Just wanted to let everyone know that our new album Wreckage is officially available for purchase.

You can get yourself a copy at CD Baby.

You can also download it from iTunes.

Of course, the album is still available as a free download as well:

Enjoy,

Mark

The official version of Wreckage will be released on May 4th, 2010. CDs will be available through a few online stores, as well as from the Tsui website. You may also download the entire album for free or purchase it on itunes once it’s released.

If you participated in the weekly singles downloads back in December, you should download the re-mastered version online now as Adrian over at Timeless Master did a wonderful job. So it Goes, Gravity and Something Missing have also been re-mixed.

Thanks again for your support, we hope you’re as happy with Wreckage as we are. Stay tuned for updates. Join our mailing list and we’ll contact you with news on upcoming shows and music releases.

Hello friends,

I know, I know… It’s been a very long time since we last talked. I’ve missed you all so much and am glad to be back. I have some good news, some bad news, and then some more good news.

We are just about done with Tsui’s second full length album Wreckage and have decided to release it in the coming weeks over the internet. We will be releasing two songs a week starting in November as A and B side singles in mp3 format. This will be followed by a limited release compact disc in January 2010. I will also be playing a limited number of acoustic shows to support the release. We are very happy to finally share this record with our fans and our friends.

The bad news is that the band as it has been for the past two years has parted ways. This is partly to do with the fact that our drummer Jeremy had a lovely young girl in August and no longer has the time to play in two bands full time. It also had to do with my decision to move from Boston back to New York City, where I now live. I feel incredibly fortunate that we got to write and record this album together and how we now have something to show for all of our hard work. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

The other goods is that our guitarist for the past year and a half, Arto Payaslian (known to the writing world as Arto Vaun) has had one of his poems selected for High Commendation by the Forward Prize as one of the best poems published in the UK in 2009. His first book Capillarity can be purchased through Carcanet Press which you should do after finishing reading this.

Jen and Jeremy have finished up an EP with their other band Birds Make Birds. For the time being the best way to purchase it is at one of their live shows, though you can listen to the songs on their website.

I will be sending out information in the next couple of weeks on how you can sign up to receive the mp3 singles. The best way to ensure that you do is to join our mailing list.

Thank you everyone for your support. We can’t wait to share.

- Mark

We have begun recording the follow up to our 2007 debut release, Half Man Army. We’ve laid down almost all of the drum tracks at the very beautiful Q Division studios in Somerville Massachusetts. I’ve been recording acoustic guitar at home and am very pleased about how it’s starting to shape up. We are hoping to release it early next year as a free download, though are thinking of setting up a donation system for those of you who would like to offer some support financially.

It’s been really excited watching how our first record has been received as a free download as we approach 3000 downloads–which is really not bad for a band with next to no promotion or any real industry support. Word of mouth is showing to be a powerful way to get our music out there. We are very, very excited about the new record so please help us by spreading the word.

We hope to have some rough mixes up by the end of the summer, so please check back in. We’ll try to keep you updated as much as possible.

Hey Boston Tsui fans, please come out on Thursday for a great show with us and our friends JP05 at The Abbey Lounge. It’s been a while since we’ve play in Boston. As some of you may know, it has been my home for the past 6 months. Andy Santospago will be joining us once again on guitar.

Speaking of Andy, his debut solo record is getting all sorts of acclaim and is really amazing. You can check out a couple of the songs or download a copy on his website andysantospago.com.

The Abbey Lounge
3 Beacon St., Somerville MA

11:30 JPO5
10:30 Tsui
9:45 Rodick Lorraine
9:00 The True Jacqueline
$8

It has indeed been a while, in this long cold winter, since we have spoken. Firstly, I would like to post some upcoming shows:

01.26.08 – Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn NY — 9pm.
02.21.08 – The Abbey Lounge, Cambridge, MA w/ JP05

Secondly, I would like to announce that Jeremy Thompson and Jen Chouinard have joined Tsui. Jeremy is a life long friend who I played with in a band many years ago, and is a very solid and creative drummer. He also brings his melodica skills and quick wit to the band. Jen, who is also a highly skilled drummer, has moved over to the bass guitar. She also could serve as the back up drummer in case Jeremy decides to commit fully to keyed wind instruments.

I would also like to mention that the late Jr. Corduroy will be releasing a record of previously recorded and unreleased material this spring a called, Studies For a Film. There are no plans to reunite, just to make available 11 songs that were excluded from the two records we made. It has been a very nice experience mixing these songs and hearing them once again. I hope you will feel the same way.

Things are going slow but steady with the new Tsui record. I am hoping to have some rough mixes up this spring as well.

Hey all, it’s been a little while. Things are going well with the new record, I have about ten songs and counting. I’m setting up a little studio in my apartment to do some initial tracking and hoping things go well from there. I keep thinking about different sounds for the record. I’m really into Brain Eno’s ‘Here Come the Warm Jets’ and Nico’s ‘Chelsea Girls’ right now. Somehow mixing the warmth of the guitars on the later with all the interesting sounds and moog parts from the former. I will try to get some stuff up online as soon as I have something worth sharing.

In other news, I will be playing at The Living Room in New York on Friday November 2nd at 9 pm. I will be joined by Jeff Patlingrao on the guitar. Please try and make it out, it’s a really great venue for us. The sound is really great there as well.

Here is a great little review in Reveille Magazine

More to come…

Tsui will be playing our favorite Williamsburg bar on Friday July 13th at Pete’s Candy Store at 10pm. Please try and make it if you can. Charles Michelet will be banging on the drums and I will be playing a couple new songs that I have been working on lately. I’m hoping to start recording some demos this summer which will–if all goes well–lead to a new record sometime next year.
In other news, ‘Dead Letters’ was recently featured on AOL’s music blog Spinner.com. We have also been getting a good amount of airplay throughout the country which is great news for a little band that had next to no promotion. I am still working on a tour at some point soon and the video for Metal Birds is almost completed. I promise to update the site more with more exciting things in the future. Until then…

After much deliberation, I’ve decided that the best way for people to hear Tsui is for them to own the album; and the best way for everyone to own the album is for me to give it to them for free, at least for a little while. That’s right, you can now download the entire Tsui record from our website. All I ask is that you give a copy to a friend, lover, unrequited stranger, or even your mom or pop; anyone really who you think might like to hear it. I still believe in this little record and the only way it’s going to get noticed is with your help.

Also, if you have a favorite college radio station in your city, chances are they have a copy. Call them and ask them to play it. If you are a writer or know a writer, ask them to write a review for their blog or zine. If you work in a coffee shop or bar, put it on during your shifts. Every little bit helps. Suppose you are an adequate whistler…

Download Tsui’s Half Man Army in its entirety.

Thanks again to everyone who has bought the record so far. There will be more to come this summer… some more downloads, perhaps a video… stay tunned.

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Luna Lounge show last week. We had a great showing for such an early slot on a Thursday night, and I was excited to play the new Luna space. Charles and Kramer sounded great and hopefully we will see them up there again sometime soon.

We have a group of pictures from the show, taken by some friends and a couple from Charles. You can check them out on our new Photos page, which I will try to update with more pictures as they come in. If you have any from this show or previous shows, email them and we will post them as long as they make us look incredibly handsome.