Toward the first false ending of the pandemic, we were planning a show at the now-legendary venue Tubby’s, in our hometown of Kingston, NY. We were looking forward to hosting Cathedral Ceilings, and our pals Glazer, but wanted a hometown band to round out the bill. The problem was that, still being somewhat new in the Hudson Valley and having been hamstrung by a pandemic that kept us locked in the house for a year, we didn’t really know any Kingston bands.

Searching online, we found a video of a band called Overheard, playing a song called “Rotting Fruit,” and fell in love with it instantly. We got in touch with them and asked them if they’d be interested in playing the show, and the band – having no idea who we were – said yes instantly.

That was the start of a roughly three-year courtship that had the band getting better and better, with us simply watching in awe as their amazing songs took shape. Gorgeous four-part vocal harmonies, twisting, shifting, dueling guitar arpeggios, and a tasteful yet complex rhythm section pull in elements of folk, psych, and chamber pop – and well-written, intelligent lyrics.

This record – and our plans to release it – has been in the works for well over a year, and the result is amazing. Co-produced by Dylan Nowik of the excellent Hudson Valley band Camp Saint Helene and mastered by Amar Lai (who had a hand in the Speed the Plough album we released so many years ago), Intertwined is out now on vinyl, CD, and the high-res digital format of your choice. We’re thrilled about this record.

We can’t say enough about how we love Cathedral Ceilings. Even though it just came out on September 5, we’ve been rocking out to La La La…Whatever all summer long, champing at the bit to get it to you. The followup to the band’s 2022 debut Summer of Misguided Dynamite, the album is more lightspeed violent pop, just like we like it.

The record is off to a great start, too, getting a bunch of press and radio play. It’s been great fun getting it all out there, and you can look forward to some Northeast and Midwest dates going into the Fall. But for now, you can buy the LP on 180-gram, fire-colored vinyl, black vinyl, compact disc, or the digital format of your choice, at our Bandcamp store.

The last new music we’re releasing before DromFest is “Hoping That You’re Lonely,” by the Boston indie pop band Sleepyhead. This one has been a long time coming (and is the band’s first vinyl 7″ since 1995), as we have been planning this one out for nearly a year.

We first heard Sleepyhead on the excellent Pop Narcotic compilation “Why Do You Think They Call it Pop,” released in 1994 – a compilation we love so much that we commissioned an artist to include it on the cover of our 20th Anniversary compilation. It’s truly a thrill to be working with them, and this 7″ is a precursor to a full-length we are planning for 2025.

You can check out the single here.

It’s with unbelievable excitement and pride that we share with you a BRAND NEW TRACK by the amazing NYC band CELL.

Cell were a New York-based rock band that formed in 1990 and released two full-length LPs and several singles and EPs on the DGC subsidiary of Geffen Records, along with a single on the Ecstatic Peace label.  Their two full-lengths, Slo-Blo and Living Room, are legit classics of the era, but the label gave up on them and the band split up, leaving behind a small catalog but a massive legacy.

What began as a plan to play just two reunion shows – our DromFest and a second show on September 3 at the Mercury Lounge – added an interesting wrinkle, as members of the band began discussing making a new recording of “Free People,” a lost song that was being worked on during the band’s final tour in the early 1990s. Sadly, the band broke up before the song could ever be recorded.

As a way of helping promote their upcoming shows, the band members began discussing the possibility of recording this song, and within weeks it became a reality. We were beyond ecstatic when the band told us about it, and asked us if we could release it on Dromedary.

Of COURSE we can release it on Dromedary.

And with that, we’re proud to unveil to you the soulful melodies and bluesy noise of “Free People.”

As for what’s next from the band, well, this is it. This song, and the two upcoming live performances – Sunday, September 1 at DromFest, and September 3 at the Mercury Lounge in NYC.

The latest LP from Cathedral Ceilings, La La La…Whatever, is available for preorder now, with a release date of September 6.

The band’s second LP, recorded and co-produced by Tom Beaujour (Nada Surf, Aeon Station), is an album that presents a dozen hot, guitar-driven rock numbers in quick succession, with the same intensity as their growing word-of-mouth live shows will attest. The band specializes in standard, no-frills violent pop, just like we like it here at Dromedary.

The album’s lead singles, “My CEO” and “Bill Berry,” are both available now for download. The album will be available on limited-edition flaming red and orange 180-gram vinyl, 180-gram audiophile black vinyl, limited edition compact disc and, of course, the digital format of your choice. And don’t forget to catch the band at DromFest on September 1.