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Album art by Joey Guthrie

It’s been ten years since After the Lights Failed, and that’s long enough. We proudly present the sequel

Empty Victories

May it bring you joy, sorrow, solidarity, closure - whatever you’d like it to mean to you. It means the world to us.

Purchase:

Bandcamp - https://curiousquail.bandcamp.com/album/empty-victories

Itch.io - https://curiousquail.itch.io/empty-victories

Mirlo - https://mirlo.space/curiousquail/release/empty-victories

Stream:

Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/album/empty-victories-ep/1750536709

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/4MnI5Xuisp0odiSBBWAWBT?si=bT-MZtvSTGqet-_O0_eTxQ

Let’s dive into the behind the scenes on this record and why it took ten years lmao:

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NEW ALBUM // Twelve Months

Throughout 2018 we ran a pretty wild songwriting exercise where we were assigned randomized restrictions each month and had to write, record, FILM and produce a performance music video with said restrictions before the corresponding month was out. All of the videos were YouTube exclusive and now that we’re in 2019 we thought it’d be rad to give the audio a fresh coat of paint and distribute it as a traditional album.

SO! Here’s a collection of twelve songs about life, love, loss, beauty, and so much more told through a canvas of hasty melodic decisions and (as per usual with our band) instrumentation that you don’t often get together. For example you didn’t KNOW you needed a violin and gameboy duel, but now that it exists in the world you’ll be able to sleep better at night. Also Joey may have robbed a percussion store to pull off track 6.

Available now on Bandcamp, other digital stores and streaming services to follow. 

ABBOT KINNEY | SLG Art Boutiki - San Jose, California (04.23.2016) 

We played with the incredible Abbot Kinney last weekend - their new EP drops this Friday (4.29) and they’re releasing it at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill with our buddies Panic is Perfect and Future Shapes! Check it out: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1726303854257626/

Photos + Gifs by Mike Shirley-Donnelly

| Rallying Cry | 

Earlier this year we did a rehearsal video shoot with some super rad dudes  - we’d run through some songs after-hours at our favorite comic publisher / music venue (the SLG Art Boutiki) and they set up a bunch of GoPros and lights and filmed us rocking out, setting up + tearing down - usual band stuff. 

They followed this up by bringing GoPros to some live shows and spliced together this pretty rad video for our latest single, Rallying Cry! Hope you enjoy! And if you dig the song (and don’t have it yet) you can pick it up here on Bandcamp or on iTunes. It’s also available on Spotify and Apple Music if you’re more stream focused. 

Video Directed + Edited by Arnel Cayabyab

// REHEARSAL SHOOT //
Director of Photography - Michael Ogata
Gaffer - Niko Kitaoka
Production Assistant - Matt Richards

// LIVE SHOOT //
Camera Operators:
* Abe Myers
* Michael Ogata
* Jason Cayabyab

// SONG //
Guitars, Drums, Violin + vocals tracked at Different Fur in San Francisco, California by Sean Paulson
LSDJ tracked on a Nintendo Gameboy in a small bedroom. 
Mixed by Brad Dollar
Mastered by Piper Payne

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Curious Quail is an orchestral + chiptune indie rock collective with members in the San Francisco Bay Area, The Pacific Northwest, and Southern New England. Guitars, Gameboy, Violin + more. Expect posts about band stuff, video games and so many gifs. Header + Profile photos by Loni Lonzo

Releases

Empty Victories (2024)

Twelve Months (2019)

Rallying Cry (Single) (2015)

AFTER THE LIGHTS FAILED (2014)

.:INSTANT GRATIFICATION:. (2012)

The GLOW Ep (2009)

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