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I could have posted about this yesterday, but hey, I already had 2 posts up, and I gotta space out these things.  Mike Turner at Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records has provided an update on the ongoing HHBTM Singles Club Volume 2.  So far the series has featured split singles by Fishboy, Baby Calendar, Marbles, Casper & the Cookies, Bunnygrunt, Phil Wilson, Boyracer, The Faintest Ideas, Tullycraft, The Smittens, Velcro Stars, Keith John Adams, Andy from Denver, Red Pony Clock, Ideal Free Distribution, and Poison Control Center.  Now Mike has updated his blog and the usual message boards noting the following:

The Of Montreal / James Husband single is being mastered shortly. The Circulatory System single will be split with the Sunshine Fix, and the Love Letter Band single will be backed with High Water Marks. I’m going to put up scans of the All Girl Summer Fun Band / Cars Can Be Blue single and the Apples in Stereo / Patience Please single next week. The club should be ready to ship no later than May 2009. Sad to say but that will be officially two years after the club started WTF I know, I know…

Hey, I’m patient (please).  Mainly because I keep forgetting about it.  But each time I hear an update, my enthusiasm goes through the roof.  (Only to vaporize as I gradually forget about it once more – it sounds like someone should perform some kind of science fair project on me.)  It’s big news that The Sunshine Fix will be sharing a 7″ with Circulatory System.  That almost makes it an Olivia Tremor Control reunion, joining, as it were, Bill Doss’ solo project with Will Cullen Hart’s (and I’ve a feeling the other Olivias play on the record, as most are currently in Circulatory System).  The James Husband appearance is significant as his material has been strictly underground for several years.  He has an album which should be coming out this year (expect an announcement on that soon).  Although they put out a great (and underrated) album a couple years ago, new High Water Marks material has been few and far between.  And of course we’ll always be excited about new material from of Montreal and The Apples in Stereo.  So yes, good things are coming for subscribers to the HHBTM singles club.  To pick up a subscription, go to their website.  You can also get info on picking up leftover individual pressings of different singles from the series in Mike’s full blog post, where he also dishes on Athens PopFest news (August 11th-16th this year) and more.