Fairytales and Other Forms Of Suicide is The Old Ceremony\’s first album on North Carolina’s Yep Roc Records. The folks at Yep Roc have gained a well-earned reputation for recognizing and nurturing timeless songwriting, from Nick Lowe to Robyn Hitchcock to Paul Weller, and an attentive listen to the new album shows The Old Ceremony sitting quite comfortably in this esteemed company. With their new album, the textures and moods that have become a calling card for The Old Ceremony arrive with unusual clarity. The Old Ceremony continues to explore the cinematic textures and songcraft that have become their unique calling card. More than any of their past recordings, Fairytales central theme is that of awakening to the world as it is and learning to see the beauty in its harshness. Meditations on love (\”Fairytales and Other Forms of Suicide,\” \”The Royal We,\” \”Day That I Was Born,\”), politics (\”Sink or Swim\”), and scientific progress (\”Star by Star\”) all return to this central theme. Over their career The Old Ceremony has forged their own distinctive sound. It is the sound of seeking: for new textures, for hidden corners of experience, for a flash of truth in an otherwise confusing world.