As you might know, in addition to the new Tea Club album, we have been writing our own video game music! We are planning on releasing an entire album‘s worth of this music (under a different monicker) as the soundtrack to a non-existent video game of our own invention. The music was purposely w...
2019-02-01 02:03:11 +0000 UTC View Post
While we were writing for our second album Rabbit (2010), we were contacted by a friend of ours named DJ MOJO from Brooklyn NY. He asked us if we would be willing to write a song for him based on a poem that he wrote. He sent us these lyrics:
"Be clear like the face of a mirror
That cont...
We spent last year in another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. In 2019 we'll be sharing all we found in that wondrous land of imagination with you! There's a sign post up ahead, your next stop:
A brand new Tea Club album!
Music videos for new songs!
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The 2008 holiday season was a difficult time for Americans. We were desperately trying to dig ourselves out of the biggest financial crisis in recent history. There were no jobs.. There was no money.. no music... no love, no good will towards men to speak of.
Just as hope...
2018-12-20 01:51:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Last month we had the opportunity to play at the 2nd Annual Jeff Buckley Tribute Concert in Brooklyn, NY. We already posted a video of our performance of Dream Brother right here on Patreon. Now here's a video from that show of Dan McGowan singing "Corpus Christi Carol" by Jeff Buckley with the a...
2018-12-15 23:56:08 +0000 UTC View Post
50% off ALL TEA CLUB MERCH until December 31st! Visit theteaclub.bandcamp.com and enter the promo code LACROIXSFORTHEBOYS to get 50% off all Tea Club CD's, shirts, and the Grappling comic!
2018-12-11 02:39:55 +0000 UTC View Post
A couple of weeks ago, on November 16th, we had the opportunity to play at the 2nd Annual Jeff Buckley Tribute Concert in Brooklyn, NY. Here's a video of us performing "Dream Brother" by Jeff Buckley from that show!
2018-11-29 17:12:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Our third album Quickly Quickly Quickly was released 6 years ago this month! During the same sessions for that album in 2012, we recorded an entire other album’s worth of material that was never released.
We intended on releasing these songs as our next album, but instead we scrap...
2018-11-01 16:16:27 +0000 UTC View PostAfter uploading rough drafts of the first few pages of the upcoming “Grappling” #2 comic book yesterday, I wanted all of you wonderful Patrons to get the chance to read the first issue, “Grappling Book One - The Magnet”. Some of you may have already bought this and read it, but hey, why not ...
2018-10-30 19:01:45 +0000 UTC View PostThis is what will (probably) be the first five pages of the Grappling comic book #2. No digital editing has been done to the artwork, no colors or dialogue added yet. This is just the pencils and inks that I did. The artwork was scanned into the computer as is. You can actually see some pen...
2018-10-30 02:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the first few minutes of the animated music video for “The Eternal German Infant” that I was working on from 2012 - 2015. It was supposed to be a video for the entire song, but this is all that I was able to complete. It STILL pisses me off that it's not finished.
It all started...
2018-10-09 13:42:30 +0000 UTC View Post
As you may know, Joe Dorsey and I have been working on writing video game music (we already posted one of these songs, “Sky Chase”, here on Patreon). It's been a great way to keep our s...
2018-09-28 23:32:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons! We've been doing this Patreon for over a year now, and we want to hear from YOU! Check out this video and leave a comment or send us a message! :)
2018-09-26 14:32:17 +0000 UTC View Post
In 2013, we were invited to play Terra Incognita, a festival in Quebec City, Canada. It was also the first time that we played a show outside of the United States, which was a big deal for us. We actually had to get passports for one, and we also had to try and learn a few words and...
2018-09-08 17:06:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a video from Dan covering playing "Moonchild" by King Crimson from his solo show in June!.
Live at Circle of Hope in Pennsauken, NJ on June 2nd, 2018
2018-08-20 21:33:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Me and Pat wrote a harmony part to a song called "Say Yes" from The Tea Club's upcoming new album while in the studio. Here's an inside look at us developing it!
2018-08-16 19:56:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a little clip of Joe recording a synth solo for "Creature", the epic track that will be on our new album!
2018-08-10 15:40:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's some more piano footage. Joe is playing through some parts in Creature right before tracking. ***Studio Update: Dan and Pat are tracking vocals this week! Almost finished recording!
2018-07-23 03:42:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there Patreon patrons! Here's a little clip of Joe recording piano for a song called "Creature" that will be on our new album!
2018-07-22 20:32:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a little clip of Joe recording some tasty keys for a song called "Came At a Loss" that will be on our new album! Whatdya think? Ya thirsty for more? ;)
2018-07-11 00:12:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Here it is! The lost “title track” of our first album! “General Winter” was one of the first songs The Tea Club ever worked on together when we formed the band back in the Fall of 2003. The lyrics tell a fantastical story of an ancient battle between a Spirit and a Samurai that me, Pat, and ...
2018-07-05 01:12:45 +0000 UTC View Post
It's here! You asked us questions about our first album General Winter's Secret Museum, and we answered! Thank you so much to everyone who participated! Enjoy! :)
2018-06-30 15:34:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm VERY excited to share this song with you. It's a new song that is going to be on the next Tea Club album. It's called "Sinking Ship".
This is a stripped down acoustic version from my solo show that I played earlier this month. The album version will also feature the rest of the band.
I'l...
2018-06-22 20:02:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Back in June 2008, when we were about to release our debut album General Winter's Secret Museum, we got the opportunity to play on a popular alternative rock radio station called Radio 104.5 in Philadelphia! They asked us to play one of our songs from our upcoming album, as well as a cover of a song...
2018-06-04 22:24:34 +0000 UTC View PostHere's some pictures from when we recorded our first album General Winter's Secret Museum in 2008 at Big Blue Meenie Studios!
2018-05-26 03:16:49 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! We want to do an interview about our first album "General Winter's Secret Museum" to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of it's release, and we're taking questions from YOU!
Pat and I will answer your questions in a video that we will release...
2018-05-15 21:13:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are some press shots that we took back in 2008 for the release of our first album General Winter's Secret Museum!
Pictured are Patrick and Dan McGowan, original drummer Kyle Minnick, and our...
2018-05-10 19:27:52 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a warm-weather jam for ya!
If you're not that familiar with the album making process, there is a lot of waiting involved during the tracking and mix stage. That's where we're at now with the new Tea Club record. So while this album is being finalized,we’re still hard at work creat...
This year marks the ten year anniversary of our first album, General Winter's Secret Museum, which was released on July 1st, 2008!
In honor of this momentous occasion, we will be posting unreleased material specifically from this era of the band's history. This will culmi...
2018-05-01 13:47:31 +0000 UTC View Post
