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Grave Babies: Crusher [Digipak] *

CD / Hardly Art / 2013-02-26

Tracks: I; Over and Under Ground; Skulls; Slaughter; Count Cuts; Breeding; Pain Cycle; II; III; No Fear; Blood on the Face; Death March; Haunted; Hate Repeats; IV; Prostitution
Artists: Grave Babies

Personnel: Ryan P. Jakes (electronics).

Photographer: Angel Ceballas.

On Crusher, Grave Babies dig deeper into the scrawling lo-fi that caught the attention of Hardly Art. As the 2000s f...continue...

Lost Animal: Ex Tropical [Digipak]

CD / Hardly Art / 2013-01-29

Tracks: (Intro) Beat Goes On; Say No To Thugs; Buai Raskol; Don't Litter; Cold Cut Nature; Ex Tropical; Lose the Baby; Greylands; Old Lovers; Sundown
Artists: Lost Animal

Personnel: Lost Animal (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, xylophone, percussion); John Lee (electric guitar, synthesizer, percussion, programming); Shags Chamberlain (s...continue...

Black Marble: A Different Arrangement [Digipak] *

CD / Hardly Art / 2012-10-09

Tracks: Cruel Summer; MSQ No-Extra; Great Design, A; Different Arrangement, A; Limitations; Uk; Static; Pretender; Last; Safe Minds; Unrelated
Artists: Black Marble

Audio Mixer: Chris Moore .

Black Marble's debut album A Different Arrangement should make any fan of early synth pop pioneers like OMD or Soft Cell very happy. Or as happy as an exceedingly glo...continue...

Seapony: Falling [Digipak]

CD / Hardly Art / 2012-09-11

Tracks: Outside; Tell Me So; What You Wanted; Follow; Be Alone; No One Will; Never Be; Sunlight; Prove to Me; Fall Apart; See Me Cry; Nothing Left
Artists: Seapony

Audio Mixer: Bob Schwenkler.

Photographer: Angel Ceballos.

The release of Seapony's debut album Go with Me established the Seattle trio as proud torch bearers for both the fizzy pop soun...continue...

Deep Time: Deep Time

CD / Hardly Art / 2012-07-10

Tracks: Bermuda Triangle; Sgt. Sierra; Coleman; Clouds; Homebody; Gilligan; Gold Rush; Marathon; Horse
Artists: Deep Time

Before changing their name from Deep Time due to legal conflict, Austin, Texas' minimal pop duo Yellow Fever lingered in a nebulous area of obscurity. They toured constantly and captured the attention...continue...

Magic Trick: Ruler of the Night [Digipak]

CD / Hardly Art / 2012-06-12

Tracks: Ruler of the Night; Torture; Invisible at Midnight; Sunny; Next to Nothing; Melodies; Angel Dust; Ruby; Same People; Weird Memory; I Say Your Name; [Untitled Hidden Track]
Artists: Magic Trick

Recording information: The Treehouse, San Francisco, CA (2011).

Earlier this year, Ethiopian-Finnish singer/songwriter Mirel Wagner celebrated the beauty of the dark side of life with her desir...continue...

Broken Water: Tempest

CD / Hardly Art / 2012-05-29

Tracks: Drown; Coming Down; Orange Blossom Stains; Yanka Dyagileva; Underground; Thread to Connect; Paranoid; River Under the River; Chantal Seder; When You Said
Artists: Broken Water

In the romantic Shakespeare play The Tempest, subservient island dweller Caliban explains, "... the isle is full of noises/Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not/Sometimes a thousand tw...continue...

La Sera: Sees the Light [Digipak] *

CD / Hardly Art / 2012-03-27

Tracks: Love That's Gone; Please Be My Third Eye; I Can't Keep You in My Mind; Break My Heart; It's Over Now; I'm Alone; Real Boy; Drive On; How Far We've Come Now; Don't Stay
Artists: La Sera

Personnel: Rob Barbato (guitar); Dan Allaire (drums).

Audio Mixers: Drew Fisher; Ben Pacheco.

Recording information: CA.

Photographer: Magdalena Wosinska.

On her second alb...continue...

