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The Illettantes
The Illettantes
The Illettantes
The Illettantes

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Buy. Our. Album. (Plus a free track!)

Through some combination of blood, sweat, tears, sleep deprivation, and divine intervention, we were able to complete the album on time. We can honestly say that we’re extremely proud of every single track, and that we didn’t have to compromise anything except our sanity. You can buy it on iTunes right now! What are you waiting for?!?!?!

Just because we’re crazy/awesome, you can download track 11 of the album, “The Dark Fantastic,” FREE from our soundcloud page. (The link is on the right where it says “follow.”) Considerate men that we are, we’ve also embedded it at the end of this post for your listening pleasure. We didn’t put it in the music player on the right because we have plans to make that link directly to soundcloud, which should make everyone’s lives easier. That’ll happen soon. For now, just take a listen below.

And again, buy the album!

The Dark Fantastic by The Illettantes

May 30, 2011 | Categories: Music, News | Leave A Comment »

Album. Is. Ready.

Well – just about. We’ve finished all the work we need to do on our end, and it’s headed off to be mastered and manufactured today. It’s been a long, but satisfying road, and we think you’ll be pleased with the results. We’ll give you some sort of preview soon, as well as more info soon on how you can buy it from your favorite online retailer.

1: Renaissance Men (Intro)
2: Electric
3: The Crowd Goes Wild
4: Bring’em Around (feat. Grayscale)
5: Ill Dilettantes
6: Oh Yes!
7: Sunday Afternoon (Interlude)
8: Musical Pros(e)
9: Track Giants
10: Tick Tock (feat. Seva and Grayscale)
11: The Dark Fantastic

May 6, 2011 | Categories: News | Leave A Comment »

New Track! Illettantes Club March

Just added a new track to the music player and our SoundCloud page. We figured that since you were waiting so patiently while we push to finish the album (still on track for mid May!), we should reward you by throwing a song together for your listening pleasure. Unfortunately, there’s no way to order the tracks in the music player without putting numbers in the title or something (they’re just listed alphabetically), so you’ll just have to click your mouse an extra time. You can also download it from the player. Since we’re really accommodating, you can also listen to it right here:

Illettantes Club March by The Illettantes

As mentioned before, you should recognize the sample. It’s a bit of a weird/ridiculous/whimsical track, but since we’re obviously not really concerned about being hardcore, we can do that.

As a side note, the album tracks are a solid 3-4 levels above this track, so if you like it, you’ll definitely love every single track on the album. We’ve got 4 tracks completely in the bag now, with all the others at various stages of completion. Stay tuned!

April 14, 2011 | Categories: Music | Leave A Comment »

Photo Gallery

Just added a photo gallery (you can access it at the top of the site).

Sorry for the slow update process, but we’re working hard on being able to get the album completed on time, which we think you’ll agree is more important. We’ve got a bunch of tracks written and recorded, and we’re pretty close to being able to finalize the tracklist. No official release date yet, but look for it mid-May. We’ll keep you updated on the progress!

We’ve also got a new non-album track that should be ready to go pretty soon called “Illettantes Club March.” So get excited for that – you’ll recognize the sample when you hear it.

March 20, 2011 | Categories: News | Leave A Comment »

Site Launch!

After messing around for God knows how long, we’ve finally gotten our act together and put together a website.

This site serves a few purposes:

  • To give you a central place where you can find our music, photos, and (eventually) videos.
  • To provide you with news about what projects we’re working on, what we’re releasing, how many sandwiches we ate, or whatever the hell else we feel like writing about. It’s our site dammit.
  • To give us some sort of web presence so we feel like we’re important.

Definitely check out the music player on the right if you haven’t heard any of our music before. (Actually, you should do that even if you have heard it before, because that’s probably why you’re here.) You can download a few free tracks now from right in the player, and you’ll be able to download more as we continue to release new stuff. We’re also planning on releasing a complete album around mid May; we’ll keep you posted as we finalize a tracklist, develop album art, and perform other such preparatory tasks.

Stay tuned for semi-frequent updates, and make sure you click the icons to the right to follow us via RSS, Facebook, and Soundcloud. Eventually, we’ll set up a Twitter feed and a YouTube page. Rome wasn’t built in a day.

February 2, 2011 | Categories: News | Leave A Comment »