Desperate Spirits

08/04/2023

Woody would like to remind you that it is Bandcamp Friday. Bandcamp is the best place to buy our record online, because they waive their share of revenue on the first Friday of every month—so the bands get more! (Link below)

04/22/2023

JVT IS LIVE NOW!!!

Record label from Lexington, Kentucky, home to Big Fresh, ATTEMPT, Jeanne Vomit-Terror, Italian Beaches, and frigidkitty.

04/06/2023

TONIGHT!!! Desperate Spirits News quick announcement. Dream Wishes presents JW Francis at Al's Bar of Lexington with Mammoth Cave 2 and DJ Octomedusa. Show starts at 8:30pm!!

Poster by Dotty Berryman

03/28/2023

https://bigtakeover.com/news/song-premiere-i-can-t-remember-the-things-i-love-by-scott-whiddon?fbclid=IwAR1HcMdkYivC_ucm4aR6WH3Q2y1MH4DZtdNHa-dVXJrZ0rQpUl9LgCCrm7Q

Check out our friend and collaborator Scott Whiddon / A Door for a Desk! Big Takeover Magazine debuts "I Can't Remember the Things I Love"!

Scott Whiddon is a writer, teacher, and musician living in Lexington, KY. His single “I Can’t Remember the Things I Love” will be released on Friday, March 31 and follows his 2017 debut album In Close Quarters With the Enemy.

03/17/2023

For the basketball lovers out there…

From the Sweeps EP© 2018 Big Fresh"Hottie Tottie" featuring Chris Dennison, Ryan Hover, and Chip Chop

02/15/2023

https://www.treblezine.com/hear-the-intricate-indie-pop-of-movie-jails-call-the-neighbors/

Treble Magazine showing some Movie Jail love!!!

"Juxtaposing new wave guitar scratch against lush and shimmering Stereolab-style loungey electronic elements and intricate rhythmic shifts and time signature changes."
People of Earth! Please call the neighbors (including those newly discovered beyond our planet) about "Call The Neighbors" by Movie Jail, streaming now over at the very fine Treble zine.

Listen now via the link in comments.

Single drops this Friday! Pre-save here: https://fanatic.lnk.to/MovieJail-CallTheNeighbors.

Debut EP out March 3 from Desperate Spirits!

Kentucky group's new EP out in March

02/14/2023

Audio teaser from "Call The Neighbors" by Movie Jail taken from the debut self-titled EP out March 3, 2023 on Desperate Spirits.+++Connect with Movie Jail:ht...

01/11/2023

Desperate Spirits is pleased to announce the self-titled debut EP of Movie Jail, mixed by John McEntire (Tortoise) and mastered by Heba Kadry (Battles, Deerhunter, Cate le Bon). The first single, "Call the Neighbors," will be available on all digital platforms in February, and the vinyl release is scheduled for March!!!

Album Art:
Illustration by Simone Thornton
Design by Robert Beatty