The Beets: Let the Poison Out [Digipak]

CD / Hardly Art / 2011-10-24

Tracks: You Don't Want Kids to Be Dead; Now I Live; Preso Voy; Let Clock Work; Doing as I Do; Wipe It Off; Eat No Dick 3; Without You; As the World; I Don't Know; I Think I Might Have Built a Horse; Friends ...
Artists: The Beets

Recording information: Marlborough Farms, Brooklyn, NY.

Barely nine months after the release of playfully primitive Stay Home, the Beets are back with another full-length, and their Hardly Art ...continue...

Gem Club: Breakers

CD / Hardly Art / 2011-09-27

Tracks: Twins; Breakers; Lands; Red Arrow (John); I Heard the Party; Black Ships; Tanager; 252; In Wavelengths
Artists: Gem Club

Personnel: Christopher Barnes (vocals, piano); Kristen Drymala (cello, bells).

Audio Mixer: Rafi Sofer.

Continuing in the tradition of artists like Sigur Rós and Phil Elverum, Bosto...continue...

Shimmering Stars: Violent Hearts [Digipak]

CD / Hardly Art / 2011-09-13

Tracks: Believe; I'm Gonna Try; No One; East Van Girls; Into the Sea; Nervous Breakdown; Privilege; Sun's Going Down; Sabians; Dancing to Music I Hate; I Don't Wanna Know; Other Girls; Did I Lose You; Walk A...
Artists: Shimmering Stars

Personnel: Rory McClure (vocals, guitar); Andrew Dergousoff (vocals, drums); Brent Sasaki (vocals).

Audio Mixer: Felix Fung.

Recording information: The Garage Mahal, Kamloops, BC.
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Gold Leaves: The Ornament [Digipak]

CD / Hardly Art / 2011-08-16

Tracks: Silver Lining, The; Ornament, The; Endless Dope; Hanging Window; Cruel/Kind; Honeymoon; Companion, The; Hard Feelings; Futures
Artists: Gold Leaves

Personnel: Jason Quever (guitar, cello, Mellotron, keyboards, percussion); Ben McConnell (drums, percussion).

Audio Mixer: Jason Quever.

Recording information: The Hangar/Pan American Re...continue...

Seapony: Go With Me [Digipak]

CD / Hardly Art / 2011-05-31

Tracks: Dreaming; I Never Would; Blue Star; Into the Sea; I Really Do; Go Away; Always; So Low; What You See; Nobody Knows; Where We Go; With You
Artists: Seapony

Photographers: Danny Rowland; Jen Weidl.

Seapony's debut album Go with Me is a charmingly low-key affair built around simple but hooky songs, sticky sweet vocals, and chiming guitars. Pitched i...continue...

La Sera: La Sera [Digipak]

CD / Hardly Art / 2011-02-15

Tracks: Beating Heart; Never Come Around; You're Going to Cry; Sleeptalking; I Promise You; Left This World; Hold; Under the Trees; Devil's Hearts Grow Gold; Dove into Love; Been Here Before; Lift Off
Artists: La Sera

Personnel: Katy Goodman (vocals).

Recording information: Brady Hall's House, Seattle, WA.

Photographer: Katy Goodman.

Taking time off from her regular gig with Vivian Girls to put...continue...

The Moondoggies: Tidelands [Digipak] *

CD / Hardly Art / 2010-10-12

Tracks: It's a Shame, It's a Pity; Tidelands; What Took so Long; Uncertain; Empress of the North; Lead Me On; Down the Well; Can't Be in the Middle; We Can't All Be Blessed; Lot of People on My Mind, A
Artists: The Moondoggies

Personnel: Kevin Murphy (vocals, guitar); Caleb Quick (vocals, keyboards); Carl Dahlen (vocals, drums); Bob Tereberry (vocals); Chris Zasche (steel guitar); Seth Warren (violin); Peter Lynch (trumpet)...continue...

