Jusdson Claiborne Time And Temperature
LSE 017 LP/CD
pressing of 250 on colored vinyl

Twilight Spirit Song For Dreaming (Good Ol' Wobbly Version) mp3 Oh Cyril The Freeze Up The Woman Inside of Me My How We Change! I Am Learning Pantomime Tomorrow in the Morning (Blues for Malachi) One Hundred More Than One Hundred Times Moonraker click for streaming audio

The distant melancholy familiar to listeners of Low Skies (Judson's previous band) has grown into emerging layers of song in the tradition of troubadours, journeymen, country-western stars and master-less wanderers. The roots of country and folk are palatable, but a very modern sense of uncertainty drains any refuge taken from the dusty nostalgia of lost eras. Time and Temperature is the finest blend of Indie Folk with progressive abandon, as the ghosts of the Great Ones smile upon on Judson Claiborne with a nod and a wink.

Mako Sica Dual Horizon
LSE 016 LP
pressing of 250 on colored vinyl

I'Itoi mp3 5th One Is The Dark Dunes click for streaming audio

Captured completely live without any over-dubs; the result is a powerful and natural forty minute cycle in album form. Layered desert guitars emerge then disappear, primitive rhythms echo around ancient vocal chants and dark electric grooves lead the journey through a desert of unexpected peaks, valleys, and micro-songs. Their lengthy cinematic approach recalls Godspeed You Black Emperor! with the expressive freedom and abandon of Soft Machine and hometown heroes The Art Ensemble of Chicago.

Dragon Turtle Almanac
LSE 015 LP/CD
pressing of 500 on colored vinyl

Causality Belt of Venus Moon Fallout mp3 Organ Fallout Island of Broken Glass mp3 Hometime Hourglass Apophis Burn the Leaves click for streaming audio

Dragon Turtle Almanac is a heavy trip; a document of transformation, entropy, and causality. Dragon Turtle evokes Morricone landscapes as if painted by Glenn Branca, where dream atmospheres meet brutal realities of nature and relationships. These forces are both beautiful and destructive. The textures and layers move with a sense of urgency and purpose. The duality of Tom Asselin and Brian Lightbody's musical relationship is also at play, converging an influence of sound spanning from John Cale and Eno to Post-Punk conglomerates of Folk and Kraut Rock.

"Our highest possible recommendation"
-omg vinyl

Dragon Turtle / Goodnight Stars Goodnight Air Split 12"
LSE 014 12"
pressing of 500 on colored vinyl
digital download included

Dragon Turtle: Spill Out the Night Goodnight Star Goodnight Air Subluminal Arctic Light click for streaming audio

Spill Out The Night is Dragon Turtle's 17 minute call to arms, a jubilant acceptance of embracing challenge, exploration and discovery through natural wonder. On the flip side, GSGA goes microscopic with Subluminal, as if looking through a high powered telescope into the deepest recesses of night, facing off with the cold winter sky, inspired by crystalline frozen nightscapes, deconstructed guitar drones, and broken electronics. Beautiful and monolithic walls of string scrapes slowly yield to dark melody.
digital download included

"A wondrously evocative composition"
-Blurt

Lewis & Clarke Light Time
LSE 013 12" EP
pressing of 500 on colored vinyl
digital download included

Petrified Forest mp3 Light Time Dead and Gone Chelsea Hotel # 2 (vinyl only) click for streaming audio

Light Time is a subtle and powerful 12" vinyl exercise in it's own flaws, weaknesses and strength of purpose. Side A's two tracks act as one piece of transitional music; confrontational and satisfying with the softest abandon of self-awareness. Side B glances to the past and confirms the restorative cycle of death, decay, contemplation, and re-growth. For all of the whispery voiced, faux-bohemian, lilting clichés that over populate what we can loosely term as "folk music", Lewis & Clarke once again reminds us that the heart, above all else, is a muscle.

"With lyrics that pluck at the heartstrings, and guitar that can be most simply put as solemnly subtle, there's a sense of heaviness that seems to be barely escaping itself...These are songs that embrace their own hopeful anguish, and satisfy our need to feel."
-freewilliamsburg.com

"Lewis & Clarke blew up their pastoral folk sound into long, torn-open and moody soundscapes on 2007's Blasts of Holy Birth, and they have taken that brooding tangled beauty down even darker roads....Light Time shows once again that Lewis & Clarke's quiet sound is an affecting one."
-Prefix

Strand of Oaks Leave Ruin
LSE 012 CD

End In Flames mp3 Two Kids Lawns Breed Songs Mourning Worker New Paris Sister Evangaline Dogs of War Do You Like To Read? Leave Ruin

Leave Ruin is Strand of Oaks' hometown deathbed-confession hymnal, the soundtrack of an Exodus. Taking cues from such luminaries as Neil Young (On the Beach era) and a burgeoning Springsteen, Tim Showalter extends his musical gesture and searches to find modesty in the midst of confusion, addressing insecurities and settling existential debt with a simple and beautiful delivery. The personification of a Midwestern Grandfather's advice, his songs smack with hard truth and poignant severity, from child-like naivete to heart worn wisdom... sparse guitar, hammond, rhodes and wooden instruments support an atmosphere that is tender and raw, at times uncomfortable, shockingly candid, and unforgettable.

