Saddle Creek gets busy

(Above: Saddle Creek artist Joel Peterson, aka Broken Spindles)

Omaha-based Saddle Creek Records is gearing up another round of new releases.

First up, is the third LP from one-man project Broken Spindles. In between playing bass on the road with labelmates The Faint and Beep Beep, Joel Peterson crafted his third record in as many years. inside/absent will be released Aug. 23.

In 1995, after years of playing together in various bands, four young friends from Omaha’s underground music scene formed the band Cursive. Now, ten years later, Saddle Creek will release The Difference Between Houses and Homes (Lost Songs and Loose Ends 1995-2001), a collection that includes two previously unreleased songs and ten sought-after tracks from the band’s out-of-print 7"s. Accompanying the collection is a 24-page booklet featuring the story that's the album’s namesake, written by frontman Tim Kasher and illustrated by Eastern Youth artist Yuriko Yoshino.

Criteria is the newest Saddle Creek band with ex-Cursive guitarist Stephen Pederson fronting the North Carolina-based group. Saddle Creek will release the second Criteria record, When We Break, Aug. 23. It will be preceded by the “Prevent the World” CD Single on July 26 and will be followed by Saddle Creek reissuing the band's debut, En Garde, on Sep. 27.

Also on Aug. 23, Azure Ray's Orenda Fink will release her debut solo record, Invisible Ones.

For more information, see www.saddlecreek.com

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