(Strange Songs) In the Dark 15 features Kurt Bloch (The Fastbacks)

features Kurt Bloch (The Fastbacks)

hiding from the Nazis

making cameo's with MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES

Following in the footsteps of heartland bands who have sought to twist the music of the old weird America into new shapes - from the Violent Femmes to Neutral Milk Hotel

(Strange Songs) In the Dark 15 features Kurt Bloch (The Fastbacks)Back in print and readily available (for perhaps the first time), we have Merchandise's debut LP (Strange Songs) in the Dark. The album, recorded in early 2010, marks a decisive break from the band's straightforward early post punk EP's, moving instead toward the more experimental studio based pop constructions that would be further explored in the subsequent Children of Desire and Totale Nite albums.[Originally a split release between DIY punk labels