TAKE A HOUND HOME

Download a new mix made by Slim Twig himself to celebrate and serve as entry into the labyrinth that is A Hound at the Hem...

A Hound at the Hem MIX.

1. Harumi - 'Talk About It'
2. Nilsson - 'Everything's Got 'Em'
3. Led Zeppelin - 'In The Light'
4. Michael Nyman - 'A Watery Death'
5. Jean-Claude Vannier - 'L'enfant, La Mouche...'
6. Barry White - 'Gonna Love You Just a Little More'
7. Bowie - 'Right'
8. Gainsbourg - 'L'Hotel Particulier'
9. The Delfonics - 'Round & Round'
10. The Left Banke - 'Nice to See You'
11. William Sheller - 'Hare Krishna'
12. The Walker Brothers - 'Orpheus'
13. Gainsbourg - 'Cargo Culte'

DOWNLOAD IT HERE.

Do you need more convincing to take home one of the most elaborate albums of the year??

'...much of the record owes a sizeable debt to Scott Walker, from the cryptic lyrics and the deep, velvety club-singer croon Turnbull often employs to the swirling ‘Jackie’-esque strings of ‘Heavy Splendour’ and ‘Shroud By The Sheetful’’s spiralling, off-key hook. Even “All This Wanting”, with its jaunty rolling piano and fuzz guitar, exudes an air of almost malicious mischief, making Hound a wholly satisfactory solution for those Walker fans who find themselves torn between the full-bodied melodrama of his earliest solo work and the often impenetrable soundscapes of the post-Climate Of Hunter years.' - The Quietus

'While this album will take a few listens for those unfamiliar with the challenges of incorporated orchestral and rock elements within a conceptual work; fans of the Jacques Brel-Scott Walker school of transgressive baroque will have found a new masterpiece to dissect for years to come. Those that can get behind the sometimes atonal, dead pan crooning, dark veiled setting arrangements and lurid subject matters will discover A Hound at the Hem to be one the best post-glam concept albums not made in the slippery 70s.' - Impose Magazine

'It’s all buoyed on a darkly seductive current, giving every soaring high a queasy, industrial chill. Slim Twig may fly the weirdo flag, but hey, where would you rather be: smoking crap drugs with Ed Sheeran, or hunting space aliens with Matt Bellamy? If the latter, get your creep on and hand your heart to A Hound at the Hem: a record to reclaim the ‘guilty pleasure’ tag for purposes altogether more sinister.' - Drowned In Sound

THE HOUND IS HERE

Finally, our delayed Slim Twig LPs have arrived. Order freely, they look and sound fantastic!

PICK ONE UP FROM OUR BANDCAMP...

In other news 'label owners' Slim Twig & U.S. Girls are playing shows all throughout Europe in the next month. Come see us, and pick up some Calico releases from them that released them...

20 Nov - TBA, Bordeaux, FR
22 Nov - ZDB, Lisbon, PT
23 Nov - CCVF, Guimaraes, PT
24 Nov - El Perro Club, Madrid, ES
25 Nov - Underground Club, Barcelona, ES
26 Nov - TBA, Toulouse, FR
27 Nov - La Peniche, Lille, FR
28 Nov - Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels, BE
29 Nov - Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
30 Nov - Monarch, Berlin, DE
01 Dec - Friese, Bremen, DE
02 Dec - Trauma, Marburg, DE
03 Dec - Ludwigstraße 6, Giessen, DE
04 Dec - Incubated @ 013, Tilburg, NL
05 Dec - The Lexington, London, UK w/ Zacht Automaat
06 Dec - Revolver , Oslo, NO
07 Dec - FatCat Furballs show, The Green Door Store, Brighton, UK
08 Dec - The Castle Hotel, Manchester, UK

ALL THIS WANTING CLIP

See the psychedelic and the goofy merge seamlessly in this excellent clip for 'All This Wanting', a new song off Slim Twig's A Hound at the Hem.

It was directed by the very talented Emily Pelstring of Montreal, director of U.S. Girls 'Jack' video and many others.

We will have copies of the records in the next couple days. ORDER NOW!!

ORDER THIS HOUND...

The release of 'A Hound at the Hem' is drawing near! Hard to believe we are moving on to LPs.

Despite a delay at the press, we are anticipating the record being ready to ship soon, so get your paws on this thing in advance.

As soon as we have pictures of the completed artifact (handmade lyric booklet and all!) we will post them up.

Until then, have a listen! 

A HOUND AT THE HEM

We are thrilled to announce the release of our first 12" LP on Calico Corp.

Slim Twig's 'A Hound at the Hem'. A narrative album loosely based on Nabokov's 'Lolita' by way of 'Histoire de Melody Nelson'.

The album is a collaborative work primarily with Louis Percival, but including contributions from many notable Toronto artists including Carl Didur, Tim Westberg, Meg Remy of U.S. Girls and string arrangements by Owen Pallett.

Have a listen to the first track of the album, the epic 'Heavy Splendour'.

Please note this album is a co-release with the wonderfully eclectic Toronto imprint, Pleasence Records.

THE ISLAND SONG 7" SOLD OUT!

DOING LIKE THE BOSS DOES...
"THE ISLAND SONG" DISC BY U.S. GIRLS IS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT. IT IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON OUR BANDCAMP HERE. THANK YOU!

Eric Copeland Flushing Meats 7" OUT NOW!

We just released a record for Eric Copeland! Info below...

Eric Copeland follows up his series of pop-minded psych singles on Post Present Medium with a further 7” single, this time leaning ever so further left field on Calico Corp. Reaching back into the warped depths of his instrumental work these two sides tear like Steve Reich’s ‘Come Out’ blindly crossfaded into some bent fiesta rave up. Dizzyingly abstract bangers in an edition of 300.


Order and download directly from the Calico Corp. bandcamp.