Alex has a new solo project called The Consulate General. The debut album, Person Number, features guests Antoine Bédard (Montag), John Chao (Misha), Ryan Fritch (Sole & the Skyrider Band), and Simon Scott (Slowdive). It’s now available on iTunes, Amazon, and other digital stores. Listen to the first single “What Time Is It Now” after the cut, which features Montag on backing vocals. And find out more about the project at www.theconsulategeneral.com.

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Excited to share this quirky new music video for “Toy Baby Grand.” It was created using Textedit and free animated GIF clip art. A decidedly lo-fi effort, directed by myself and Philip Stockton. Read more about the making and watch the video below the cut (or at Vimeo / Youtube).

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A pet project I’ve been working on since summer of 2008, the music video for “Young San Francisco” has finally been let loose. A true labor of love, the footage was shot from summer to winter, Westport MA to Berkeley CA, beaches to BART stations. It features the charming talents of Levi Parker (Brin’s nephew) and Mayah Chen (my niece). Read more about the making and watch the video after the cut (or at Vimeo / Youtube).

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In summer 2007, we toured Japan for the first time with two fantastic bands, Lymbyc Systym and 4 Bonjour Parties (who are both our labelmates on Japanese label & Records). Our touring bassist Mike Rubenstein (one of the most reliable, awesomest dudes I know), made this little video compilation. (The soundtrack is a demo of a new Boy in Static song.) Watch it at Youtube or below the cut. I also pasted a couple answers Kenji gave recently to a Japanese magazine Cookie Scene with his thoughts on the tour.

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Here’s the second teaser video I created for the new album. It uses almost all old “soundie” footage from the popular Perlinger archives. The soundtrack is a clip of the title track from Candy Cigarette, a slower ballad in the middle of the album. My dad endorses this song as his favorite on the new album. You can watch it at Vimeo, or at Youtube, or below the cut.

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I made this little animation as a little teaser for the new album Candy Cigarette. An afternoon of stop animation fun (using iStopMotion). I am glad the house did not burn. And thanks to my brother and sister-in-law for letting me borrow their camcorder. The soundtrack features snippets of two songs “Toy Baby Grand” and “Starlet.” Watch it here on Vimeo, or here on Youtube, or embedded below the cut.

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We did two US tours with our good friends Freezepop this past year. We did more harder-hitting, dance floor sets, and debuted a lot of songs from the new album Candy Cigarette. This is a video from Indianapolis. It’s a new song called “Osaka” (lyrics based on the city in Japan, where we toured in 2007, confusing). Kenji gets to hammer out the Depeche Mode-inspired beats on this song. Watch it at Youtube, or at Vimeo, or below the cut.

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