The über-elusive, free-form, improv-folk collective the No-Neck Blues Band have more or less passed themselves off as a semi-existent anomaly, releasing slews of hard-to-find records and keeping their non-image a closely guarded secret. In perhaps their most high-profile move to date (not counting the release of their 2001 album Sticks And Stones... on John Fahey's Revenant imprint), the NYC combo will release their next full-length, titled Qvaris, on 5RC, a.k.a. 5 Rue Christine, a subsidiary of Kill Rock Stars. The 5RC roster, which focuses on the more fringe and/or bizarre acts aligned with the Olympia label, appears to be an apt fit for No-Neck, who will join acts like Metalux, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, Wooden Wand And The Vanishing Voice and Excepter (featuring former No-Necker John Fell Ryan). Other information regarding Qvaris is as mysterious as the group themselves, with only a few cryptic statements released by the band, one of which describes the album as "a slice of life, though not necessarily human life."

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