NEVER BETTER CD RELEASE SHOW
NEW YORK CITY
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2004

come on downtown for the moth wranglers lowdown hoedown, with their pals clintellectual (aka the adorable ‘ADD bipolar homo’ clint asay, of the istoners) and hunky fellow uke-hound larry krone.

the living room
154 Ludlow Street (between Stanton and Rivington), nyc
212.533.7235

10:00pm - clintellectual
10:30pm - moth wranglers — NEVER BETTER CD RELEASE SHOW
11:30pm - larry krone

no cover, no reservations, 1 drink minimum
$5 suggested donation

MOTH WRANGLERS TO PLAY LOS ANGELES
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2004

moth wranglers (ld beghtol of flare/magnetic fields/the new criticism & chris xefos, drop quarters/ex-king missile) will play a special west coast release show for their new cd NEVER BETTER (magnetic)... NEVER BETTER hits the street on december 7th. the performance is on wednesday, december 8th, on the main stage at the knitting factory in los angeles, ca, with douglas hilsinger & caroleen beatty, with the ‘enorchestra’ (more about which below). tickets are on sale now at the knit’s site.

please help us publicize this rare event by writing about it, talking it up to your adorable friends and press people in LA and the area, and/or just coming out and having fun at the show your own bad self. feel free to forward ths to whomever should hear about it. as you know, we seldom play live, so we want this one to be special... a san francisco show is also in the works, details TBA.

we'll opening for our dear friend (and sometime mw and new criticism player) doug hilsinger, who will be performing his acclaimed cover of brian eno's Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) in its entirity. read more about this great record and view the press kit.

doug is a superpower to be reckoned with, and the divine caroleen beatty — his vocalist in waycross and for the eno show — is utterly amazing. expect to be totally crushed out with the pair of them. i know i am!

moth wranglers is the anti-band collaboration between ld beghtol (flare, three terrors, guest vocalist on the magnetic fields’ 69 love songs) and chris xefos (drop quarters, ex-king missile).

never better, their follow-up to 2001’s critically-confused debut CD “never mind the context”, reveals moth wranglers’ modus operandi: hi-jack best-of-breed performers from various bands and other less organized situations in order to fulfill their musical destiny — world domination. sinister as that may sound, it’s done for the greater good of music as we know it.

technology has allowed beghtol and xefos to work together closely (from opposing coasts) to create a record that focuses on the pair as a team — not just ring leaders of their musical circus. using their physical distance as a tool, they are allowed to grow musically (and physically) in completely different ways — whatever common ground remains is expressed in never better.

while featuring an eclectic array of instruments and genres, the songs flow seamlesly into one another (literally), creating not merely a nice collection of songs, but rather a total listening experience.

you’ll find pretty pop songs, epic piano ballads and musical mayhem, including a 7.5-minute cover of the pixies’ “no. 13 baby” — appropriately dubbed the “all night long mix.”

bribery, blackmail and debauchery have seduced the likes of christopher ewen (future bible heroes), doug hilsinger (waycross), dudley klute (three terrors), and jeff potts (dirty power) into helping moth wranglers carry out their master plan. resistance is fertile.

for more information, email moth wranglers.

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