLOOD IS NEW 5. A BRIDGE 6. I'LL USE MY HANDS TO HOLD YOU 7. STATUED FORMS 8. GOOD LIFE no.1 9. GOOD LIFE no.2
150 GRAM WHITE VINYL. RECORDED IN TIMBER, OR IN AUGUST 2009. ALL RECORDING, MIXING, AND SONGS BY RYLAND BOUCHARD.
PART TWO
1. THE SADDEST DAY 2. WANNA DIE no.3 3. NO MATTER HOW MUCH 4. I RAISE VOICES 5. SNOWBIRD no.2
150 GRAM BLACK VINYL. RECORDED IN OCTOBER 2008 IN PORTLAND, OR. ALL RECORDING, MIXING, AND SONGS BY RYLAND BOUCHARD.
PREORDER: $20 @ SWIM SLOWLY RECORDS
S E E D S B O X
11.15.2008, LIMITED EDITION BOX
FOUR 7" COLORED VINYL RECORDS, ILLUSTRATIONS BY DANIEL GIBSON, SCREEN PRINTED & NUMBERED WOOD HOLDING BOX, HAND SILK-SCREENED T-SHIRT & CARRYING BAG, FULL LENGTH CD WITH ALL FOUR EP's (18 TRACKS), FULL LENGTH CD OF B-SIDES/UNRELEASED TRACKS (34 TRACKS), DVD W/VIDEOS + EXTRAS, HAND SILK-SCREENED POSTER, MISC ITEMS, HAND LETTERPRESSED LYRIC SHEETS, LIMITED RUN OF 500 COPIES.
A-SIDES
part one 1. married to the ground 2. another day no.1 3. woke up alone 4. loved a girl 5. bye bye love no.3part two 1. henry the devil 2. born in the middle 3. drinking 4. no hands no clothespart three 1. tongues 2. sugar 3. sweetheart 4. golden youpart four 1. awake all night 2. another day no.2 3. lover 4. your ghost 5. seedsB-SIDES
1. kings 2. sewing 3. stress tents 4. shy deer 5. interlude no.1 6. once the sun stops feeling new 7. snow bird 8. so tired (partial) 9. the bison king 10. sweet dreams 11. happy endings 12. puke pig 13. so funny i'll die 14. lady green 15. salty lips 16. my own pouring rain 17. interlude no.2 18. seeds no.2 19. her spell 20. instrumental no.9 21. oh man 22. ladder to the window * 23. sweet little girl * 24. instrumental no.3 25. instrumental no.4 26. instrumental no.2 27. tow the wind 28. one day you're happy 29. young girl 30. club my knees 31. lift the seas 32. no head no toes 33. bye bye love no.2 34. bye bye love no.4 * = written by Kevin Michael Mayfield
FULL VERSION: $110 + S/H
VINYL ONLY + DIGITAL: $50 + S/H
DIGITAL + DVD: $25 + S/H

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 14/04/2008
Band Website: www.rylandbouchard.com
Sounds Like:

2009
"COWBIRDS AND CUCKOOS", PART ONE
"COWBIRDS AND CUCKOOS", PART TWO

2008
"SEEDS" BOX SET

2006
THE ROBOT ATE ME, "GOOD WORLD"

2005
THE ROBOT ATE ME, "CAROUSEL WALTZ"

2004
THE ROBOT ATE ME, "ON VACATION"

2002
THE ROBOT ATE ME, "THEY ATE THEMSELVES"

"Who knows but if men constructed their own dwelling, with their own hands, and provided food for themselves and families simply and honestly enough, the poetic faculty would be universally developed, as birds universally sing when they are so engaged? But alas! we do like cowbirds and cuckoos, which lay their eggs in nests which other birds have built."
- Henry Thoreau, Walden, 1854

"Only in the isolated private sphere provided by homesteading could a radical resistance and constructive challenge to capitalist culture be nurtured."
- John Saltmarsh in his biography of Scott Nearing

"The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail. You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all."
- John Cassavetes

Record Label: Swim Slowly Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

NEW RELEASE: "COWBIRDS & CUCKOOS" DOUBLE VINYL OUT IN NOVEMBER 2009

NEW RELEASE / OTHER THOUGHTSThank you everyone for your support over the years. As of December I will be leaving the US on a semi-permanent basis. Before I leave we will be releasing a double v...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT