Recently the cult vinyl-only Olympia, Washington label ‘People in a Position to Know’ released the second part of the Casiotone for the Painfully Alone ‘Stay the Same Never Change’ EPs. Simply titled ‘STSNC Instrumentals’ this 7” is the counterpart to the ‘Town Topic EP’ that we released a month or so back. Already being huge fans of ‘People in a Position to Know’ (you know they did a marble swirl 8.375” Casiotone for the Painfully Alone square vinyl release of Bruce Springsteen covers! Off the chain!) we agreed that it would be a rad idea to trade some vinyl, so we did. Therefore you can now order the ‘STSNC Instrumentals’ 7” in our webstore alongside our own ‘Town Topic EP’.

The STSNC Instrumentals is a 10 track long instrumental record that Casiotone for the Painfully Alone recorded for the soundtrack to the movie ‘Stay The Same Never Change’ by Laurel Nakadate. Casiotone even wrote and recorded the kids ringtones in the film which are included here on this 7”. The record is limited to just 300 copies worldwide so is super limited. It is also pressed on ‘random colour’ vinyl, my personal copy is pink/gray marble swirled, what will yours be?!

Tracklisting:
1. Twinkle Echo (reverse)
2. Nashville Parthenon (instrumental)
3. STSNC
4. Twinkle Echo (redux)
5. I Like Common
6. Possible Love Interest (ringtone)
7. Bad People (ringtone)
8. OMG (ringtone)
9. Probably Walkin Down The Street (ringtone)
10. Ice Cream Truck (instrumental)

The ‘Town Topic EP’

Tracklisting:
1. Ice Cream Truck
2. Town Topic (instrumental)
3. I Love Creedence (instrumental)
4. Green Cotton Sweater (version)

UK / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
STSNC Instrumentals 7” - £3.50

EU / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
STSNC Instrumentals 7” - £4.50

RoW / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
STSNC Instrumentals 7” - £5.50

UK / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Town Topic 7” (clear) - £3.50

EU / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Town Topic 7” (clear) - £4.50

RoW / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Town Topic 7” (clear) - £5.50

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UK / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
STSNC Instrumentals 7” + Town Topic 7” (clear) - £5.50

EU / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
STSNC Instrumentals 7” + Town Topic 7” (clear) - £7.00

RoW / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
STSNC Instrumentals 7” + Town Topic 7” (clear) - £8.50

We also still have a small handful of super limited edition Casiotone for the Painfully Alone A3 2-colour screen-printed posters for his show at the Pressure Point, Brighton. These posters were designed by the B.R.A.G. artist Jemma Treweek and are limited to just 60 worldwide.

UK / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Ltd Edition Screenprint (hand numbered) - £14.00

EU / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Ltd Edition Screenprint (hand numbered) - £16.00

RoW / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Ltd Edition Screenprint (hand numbered) - £18.00

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is the musical alias of 30 year old American film school drop-out Owen Ashworth. Ashworth began his intricate ventures into abstract emotional music in 1997 after he realized that song-making was a far more cost-effective means of storytelling than film-making. To date, he has produced 4 CFTPA albums, released through Tomlab, that have defined a hybrid strain of raw, emotional and very homemade synth pop, this is instantly recognizable as his own. Claustrophobic two-minute character studies shuddered with reverbed beats, blown-out chords and simple but infectious melodies, all layered beneath Ashworth’s bittersweet lyrical odes to love lost.