Dear Gaskets fans,

You haven't heard from the Gaskets in a while.

That's because they broke up, about a year ago.

Don't worry -- there are no hard feelings. The bandmates have lived in different cities for quite a while. They had seven exciting and fun years as a band, and were simply ready to move on.

This post is to let you know about some exciting news: Teddy Blanks, lead singer for the Gaskets, is still at it, and has released a new single today, "Somewhat Hasty," as a free download on his website.

You can download it here: blanksspace.com

If you like the song, and want to be kept updated about what projects Teddy is working on, such as his 6-song EP, Complications, which will be released in May, you can sign up for an informal mailing list by sending a blank email to info@blanksspace.com with the subject line "Teddy Blanks Mailing List." Or you could just befriend him on myspace at myspace.com/teddyblanks

And don't forget, you can always listen to Ballpoint Pens, the solo project of Ross Harman (sequencer player and co-songwriter of the Gaskets), at myspace.com/rossharman

Surely, the Gaskets will play more shows in the future, and possibly even put out all of their unreleased and unheard recordings someday. But for now, we are signing off.

So thank you, everyone, for your support through the years.

Love,
Gaskets

Richmond's PBS Station, WCVE, has a TV show called The Music Seen that features live music. They filmed a show of ours at the Canal Club early last year, and it aired last October. I finally received a DVD copy of it a few weeks ago, and picked out what I thought was the best performance of the night to post online. "Trap Me In Doors" is a song about a relationship falling apart. It likens the feeling to being caught under the rubble of an old, leaky building which is quickly crumbling down. Fun stuff! It also features a drums-and-chanting breakdown.

Video after the jump.

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There is a new video for the Ballpoint Pens song, "Never Let You Go," made by our friend Lana Schwartz, from the album Calcutta.

You can watch it after the jump.

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It's been almost two years since we released Loose Change and, despite the band being scattered across the east coast (New York, Massachusetts, Richmond, DC), we've managed to write some new songs during that time. So this week we got together with engineer Al Weatherhead and producer (and drummer) Miguel Urbiztondo to begin tracking for a new album at Richmond's Sound of Music studios.

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During our time at CMJ, we sat down with the nice folks over at UncensoredInterview.com for a few hours. They didn't care to ask us about our influences or our songwriting process or any of those other boring 'band interview' questions. Instead, they had us joking around about Doritos commercials, high school, and Rod Stewart. So, if you ever wanted to "hang out" with us, this will give you a pretty good idea of how lame we are, and deter you from that desire. I joke!

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There are products here for you.

And if you buy something from us, we'll send you one of these stickers, which look a little like psychedelic NYC subway signs, and, in all of their cyan-on-magenta glory, are more than a little hard to look at. Blind 'em.