along with:

my first “ART by BLeU” designs:
*Ltd. edition 5 color, fine art screen print*
*super-Ltd. hand-painted 3-D canvas collage*


all on Bandcamp Friday today – which means they waive commission for independent artists like me

SO, until Midnight Tonight PST, today is thEE best day to support #SiXTAPE

ALL bandcamp purchases come with the 10 song album + 5 b-side bonus songs (that will NOT appear on streaming platforms and are exclusive to this bandcamp launch, including an early unreleased Redhead-era deep vault track)

…i often hear people say they like to buy my music on iTunes, so they can support me (thAnk yoU!). But i will let you know, that buying my album on Bandcamp "patreon-style" (ESPESHULLY today!) is the most direct way to support my music. The money gets delivered to me either immediately, or within 24 hours (iTunes still takes months! …aaand making m$n$y from Spotify is still a BiT too mysterious for my taste).   

my fans have truly come to the table in a GiGANTiC way when i launched FOUR on Kickstarter, TO HELL WITH YOU on Pledge, and today i’m launchin’ SiX TAPE on BANDCAMP in a similar way.. please consider taking the time to support me here as you have on those platforms - T-B-H, it’s not easy finding the time, energy, and moolah to make a high-quality independent record, let alone promote it - but heck, i love it! ..and your support is honestly the only reason why i can continue to do it (real-talk!)
on SIX TAPE:

…there’s a new “album bio” on the bandcamp page about this, well, album - it’s been a long-time coming, and i never intended to wait this long to drop my 6th solo record.. but hEy, life intervenes sometimes.. honestly though, as time passed, so did these productions/mixes (in a really goOd wAy i think), and i’m so glad i got to add songs like “A Crazy Life!” which was written/produced remotely during the pandemic, and is my personal response to this wiLd riDe we’re all on.. i would also like to mention that the previously released singles have been completely remixed and remastered for this true album collection…

SiX TAPE is once again a mish-mosh of styles (ELO, Prince, Dire Straits, Carl Carlton!) – but this time i’m fully embracing it — think of it as my own personal 90s-style mix-tape love-letter (except i actually wrote all the damn songs!).. i got to work with some truly aMAZiNg friends/collaborators like Ducky Carlisle, Mr. McGinty, Lindsey Ray, Joe Seiders, Taylor Locke, Izzy Fontaine, and Bill Guerra, Max Toste and Peter Moore from the Redhead days, among many others (thank you aLLL!)..
…now you might be asking…why in the heck VHS!? well ya know, it all started with the title (as many things do for me), i enjoyed the triple meaning of SiX TAPE.. but then, i reaLLy started diving in to the nostalgia of the medium, and frankly, LoVEd it! …i hooked up a VCR in my living room over the pandemic and have been watchin’ old movies with “the boy” (my son William James McAuley IV), and i decided that putting together an authentic vintage piece of merch would just be really damn fun, for me (and hOpeFuLLy you too?).. ALSO, i did actually work at video rental stores in Brookline, MA, in my early 20s (as I say in the song JOBS “when there were still video stores” hA!) and ya know, i kind-of really loved it! …i’m hand creating each VHS copy that is for sale today, and on it you will receive: all 10 songs of the album with accompanying visuals, plus original vintage VHS footage from pre-Redhead days, a short collection of my time on tour with Puffy AmiYumi, and more (seriously)!
ok ok, nowwW, i’m also launching some ART to accompany the release today - this is something i’ve been wanting to do for friggin’ AGeS.. if all goes well i hope to offer limited edition art prints and/or art pieces to accompany my album and single releases in the future.. today i am psyched to offer up two items: a limited edition high-quality art print of a “SIX TAPE” (beautifully hand screen-printed by Print Renegades in DTLA), plus a sUper-limited hand painted and crafted 3-D canvas art collage made personally by me. You can see images of both these items on my socials, as well as the bandcamp store…

a few last FYIs here – bandcamp has their own free app, so you can stream music right on your phone, through your computahs, and bandcamp interfaces directly with Sonos too (which i personally have and love)…

in regard to the digital platforms, Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc., the main 10 song album will be up in September, but i wanted to get the music to you guys first, in a way that seemed meaningful, and if you dig the record please (please) buy it today, it’ll unlock the bonus tracks (which are honestly just as good sLAsh better? than the album tracks), and/or you can share it on these platforms when it drops later!

soooo, if you’ve read this far, seeeryusly - thaaaank youuuu! …and, mostly, i truly hope you enjoy SiX TAPE - i really put my full-self in to it….


with genuine gratitude,
-BLEU