Happy Birthday to this genius of a man, Val Emmich!

To celebrate his birthday we’re sharing one of our favorite episodes from the Little Daggers: Song By Song miniseries that Val did back in 2008 to promote his then new album, Little Daggers!

You can of course purchase Little Daggers by clicking here: BestBuy.com

In honor of the New Year, we’re posting for your ear candy pleasure, Val Emmich’s song ‘New Year’s Resolution’ from his 2006 album, Sunlight Searchparty!

You can purchase ‘New Year’s Resolution’ or the album it’s from, Sunlight Searchparty on iTunes or CD/DVD.

The CD version of Sunlight Searchparty comes with a DVD that has ‘It’s Only Your Life’ a documentary of the making of Sunlight Searchparty.

‘New Year’s Resolution’ Lyrics:

i made a new year’s resolution
knowing i would break it
knowing that it wouldn’t stick

every year its something different
never makes a difference
i’m only lying to myself

broken promises make people look ugly
especially when you tell everyone you’re gonna change

it gives me a constant sense of failure
i just want to get better
gotta take it step by step

stop smoking, then start excercising
then start eating healthy
spend more time with my family and friends

‘cause broken promises make people look ugly
especially when you tell everyone you’re gonna change
yeah you’re gonna change
yeah you’re gonna change

stop lying
when will you stop lying
when will you stop lying
when will you stop lying
you’re only lying to yourself

stop lying
when will we stop lying
when will we stop lying
when will we stop lying
we’re only lying to ourselves

i made a new year’s resolution
knowing i would break it
knowing that it wouldn’t stick

What’s your New Year’s Resolution for 2012?!

Val Emmich got his start in New Brunswick »

What’s it all about, Val?

Val Emmich’s excellent new album, “Aide Memoire,” is a nuanced rock record — at times whisper delicate and at times brusquely pointed — that also asks some pretty big questions.

Take the ethereal track “Wooly Mammoth.”

“I don’t know where that song came from,” said Emmich, a native of Manalapan. “It’s about the world we’re leaving to our kids. I had an almost apocalyptic vision of there’s so many people, and when we’re gone, what’s left? We’re just bones, just like the wooly mammoths.”

Emmich’s introspection was perhaps prompted by the arrival of a new baby nine months ago for he and his wife, who live in Jersey City.

Read the rest of the article by going to MyCentralJersey.com.

Val Emmich performing ‘Expecting’ from his Aide Memoire album at the House of Blues in Cleveland, OH on 12/18/11.

Video filmed by: Dexcab

VAL EMMICH SONG OF THE DAY (12/14/11) - ‘Wooly Mammoths’

LYRICS:

the politics today
wont have any votes to sway.
they’ll be wooly mammoths
debating wooly mammoths.

the signs all point one way
but I still hear people say
“it’ll never happen.”
but it’s gonna happen.

so what am I to do?
I can’t buy a better view.
but it shouldn’t matter.
it shouldn’t matter.

but its so hard to ignore
the things that others afford.
its only matter.
I know,
its only matter.

but it gives me the sickest feeling.
it gives me the sickest feeling.
and its only getting worse.
its only getting worse.
its getting sadder.
I’m getting sadder.

and it gives me the sickest feeling.
it gives me the sickest feeling.
I want to pull the plug.
I want to pull the plug
and go to static.
just go to static.

let em have it.
just let em have it.
those wooly mammoths.
wooly mammoths.

You can purchase this song, ‘Wooly Mammoths’ or the entire album it’s on, ‘Aide Memoire’ on iTunes or CDBaby.com.

VAL EMMICH ON TOUR! »

NEXT STOP - Hoboken, NJ on TONIGHT! (12/14/11)

Val Emmich & The Veeries are currently touring with Good Ole War and will be playing at Maxwell’s TONIGHT in Hoboken, NJ!

If you’re in the Hoboken, NJ area and have nothing to do on TONIGHT then you should head over to Maxwell’s and catch some good ass music!

Tickets are $12-$14 and the show starts at 9pm! You can purchase tickets at the door or online here: ticketfly.com

REMAINING VAL EMMICH TOUR DATES:

12/04/11 - Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java*
12/08/11 - Hamden, CT @ The Space
12/09/11 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
12/10/11 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
12/11/11 - Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
12/13/11 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
12/14/11 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
12/16/11 - Brooklyn, NY @ Bell House
12/17/11 - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
12/18/11 - Cleveland, OH @ HOB Cambridge Room
12/20/11 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
01/13/12 - NYC, NY @ Mercury Lounge*
01/21/12 - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Saint*
         *Without Good Old War

PHOTO BY VIRGINIA KAMENITZER

(Source: valemmich.com)

VAL EMMICH SONG OF THE DAY (12/13/11) - ‘Absolutely Still’ [2005 Rock Version] 

LYRICS:

this grey room
this bunker
the air is humming
us to sleep

while outside
the city hurry
the endless worry
is out of reach

promise me you’ll never leave this room
a million years from now would be too soon

the world is spinning turning day to night
and my thoughts are running at the speed of light
got an empty feeling that I never want to fill
absolutely still
i waited longer cuz i needed proof
that every door i shut’s leading me to you
and there’s a nervous feeling that i never want to kill
absolutely still

we were running
from the same noise
we were stuck in 
the same pursuit

now the door’s locked
I find that 
the dizzy madness
is bleeding thru 

promise me you’ll never leave this room
a million years from now would be too soon

the world is spinning turning day to night
and my thoughts are running at the speed of light
got an empty feeling that I never want to fill
absolutely still
i waited longer cuz i needed proof
that every door i shut’s leading me to you
and there’s a nervous feeling that i never want to kill
absolutely still

i’ll go anywhere you want tonight
cuz my head is spinning like a satellite
i got a restless feeling that i never want to fill
i’m absolutely still

You can purchase the studio recorded version of ‘Absolutely Still’ or the entire album it’s on, ‘Sunlight Searchparty’ on iTunes or CDBaby.com.

*When you purchase the ‘Sunlight Searchparty’ CD you will also receive the DVD ‘It’s Only Your Life’, the documentary of the making of ‘Sunlight Searchparty’*

(Source: valemmich.com)