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Transit of Venus is a Philadelphia based record label with national distribution by Redeye. Our first two releases were from The Trolleyvox, one of America's greatest guitar-pop/rock bands and The Shimmers, an indie folk-rock super-group  supergroup featuring Dave Bielanko of Marah, Eden Daniels & Chris Unrath of Baby Flamehead, Andrew Chalfen of The Trolleyvox, and Jonathan Segel of Camper Van Beethoven.

Upcoming releases for 2007 include:

 

Oliver Future - Pax Futura (TOVFPCD706) - New album from LA-based Austin, TX transplants Oliver Future is produced by Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Trolleyvox, Helium). Transit Of Venus is co-releasing the physical CD with Fireproof Recordings who are handling the digital release. - July 24th.

  The Swivel Chairs newest release "The Slow Transmission" (TOVCD07004)
Milton & the Devils Party - How Wicked We've Become Jpeg Milton & the Devils Party's second album "How Wicked We've Become" (TOVCD07005) - September 4th
  The Trolleyvox - "Your Secret Safe"/"Luzerne" (TOVCD7007) double disc set of a new full band electric album and an acoustic album - October 2nd

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Shimmers Album Cover

The Shimmers
The Way You Shine
(TOVCD06001)

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Trolleyvox Karoke Meltdown Cover

The Trolleyvox
The Trolleyvox Present The Karaoke Meltdowns
(TOVCD06002)

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The Trolleyvox
The Way You Shine marks the first ever release from The Shimmers, David and Eden formed The Shimmers in the fall of 1995 as an outlet for their collaborative compositions. The songs were recorded over the summer of 1997 but shelved for future mixing after the breakup of Daniels and Bielanko. In 2004 Chris Unrath moved his Eadrumland Studio and came across the by now forgotten master tapes of The Shimmers’ studio recordings. He circulated rough mixes of most of the songs that make up THE WAY YOU SHINE and Jonathan Segel posted them on his private website for friends to hear. The positive reactions to these beautiful songs led to the decision to finish and release the album. Over the ensuing months, new songs were recorded and extra instrumentation was added to others before final mixing. The result is the engaging Americana-tinged folk-rock record that is THE WAY YOU SHINE.

The Shimmers
The Trolleyvox's 3rd album, The Trolleyvox Present The Karaoke Meltdowns,features Beth Filla’s gorgeous vocals on top of Andrew Chalfen’s stand-out arpeggiated guitar work and memorable song-writing. More rocking than their critically acclaimed 2nd album Leap of Folly, KARAOKE MELTDOWNS is 13 hook-filled “soon-to-be-classics” of melancholy, freak-out and lusciousness. Produced by longtime Trolleyvox producer/collaborator Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Lilys, Helium, Yo La Tengo, Hartley Goldstein) and Brian McTear (Mazarin, Bitter Bitter Weeks, Matt Pond PA) these rich and melodic sonic journeys take on topics that cover all sorts of modern-day meltdowns – emotional, spiritual, relationship, political, societal, personal, technological … 

The Trolleyvox
 
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