the che cafe in san diego, is one of our absolute favorite places to play.  one of the most band friendly diy venues one could come across, and has been a staple in the san diego music scene for over 30 years. its a volunteer run collective/community that in addition to hosting shows, is also a vegan cafe, and even hosts social and political events. it has served up some special memories for us throughout our years as a band.

unfortunately, they have been hit with some pretty high insurance premiums and other expenses that are causing it to come dangerously close to shutting down. we want to help keep this place open to create memorable nights for many more fans/bands in the future so we thought we would run a few specials to help donate to the cause.

beginning today, saturday january 7th – monday january 9th, the proceeds from all sales (except shipping) will be donated to che cafe. meaning if you buy any item, we will give the money directly to them. additionally, we’ve got a few download options at really low donation prices.

UPDATED TO REMOVE THE PROMO PRICING (1/11/12)

just want to donate directly to the cause? the che cafe has put up a donation page where you can donate any amount you would like!

help spread the word and save this great place!

your friends,
signal hill

(also, here are a few photos and videos of us playing at the che in the past)

howdy everyone!

we hope this finds you all doing well! thought we would take a moment & give a couple of quick updates.

firstly, this is super belated, but we wanted to start by saying that we thank you all so much for attending our east coast shows, and for ordering our split with all india radio. we sincerely appreciate your support and couldn’t continue doing this without you! we were very fortunate to play with some amazing bands, and met loads of new friends along the way!  the trip was a great one, and we hope to do it again soon!

for those of you who couldn’t make it, we’ve put up a couple of live videos from the tour on our site. we will be uploading more in the coming weeks.  you can view those by going here.

on a side-but-related note, our new friends north end who we played our first show of the tour with in west chester pa, have a new album that came out this week called atlantica. do yourself a favor and go jam it, it’s great!

new music

there’s a lot going on in the new music department! let’s start with the immediate.

more hope for japan- compilation

we recently contributed an unreleased cover song for a benefit comp called: more hope for japan. the proceeds from all sales will be donated to the american red cross each week/month, to help rebuild japan in light of the horrific events which occurred in march.  we are honored to contribute along with 36 (yes 36!) other bands for the second installment of the series for a great cause! this will be available in an ultra-limited quantity of 100 cd’s ( all numbered, and on 4 discs!), as well as digital download.  the pre-order begins sunday nov 20th (tomorrow) and will be available on their site here:, they will definitely go fast! the “street date” as they say, will be dec 9th. this is the date which the cd’s will ship and digital downloads will be available. mark your calendars!

37 songs, by 37 bands, including message to bears, anoice, thisquietarmy, her name is calla…. and frankly too many great bands to mention! don’t believe us? see the full tracklist here.

our addition to the comp is a cover of a song called the radiator by one of our favorite bands, ida. we made this instrumental version for fun a few years back, and are glad that we finally got a chance to release it!

new album – yep, its coming!

we have been working on new material this whole year and think we are pretty darn close to finalizing the tracklist. it looks to be about 9-10 songs at this point. being apart on separate coasts has brought us a fresh perspective on song writing, and we are excited to share the progress.

the plan is to wrap up the demos by early 2012, get together as a full band in NYC for a few days to put the finishing touches, and record in early spring.  more details coming soon!

additionally, since we will all be together in NYC, we decided to plan on doing a show as well! so friends in and around NYC, stay tuned for more info!

old music – for free!! for limited time only!

seems like every thanksgiving we offer up some free music… and why should this year be any different! get a free download of any of our previous releases by simply going to our facebook page, liking it (if you don’t already), and download away by going to the “free download/stream” tab!

distance, more after we’re gone, & the self-titled ep, are all available for the taking. the free download widgets are live now, and will remain active until friday nov. 25th. enjoy

store update

we still have copies of our limited edition 7” with all india radio, and have new t-shirts leftover from tour and loads of other goodies. if you feel so inclined, take a gander!

that is all for now friends. thanks for your continued support!

with love and gratitude,

sh

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• tumblr
• official website

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

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