www.whymakeclocks.net


"midwestern film"


NOW AVAILABLE
(SEE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE)

Current line-up:

Dan Hutchison and Will Tarbox

LAST UPDATE: AUGUST 9, 2008
Why Make Clocks recorded 6 songs for the 3rd Album 2 songs for an EP and 3 for our 4th album at Flat Black Studio in Iowa City in April and we'll be doing more in the coming months.
Luke Tweedy is engineering.

NEW EP AVAILABLE DIGITALLY AND THROUGH THE BAND:
The "Ego Reflector" CD-R EP (#2) is now out,
The EP is limited to 200 copies.
At this time, the EP is available in it's physical form through the band.
It is available as a digital EP below through our SNOCAP store as well as through iTunes, CD Baby and other fine digital music distributors for under $5.

You should check it out.

If you are interested in a physical copy, drop us an email at:

whymakeclocks@aol.com





There are also songs you can hear at: www.myspace.com/whymakeclocks,





"midwestern film"
ALBUM INFO:
Mostly recorded & entirely mixed at WAVELAB RECORDING STUDIO-Tucson, AZ.
Engineers: Craig Schumacher (CALEXICO/IRON AND WINE/GIANT SAND/NEKO CASE/FRANKLIN BRUNO/ETC.) and Chris Schultz.
2 songs were recorded entirely by us and 2 others were done partially at home and at Wavelab.
Craig mixed them all at Wavelab.

Mastering by Doug Van Sloun at STUDIO B in Omaha, NE on Friday, Aug. 26, 2005.
Artwork and layout created by Dan Hutchison and Erich Ernst.

CD contains CD-ROM Video for the song "Midwestern Film" shot and edited by Erich Ernst...to watch video click here







THE SONGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

the tape hiss told me this (hutchison)
midwestern film (hutchison)
who's laughing now? (hutchison)
that's sad (hutchison)
superheroes (hutchison/jim duede)

feel the sun (hutchison/wiksell)
all your smiles (hutchison)
false starts (hutchison/wiksell)
staking their claim (hutchison/chad o'neall)
the finalist (hutchison)

The band line up for this session was as follows:
DAN HUTCHISON-VOCALS/ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITARS/KEYBOARDS, ETC.
BRIAN WIKSELL-PIANO/FENDER RHODES/WURLITZER/HARMONICA/GUITAR/ETC.
ERIC KENNEDY-ELECTRIC GUITARS/LAP STEEL
BOONIE-BASS
PHILIP STERK-DRUMS/PEDAL STEEL/PERCUSSION

the album also features musical contributions from the following talented musicians:
PAT CURTIS-drums on #4 & #7, CHAD O'NEALL-piano on #9,
C. GIBBS-guitar solos on #7
and CRAIG SCHUMACHER-hammond organ on #6.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT OUR EXPERIENCE @ WAVELAB
AND THEIR ENTHUSIASM COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER
MANY THANKS TO CRAIG AND CHRIS.

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UPCOMING SHOWS INCLUDE:




AUGUST 22nd Kansas City, MO-NORTH VS. SOUTH FESTIVAL-Al's Speakeasy 8PM
AUGUST 26th Ames, IA-TBA
SEPT. 18th Des Moines, IA-VAUDEVILLE MEWS w/THE DONKEYS and GABE CORDOVA
OCT. 11th Des Moines, IA-VAUDEVILLE MEWS-w/NEVA DINOVA and McCARTHY TRENCHING
OCT. 30th Des Moines, IA-TBA
DEC. 3-4 Des Moines, IA-COURT CENTER-IOWA CROSSROADS CONFERENCE -08

BOOKING INQUIRIES, QUESTIONS, OR SUGGESTIONS
should be directed to:
whymakeclocks@aol.com


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album cover album cover
"fifteen feet and twenty degrees"
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to read about and/or buy the CD


 "midwestern film"
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to read about and/or buy the CD from cdbaby.com
album price #
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Orders sent by CD Baby. You can also call 1-800-BUY-MY-CD to order by phone.
WHY MAKE CLOCKS: Fifteen Feet and Twenty Degrees $8.00
WHY MAKE CLOCKS: Midwestern Film $10.00
WHY MAKE CLOCKS: Ego Reflector EP $5.00

Both WMC albums are available through iTunes and most other digital music retailers.
Physical CDs are also available through the following:

www.cdbaby.com,
www.indierhythm.com,
and http://www.bathtubmusic.com


SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC (AS MUCH AS YOU CAN),
THANKS,
DAN

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