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Casiotone For The Painfully Alone Vs. Children Tomlab Release Date: 04.07.09 I've heard my favorite record thus far of 2009. Casiotone For the Painfully Alone's Vs. Children is the most personal record I've heard this year. After the stellar compilation Advance Base Battery Life , I wasn't quite sure what to expect with Casiotone's new material. Would it be more of the same? Or was the backlog cleared out with the intention of throwing down something new? As it turns out, this record is pretty in line with [...]

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is warm and understanding like a hug from your Mom, and this new LP is the tightest squeeze yet. Over the past few releases, there's been a big change in CFTPA. The band's only member, Owen Ashworth, has been basing his music less and less on casio tones; but don't worry, the painfully alones haven't left the building. Vs. Children has its share of keyboards, but live drums and acoustic pianos steal the show about half the time. The recordings hardly qualify as lo-fi, too--especially since fi seems to be [...]

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone [ MySpace ] will be hitting the road in the US this Summer, touring Europe throughout April and May. These tours come after a very active Spring: CFTPA released Advance Base Battery Life , a collection of 7-inch split-singles and compilation tracks he released from 2004-7 early in the season, and just yesterday CTFTPA released Vs. Children , the fifth full-length album from CTFPA since 2006's Etiquette . Check out a new track "after the jump" [...]

• Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Optimist vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marching In)

Tras una larga pausa artística, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone anuncia la publicación en breve de dos nuevos trabajos Su último disco Etiquette , con una producción y composición más cuidada que en sus trabajos anteriores, fue una agradable sorpresa que esperemos iguale con estas dos novedades. El primero de ellos, Advance Base Battery Life , es un recopilatorio de rarezas -aparecerá el 10 de marzo-, que hasta ahora sólo se podían encontrar en discos de varios autores y en antologías. [...]