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introducing El Ángel Exterminador

El Ángel Exterminador, the second independent release by The Beige, is now available on iTunes and CD Baby, as well as fine Vancouver record stores such as Red Cat Records, Highlife Music and Zulu Records. With El Ángel Exterminador, The Beige presents the great Canadian feel-not-so-good album.

press previews of El Ángel Exterminador:

"Album 2 from this "pop/jazz" quintet is moody, atmospheric, orchestral and, well, depressing. But it's also swinging, marching and altogether a joy to listen to. Songwriter Rick Maddocks knows how to craft a tasty dirge." -- Stuart Derdeyn, Vancouver Province

"A spooky, dust storm of Latin-tinged drinking songs, work songs, love songs and death songs that would fit nicely on the record shelf alongside Calexico and Howe Gelb. There are plenty of inspired moments fuelling The Beige music machine." --Michael Kissinger, Vancouver Courier

"El Ángel Exterminador is a CD I could listen to all day long...If you are looking for some original music that's anything but boring, with intense imagery, theatric or cinematic compositional style, and a wide range of elements, this album will not disappoint (5/5)" -- Nathan Stafford, The Skinny Magazine

the cd release concert at St. Paul's

On Saturday, January 23, 2010, The Beige performed a special CD release concert for El Ángel Exterminador at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Vancouver. A beautiful Gothic revival church known for its labyrinth, St. Paul's provided an ideal environment for The Beige's layered, complex but moving music. It was an unforgettable show featuring "Road", "The Exterminating Angel" and other songs from the new record, plus brand new songs like "Our Pale Destroyer" and older curios such as "Lord I Wish I Was" and "Hammer in a Bell". Guest musicians Matt Brain (percussion) and Marc Lindy (tuba and sousaphone) added colour to The Beige's already rich palette of songs, as well as to the euphoric encore, the old spiritual, "The Last Mile of the Way". For images of the show, captured by audience members, check out our Facebook page.