Welcome to the Bark & Hiss Shoppe

Newest:
- Trouble Books - Endless Pool 12"
- Trivial Pursuits  book
- Constant Comment - Secret Adventure CD-R

Forthcoming:
- Dinomania - Text Messages! EP CDr (?? make some Jen!)
- Poisonous Snake - Ideastream cassette  (hopefully kinda soon?)
- Talons' - Rustic Bullshit CDr (summertime)

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Perhaps you've noticed that a lot of things are "sold out". This should show that everything we make and sell through this store is in a rather limited quantity. Some items we make just a few copies of, some we make a few hundred of. If you really want to get a copy of something, you might want to do it "soon-ish" / "now-y".

Price explanation: 

We honestly don't make a profit on any of this. Made at home, by hand, we typically put a price on the items that barely covers their production cost. We just enjoy making things and passing them around.

We accept immediate payment via Paypal, but if you'd like to mail order, that's cool too, please see the address on the bottom of the page. 

Shipping explanation:

We usually walk down to the post office every few days, so we'll be sure to try to get your order in the mail as soon as possible.
Everything is shipped "media mail", which is the cheapest, and within the US usually takes a week or less. For International orders, it's "International First Class", because that's the cheapest. If you're in a hurry, we'll do something different. Cool? 

 

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If you have any questions, send us an email.  barkandhiss(at)yahoo(dot)com

THANKS!


Special #2!

Special Edition of Endless Pool 12" with The United Colors of Trouble Books LP

Sound-wise we've always considered these two to be mother & cub, and now we've
printed covers of the new Trouble Books 12" Endless Pool in the style of The United
Colors of Trouble Books... that is, layered orange and blue ink on white garbage LP covers.
Turned out really crazy looking, as if you should be wearing 3D glasses. 

Very limited special package. Two 12" records (one single-sided), 2 CDr versions, 2 linked covers.

$13 plus shipping


Bark & Hiss #19

Trouble Books - Endless Pool 12"

Further adrift, awash, afloat... slow-motion choral reef songs.
Recorded at home, winter 2009.

Single-sided 12" vinyl, with CD-R version. Hand screen-printed covers onto
blue paper, masking-taped over discarded records.

$5 + shipping

UK & European
residents, get it from
MIE Music.

Bark & Hiss #18

Trivial Pursuits: A Tribute to Small, Futile Projects & General Random Thinking
by Mike Tolan, Sommer Miller, and Keith Freund

Rough drafts and drawings of music / sound experiment thoughts. 
Good ideas, poor spelling & grammar.

Paperback book.

$5.50 + shipping

For now,
get it through Lulu
here.

L.A. E.S. 05-07

Moustache Mountain - Woof Moon: Three Stages

One long, thick track of evolving guitar, originally recorded as part of a live cassette
and then cut up, and re-manipulated live to minidisc.

3" CD in 5" packaging...
Released by L.A.E.S. in Dresden, Germany. I think it's a limited edition of 44.
We've only got a couple to sell through this store.

$4 + shipping

we are sold out,
you might be able
to get a copy
through LAES.

Accidental Music
#32

Moustache Mountain - Ten Polaroids

10 dense, pretty ambient songs set to 10 treated scenes of polaroid photos developing. 
Each comes with one of the polaroids, which obviously limits the total edition to...
ten.

DVD-R in 7" brown paper packaging, with photograph.

(sold out)

Bark & Hiss #17

Flipped Boat: Reminiscences on the Great Illustrated Classics
By Keith Freund

Summaries and drawings of each of the 72 titles in Baronet Book's "Great Illustrated
Classics" series explored over 150-something pages. Sometimes the memory is fuzzy
and not terrifically accurate, but that makes for much more fun.

Paperback book.

$7.62 + shipping

For now,
get it through Lulu
here.

Bark & Hiss #14

Talons' - Songs for Babes

The latest, greatest Talons album. 12 awesome, really funny and really sad songs about
cuddling, doing crystal meth, talking a walk, and other stuff.

12" vinyl LP with CD-R version. Covers are hand printed on 100% recycled paper.
Comes with a cool booklet with song diagrams/schematics, drawings, and words.

$8 + shipping

Bark & Hiss #13

Trouble Books - The United Colors of Trouble Books


The most recent full-length Trouble Books album. Easily the best too. Home-recorded
ambient, experimental pop songs.

12" vinyl LP with CD-R version, and hand-sewn booklet. Covers are hand printed
with several layers of ink and spray paint onto inside-out garbage LP covers.
Really pretty.

$8 + shipping

UK & European
residents, get it from
MIE Music.

 

Talons' - Rustic Bullshit

(coming soon)

Bark & Hiss #11

Constant Comment - Secret Adventure

Guitar loops by KF over field recordings from travels through
the Eastern U.S. and Central Europe.

Spray-painted CD-R in a collage cover glued onto nice paper,
masking-taped together.

$4 + shipping

Bark & Hiss #10

Trouble Books - Selected Early Songs

13 songs originally recorded and released in 2005 and 2006,
now re-mixed (not "remixed") and available again.

Covers are hand-drawn by Debra Degregorio.  

$5 + shipping

(sold out)

Bark & Hiss #9

Trouble Books - Distortion Pedal

A short album; 8 songs in 20 minutes, released February 2007. Covers hand-stitched,
stamped, and lettered with white vinyl lettering on white paper.

(sold out)

Bark & Hiss #8

Constant Comment - Unshakable Headache

The first Constant Comment release. Looped guitar recorded live, January 2007.
Painted by KF.
2 copies made.

 

(sold out)

Bark & Hiss #7

Trouble Books - A Dull Roar

The second full-length from Trouble Books, released in April 2006. Covers hand-drawn
and painted by Debra Degregorio. 100 copies made.

(sold out)

Bark & Hiss #6

Werewolves vs. High School Reunion

A "graphic novella" written and drawn by KF.
Less than a dozen copies made.

 

(sold out)

Bark & Hiss
#5 1/2

Trouble Books - (five songs)

Five songs from various other releases put together as an EP for the winter tour in Feb. 2006.
Debra Degregorio hand-drew the covers, a few dozen were made, and Sold (Out).

 

(sold out)

Bark & Hiss #5

Trouble Books- Live at Tangiers

Nine (?) songs recorded live onto minidisc in the dome on top of Tangier's in Highland
Square. Released in December 2005. Covers painted and drawn by KF.
A dozen or so copies made.

 

(sold out)

Bark & Hiss #4

The Society Pages

Illustrations by KF.
Nine copies made.

(sold out)

Bark & Hiss #3

Trouble Books - Such a Sound Sleeper

The first Trouble Books full-length, released September 2005. Covers hand-painted
with layers of coffee by KF. Around 100 copies made.

(sold out)

Bark & Hiss #2

Mr. & Mrs. Bark and Hiss Present... Akron 2005

A compilation of Akron bands including Houseguest, Tight Whips, Trouble Books,
Field Guide to Plants & Animals, Gabe Schray, Tusco Terror, and a lot more.
Released in the spring of 2005. Covers screen-printed by Linda Lejsovka and
stitched by Jen Court. A little less than 50 copies made.

 

(sold out)

 

Bark & Hiss #1

Trouble Books - (four songs)


Four demo songs, released in January 2005. Covers water-colored and stitched by
Jen Court. A couple dozen copies made.

(sold out)

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