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T-Bird and the Breaks kick off monthly 7-inch single series
To the dyed-in-the-wool vinyl fans who haunt Cheapo Discs at late hours of the night and comb through the bins at Antone’s Records, take note: T-Bird and the Breaks have got your back.
The groovy, bass line-loving local soul players recently re-released debut album “Learn About It” on record, and are continuing their vinyl fixation with a monthly series of 7-inch singles. The inaugural 45 RPM, “Monkey Wrench,” with “Nightshade Mary” on the B-side, came out this month. The series is planned to run for six months, though Tim Crane, also known as T-Bird, says it might last longer if interest is high enough. The vinyl releases will be available for $5 a pop at shows, local record stores and online. The songs also will be available for digital download.
“We just got so much new material we could be putting out, and to sit around for like two years and then drop another album seems like too long. We just released an album in January and it already feels like forever,” Crane says. “We’re always working on new stuff. I’m sitting on a pile of songs right now. I just want to be putting out new music all the time. New stuff keeps it fresh.”
The singles also afford the band the opportunity to release live cuts and cover versions that wouldn’t make sense on a longer album, Crane says. Then there’s the bonus of releasing new material on vinyl, a format Crane has a clear affection for.
“That’s how I came up, you know, digging into bins and finding something that I’d never even heard of and sure wasn’t released on CD,” Crane says. “And in terms of a physical product wax is where it’s at. A lot of kids don’t understand that, but the record is kind of like the Cadillac of the listening process.”
Take a listen to the first two songs below. T-Bird and the Breaks depart for a brief tour Thursday (Nov. 19) but will return to Austin Nov. 26 for a show at Momo’s.
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