Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Humble Jack Gibson, aka Tenlons Fort, is leaving Los Angeles again in a few days and he's going out the only way he knows how. With a
Tenlons Fort is releasing a new album entitled the Shelters LP, the follow-up to 2009's hugely overlooked "Forever is a Long Time" EP. It's long been said (mostly by us) that the man simply cannot write a bad tune and this album epitomizes that notion. All of his signature autobiographical daggers still cut to the bone with his usual clever narrative, perfectly packaged in ten beautifully melodic songs. Yet "perfectly packaged" might be the understatement of the year since if you listen and study these songs closely you'll realize how brilliant one must be to turn an epic gut-wrenching novel into a page-turner. Most songs on the album are barely three minutes and yet after every single one of them you feel as though you've gone through Bon Iver's entire discography ten times -- except you thankfully won't have to look up words like Kumran anytime soon. The sad thing is that when all is said and done, humble Jack Gibson might once again release one of the best records of the year that no one will ever hear. Let's hope this Wednesday is the beginning of better things to come.
On Wednesday, Tenlons Fort celebrates the release of this fine new record (rumored to be his last) at Synchronicity Space with friends Will Courtney from Brothers and Sisters and Shelters producer, Manhattan Murder Mystery, and Downtown/Union. He'll also be joined on stage by members of The Monolators, Le Switch, Divisadero, Castledoor, the aforementioned Will Courtney, and maybe some other surprises. 50% of the proceeds of this record will go to the Shelters Fund to benefit a number of charities that Jack has been working with for several years. Also, tonight, be sure to head out to Silver Factory Studios for the premiere of Jack's short film The Shortest Month of the Year featuring live performances by Eli Monolator and Downtown/Union.
Los Angeles Loves... Shelters
March 2, 2010
Shortest Month of the Year screening
Silver Factory Studios
4310 Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016 | Map
8pm
March 3, 2010
Synchronicity Space, la-underground, and Gibson Bros. Record Co. present:
TENLONS FORT record release
MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY
DOWNTOWN/UNION
WILL COURTNEY
Synchronicity
4306 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90029 | Map
$5 / All Ages / 9pm
Facebook Event
In lieu of free downloads off this charity album, which you can probably download somewhere else anyway, we're posting some live MP3s and video from the show last Sunday at pehrspace. See them live though. These don't come close to doing them justice...
Tenlons Fort - "Followed By Bad Luck" (Live at pehrspace, 2/28/10) (MP3)
Tenlons Fort - "Read It and Weep" (Live at pehrspace, 2/28/10) (MP3)
