Hey friends,

We're finally gonna have some proper releases really soon. I know I mentioned a couple months back that we've got a single coming out on the esteemed Oxnard imprint, YAY!, which is available for pre-order through their website (yaylabel. com/shop) and will be on your turntables by early summer.

Not only that, there'll be another 7" out this summer on the great and prolific Florida label, Cloudberry. It'll feature "My Baby Doesn't Care For You" and "What About You". I believe it's off to the pressing plant this coming Tuesday.

In other news, check out our shows page, but unless you live in the greater LA area or Ventura County, you probably won't be catching us *too* soon. However, we could be tempted to push our way up the coast this summer, schedules and finances permitting.

There's gonna be an exciting festival in Ventura in early July called Summershine, where we'll have the pleasure and privilege of backing up Phil Wilson of the June Brides. He'll be coming to the states for some dates, and we're quite excited.

In other musical news that doesn't reek of self-promotion, there's been a lot of great new singles in the world, like Twig (on Cloudberry), the Vivian Girls and a new Cause Co-Motion single. Those are just a few of the things that have tickled my fancy lately, though as usual I've been tracking down old soul 45s (my favorite recent acquisition is Linda Griner's "Good-by Cruel Love", which is one of Motown's finest non-hits) and singing along to Felt. Also, most of the Tartans caught local heartthrob Jeremy Jay play a spectacular set a couple weeks back. He has a new LP out on K, which I've not yet heard but hope to acquire really soon.

Hopefully we'll see some of you this summer. And we'll come bearing badges with brand new designs!

xo,
Brian

Hey ya’ll. The YAY! Records page has been retooled and looks wonderful. You can go to the individual band pages, and hear not-yet-released tracks from the YAY! roster. While you’re at it you might want to visit the shop and preorder our single at yaylabel.com shop for a mere $4, which will be hitting stores this spring. It features a version of "Cats of Camerford" on the A side that is similar to the myspace version but has the added bonus of some guest trumpet. The flipside will be "1939" along with "Your Favorite Song’ (which can be heard at yaylabel.com/thetartans.)

(The next Catwalk single is on its way and available for preorder too, and damn, their new songs are great. And to think a couple of them were born in (gasp!) the nineties! And do check out the new Maria track, too. It’s unbelievable. We’re quite lucky to have become part of Oxnard’s finest.)

In other news, we will be returning to Mr. T’s Bowl Sunday night (3/30) to perform with locals Loverlee and Lovely Bones. For one night only we’d be wise to call ourselves the Lovetartans. Not sure if there’s a cover, but it can’t exceed $5. The next day we’ll be recording a set at Dublab’s (dublab.com) headquarters which will eventually be streaming online.

There’s another single of ours that’ll be coming out soon on a different but equally lovely label, but until they post the news on their site, I’m holding my cards to my chest. The only hint I will reveal is that the A-side will feature the Tartans tune with the wordiest title.

Fondly,
Brian