Agent Ribbons - Tales of woe, scratchy CD, US tour

This trio of gals - Natalie, Naomi and Lauren - aka Agent Ribbons calls their band "the lost band of the great depression" and that's no joke. The girls kick off a serious month-long tour next week in order to bring some equity to their struggle to stay financially afloat and get their songs heard. (The band comes to Phoenix's Modified Arts in early December)

From their Myspace blog page, Agent Ribbons relays this sad tale: "In July, we went to Los Angeles to record with an engineer named Manny Nieto. We were excited to record with him because he worked on some of the last Breeders record, and we love that band. He records all analog and we knew we wanted our record to be on tape if possible, so we booked time with him."

Well, seems that the review CD that engineer Nieto provided to the band was full of pops and bips, and then he also taped over the original analog recording sessions. And the band's plans for a new release this fall was crushed, and is now looking toward 2010. Seems like an ugly no one wins situation. Anyway, the girls are seeking music-loving benefactors to help their quest to bring their vaudeville/cabaret/punk influenced folky indie pop tunes to the world. Bless 'em. Hope it all works out.

Here's a video of the band from earlier this year. See all the tour dates at the band's MySpace page.