the very talented duo of church & steak (aka rinee shah & josh lowman) has kindly created a beautiful video for the song "a woolgathering exodus" from my album temper.

i've returned from my first tour with the wonderful windy & carl and wish to thank them as well as everyone in attendance for making it such a positive, enjoyable & encouraging experience.

i'm now selling copies of my brand-new 7" ep flocks via the product page of my site, as well as limited-edition sets of cards with handmade/hand-stamped envelopes to send to those whom you care about.

a clip of "maginot" from flocks can be heard here and you may email me at pioulard [at] hotmail [dot] com with questions and orders.

several gracious websites and blogs have seen fit to include my album temper in their year-end lists for 2008. details and links can be found here.

also, i have contributed a piece for kesh's recently-released 88 tapes compilation, which is available for download exclusively via boomkat.

a new benoît pioulard 7" ep entitled lee is now available exclusively through my site, but will see official release on november 11 through the hall of owls imprint.

lee is an homage to the great lee hazlewood, who died on my birthday in 2007. the a-side is a version of his song "sundown, sundown", while the flip contains a rendition of "someone's rocking my dreamboat" by the ink spots, another lifelong favorite.

listen:

sundown, sundown
someone's rocking my dreamboat

lee is limited to 300 copies on white, black and marble vinyl; until the official release it can be ordered via the product page of my site, either alone or as part of a small collection of new things.

today marks the release of my second album for kranky, entitled temper.
it can be purchased directly from my site, where orders also receive an exclusive badge and stickers, as well as from itunes, emusic and amazon.

"9/10 - This album​ stand​s alone​.​.​.​it burie​s deepe​r,​ becom​ing more perso​nal than you could​ ever expla​in in words​.​ You just find yours​elf telli​ng every​one you meet that they shoul​d exper​ience​ it too."
The 405

"Four Stars​ (​*​*​*​*​)​ - Tempe​r's arran​gemen​ts swirl​,​ flutt​er,​ and spark​le like a just-​shake​n snow globe​.​.​.​Pioul​ard is equal​ly gifte​d at creat​ing uniqu​ely outdo​orsy sound​ world​s as he is at craft​ing hook-​fille​d songs​.​"
All Music​ Guide​

thanks to all whose support made this possible.