Carissa's Wierd: They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 *

CD / Hardly Art / 2010-07-13

Tracks: Low Budget Slow Motion Soundtrack Song for the Leaving Scene; Die; Color That Your Eyes Changed with the Color of Your Hair, The; One Night Stand; You Should Be Hated Here; Drunk w/ the Only Saints I...
Artists: Carissa's Wierd

Personnel: Jenn Ghetto, Mat Brooke (vocals, guitar); Ben Bridwell (vocals, drums); Sarah Standard (violin); Jeff Hellis (accordion, piano); Gilden Tunador (keyboards); Robin Peringer, Sera Cahoone (dr...continue...

The Dutchess & the Duke: Sunset/Sunrise [Digipak]

1 CD / Hardly Art / 2009-10-06

Tracks: Hands; Scorpio; Let It Die; Living This Life Makes It Hard; Sunrise/Sunset; Never Had a Chance; I Don't Feel Anything; New Shadow; When You Leave My Arms; River, The
Artists: The Dutchess & the Duke

Personnel: Greg Ashley (keyboards, percussion); Donnie Hilstad (percussion).

Audio Mixer: Greg Ashley.

Kimberly Morrison and Jesse Lortz, better known as the Dutchess & the Duke, have op...continue...

Le Loup: Family [Digipak] *

1 CD / Hardly Art / 2009-09-22

Tracks: Saddle Mountain; Beach Town; Grow; Morning Song; Family; Forgive Me; Go East; Golden Bell; Sherpa; Neahkahnie; Celebration, A
Artists: Le Loup

Audio Mixers: J. Robbins; J. Robbins.

A few things have changed since The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly's release, not the least of which is the additio...continue...

The Moondoggies: Don't Be a Stranger [Digipak]

1 CD / Hardly Art / 2008-08-19

Tracks: Aint No Lord; Black Shoe; 'Ol Blackbird; Save My Soul; Changing; Night and Day; Undertaker; Jesus on the Mainline; Long Time Coming; Old Hound; Make It Easy; Bogachiel Rain Blues; I Want You to Know
Artists: The Moondoggies

The Moondoggies: Carl Dahlen, Caleb Quick, Robert Terreberry, Kevin Murphy .

Personnel: Nick Davis (vocals).

Audio Mixer: Erik Blood.

Recording information: Mysterious Red X.
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The Dutchess & the Duke: She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke [Slipcase]

1 CD / Hardly Art / 2008-07-08

Tracks: Reservoir Park; Out of Time; Ship Made of Stone; Strangers; Prisoner, The; Back to Me; Mary; You Can Tell the Truth Now; I Am Just a Ghost; Armageddon Song
Artists: The Dutchess & the Duke

Personnel: Jesse Lortz (guitar); Karen Mitchell , Kimberly Morrison (flute); Donnie Hilstad (percussion).

Recording information: Magical Basement Studios, West Seattle, WA.

The duo known...continue...

Le Loup: The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly [Blister]

1 CD / Hardly Art / 2007-09-11

Tracks: Canto I; Planes Like Vultures; Outside of This Car, The End of the World!; To the Stars! To the Night!; (Storm); We Are Gods! We Are Wolves!; Breathing Rapture; Look to the West; (Howl); Loup, Le (Fe...
Artists: Le Loup

Created during a time of personal crisis, "The Throne" is a cataclysm, an escape, and a journey. Inspired largely by Dante's "Inferno", the complex themes...continue...
Recording information: Alexandria, VA.

Although The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly is billed as Le Loup's debut, it's technically a solo effort by frontm...continue...

Arthur & Yu: In Camera

1 CD / Hardly Art / 2007-06-19

Tracks: Absurd Heroes Manifestos; Come to View (Song For Neil Young); There Are Too Many Birds; Afterglow; Flashing the Lobby Lights; 1000 Words; Lion's Mouth; Ghost of Old Bull Lee, The; Half Years; Black B...
Artists: Arthur & Yu

This Seattle duo made an album with soft, layered vocals that float over textural acoustics, "In Camera" is an audible effigy of a time past,...continue...
Arthur & Yu: Sonya Westcott, Grant Olsen (vocals).

The phrase "in camera" is sometimes used to describe movie visual effects (such as fades, dissolves, or wipes) that are done on the cheap duri...continue...