Huzzah!
As 09 rings itself in and music-writers 'round the globe wrangle their minds to determine what's the best of what-have-you, Hey Marseilles has found itself on a couple o' lists:
Sound on the Sound put To Travels & Trunks at 23 on the Top 25 Northwest Albums of 2008:
http://www.soundonthesound.com/?p=3701
The fantastic readers of Three Imaginary Girls proclaimed TT&T the 7th best release of 50 from NW artists (Wha?!?... let it be known we didn't advertise this poll-- or any, for that matter-- so the opportunity for ballot-stuffing should have been minimal. Huzzah!):
http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/Bestof2008
And!
The writers of TIG themselves put us at 16 in their own poll:
http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/Bestof2008TIGPicks
Thanks to all of you who may have voted on TIG... and many many thanks for those of you who keep coming to our shows and buying our record... it's hard to discover acclaim unless it starts in the mouths of those who show up and listen.
(And particular thanks to Dan Muller, KEXP photographer, for listing TT&T as his 1 record of 08; our faces are still a heavy rouge.)