Slow Down Joe

VINYL FORMAT. From the watery shores of the artist's-paradise known as Anacortes, Washington comes a new 7" from Karl Blau. A co-release between Olympia, Washington's K Records and Chicago's On Purpose Records, this 7" shows two different sides of our hero, Karl Blau. "Slow Down Joe" is an urgent, driving beat juxtaposed with lyrics that encourage "Let's rest in the harbor / with the calmness of the bay and smell of the driftwood." "Damn Joe! Just pull over to the side there." Karl's smooth delivery adds to the feeling that even though life urgently pulls us forward, we have to take some time to relax on the bay. Lake King's Daughter is a poem by A.A. Milne. Symbolically it's like the Rainbow Connection; it's all about the lovers, the dreamers and you. As if under a spell we are attracted by these fantasies that may or may not be obtainable. But if we were to give up the hunt for our dream-lives, we eventually would let the cement of the Man set about our ankles, sinking into oblivion. Karl provided the drums and vocals. He recruited help from Laura Veirs, Nate Ashley and Dave Matthies (The Gift Machine) for additional instrumentation.