Because we still have a fair amount of tapes left, and obviously want to raise as much as possible for Worldreader, we have decided to run a special holiday offer. So, as suggested below in stylised sans serif, entering the code ‘HOHOHO’ at the checkout on Bandcamp will get you a handsome 40% off both digital and physical copies of the compilation. This will still cover the production cost of the cassette, but remember all profits go to charity, so every extra pound you give will be a pound well spent.To refresh your memory, here’s what you’ll be getting if you put some of your hard earned cash towards Quiet, Constant Friends:

Side A

Danielle Fricke – The Well
Lotte Kestner – Cattleya
Wes Tirey – Akhnilo Blues
Pasture Dog – Everything That Rises Must Converge
Old Earth – Pretty Steep
Salt Altars – Little Big Man
Henry Demos – Not Her
Beat Radio – Mexico City
Sondra Sun-Odeon – Hair

Side B

Nathan Amundson – Haruki Murakami
Windmill – Jim & The Rather Large Nectarine
ARMS – The Book of Love
Oh, Rose & Sawtooth – TV
Free Cake For Every Creature – Don’t Go Away (Ahumpf Acgroof)
John Ross – The Overlook Hotel
Kissing Fractures – I Drank Phosphorus With Aunt Lucy
Nice Legs – Past Lives
Ben Seretan – King of Crumbs
Trouble Books – Oak and Linden Tree Abridged
Lewtrakimou – I’m a Book on Tape
Nadia Reid – Runway

Grab a download or cassette now via our Bandcamp page, and be sure to remember to use the code ‘HOHOHO’ for your discount.

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‘The Well’ is taken from her upcoming album Moon, which you will be hearing a lot more about in the coming months. The song is at least partly inspired by Andrew Kaufman’s All My Friends are Superheroes. As Danielle explains:

“I remember opening this book while waiting at an airport to fly over the ocean and back home. An event in the story causes the main character’s wife to be hypnotized to no longer see him, and so he becomes invisible to her. The book is a fairly quick light read and filled with humour. However, underneath it all I felt attached to this struggle where no matter how close the husband felt to his wife, he was never really there in her eyes. This idea inspired my song ‘The Well’, as I was in a long distance relationship at that time, I thought no matter how close I felt to the person, at moments there would always be an ocean between us, making me invisible.”

The accompanying artwork is a painting by South African artist Amor Coetzee in response to the song. You can find her on the Dayfeels website, follow her on Tumblr and Instagram, and ‘like’ her Facebook page to be sure to keep up with her work.

Remember that you can (and should) order Quiet, Constant Friends on cassette via the Wake the Deaf Bandcamp page, which come with a selection of small prints of the original artwork. Digital downloads available too for the fully-functioning members of the twenty-first century among you. Every penny of the profits go straight to Worldreader so what are you waiting for?

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