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Clare & the Reasons have recorded a track in support of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and they’ll be playing it throughout their UK and European tour. Check tour dates to see when the band will be near you. U.S. dates to be announced soon as well.

Listen to Obama Over the Rainbow here.

Order your copy of Musée Mécanique‘s debut LP, Hold This Ghost online now, and you’ll be sure to get it right before the release on 9/30!

Here’s what the press has been saying lately:

“Rabwin sings with the wispy confidence and intimacy of Stars’ Torquil Campbell” – MetroMix

“A smooth puree of the epically sweeping soundscapes of Pink Floyd and the catchier acid-indie sensibilities of the Flaming Lips.”- LA City Beat

“Visionary” – Portland Mercury

Clare & the Reasons has found new homes for The Movie in Europe, Japan, Korea and Australia! Here’s a little about Frog Stand Records’ new friends across seas:

Fargo Records, the French label boasting such artists as Andrew Bird, Jesse Sykes, Against Me, and Ron Sexmith, has proudly re-released The Movie in all European territories excluding the UK. On October 7th at La Cigale, Chris Garneau, My Brightest Diamond and Clare & the Reasons will join forces to celebrate Fargo Records.

Shock Records released the record to Australia and New Zealand on August 8th, adding Clare & the Reasons to the ranks of Bloc Party, David Byrne and Martha Wainwright.

Spice of Life Records in Japan is an independent label with a repertoire mainly from Sweden and the U.S. as well as Japan and Hawaii. There the band is amongst a more jazz-based roster, with an indie edge.

Beatball Records in South Korea (Iron & Wine, CSS) is also gearing up for the release of The Movie, with a release date to be announced.

Check out Metromix’s advance review of Musée Mécanique‘s debut LP, “Hold This Ghost,” an all around lovely write-up from Matt Rodbard.

Excerpt: “Rabwin sings with the wispy confidence and intimacy of Stars’ Torquil Campbell, while Ogilvie and a long list of contributors fill in with toy bells, cello and many layers of keyboards.”

http://newyork.metromix.com/music/article/under-the-radar-28/314830/content

Clare and the Reasons is the band of the day on NPR’s “Second Stage”

see it here…

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92743900

Enjoy, nice people!

Clare & the Reasons performed on BBC 2′s The Culture Show Thursday night, and have released their cover of “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” in tandem with the airing of the show. Get it while you can, UK! Click Here To Purchase

Clare and the Reasons added to CONNECT FESTIVAL in Scotland. Castles, castles everywhere.

This just in… Clare and The Reasons will be playing on the Culture Show in the UK airing July 15th 10PM BBC2.

• Welcome to the new and improved Frog Stand Records site. You can leap around here with ease. It will be here in the news section that you will read about Frog Stand artists and happenings.
• Frog Stand Records will be announcing 2 amazing new acts within days, so stay tuned to be as hip hip hooray as we are.
• Clare and the Reasons sign with Fargo Records for Europe, Shock Records for Australia, Beatball Music for South Korea and Spice of Life records for Japan. Frog Stand looks forward to sharing Clare and the Reasons with the world!
• Orchestre de Chambre is mixing! You can hear some rough mixes on Olivier Manchon’s myspace page.
• Clare and the Reasons to tour UK, Europe and US (3 months total!) They will be tired but doing what they love.