It’s no mystery, actually – just depends on which country you live in.
By Blurt Staff
Eagle-eyed, ever-alert journalists that we are, we couldn’t
help doing a doubletake when the new album from Regina, Saskatchewan, based combo
Library Voices dropped through the office mailchute. Titled Summer Of Lust and issued October 18th
on Dine Alone Records, the album’s stuffed with the band’s trademark upbeat,
all-over-the-map indie rock and will be preceded by an extensive Canadian tour –
and before that, this week in fact, the group – which can number as many as ten
people onstage at any given time – will be doing a string of west coast US dates.
See itinerary, below, and check out a track from the album.
Library Voices – Generation Handclap by Nevado
About that doubletake: the copy we have features a pair of
attractive young hipsters posing in the nude, and while it’s not quite John
& Yoko territory – they are depicted from their waists up, and the gal has
her long hair discreetly draped over her breasts – it’s guaranteed to draw a
few extra eyes when the art turns up on the front page of websites and blogs or
on the walls of record shops. Upon gazing at the press info accompanying the
CD, however, we did a second doubletake: the sleeve art, also reproduced on the
press sheet, showed an entirely different female, this one blonde in the exact
same pose as the redhead. Compare the 2 photos:
The blonde-laden image also appears on the band’s official
page at the Dine Alone websit and has already been published on a handful of
blogs and websites, including AltSounds.com and FluorescentNoise.com. But for
the most part, it’s the redhead iteration that has surfaced thus far on the
web, which left us scratching our heads. Is the band releasing alternate covers
simultaneously (you know, like, uh, Led Zeppelin did back in the day), or was
one sleeve manufactured and then withdrawn due to some unspecified legal
situation (shades of the Vampire Weekend Contra dust-up), or…?
Probably unrelatedly, the wags at the band’s hometown
arts/lifestyle publication in Regina,
Prairie Dog, decided to tamper with
the redhead sleeve by creating an animated GIF:
Settle down, conspiracy theorists. A quick message over to
the group’s handlers cleared things up. We were advised, succinctly, “The red
hair girl was for the Canadian release, the blonde girl cover for US release.
Album is out on Nevado in Canada
and Dine Alone in US.”
So that clears things up – sorta. One lingering question
remains, however: does this suggest that Canadians prefer their gals thin, tattooed and redheaded; and Americans, busty and
blonde?
Tour Dates:
Aug 30 Portland, OR Rotture
Sep 01 Los Angeles , CA
Hotel Cafe
Sep 04 San Francisco, CA
Rickshaw Stop
Sep 06 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby
Court
Sep 16 Saskatoon, SK
Amigos Cantina
Sep 17 Edmonton, AB
Pawn Shop
Sep 19 Jasper,
AB Horseshoe Club
Sep 20 Kelowna, BC
The Habitat
Sep 22 Vancouver, BC
Biltmore Cabaret (Presented by
The Peak 100.5FM)
Sep 23 Victoria, BC
Rifflandia Festival
Sep 24 Victoria, BC
Rifflandia Festival
Sep 25 Robert’s
Creek, BC The Gumboot
Sep 27 Penticton, BC
The Barking Parrot
Sep 28 Nelson,
BC Spirit Bar
Sep 29 Canmore, AB
Canmore Hotel
Sep 30 Calgary, AB
The Gateway (Presented by X92.9FM)
Oct 01 Regina, SK
The Exchange
Oct 04 Chicago, IL
Beat Kitchen
Oct 07 Brooklyn, NY
Spike Hill
Oct 13 Hamilton, ON Casbah
Oct 14 Kingston, ON Mansion
Oct 15 Wakefield, ON Black Sheep Inn
Oct 18 Charlottetown, PEI
Baba’s
Oct 19 Moncton, NB
Plan B
Oct 20 Fredericton, NB
Capital
Oct 21 Halifax, NS Halifax
Pop Explosion – Seahorse Tavern
Oct 25 Quebec City, PQ
Le Cercle
Oct 26 Montreal, PQ
Casa De Popolo
Oct 27 Peterborough, ON Trash
Oct 28 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
Oct 29 Guelph, ON E Bar
Oct 30 Windsor, ON Phog Lounge