New York Times Review came out this morning with its favorable and well-spoken commentary.

Writer Nate Chinen has listened carefully, and has distilled his observations into a succinct recapturing of a very special night in Brooklyn.

We are hoping this opens up a new audience for our catagory-less demographic-shifting music.


Tour Notes:
Kentucky was a warm up.
Lynchburg was saved by its chinny chin chin.
DC was a bust.
Brooklyn was warm on the inside.
Rochester was spectacularrrrrrrr.
More to Come...


Thanks to everyone who came out, will come out, who have housed and fed us, and talked to us after a performance.

I Heart Lung has been bestowed the honor of being reviewed eloquently and fawningly by the Illustrious folks at Pitchfork

Joshua Klein seeks to unveil the impervious opacity of the Musical Monolith that is INTEROCEANS. Thoroughly seduced by the sonic saturation, Klein gives their achievement respect and an insightful analysis, which falls just short of numinous awe.

This is just in time for the launch of the Spring Tour, in late February!

I Heart Lung is among exemplary company in the very exclusive end-of-the-year shortlist that is Take Five's Top 5 Jazz CDs Of 2008.
Take Five is a consortium of jazz reviewers for NPR. Special thanks to Lars Gotrich! Hear his interview with Bob Boilen on All Songs Considered. And hurl comments about it HERE.


We are grateful, encouraged, and elated to be included among such talented musicians.


Yes, There are further rumors of a tour... I think I heard February or March... and something about the East Coast.

First of All, I apologize to All Cyber-Entities who have been patiently (and impatiently) waiting for a new blog post. This is it.
Interoceans has been getting wonderful reviews from people and places we respect. We could not be more pleased.
Stars Abound!

All About Jazz

Tiny Mix Tapes

Pop Matters

To Actually hear Audio of the first piece on Interoceans, you must also watch this movie:
The Psychedelic visual interpretation of Interoceans 1
by Cristopher Cichocki
Available HERE or in the Movie section of this Myspace site.

Interoceans Remixed
is also getting great reviews, but since it is free to download, go write one yourself. Featuring underground MCs like Awol One and Radioinactive and knob-twiddlers like Strategy, Greg Davis, and Anticon's Jel.
And do not not forget Sugarhost, Badun and Ellul whose reconfigurations are tasteful and compelling.

And Yes, the Hypothetical Tour that seems to be in the Unreachable Future is now slated for Spring '09.

Don't forget our two dates next week!!!!
Monday at
Pehrspace in Echo Park, Ca with Mike Watt's Dos, the Widow Babies and the technicality that this is our Album Release Party.
And Thursday at Open in Long Beach, CA with Cooper Moore!

So, in the noble pursuit of keeping contact with the outside world, this blog endeavors to report on what this same blog has not reported on for way too long.
We toured the West Coast with Ellul, who were a joy to listen to, as well a joy to be in the same car with. Capital fellows. Really. We had good gigs and better gigs. We stretched and refined.
And we met some wonderful people on the way, who kindly take care of those who humbly carry the torch of new and strange musics. Thank You, Brother Mitya in Eureka, James, Ryan and Nicole in Portland, and Roshni and Sean in Tacoma. Bless You All. You are great people. Oddly, the highlight of the tour was Karaoke night. But no sound clips will appear on this site.
Strange Pictures from the Tour may be seen HERE.
And Chris' fancy Holga Camera Pictures are HERE.

Also, I Heart Lung has finished everything audio and visual that it could do with INTEROCEANS.
It is now in the hands of publishers, and being transformed by countless, nameless machines into a product of staggering cultural implications. The new epoch will begin on September 9, 2008.

There are some fun projects that will appear in the meantime.
I Heart Lung has had the pleasure of performing the soundtrack to 5 short film experiments by Jonathan Dueck. This was quite fun, and we are very proud of the result.
Another project is a recording for Thors' Rubber Hammer, to be appear on vinyl record as part of the Estatic Duos Compilation.
Still another project is several videos of live performances in strange places that were filmed by Pehrspace's Sean Carnage and KXLU'S Fred Kiko.
More on all of these Later...

Support New Music.

I Heart Lung has finished INTEROCEANS.

The first year we recorded four drone pieces in a studio.

The next year we collaborated with various respected musicians.
As it states in the credits:
with
Nels Cline electric guitar, sitar and electronics
Dave Easley pedal steel guitar
Lynn Johnston clarinet, bass clarinet
Kris Tiner flugelhorn, trumpet

The third year we composed, pontificated, hacked, spliced, ruminated, and carved into the Monolith that was to come.

And as the mother who gives birth soon forgets her labor, we are overjoyed.

For All of You unbelievers will be shamed,
and for Those of You believed in your Heart
that this day would come, we bring you Rapture.
For he who has ears to hear, Let Him Hear:

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008!!!!!

and btw, We are about to Tour the West Coast with ELLUL
And have been officially added to the
Asthmatic Kitty roster,
with ads in Signal to Noise, and .
Wired.

The Magnanimous Munificence of I Heart Lung has Graciously and Liberally Bestowed Unto You All the Entire Live Performance of
I Heart Lung Live at Pehrspace
And Yes, it is quite incredible if we do say so ourselves.
Now, Go and Enjoy, Gentle Listeners of Elysium.


Please refer to www.ChrisSchlarb.com for furthering your understanding of the I Heart Lung Universe.

We don't stop to Reminisce Here, Friends,
We Plow Ever Forward, Proactively Promising to Deliver on Promises We made a Long Time Ago...
First and Foremost is Interoceans, the Epoch-Splintering Monolith that will End All Music in accordance with the Prophecies. It will be released, with accompanying trumpets from On High, in September 2008, on the Asthmatic Kitty label.
What? Is that what I just wrote? Yes, the Asthmatic Kitty label.
Perhaps Some of You have noted that Half of I Heart Lung is the Indomitable Chris Schlarb, whose Illustrious Solo Debut, Twilight and Ghost Stories, was released on aforementioned label with details excerpts available HERE.
And Yes, Tours Rumored. Equipment Upgraded. Inspiration Abounds.

Oh, and as a note to our Myspace Asscociates, we apologize for the errant bulletins and comments that have appeared under our watch, that have compromised the Gentleman's Code that We of I Heart Lung champion. Squarely to blame are the gremlins and flying monkeys that populate the dark recesses of Myspace.

Dave Cantor of Stereo Subversions has interviewed Lungers, Schlarb and Steck, albeit remotely, who effuse abundant quotable pithiness, full of inspired ruminations and contain no advice whatever on any subject. Cantor does his best to file the squirrelly I Heart Lung into Music History, and even into Pop Culture, but his success depends on You, the public, and your mad, ceaseless devotion to our music, nay, Our Lifestyle, and ultimate demand, and purchase more I Heart Lung products than we can manufacture, given the remaining raw materials on planet earth.
We are delighted with Cantor's noble attempt, which is well-researched and insightful,
and may be seen HERE.

Well, Countless, Nameless Fans of I Heart Lung,
the live CD, Between Them a Forest Grew, Trackless and Quiet has been reviewed in some esteemed publications
The latest one in Pitchfork is a tag-team, double jeopardy of Chris Schlarb Genius, tackling both his Solo CD, Twilight and Ghost Stories, a 39 minute manifesto on solitude and introspection, with over 40 high-calliber collaboraters venturing through vicissitudinous vagaries of sonorous seductions, and I Heart Lung's Between Them....



And a for more in-depth adulations of I Heart Lung, and the new CD, See us in All About Jazz and the new music review site N/A.



In other news, Interoceans is moving at a glacial pace, but what could you expect from the epoch-making End of Music History as you know it.