Andy Updates!

Hi folks -- sorry for the extreme delay in updating the blog; there just hasn't been much to report. Andy's been busy working with the Trash Can Sinatras on their new album, but a recent post on the Ivy Vine led to a reply. Here's the exchange:

Brian on the Vine asked:

"Since the amount of live recordings from Ivy is extremely limited (i.e. a handful of songs) and the amount from Brookville is non-existent, can the moderator (or whoever is the one that is able to contact Andy) ask Andy if he ever considered passing off some soundboard copies of shows to people on the list so that they can be seeded and distributed? Or is he staunchly anti-taping and doesn't appreciate the live stuff being spread around? Since there's nothing out there really, he'd be able to pick and choose the Ivy/Brookville shows he likes to distribute."

And Andy wrote back:

"I don't think we're that crazy about most of the live recordings of Ivy. We are somewhat perfectionists (no, really??) so we tend to cringe when we hear those things. We certainly wouldn't go out of our way to distribute them, put it that way. And I don't think we are in possession of many live or in-studio performances. The few that I do have we plan on possibly using for our eventual B-sides/bonus tracks/live/unreleased tracks album. That album will probably come out soon after our next album, which we're about halfway finished recording. We're probably talking late 2008 to mid 2009. And there really is nothing for Brookville, at least I don't have any live recordings. I have one live radio show recording and I want that to remain exclusive so that I can release it next year."

So there's some excellent news in there:

1) The B-sides/bonus tracks/live/in-studio performance compilation is NOT DEAD!
2) Ivy is halfway through finishing a new album for later this year or mid next year!
3) Live Brookville will come out in 2009!

Hurrah!