Cellmod’s post contains much more embellishment about the process and great time we had. as always, view the whole series on the spies website or subscribe in iTunes.

Add Grave Concerns magazine to the growing list of insightful and incisive reviews written of Somewhere Between (Heaven & Sorrow). We’re also eagerly awaiting a paper copy of Dominion Magazine on import from across the pond that’s got us covered— issue #10.

Listen for an interview segment on an upcoming episode of the impossibly eclectic solipsisticNATION podcast (Subscribe/get schooled if you think you know electronic music. Respect.)

“Work” “continues” on a video (photo evidence directly above) for the Goodbye Berlin remix. No idea what the exact purpose of this project is, but as a proof-of-concept, archival footage is going a long way toward looking kind-of cool intercut with a small amount of The Band. This might be entertaining. And might be finished within a couple of weeks.

If you’re thinking about getting it for free, please also consider going to youshriek.com and paying for a disc, vinyl record or lossless download. Perhaps more importantly, spread the word, follow @youshriek on twitter, Facebook-Like fb.me/youshriek, and download Goodbye Berlin from youshriek.com in exchange for your email address so we can stay in touch. And offer legitimate free stuff once in a while.

Thank you for choosing to support the band. It means more than ever.

UPDATE: swiftly gone. that’s all for the gifts, since pre-sales are about to begin. working on that NOW.

UPDATE: party favors are gone. no more downloads of this EP, but you can listen.

With mastering comes the final decision on how loud to make the music sound. We could push these mixes to match screaming radio hits, but so doing means mercilessly crushing down all of the short, exciting micro-spikes of sound. That’s a trend. Many think it a horrible, garish, fatiguing trend…

Fortunately the first pass Brian delivered was nothing like that. The result is loud enough that you won’t want to reach for a volume knob when one of these songs comes on, but you’ll still experience the contrast of a quiet shimmer between stabs. It’s a physical & emotional component that I had to preserve.

The brilliant part is: if you want even more of that sound (and you’re willing to put forth the effort to turn up the volume) you’ll be able to choose an entirely different final master of the album with even greater dynamic contrast. What you get is the kind of sound you can turn up in your headphones and disappear into the song. This will be the “diamond mine” version, because “audiophile” is just too insulting.

I’ve never seen this done before, but since there’s no additional manufacturing requirement in offering both versions for download you get a choice. And to take it a step further, the diamond version will be offered in a format that’s higher-quality than CDs support; specifically 96khz, 24 bit lossless files. I’m excited to see if this delights or confuses everyone. Questions? Please ask here, or on Twitter or Facebook.

This is not-routine: Absolutely smashing remix delivered by Cellmod just now. It will blow you away. Really. If the sound system at the club is powerful enough, I’m sure this mix is precisely tuned to hurl you across the dance floor, then chase you down & hold you until you weep in its arms. Regrouping after travel for this release.

So whether you’ve already spun No Heroes, on your show, or queued it for general rotation, thank you. That’s to Dave and Brandi on InsideOutcast (above and beyond a mere spin & mention!) Martin on Thirteen13, Po on Death & Resurrection, Mikey on Strangeways, Colin on Ourobouros (when things get better. hope they’re looking up), Mirage on Darkside Radio. Sparkling good shows, each different, all worth your while.

And here’s one that doesn’t come up often: Our friend Dragonfly Lingo has announced a clever contest to give away a lovely handmade dragonfly logo notebook. This constitutes our enthusiastic submission to the drawing, as well as your opportunity to click over to hear some heavy, dark and twisted collages, conceived of vivisected rock and downtempo, furtive & familiar speech clips, and clarion ear stabs of synth-borne melody.

Next free track, “Lilith in Libra” is on-deck for VIPs (that is, everyone on the email list.)

But the real point of this post is to thank (and thereby perhaps draw your attention to) the fantastic podcasts that have been playing our music lately. All of whom are the aforementioned conversation.

@cruelbrit2010′s show is called Fadeout, @aztalanturf is at Aztalan Turf, @DHRadio is Dark Horizons Radio, @CINCI_INVASION hosts The Invasion @solipsistic for solipsistic NATION, and @CRY0G3N on Sounds from the Sandbox.

Give them each a click.

Actual, smart, interesting music fans playing what they love. Let commercial radio continue to rot away in cultural and artistic irrelevance.