Des Ark’s WXDU V.3 pre-orders from Paramnesia Records have begun!  Pre-ordering gets you a limited print of the cover art by Jeanne D’Angelo. You can also buy an additional pre-order GLOW IN THE DARK print by Jeanne for $5 extra (limit 50). Additional artwork by Kris Platt! For those of you in Philadelphia, please note the way cheaper “local pick-up” pre-order option.

WXDU V.3 is the third volume in a series of live solo records recorded by Ross Grady at WXDU 88.7fm in Durham, NC. I have been spray painting covers & burning CDs for these fucking things since the first volume was released in 2007…it is a mega pain in my ass, not to mention a serious health-hazard to my already slim resource of brain cells. And I always make my bandmates help me assemble them in the back of the van before shows, and I think they hate me for that. Mike Brennan, you are making it possible for my friends and family to like me more. YR THE BEST!!!!!!!!!

This is an LP-only release. It’s a bunch of quiet songs, mostly about break ups and cancer and suicide. There are even a couple suggestions of hope (very subtle), but these are generally overshadowed by relentless descriptions of extremely sad stuff. Hilarious in-between-song banter has been cut out to ensure maximum self-loathing! 

WXDU v.2 was the Independent Weekly’s Album of the Month in 2008…check out a review here.

There’s a release party in Philly on November 19…we will be playing as a full band, featuring Ashley Arnwine on drumxxzzzxs!!