Gregor Samsa

Towards the end of our last European tour we made a stop in Amsterdam to record a live session for Dutch radio station, VPRO. You can listen to it here (click our name under “audio” on the right).

From Kora Recrods:

The Collectors Edition of Gregor Samsa’s new album is sold out. The vinyl version is on sale in the kora store as a 140 gram double LP enclosed in a two piece heavy card stock double folio design featuring the same die cut and artwork from the CD release. The packaging is an original design produced for the first time by TKR and is a limited edition of 500. Stay tuned for more Gregor Samsa news this fall.

Thank you so much to those of you who supported us by purchasing the collector edition of Rest.

We are very happy to announce that the Collector’s Edition AND the US Vinyl Edition of Rest are officially available for order! We are very pleased with both these versions of Rest and we thank everyone who worked so hard to make them happen. Here’s a link if you are interested in either of them: Kora Records. 

 

From our US Label, Kora Records, regarding the Vinyl and Collector editions of Rest:

Details for Gregor Samsa’s new album on vinyl and the Collectors Edition are in! Both will go on sale in the kora store on September 1st. Vinyl - Rest is being pressed as a 140 gram double LP that will be enclosed in a two piece heavy card stock double folio design featuring the same die cut and artwork from the CD release. The packaging is an original design produced for the first time by TKR and will be a limited edition of 500. Read more about the Collectors Edition of Rest.

Just a quick update on this extremely hot afternoon in NYC… The shows last week in Boston and New York were really great. After not playing in two years, we weren’t quite sure what to expect, but we couldn’t have been happier with the turn out and both of the venues were wonderful. Le Poisson Rouge is one of the best places we’ve ever played. It’s definitely our new favorite venue here.

Some news regarding two new releases of Rest:

We’ve seen many requests for the Collector Edition (limited to 30), wondering if it had already been released. The answer is no, it’s still in production, but we’re so close. We’ve put so much work into these and honestly, we’re going to have a hard time selling them because we want to keep them for ourselves! But seriously, they’re almost ready and we’ll announce it here when they are.

The US Vinyl Edition is almost ready as well. In fact, the test presses just arrived this weekend. These should be shipping mid-august. We’ll post some pictures of the beautiful packaging Kora Records did as soon as we get a copy.

Lastly, Textura recently asked us to do a top ten list. Instead of doing Gregor Samsa’s top 10, five of us each chose two songs we thought were worthy of the list. Gregor Samsa’s Top 2×5=10

Finally, after a long break, we’ll be playing a few shows in the US. There will be more to come, but hey, it’s a start. We’ll be doing two dates with Iceland native Olafur Arnalds — one in Boston and the other in NYC at a beautiful new venue called Le Poisson Rouge. We just played with Olafur last night in Belgium and his music is really beautiful. These shows will be excellent!

July 8 - Boston, MA at Cafe 939 (Berklee)
July 9 - NYC at Le Poisson Rouge. get tickets here

Hi - just a quick note to show off the limited edition of Rest. I have to say this is the most proud we’ve been of any packaging we’ve put together so far! Many thanks to the Kora Records for helping make this happen. These are handmade and limited to 500.  Get one now!

We posted a new video for “Jeroen van Aken”, taken from our new album Rest. The video was filmed and directed by our good friend, Rick Alverson, who also plays in the wonderful band, Spokane.

Rest will be available on vinyl in both North America and Europe. Here’s the word straight from the labels:

US Edition - Kora Records

Rest is being pressed as a 140 gram double LP. The double LP will be enclosed in a two piece heavy card stock double folio incorporating the rivet and string closure of the Ltd. Edition CD. The packaging is a new design produced for the first time by TKR and will be a limited edition of 500.

Europe Edition - Own Records

Double vinyl 2 x 12” in a beautiful gatefold sleeve + European tour poster (free until stock lasts). Order now.

The Kora Records, our US label, has released the following regarding our new album, Rest:

Gregor Samsa’s new album Rest will soon be available in 4 different formats. 
Digital 
Unlimited Edition
Limited Edition of 500
Collectors Edition of 30

DIGITAL

The digital format should be available via all standard digital outlets on April 1st.

UNLIMITED EDITION

The Unlimited Edition is a custom die cut gate fold CD sleeve of heavy black stock with print by our friends at Stumptown Press.
Release date May 13th.

LIMITED EDITION OF 500

The Limited Edition of 500 takes a copy of the unlimited edition and encloses it within a folio with a rivet and sting closure and also adds an 8 page rivet bound book of extra artwork and lyrics. All binding and riveting is done by hand at the TKR office and all pieces are hand numbered.
Available for Pre Order starting April 8th and ships aprox. the week of the 24th.

COLLECTOR’S EDITION OF 30

The Collector’s Edition of 30 is a special project undertaken by Gregor Samsa and The Kora Records to commemorate the release of Rest and our love for the album. The Collectors Edition arrive in an vintage metal Super 8 film can as Gregor Samsa has made several films which will surface as the album is released. This can will be stamped by hand with the album title and the number of the edition. This can will contain the extra print from the Limited Edition that has been die cut for this edition as well as a custom made and finished walnut disc with a steel and rubber hub on which the cd will rest . The walnut disc will also serve as film reel. One of the films Gregor Samsa has produced for this album will be printed to Super 8 film and each copy of the Collector’

s Edition will come with its own section of that film.
Available for Pre Order first week in May.