So, here’s the quick story- we, The Monroe Transfer, were asked to record something for one side of a split 10″ EP; sadly, that’s now not going to happen due to financial horrors. So, with a mastered track and nothing to do with it, we thought we’d give it away, hoping that people might like it and buy something off us in the future. You can download it on our Last.FM page, or you can stream it off MySpace (but, of course, the bitrate’s been compressed to hell). You can listen to nearly all our stuff on Last.FM, come to think of it.

The new thing is called Joy; it’s 12 minutes of strings, bowed & screwdrivered guitars and hefty drums.  For the interested, it wanders through a number of time signatures and keys; if you’re into Arvo Part, Max Richter, Rachel’s, Do Make Say Think, Steve Reich, early Sigur Ros, that sort of thing, you may well like it.

And, as a special festive thingy, you can also download our downbeat, glacial version of Silent Night; it’s nice to put on your iPod while walking around with your breath hanging in the air of a cold evening. We hope you like them.

We would love it if, assuming you like it, you could tell every music fan you know about it; since we’re giving it away, we’d like as many people as possible to hear it.  There should be a little “Share this” button just below this post, which means you can put this post on your Facebook or MySpace, and hopefully let more people know about it.  Or, of course, you could just email a link to people you know.  We’re very proud of the music, and we’d like people to hear it.  Download, listen, comment and share, if you’d be so very.

Download Joy here by clicking here

Download Silent Night by clicking here

Listen to more streaming music by clicking here

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