New Tess Wiley

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If you've been reading this blog for a while, you probably already know who Tess Wiley is. She's a mid-90s indie rocker turned singer-songwriter who, after being in a number of bands in the 90s (Phantasmic, Sixpence None the Richer, etc), started releasing strong, pop-oriented solo efforts. 2004's Not Quite Me is currently not available in the states, but if you're in Europe you can probably still get your hands on it. It looks like we'll see a new album from Tess this year. The new album is called Super Fast Rock'n'Roll Played Slow and is expected to be out this April on Tapete Records.

Three songs from the new album are currently available to download (and a few other songs have been "leaked" legally through various promotions): "Halfway Thru", "Messed Up Everywhere Blues", "Raise Your Hand". Also, you can see the cover art over at Turn Off the Radio, and you can see the full tracklist on this German page.


So far, it looks like this will be good but not as good as Not Quite Me, which was really quite excellent for the amount of recognition it received. Seriously, if we could re-write our best of 2004 list, it'd be right behind Funeral. This is the part where we tell you to buy Tess's music, but since Not Quite Me isn't on Amazon and we can't vouch for Rainy Day Assembly, we'll just have to tell you where to buy Super Fast Rock 'N' Roll Played Slow when it becomes available. If you want to buy me a copy of Rainy Day Assembly though, the link's to the right.

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