Gregor Samsa begins their first tour (this one in Europe) for Rest later this week. To get everyone in the mood they've made one breath-taking video for Jeroen Van Aken, directed by Rick Alverson from Spokane. It's viewable on Pitchork TV and last week was in their Forkcast and featured on Stereogum. Not to be outdone, The LK performed Tamagotchi Freestyle live on Swedish tv and Meredith's song My Absent Will is on The Real World, Weds, May 14th at 10p.

For those who got our sampler at SXSW, you are already in the know, for the rest of ya, here's the news! Joining TKR from Ithaca, NY it's The Piano Creeps! Featuring Mary Lorson and Billy Coté from Madder Rose along with Kathy Ziegler, we are honored to work with some of our all time favorite music makers. Preview songs here from their introspective masterpiece Future Blues which comes your way this autumn, already one of our favorite records of '08. And from Malmö, Sweden we are ecstatic to bring you the palatial pop from the band Fredrik (featuring Fredrik and Lindefelt from The LK!). Fredrik's album, Na Na Ni, is out at the end of summer, catch an early taste here.

We have sorted out most of the details so we can now tell you that there will be a 5th way to pick up Gregor Samsa's new album REST from TKR. We are very proud to say we are putting our first release on vinyl! Rest is being pressed as a 140 gram Double LP. The vinyl version will be enclosed in a two piece heavy card stock double folio incorporating the rivet and string closure of the Ltd. Edition CD. The packaging is a new design produced for the first time by TKR and will be a limited edition of 500. This one is going to be a stunner and worth the wait.

The limited edition of Rest is now on sale for pre-order. Learn more about the various formats available for the new Gregor Samsa. Stop the letterpresses - there's more in "store"! The Fairline Parkway's A Memory of Open Spaces, #3 in our micro series with only 700 letterpressed copies made, is also in the store for pre-order. Click here and good luck!