The Music Tapes release a new song from Mary's Voice & launch Kickstarter page

Described by Julian Koster in the liner notes of Mary's Voice,

Playing 'Evening' is similar to a traditional song "sung by sailors to the wind’s daughter Mary, a little girl, when seeking blessing for long voyages at sea. It is also sung by children the world over for luck at games, and is popular with courting teenagers. It is in the rhythmic relationship of the intervals to vowel sounds that the pattern is found. The same melody with different words, though with exactly the same rhythmic ratio of intervals to vowel sounds, is commonly sung in the children’s game “Evening.” (“Evening” is a game played with shadows.)

Listen & share to "Playing 'Evening'" now via Merge SoundCloud

Mary’s Voice, the follow up to 2008’s acclaimed Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes inaugurates a newly active phase in The Music Tapes’ evolution—with plans to tour the world in a circus tent later this year. To achieve these goals, The Music Tapes launched a Kickstarter page earlier this week to great response! The Kickstarter levels include autographed pillow cases, telephone concerts, and even the banjo that Julian used while recording Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Beginning with a goal of $5000, they have already raised over $10,000!

Visit the Music Tapes' Kickstarter page to find out how you can help bring the Traveling Imaginary to life and check out Mary's Voice on LP with the special pop-up artwork!