We've had the Gravity Tree album, "Life or Dessert?" on sale all summer and part of the fall, for just 5 dollars (CD or download MP3s). But we're actually running out of copies of the CD (!), so we're going to have to call it quits on the sale.

What all that means: through November 1, you will still be able to go to our pages at CDBaby.com and pick up "Life or Dessert?" for five dollars US. (Fans can contact us directly through their newsletter email address and just order through PayPal if they'd like.)

So if you haven't picked it up yet, make sure you go to CDBaby right away and get "Life or Dessert?". Because when Monday roles around, the party's over. Well, as far as our sale goes, anyway...

Thanks for listening.

Don't forget about the new song, BUILDING, now on sale at our webstore...(or grab it from our SNOCAP player on our MySpace profile).

If you head over to our page at Jamendo, you'll find a free Gravity Tree EP/Sampler you can listen to or download. It's a 3-song collection just to give those that haven't heard our brand of progressive rock a better taste of what the heck we're up to.

The EP includes "Harmonic Indulgence" from the album "Life or Dessert?", and the songs "Wait" and "Aim to Please" from our newest CD, "Ultimate Backward". These are full-length songs, ready to download.

You can preview the songs right here on the player posted below. Again, the link is:
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Gravity_Tree

If you like what you hear, our 5 dollar CD sale is still going on at CDBaby, so don't miss out.

Thanks for listening.

Gravity Tree is one of the more interesting progressive bands around, a duo who covers all the instruments of a four piece band, plus vocals; and they do this live too. Guitarist Linc plays a combo-guitar that has both bass and guitar strings, and separate pickups for each, allowing him to play both parts simultaneously. Drummer Alan Nu handles a keyboard with his right hand and drums with the others, as well as using various drum controlled triggers. The result is an amazing full band sound from just two players. Both provide the vocals. Some readers may remember "Aim to Please," their contribution to the Bay Prog Sampler disc that was included with issue #24; in fact that song has gone through further refinement in the years since and appears here on this, their second album, along with nine other original compositions. Their material bears a stamp of currency, yet also features the conceptual ideals of classic progressive rock. Their influences likely include Zappa, Happy The Man, Van der Graaf, and Gentle Giant, which they assimilate well as they explore new musical territory; most of the songs are long and labyrinthine, and rarely settle down into a pattern for very long. In that respect, I am reminded of another current band, The Underground Railroad. Familiarity with Ultimate Backward will require a few repeated plays, but over the haul the listener will be rewarded. This is a solid second effort.

We hope everyone's having a safe and happy holiday season.

After a short break, Gravity Tree is beginning work on new songs, most of which will be included in our 3rd CD release, about nine months from now. But you won't have to wait that long for new prog rock tunage. We're going to try and release a new web-version of each song as it's finished. Hopefully that means you'll see a new mp3 download available on the usual sites about every couple of months.

We probably won't release all of the material this way, mostly because some of them are shaping up to be quite long. But we might release a "part 1" of a piece as a download. It's an experiment, and you'll have to give us feedback on it. But as folks are beginning to move away from the album concept (or is that concept album?), semi-monthly download releases seem to be in order with trends. Not to say that we're trendy! Expect the first new release January-ish.

One more thing: If you're on our official mailing list or Yahoo group and receive the Gravity Tree newsletter, you'll get a message as soon as the first song is available. And if you're a member of the Gravity Tree street team, you'll receive most of these mp3s for free. So if you haven't joined one of our groups, sign up today!