Signals and Cities Are Forever is Available Now
[ January 10, 2009, 7:30 pm ]
It's been a long wait, I know.
However, I'm making available the new album, "Signals & Cities Are Forever" available for download as of today. It's 3 days away from my 25th birthday, so consider it a birthday present for me if you find the time to download and listen to it.
You can download the album encoded as 320kbps MP3s in a zip file, which also includes the cover art. I'm licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license.
The track listing is as follows:
1. Fair is Fair
2. Bundle Up
3. Satellites
4. Oh, The Brightest Light
5. Dead or Dying
6. Expelled
7. Forgot My Way Home
8. Telephone Lines
9. For Safe Keeping
I hope you're all well.
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Kirill says,
new album's great! i'm happy that i've got it in a day after it was released.
it seems to me i disappear while listening to it. thanx for this music))Comment posted on : January 14, 2009, 7:45 am | By: Kirill
K. says,
happy birthday and thanx a lot for giving us the new album! it's really great! i remember hearing Logistics & Navigation ep back in 2006 on the Polish radio. this is how i learned about the london apartments and loved it since then :) greetings from Poland, K.
Comment posted on : January 14, 2009, 6:00 pm | By: K.
J Dub says,
Thank you very much and happy birthday. I remember blind buying Romanticism Aside when it was first released--it did not disappoint. This is a really awesome surprise. I like the "Electro-Gaze" tag too.
Comment posted on : January 15, 2009, 12:18 am | By: J Dub
Rin says,
Sweet!
Comment posted on : January 15, 2009, 4:24 pm | By: Rin
Justin says,
Thanks to everyone for downloading and sharing the music... your kind words are warming my heart during this especially frigid January.
Comment posted on : January 16, 2009, 11:30 am | By: Justin
teapot says,
thanks a lot for sharing your music it's lovely !
Comment posted on : January 16, 2009, 4:49 pm | By: teapot
Joshua says,
The cover(s) don't exist in the .zip file I downloaded. Could you send it/them to my email? I skimmed through it at school (in the CAW computer lab) and really liked the first and last track. Hopefully I'll be able to give it proper listen this weekend. I could also tell that your drum sequencing has improved on this album (not that it really needed improvement).
Comment posted on : January 17, 2009, 11:27 am | By: Joshua
cherrypick says,
I keep imagining the clouds in the cover pictures moving and making up a story for the album's beautiful music ^.^
Comment posted on : January 20, 2009, 9:49 pm | By: cherrypick
daniele says,
Hi I'm Daniele from Italy. This record is really good and deserves attention. I hope you get enough airplay to tour. Next week I think we'll have a (positive) review on our online magazine, though you won't understand a word, I'll post a link here for you band to see :-)
Comment posted on : January 21, 2009, 12:22 pm | By: daniele
nacorrente says,
tankyou&happybirthday
i'm also a one man band
maybe someday i'll send you some of my unfinished musics .................
Comment posted on : January 22, 2009, 3:43 pm | By: nacorrente
Ryan Pratt says,
I feel awful... I mean, I didn't get YOU anything!
It's currently downloading but I'm super-excited to hear this. I've been awaiting this for a few years!
Thanks so much and Happy Birthday! Celebrate hard... you've earned it.
RP
Comment posted on : January 22, 2009, 4:53 pm | By: Ryan Pratt
apricot says,
i'd just woken from a dream wherein 'streetlights are soldiers' played in my ear, and i came online to see what was up... a lovely surprise, the new album! i'm enjoying it muchly and sharing it far and wide. <3
Comment posted on : January 22, 2009, 5:53 pm | By: apricot
kris says,
beautiful colours...
Comment posted on : January 27, 2009, 8:01 am | By: kris
Daniele says,
Ok, even though you won't understand unless you speak italian, here's the link to my review to this album http://www.panopticonmag.com/recensioni/altrerecensioni/336-london-apertments-2009-signals-and-cities-are-forever.html
I guess now some people from Italy are gonna listen to it...
bye JustinComment posted on : January 27, 2009, 5:14 pm | By: Daniele
Guido says,
First of all thanks for sharing your music for free. Then, I'd like to compliment you on your awesome debut. Keep on writing music Justin!
Comment posted on : January 28, 2009, 10:14 am | By: Guido
Guido says,
Whoops, I've found out it's your second record. I'll try to get Romanticism Aside also, if i can. Anyways, again, wish u well! Greetings from Italy.
Comment posted on : January 28, 2009, 10:23 am | By: Guido
Justin says,
Hi Daniele,
thanks very much for the review (I tried a google translation and I think I got the gist of it)!!! It's very amazing to know that this quiet little release has received a review!and thanks Guido for the kind words... best of luck finding Romanticism Aside, not sure where to find a physical copy, but certainly it's available on iTunes I think.
And thank you everyone for the birthday wishes and for the many, many downloads. It's warming to know my music is being heard so widely.
xoComment posted on : January 29, 2009, 8:47 am | By: Justin
Matt says,
Thank you, it's a really really great album... it's perfect for the winter I think :)
Looks like you'll have many fans in Italy, don't you think? :D
Greetings from Italy,
MatteoComment posted on : January 29, 2009, 12:09 pm | By: Matt
davide says,
nice music, great album
thank you, justin
from italy.
