The sparkling fresh, sixth-month-old record label Mexican Summer has announced its spring release schedule. Valet will release False Face Society; Kurt Vile of The War On Drugs has gone all solo with God Is Saying This To You; Little Girls are giving you Thrills; Wooden Shjips are releasing one called Contact; and Bobby BeauSoleil & The Orkustra will release a definitive compilation of almost all of their recordings. Five albums in the span of a few months from a brand spankin' new label? All I can say is whoa!
Okay, so Mexican Summer is loosely, ambiguously, kind of covertly connected to Kemado Records, but get this: all the releases are printed in limited editions of high-quality LPs (all the spring releases are in batches of 500) -- some colored, some pictured -- and are later sold as MP3s exclusively online through their site. They even offer subscriptions for those of you who don't want to chance it.
The label's short discography is already riddled with gems, including releases by Dungen, Tallest Man on Earth, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffitti, and Black Moth Super Rainbow. Killer business model, no? I so wish I did it first.
So, you get me? Get what I'm saying here? If not, here it is: Hot Damn! Mexican Summer's got it right!
