It is with pretty sad timing that I get to announce this 10" that I was super excited about from mems of the E6 Collective Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System etc less than a week after we lost E6 Stalwart and creative powerhouse, Will Cullen Hart. But, at the very least, his art and music will live, as will his tremendous influence....

(For those not familiar with lathe cuts, they are hand made in real time using an experimental process on 80 year old machines. They have a little higher noise floor than pressed records and are "Mid-Fidelity), but should still sound pretty good and track on even the lowliest Crosley)

Giant Day is the new project of Elephant 6 Collective vets Derek Almstead and Emily Growden. Both longtime partners and established musicians, they’ve worked, recorded and performed in Athens, Georgia for many years with multiple groups, including between them The Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System, Elf Power, The Glands, of Montreal, Faster Circuits and Marshmallow Coast to name a few. This latest musical iteration combines psych, art rock, post-punk and dream pop influences into a new sound.

Now based in rural Pennsylvania, the duo is dedicated to crafting music, touring, renovating their historic farmhouse and perfecting their sound in their new recording studio. Giant Day’s debut album, Glass Narcissus, was released by The Elephant 6 Recording Company in August of 2024.

Giant Day’s Pyramids EP is a hand-stenciled, lathe-cut three-song collection of covers available exclusively on PIAPTK Records. It features “And I Moved”; a song Bette Midler sent back to songwriter Pete Townsend for being "too sexual”, “Revenge”, from The Eurythmics stellar first record, 1981’s In The Garden, and “The Sphinx”, a song by the Great Sphinx herself and Queen of Queens, Amanda Lear.

“Quirky rhythms with infectious backbeats, occasional bass bursts, and subtle detours into Broadcast/Stereolab territory abound.” -Shindig! Magazine

“This music is sleek and precise, as if assembled with instruments surgical in addition to musical. In Almstead and Growden’s harmonies looms a different kind of darkness than that which haunts Neutral Milk Hotel. But…offers something better than a nostalgic rehash of late 90’s Athens, Georgia: sharp, propulsive pop-rock that doesn’t bother gazing backward.” -Stereogum

“Digital goodness with an analogue feel, [Giant Day] lazily sway into your subconscious with that confidence and swagger brought on by future legends in this latest sound from the independent universe. That signature, somewhat obscure sonic goodness that takes the music where most fear to tread while coming out of the other side unscathed and utterly original.” -Jammerzine