Hello, friends of tell-all… a little update as to the state of things at our wee label.

TAR will be entering a semi-hibernation through the next few months, as some of our members travel to South America, others move from coast to coast, and others still grapple with the simple dillemas of day to day existence in the modern world. Mailorders will still be filled, our PO box will still be checked, and emails will still be answered. However, we won’t be doing anything big until we’re into the new year.

In other news, our “twelve” one-note EP series is nearly complete, with only two more notes left to go, and only a wee bit behind schedule… thanks to everyone who took a chance and subscribed to this experiment! Liam’s new album continues to receive positive reviews, and he’ll be playing two SF shows in December - On the 11th, he’ll be opening for Paul J. Williams at the Make-Out Room, and on the 19th he’ll open for Lisa Germano at the Hemlock Tavern.

As always, thank you for your continued interest and support… if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to send us an email.

our secret lies beneath the creek is now officially available, and you can find it here and in your local record store, especially if your local record store happens to be a part of the the alliance of independent media stores. if your store is part of AIMS, you’ll find it in the listening station. so make your way to the store and throw on some headphones!

in related news, people have said some very nice things about the album: david greenwald from cokemachineglow weighs in, along with the allmusic guide, indieworkshop, and aiding & abetting, to name a few.

several tell-all artists participated in dave heaton’s 100 musicians answer the same 10 questions project. you can see answers from liam singer, scott solter, and the kallikak family alongside such great artists as paul duncan and eluvium. excellent reading.

the Kallikak Family enhanced audio RITCHEY CD-ROM with extra special content including self-designed software, text, video, and an episode of “Twin Peaks” is now available from the Yarn Lazer label. let us know if you would like more information about this extra special limited release. also please check out this nice review of may 23rd 2007 from soundsect.

in technical news, tell-all recently completed a migration to a new server. if you notice something missing or broken, please let us know — write dave AT tellallrecords.com and we’ll fix it straightaway.

we’re proud to announce the latest addition to our twelve ep series, B by MANTA(R), aka M. Ritchey, collaborator and musicmaker with such outfits as Dear Nora, The Badger King, et al. check it out. subscribe already.

there have also been some very nice reviews of scott solter’s record, in foxy digitalis and tiny mix tapes. check them out.

also, our secret lies beneath the creek got a mention on 30music.com. its official release is august 29th, and you’ll see it in listening stations at select independent record stores around the country during the month of september. exciting!

there have been two great reviews of one river published in the past two days from two wonderful sites : dusted magazine, who who reviewed the album here, and from pitchfork media’s cory byrom, who wrote this kind review.

if you’re here for the first time, be sure to check out liam singer’s new album, our secret lies beneath the creek, which was engineered by scott. you’ll hopefully be reading some great reviews of it in the near future as well.