Comment posted on : January 30, 2009, 4:34 pm | By: davide
Matt says,
Brighton England says this is gorgeously golden spindrift winter music...
Comment posted on : February 2, 2009, 12:45 pm | By: Matt
Manuel says,
Hi I'm Manuel from Italy. Thanks for sharing your music for free. This album is amazing. Very good music, right for the winter.
Comment posted on : February 2, 2009, 2:36 pm | By: Manuel
Lele says,
Hi, Gabriele here, yet another fan from Italy :-)
I found out about S&CAF thanx to Daniele who wrote up there and after a couple of listenings I grew to love it. It's just the perfect soundtrack for the windy and streetlight-lit nights I'm spending in a city which is not my own.
Cheers again and thank you for the music!:G:
Comment posted on : February 3, 2009, 10:37 am | By: Lele
Giacomo says,
Hi,
I'm giacomo, from Italy!you're album is really great, perfect to paint my life in a winter frame!
I'd really like to see you live!
let us keep updated!
thanks for your notes!
a big hug!
Comment posted on : February 3, 2009, 2:55 pm | By: Giacomo
Justin says,
thank you for such an incredible response in Italy (and Brighton) ... I'm really glad to know it's soundtracking your winter months.
xoComment posted on : February 3, 2009, 10:57 pm | By: Justin
Massimo says,
It's Beautiful!!!Thank you so much for this great album! I would like to see you live in Italy
Comment posted on : February 8, 2009, 11:00 am | By: Massimo
MIRCO 'micromix' SALVADORI says,
ROCKERILLA N°342 FEBB/MAR '09 (Italian monthly music magazine) The London Apartments / “Signals & Cities are Forever” – (cc freedownload) 9/10
Lo dico senza remore né pudori di sorta. Io amo sconsideratamente Justin A. Longlois aka The London Apartments. Amo il suo sussurrare al limite del non udibile, amo il meraviglioso intreccio che si nasconde dietro un volutamente 'post-romantico noise', amo l'iterazione distillata del suo andare lento dentro i confini del cuore... Il suo primo lavoro risale al 2003, un singolo al quale sono seguite parecchie altre realizzazioni edite via net labels e non tra cui l'indimenticabile EP “Logistics & Navigation” per la prestigiosa Beggars Banquet....Torno a viaggiare in piena notte attraverso città governate dalla silenziosa intermittenza dei segnali stradali mentre la memoria si abbandona, immersa nel riverbero di sogni lontani e oramai perduti...per sempre.
www.thelondonapartments.com
Mirco Salvadori
Comment posted on : February 16, 2009, 2:12 am | By: MIRCO 'micromix' SALVADORI
Justin Snow says,
This album is absolutely gorgeous. I wrote a little haiku review on my blog if you're interested. Thanks so much for making this available online.
http://tinyurl.com/carsxt
Comment posted on : March 14, 2009, 11:59 am | By: Justin Snow
Tony Parmenter says,
Justin,
I have been waiting for this for a very long time. it is going into my mp3 player immediately!!! :) We miss you tons!
Comment posted on : March 15, 2009, 9:08 am | By: Tony Parmenter
Justin says,
Tony!!
How are the Bad Spellers???
I hope our paths cross once again, it would be fantastic to see you and Yasuko!
xoComment posted on : March 23, 2009, 11:22 am | By: Justin
Okrum says,
I post again in the right section this time !
Thanks a lot for a great album ! I love it !Comment posted on : April 26, 2009, 12:22 pm | By: Okrum
Scary Lady Sarah says,
I just learned of your music today via lastfm's shoegaze category & I'm glad I did! It's beautiful. Thank you for the generous downloads.
Cheers from Berlin,
~SLS~Comment posted on : May 23, 2009, 9:46 am | By: Scary Lady Sarah
Kristen Kay says,
Thank you for the album! Very kind & generous of you. It will be great to do art & design stuff to. :)
Cheers,
Kristen in MinnesotaComment posted on : July 15, 2009, 2:52 pm | By: Kristen Kay
galaxie500 says,
Thanks!!!
Please come to Japan. I want to see live.Comment posted on : August 9, 2009, 2:25 am | By: galaxie500
Julie says,
What happened..? The last posts are from early 2009? I just rediscovered you. Please come back. The music world needs your kind.
Comment posted on : January 22, 2010, 6:05 pm | By: Julie
maya says,
we want u back guys!!! <333
Comment posted on : January 27, 2010, 6:20 am | By: maya
Quinn says,
Very grateful for super sweet tunes! A happy new mexico listener.-)
Comment posted on : April 15, 2010, 11:48 pm | By: Quinn
Gustavo says,
Thanks
Forgot My Way Home is My favorite song of the year
Gustavo from Mexico
Comment posted on : July 23, 2010, 8:57 pm | By: Gustavo