"At heart it's a man and a guitar in the infinite tradition of men with guitars. Imagine a less dispassionate Damien Jurado, a quieter Neil Young, or a Bon Iver whose lyrics follow a discernible narrative thrust."
-Interview Magazine

"A debut as weathered and warm as an old down comforter. And just as timeless, too...Showalter's inner tug-of-war between dark humor and plain old darkness has made for one hell of a debut."
-eMusic

Moon & Moon VII Acts of an Iron King
LSE 010 CD

Act I: Into The Dust Act II:Hands Of A Man mp3 Act III: We Are The Lights Act IV: Come Down Like A Man Act V: There Can Be Only One Act VI: This Is Our Celebration Act VII: Together Alone, We Jump We Rise

Reflections of timeless struggle, self-fulfilling prophecy, and age-old triumph, with flashes of modern affectation. A fluid and evolving seven-act performance; an epic tale of angst, hunger, tragedy, failure, and ultimately, hope. Contributions by members of An Albatross, Lewis & Clarke, Barkus Born and Stephonik Youth with guest appearances by Devendra Banhart, Gibby Haynes, and Bat For Lashes.

*Inserted into each album is an original block print on scented card stock.

"A stunning, adventurous work" -Alarm

Strand of Oaks Recorded Live For Simple Folk Radio
LSE 011 CDep

Leave Ruin End In Flames Two Kids Forty-Five Today New Paris Do You Like To Read?

Sheltering Dark Barn Owl Don't Let Me Out mp3 Rose And Vine As She Came Out Of The Water Blacksnake In The Carport (He Asks The Figure) Are You The One Old Clothes We Drove To Highbridge (Glass Insulators) The Silver Cloud The Island Moved In The Storm Florida Rain Foxgloves Old Kimball You Were Saying Goodbye Corolla (The One You Love)

In 1968, a young woman was found dead along a dirt road near Eagle Creek, north of Georgetown, Kentucky. For 30 years, she was known only as "Tent Girl". This album is a series of overlapping narratives inspired by her story as re-imagined to incorporate imagery and locales from Bauer's rural Kentucky upbringing. These songs explore what it means to be home and lost, what it means to pass from life to death.

"The staggering darkness and the uncomfortable weight of his songwriting is where his magic is."
-Aversion.com

"One of this year's finest records"
 -Muzzle of Bees

Soltero You're No Dream
LSE 008 CD

Honey Say It Out at the Wall mp3 Drag-Out Blues Fete Du Feu Ol Holiday Along the Wire Wedding Ring Sinkhole Necromancer Living in the Fish Islands Prick on the Prowl Lemon Car

New Face Hope Island Coats Only be With You Shake mp3 Purple Heart Fruitless Ways Blue Moon #9 3 Broken Words Slide on Down Change 3 Chord Song

Secret Of The Golden Flower Blasts Of Holy Birth Comfort Inn Before It Breaks You mp3 Black Doves Crimson Carpets We Think We Have Eyes Be The Air We Breathe

Side A: Strand of Oaks, 45 today Side B: Dragon Turtle, Light the Lamps listen via player

The melding of minds occur in this haunting and gorgeous combination of two philosophical approaches, a swirl of the literal and metaphoric. Duchamp-inspired rotorelief design. Recorded at One Forest in our Pennsylvania mountains during the winter of 2006.

"This excellent first release from the Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania-based label La Société Expéditionnaire is two sides of rustic country-folk music of an exploratory bent. Look at that cover image of a galaxy swirling into a cross-section of a tree trunk and you'll get the idea...It's a page of a nature journal tucked into a philosopher's diary and set adrift, over unfettered voices and instruments."
- Erasing Clouds

I. Bare Bones and Branches II. Before it Breaks You III. Bloody Coat IV. Blasts of Holy Birth listen to "Bloody Coat" via player

This 12" vinyl-only/ limited edition/hand screened release is a testament to the the beauty and magic of transitional metamorphosis. Recorded live for broadcast on Princeton Radio in February 2006, This offering bridges the gap between 2005's Bare Bones and Branches and the 2007 release of Blasts of Holy Birth. The loose, fresh versions of past favourites blend with workings of new material, setting a striking ambience including various chimes, vocals, eastern drones, harp, guitar, banjo, piano, percussion, and other whims. Thirty minutes of pure magic.

Side A: Doc Holliday was a Phony Side B: Bright Light

In 2003, one hundred records were shipped overseas for European distribution, never reaching their destination. Obviously vacationing in the Bermuda Triangle for nearly four years, they have now found their way home. A true miracle. We are proud to offer you the lost batch of Lewis & Clarke's first release. Originally issued by Delboy Records.

"Subdued, but smart and introspective-a bit spooky, too. Lou Rogai has an easy, comfortable way with the mic, and he's a pretty interesting songwriter. 'I can see your breath write apologies across the glass,' he sings in 'Bright Light.' A definite mood record."
- Shredding Paper

Lewis & Clarke Bare Bones and Branches
LSE 004 Digital Re-Issue
Summersteps 2005

We are proud to offer the digital-only release of this treasured out of print debut. This is the 2005 US release version of Bare Bones and Branches which features a few alternate tracks, mixes, takes and artwork from that of the 2003 Delboy release.

"Lewis & Clarke has carved out its own niche thanks to the lush arrangements of its debut, 2005's "Bare Bones and Branches."
- Billboard