Get On With It

We apologize for our lack of information on the new release, however we felt we needed to take a step away to figure out the best plan for getting information about the album out.

If you are new to the page you may be unaware with what is going on. In March of 2011, we will be releasing our 2nd charity album, entitled "Seven Swans Reimagination", which happens to be a song-by-song recreation of Sufjan Stevens' Seven Swans. We have found 15 amazing artists willing to donate their time and a song to this project, helping us cover the 12 album tracks and 3 b-sides from the album. As with the first album, all profits from the sale of this project will be donated to the Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Look for a full track-listing to be released this weekend. In the meantime, if you'd be so generous, please help us by spreading the word, and check out our facebook page to stay up to date.

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Raise Your Hands!

To my unexpected amazement, joy, etc I woke to find that Sufjan put out a new ep today. At the moment you can download this amazing [I've listened, it is amazing] ep on bandcamp. Includes a studio version of All Delighted People which you saw him perform on his writer's showcase tour last year; also included are 6 new songs. Worth the wait. Raise your hands!

Regarding the Seven Swans project we are working on, all songs are spoken for, some are even recorded. Right now, we have a tentative release date of March 15, 2011 but hopefully we can get this thing out even earlier. We also are looking at options to release a vinyl and Cd version so long as we can come up with the money down.

Beginning next week Tuesday, we will be revealing the tracklisting for this project. Starting with All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands on August 31 and continuing through the b-side Borderline, we will feature one track each week along with a look at the artist covering said track. Stay tuned for that.

On Joyful Wings presents: Seven Swans Reimagined

In 2004, Sufjan Stevens took a break from his states project and released what, in my mind, is his greatest album to date, Seven Swans. When tossing around ideas of albums to cover, Seven Swans stood out amongst all the others. Described by one of the artists involved in this project as "essential and quietly strong", Seven Swans is one of those albums that reveals something new and different to each of us with every listen.

We have spent the last few months talking with Lenny Smith at Sounds Familyre Records, and Sufjan through him. With their help, we have been able to compile what we believe to be a very impressive and exciting group of artists.

On Joyful Wings presents: Seven Swans Reimagined will be released in March of 2011. We know that is a long ways away, we are looking into ways to make the time go faster. As before, proceeds from the sale of this album will be given to the Susan G Komen breast cancer foundation. We hope to have physical copies of the album available this year for those who still like to buy Cd's [like us]. Stay tuned to this blog as very shortly we will begin to release names of the artists involved. And if you don't own a copy, brush up on this amazing album by picking up a copy, or download it from iTunes.

A Review!

"On Joyful Wing's compilation We Were Lost, We Were Free is the best compilation I've ever heard, bar none."

It's nice to wake on a Monday to that kind of a review. Check out the review in it's entirety by clicking the title above.

Thank you to Stephen for the kind words, and support his blog Independent Clauses; this guy obviously has an ear for great music.

Info on our next release coming tomorrow!

Drum Roll, Please?!

We told you we have been working on a very special follow-up to this year's Cd release. I am pleased to inform you that the sequel has far exceeded even our own expectations.

For the second release by On Joyful Wings, we wanted to put together a track-by-track recreation of an album that was very special to us. Some of the albums considered were Neutral Milk Hotel's "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea"; The Flaming Lips' "The Soft Bulletin"; The Postal Service's "Give Up". Much of our inspiration for the idea came from the tribute to Radiohead's "OK Computer" put together by Stereogum. You can check that out here.

After much debate, and many unreturned emails, we finally came up with the perfect album. The last few months have been spent trying to secure artists to cover the tracks from this album, and I am happy to say we are only 1 song away from completing our task.

Return to the blog next week Tuesday when we will reveal the details of our next album. And shortly after that, we will begin to unveil the artists involved.

Thanks again for all your support!!

Hope Isn't A Word

Emails are being typed, lists are being made, contacts are being contacted; we have begun work on our next project.

This year's compilation is taking a little different form in that it is a track-by-track recreation of an album. After much deliberation, we have settled on the album and are now reaching out to artists to get involved.

At this moment, we are not sharing the album that is being reimagined or the artists involved, but keep checking back for updates.

Thanks for your support and keep spreading the word.

Thank You / You Live, You Learn, You Go To Bandcamp

Thanks to everyone who has downloaded the album thus far and supported breast cancer research. Keep telling your friends, join the fight.

We are moving away from our current site where the album is hosted and switching to bandcamp.com [which we love and it is free]. The site allows you to listen to all the songs as well as download the album in any style you wish [wav, mp3, flac]. Just hit the download button on the bottom of the music player in the top right corner of this page.

Stay tuned as we have exciting news coming soon about next years release.

~On Joyful Wings