For those of you who don’t know, Dr. Healy posed his theory of telescopic evolution in Richard Linklater’s film, Waking Life. His monologue in the film inspired much of the most recent Signal Hill album, More After We’re Gone. A vocal sample from Dr. Healy’s scene is featured in track 4 of the album, entitled “Men Before Them“.

When we added the sample to the tune, Tim emailed Dr. Healy for his blessing and sent him a copy of the tune. He enjoyed the song and was very generous in letting us use the sample for the album.

Since Tim visits Austin frequently, he made it a mission to one time drop by St. Edward’s University (where Dr.Healy works)  and share with him a copy of the record.  Tim called his office on Tuesday morning asking if he could swing by and Dr. Healy cheerfully said yes!

Tim really enjoyed sharing time with Dr. Healy, who he characterized as super friendly, charismatic, and genuine. Dr. Healy, thanks again for your inspiration and generosity in letting us the sample.  Here’s the clip from the movie which includes the sample that we used: Dr. Eamonn Healy – Waking Life

Men Before Them by SignalHill

UPDATED 11/6/2009: thanks everyone for taking the time to download and or share the free download! the link to download the full album has been pulled (and replaced with a free download of “a secret society”. if you didnt get a chance to download it, we have a streaming player on our music page (aka tracks son) where you can at least listen to the entire record. we will keep the original post below in tact (sans the download of the album) just for archive purposes!

thanks again for playing everyone, we have lots of new stuff coming soon (including hitting the studio again in december to finish up an ep etc.) stay tuned!

your friends,
siggy hill

ever think about buying our album? how bout getting it for free – directly from us? using the widget below, simply enter your email address and you will get a link to download the new album for free. this will only be for Nov 3rd -5th! the only thing we ask in return is to share with any and all of your friends that might be interested ! add it to your twitter accounts, facebook, myspace, twacespace, or whatever!

for all of you that have already purchased this album from us, we have something coming a little later for you! stay tuned for that

first of all, thank you to all who have purchased, listened, and or shared our new album! we sincerely appreciate it. for those who couldnt make it to the cd release party last weekend, we missed you, but let it be known it was a blast! very special thanks to our pals beware of safety, timonium, pehrspace, and to del for djing between sets! it was a great night and we appreciate you all who made (or wanted to make) it out!

this next bit of news is a little embarrassing, but frankly, we are’nt the type of guys to not get too worked up over stuff like this.  amidst all the chaos of trying to get the album back in time for the cd release show, a slight oversight on our part leaves us with, well lets just say:  a collectors edition special error package.

much like the famous inverted jenny stamp,

(pulled from yourstampstore.info)

OR the frank thomas missing name baseball card,

pulled from http://baseballcardblog.blogspot.com/

the first pressing of more after we’re gone has a slight mistake on the artwork the tracklisting on the back of the art is actually out of order! it will be corrected in later pressings, but for now, we laugh, and say, enjoy!

the errors are:

1. floruit should be track 5 and listed after men before them and before stunning clarity

2. eternal return is track 8 and should be directly after men before us

3. llangollen should be track 9 after eternal return

full track list should be:

1. the dead vineyard

2. intelligentsiya

3. luna park

4. men before them

5. floruit

6. stunning clarity

7. men before us

8. eternal return

9. llangollen

10. afternoon lull

11. a secret society

12. our sisters

“how could this happen?” one might ask, and its simple; so many things were going on at the last minute that it was just a true oversight! the good news is that the track listing on the digital version and the songs are embedded on the cd are correct! so if your lucky enough to get the first pressing, consider this a collectors item!

more news coming soon including some VERY exciting out of town shows, more music releases and other cool stuff!

all the best,

sh

howdy everyone,

the first review of our record has been posted by los angeles based, radio free silverlake. take a look here: Review From Radio Free Silverlake.

come join us this saturday night to celebrate the release of our new album, more after we’re gone with pals, beware of safety and timonium. the show is at pehrspace (http://www.pehrspace.org) and is all ages. $5 to get in, and another $5 bucks gets a copy of the new album!

so today marks the first day our new album is up for pre-order and immediate digital download. we are excited to finally share this with you all. take a look at the “more after we’re gone” tab for all of the ordering details! the physical cd’s will ship on or before june 9,2009!

All “More After We’re Gone” orders from SignalHillMusic.com include an immediate digital
download of the 12 track album in Premium 320kbps MP3 or FLAC (highest audio quality
available) formats. (FLAC files are for advanced users and are not compatible w/ iTunes)

The first 250 deluxe package orders will receive an exclusive limited edition
Signal Hill button pack in addition to the “More After We’re Gone” CD and the “Self-Titled EP”.

prefer to stream it to check it out first? ok! go ahead! stream the entire record below!

more after we’re gone (our first full length album) is being shipped off to mastering today! all things going according to plan, it should be off to the presses at the early part of next week. the goal is also to have the album available for pre-order and immediate digital download by the end of next week (may 8th).  stay tuned via twitter as well as our site here!

the album clocks in at 61 minutes and has 12 songs.

1.  the dead vineyard

2.  интеллигенция

3.  luna park

4. men before them

5.  floruit

6. stunning clarity

7. men before us

8. eternal return

9. llangollen

10. afternoon lull

11. a secret society

12. our sisters

thank you all for your continued support! we appreciate it and cannot wait to share the album with you!

as a reminder, friends in phoenix and san diego, we hope to see you at our shows this coming weekend (be sure to check the “come hang” page for details!).  also cinco de mayo brings us at silverlake lounge (all shows are with our dear friends beware of safety)

sh

hey everyone,

hope this finds you well! we wanted to share with you more news about the album, and other merch that will be available shortly!

first of all… we will be releasing our debut full length album (more after we’re gone) as a high quality digital download as well as cd version. the digital release and pre-order for the cd will occur early may (finalizing the dates now). the physical version will be shipped to pre-order customers early june, and available else were on the 9th of june. we are very excited to have this thing completed and share it with you all! heres a sample of the artwork:

more after we're gone cover art (designed by rob price)

for folks in the LA area, we will be having a cd release party on june 6th at pehrspace with our friends beware of safety and timonium.

also, we are doing a new t shirt order – which we will have in stock (available through our site and shows only). special thanks to meg kalinowski for coming up with the graphic and our pal blake kimball for printing them! they are printed on the organic american apparel fine jersey short sleeve shirts!

design by meg kalinowski

new stickers are being printed, and buttons are also available (and will be included with physical cd/shirt orders or available at shows)

last and certainly not least… are you interested in hearing an early mix from one of the songs on the new album? enter your email address below and we will email you a link to download it!

more coming soon!

sh

hey everyone,

we got two shows this week! if your free you should definitely come!

making a total of 4 shows booked right now:

3/31/09 – Bootleg Theatre,  Los Angeles, CA 9PM  (testing their new PA)

4/2/09 – Mr. T’s Bowl – Highland Park, CA  W/ Beware of Safety, Charts and Maps, & Empty Rooms

5/1/09 – Che Cafe – San Diego CA, W/ Beware of Safety and others TBA

5/2/09 – Sweetcakes – Mesa AZ W/Beware of Safety and others TBA

as for the album, all tracks have gone through the first round of mixing, and needless to say, we are VERY pleased with how its turning out. artwork and tracklist should be finalized within the next week or so, as well as some other exciting stuff that we cant wait to share with you all! we greatly appreciate your patience while we finish this thing up

that’s all for now,

sh