The Boston Phoenix gave the album a mention in their news roundup, and music blog loud.robot gave it 4/5 stars in a wonderfully well-written review.
This blog will likely move to gordonwithers.com once the domain transfer is complete.
The album will be officially available on Tuesday, December 18. I'm still waiting to see exactly which online retailers will carry it -- so far, eMusic is definitely on board. In the meantime, you can download or order a CD from the MySpace page.
The PR campaign is also in full swing. My favorite music magazine, The Big Takeover, got a copy several months ago, so they are the first to review it. The following review is published in Big Takeover's issue #61, which comes out this week:
"If New Jersey’s Nutley Brass can give The Ramones and Misfits the horns & brass treatment, and if U2 hits can be “lullabized,” why not compose a cello album comprised of… Jawbox songs? Enter Withers (AKA Trisloth). A few years ago, a smattering of his cello-jacked Jawbox covers made the rounds on the Internet. At the beginning of 2007, Withers re-cut many of the tracks for this collection as a benefit release for Jawbox frontman, J. Robbins, whose infant son Cal was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Even for the most ardent aficionado of classical and/or chamber music, familiarity with the original Jawbox incarnations of these 12 songs (which by the way, span the group’s four albums) is a prerequisite for any genuine appreciation. That aside, this thoughtfully crafted, D.C. punk-related oddity is ultimately for a good cause."
(Definitely check out The Big Takeover -- it's the only magazine I subscribe to and has hundreds of informative reviews and stories in every issue)
Also, look for mini-interviews coming soon in the Washington City Paper, the Boston Phoenix, and BostonNow.