New Music and Memorial Day Show!

Hello, friends.

Last we spoke, we were prepared for two big things coming down the pipeline: 1) The release of five new Beanstalk Library tracks recorded before we parted ways with Mike and John last fall. 2) The debut of the new live lineup of The Beanstalk Library. It is with a great deal of pleasure and excitement that we write to tell you that after much waiting and anticipation those things are finally upon us.

The Music

The band is proud to release five new songs recorded between October '08 and March '09. Most will be familiar to those who've seen us live regularly in the past year. They all feature the lineup of Ryan, Brian, John, and Mike, joined by various instrumental collaborators.

To celebrate the release of these five new tracks, we've decided to partner with five DC-area music related blogs who will each host one of the tracks as an exclusive during the upcoming week; then, after May 25, all of the tracks will be available through our website, MySpace and Facebook pages. A few of these blogs have been very kind and supportive of us in the past; others are new friends. Our hope is that if any of them are unfamiliar to you that you will bookmark them, read them, and support them. They all do a great job of keeping DC informed about what's new and interesting to listen to and see, and make a strong case for the undying importance of the tastemaker. Likewise, they are doing us a tremendous favor by allowing their regular readers to hear our music.

As a special treat for all of you that have trouble with delayed gratification, one of the tracks, "Feeling My Way In The Dark" is available NOW by visiting District Of Sound (www.districtofsound.com).

District of Sound is a relatively new DC Music blog, which is already doing some cool things and should hopefully experience a bigger profile in months to come. As of this very moment, you can download "Feeling My Way" and read an interview they did with Ryan, here: http://www.districtofsound.com/archive/qa-with-the-beanstalk-library.html.

The other four songs, "Cry Harder," "It's Made All The Difference," "The Only Things I'll Take With Me," and "This Line Is Not For Me" will all be available this Monday, May 18. Information and links to where to find these four songs will be posted at that time.

The Show

The Beanstalk Library will play their first area show in 8 months this Memorial Day, Monday, May 25 at IOTA. Joining us on the bill will be In Technicolor (from Charlottesville, VA) and our newest local friends Typefighter. We hope to see everybody out for a great night of holiday-weekend-capping music; we're eager to see old friends again, as well as introduce you to some of the newest members of The Beanstalk Library family.

Thanks for bearing with us all this time. We love you. Stay tuned.