"Hal, who’s empty but not dumb, theorizes privately that what passes for hip cynical transcendence of sentiment is really some kind of fear of being really human, since to be really human … is probably to be unavoidably sentimental and naive and goo-prone and generally pathetic… One of the really American things about Hal, probably, is the way he despises what it is he’s really lonely for: this hideous internal self, incontinent of sentiment and need, that pules and writhes just under the hip empty mask, anhedonia."
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Here's what people are saying about us:
"It’s funky, it’s fun and it’s eminently danceable."
-Winston Roache at Winston's Zen
"[T]he subtle sophistications of this warm and fuzzy music collective is at once celebratory and cerebral, and somehow, at times, also danceable. Already with a masterful sensibility for beautiful bob-and-weave dance beats jubilantly bouncing under burning guitars, a cool careening hit-the-floor vibe tempered with more somber, sweet solemnities of unique nocturnal cricket-orchestras with synth and drum machines under soft stream of conscious lyrics, poignant and whirled."
-Jeff Milo on Deep Cutz blog
"Where your interests lie is an exercise in intimacy, as disconcerting as it is inviting. . . [Willy's] vulnerable voice and close-to-the-bone confessions lend humanity to a soundscape driven mainly by synths and drum machines. His lyrics are dense and syntactically challenging, but well worth unpacking."
-Ben Lucas of Great Lakes Indie Music Review.
"This is a version of ["Where Did Our Love Go?"] as performed when lost at sea. When slowly spinning in circles in a round little dinghy, with candles for atmosphere, and the supper of distilled salt water and dried seaweed having been joyously consumed. . .But when the wind stops and the motion settles briefly, they keep on singing. An intention, a hallucination, being all they can claim as their own in this strange boiling air."
-Dan Beirne of Said the Gramophone.
"Recordo que aquest grup vaig coneixe'l escoltant un dels meus podcasts preferits, KEXP, una radio de Seattle, i em vaig enamorar del cover que van fer de la canço de The Supremes 'Where did our love go?'"
-Earl Grey with Milk
"["Where Did Our Love Go?"] forges a place in my heart for good. I think about sending the track to the one pair of ears that ought hear it; I refrain for various reasons...This is by far this month’s choice cut."
-Rahawa Haile on The Pop Filter.
"They have a sound all their own: slinky slow jams with stuttered beats and smart, long-winded lyrics."
-Jason Adam Voss of WCBN Ann Arbor.
"Night shall eat these girls and boys. grasp both [originality and heart] tenderly, and lead hand-in-hand, refreshing our pallets skillfully by delivering well-cooked lyrics with fresh, clichéless instrumentation."
-Alex Haber in The Eastern Echo.
"However, the song is just plain good...This guy knows how to write songs, and you can’t buy that."
-Michael Edwards on michaeledwardsmusic.com
About Night shall eat these girls and boys. NEW SONG!
MAILING LIST! (get a free mp3!)
Night shall eat these girls and boys. is a musical collective orchestrated by William t. Skillets. Sometimes we are a lot of people, sometimes a few, sometimes just one. The music is mostly electro-pop these days and it's getting dancier all the time. Let us know if you want to join in.
A kind of sloppy performance recorded by the near and dear Michael Edwards. I was wearing my guitar way too low because Dan had just been using it and plays guitar like he thinks he's Krist Novoselic. Dan's playing drums on this one and that's Brett on bass. It's from a show at the Kill House on 1/24/09.
Also the latest pop gem from yours truly, recorded the same night as the above. -willy
Where your interests lie. [EP] 1. These sorries stop
2. There are bigger things 3. Where your interests lie
4. Mammoth Beach
5. slowdance
6. Zip Zap Zup
7. Lily and i
"...seven songs of tragic beauty and often watery-eyed gushers of crumbled relationships or a more worldly reverence for the things that really matter in life, put to aerodynamic, singularly stunning electro-groove instrumentation, often stripping it all down to the most simple of melodic statements from the trio (all 21 or younger), who know how to harmonize and often bring a very danceable beat to the table."
-Jeff Milo in Real Detroit Weekly
Austin, Alex and Willy recorded, Noah sang and did some stuff with shoes, Steve mixed, Scott drew, VGKids printed.
$10 shipped to US or Canada.
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Moon Monster Shirts
Dark blue shirts with Night about to eat a girl and a boy in light blue. Willy drew, Abby printed.
Pre-shrunk, 100% cotton.
$13 shipped to US or Canada.
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Japanese Firefighter Shirts
Marigold shirts with an image in black stolen from an ancient Japanese scroll of a squad of firefighters. (Seriously.)
Scott designed, Abby printed, Bair posed.
50/50 Cotton/Polyester Blend.
$13 shipped to US or Canada.
Killer Combo Pack
Buy a shirt and CD together and save a million dollars!
$17 shipped to US or Canada.
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We will play your show. We love house parties.
Really. Any event ever. This includes your little sister's birthday party and your grandmother's funeral.* Just send us a message.
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Dude, that thing on your profile with links to everyone you have played withs myspace is awesome. I've never seen one of those on myspace before and it is a great little feature. Just thought I would share.
yo willey. I'm trying to get the word out about. http://themovablefulcrum.blogspot.com The conversation of the month is with the writer/director of The Guatemalan Handshake. I'm looking forward to our show on 13th Oct! Take care man...
