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It’s here!  After 3 years in the making, World Blanket’s third album — appropriately entitled 2012 — is out TODAY: Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

It’s available on digital download sites worldwide, but our preferred seller is iTunes.  BUY IT HERE!

Don’t forget to attend our record release show in New York City at Mercury Lounge.  Ticket are available HERE.

And as always, thank you for your support.

We recently recorded a cover of the Syd Barrett song “Let’s Split.”

The song officially premiered this morning on the cover song blog Cover Me.

Stream the song below and then head over to Cover Me to read the full article.

Only 8 more days until the release of our new album, 2012.

Our forthcoming third LP 2012 won’t be officially released until April 3rd, 2012, but the first reviews are already starting to roll in… and they are stellar to say the least.

First out the box was online ‘zine babysue, who honored us with a “TOP PICK”:

“Instead of coming across like another generic twenty-first century pop artist, [World Blanket's] songs are decidedly different and slightly peculiar…. There’s a nice balance here of songs that are accessible and some that veer into some more obtuse territory…. We really dig Michael’s cool reserved vocal style…and we’re also wild about the strange lengthy experimental track that closes the album (’2012 (Side B)’). Inventive stuff with a warm underlying coolness… TOP PICK.”

Read the full review here.

Next up was the blog This Is Book’s Music with an even more glowing take:

“[World Blanket] are a well-crafted pop band that bring to mind the delights of Elvis Costello and World Party, and what I like about this album is that you can play these songs individually, mess up the track order, and you still have a band who know and understand their power and strengths. There’s a lot of emotion packed in each of the 7 songs here, and this will be welcome to those who love singer/songwriter stuff without the fluff. As time goes on, music fans will be returning to this album to question the downfall of everything else, while music like that on 2012 will continue to hold up for generations to come.”

Read John Book’s full review here.

Thanks to both publications for all the kind words!  I mean, we thought the record was good, but, you know…

Big news announced earlier today…

Our 3rd LP — now entitled 2012 — has an official release date: Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012.

Additionally, we will be playing a record release show at Mercury Lounge in New York City on that same date — April 3rd — sharing the bill with Kitty, Daisy & Lewis.

Tickets for the record release show go on sale on Friday, January 13th at 12pm.

More details on the album coming soon…

It’s been three years since World Blanket has released an official new recording.

And here it is… (again maybe…)

The third track from our forthcoming third album, now entitled 2012.

Enjoy.

Over a year in the making, here’s the first official preview of our forthcoming 3rd album, Create/Roadshow — a 1 minute sample from “The Blues.”

Enjoy.

First, let me say, work is still be completed on World Blanket’s 3rd album, Create/Roadshow.  It will be finished soon.  But there is still work to be done.

Meanwhile, unfortunately, we’ve gone from dozens of shows a month to nearly none at all.  So to fill that void, I announce “Baby Blanket.”

Late last year, I purchased a Little Martin Acoustic Electric to become my fulltime travel guitar.  The 3/4 size instrument is a little beast with surprisingly sturdy sound and I immediately found myself wanting to test it out live.

On Thursday, Febraury 3rd, I took it for a spin at Goodbye Blue Monday in the Bushwick part of Brooklyn — using it to play a cadre of World Blanket tunes past, present and future — and I had an amazing time.  Thus “Baby Blanket” was born.

Baby Blanket shows will continue during these times when the band is not playing (and possibly beyond).  They promise to follow two rules: 1) always the baby instrument, and 2) a focus on World Blanket material.

I’ve already announced Baby Blanket shows #2 & #3…

Baby Blanket #2
Thursday, March 10, 2011 @ 8pm
The Local 269 in Lower East Side, Manhattan

Baby Blanket #3
Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ 11pm
Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwich, Brooklyn

Both shows are FREE.  I hope you will attend.

[Photo of my Little Martin resting on my couch taken with my cellphone]

I’m going to be doing a rare solo acoustic show on October 27th at The Delancey in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Start time is 7pm sharp. $10 cover.

I’ll be playing songs from the forthcoming album, Create/Roadshow, as well as a few classic TWB tunes and a number of brand new songs never played live before anywhere.

I would love to see anyone and everyone there.

[Photo via The Delancey website]

Just a quick update on the recording process…

Dropped by Serious Business Studios in the SoHo area of New York City to begin recording vocals with Shannon Ferguson.

Things started a bit slow, but after getting a little “vocal juice” in me, things progressed even better than expected…

We wrapped the songs “The Greatest Trainwreck” and “The Holiday Song (For No Holiday in Particular.”  Sounds amazing and we even got Shannon’s assistant Hans in on the action for a little impromptu “hey-heying.”

Mixes are still at least a few weeks away, but know we’re still plugging along.

Oh, and tell Kat we got the cowbell part down while we were there too…

[Image via the Serious Business Music website]

We were so excited to have the Calder Quartet — one of the country’s premier string quartets — help us out on a few of the recordings for the new album.

Above is a photo I snapped of my dear friend, Andrew Bulbrook, working on an overdub.

Taken with my cellphone in Pete Min’s studio on August 4th, 2010.