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Local Durham folks can also purchase the album at the best lil' record store:
Chaz' Bull City Records
or Offbeat Records in Brightleaf Square.
Chapel Hill-ians can go to
School
Kids Records or CD Alley.
Raleigh folks can go to School Kids Records.
Norfolk, VA fans can find our album at the excellent Relative Theory Records.
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R E C E N T
"Beloved Binge showed up in Durham from Seattle, and quickly locked into the surrounding DIY music scene,
Similarly, Beloved Binge excels when pointed and propulsive, knocking out stripped-down punk dissonance
“...it's nice to have Seattle's transplanted Beloved Binge
“Beloved Binge…brought with them a sound that is as rooted
“…a truly unique duo. Right off, the delightful spin of “New Year” is “Faces,”
"Like wonderful Chicago co-eds The Spinanes, Beloved Binge
“If Lee Ranaldo and Fontaine Toups had wed, Beloved Binge
P R E S S:
where folks were busy inserting their personal and political convictions into the city's arts. This couple/ duo delivers
plain-spoken, pensive songs spackled together with spare guitar and drums. They embody some of that
"getting shit off your chest" joie de vivre that sounds not just therapeutic for the performer, but downright thrilling
for those on the receiving end. You probably recognize this as a Pacific Northwest ethos from bands on Kill Rock Stars and K.
in mid-tempo stabs. Self-named "home-cooked, animal-free music," they assert their passion as vegans.
Centerpiece "Freedom or Death" glides on an ebullient call and response anthem line between
Rob Beloved and Eleni Binge, and sudden tempo changes, though capable of distraction, ultimately add spice.
When they casually riff on tracks like "Stuck," Eleni chiming in conversational tone, it's all rag-tag charm.
The ramshackle spirit of BB just underlines the ethos they hold dear."
—Chris Toenes,
The Independent Weekly, Review of Other Places (5/2/2007).
(who moved to Durham last year) in our midst. On "Other Places"…the tandem of
Rob Beloved and Eleni Binge play stripped-down punk rock that doesn't feel thin,
combining the howling abandon of Sleater-Kinney with a very fine attention to poppy detail…”
-- David Menconi,
News and Observer, from Critic’s Picks, On the Best Rock & More, 1/12/07
in Northwestern lo-fi pop…as it is in East Coast (specifically D.C.) punk…
[and] succeed in creating varied songs…the band can…craft a catchy melody,
but also knows when to step on the distortion pedal.”
--Diversions, the Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, 1/16/07. Diversions.
which features Eleni’s talent for balancing vocal harmony and power.
It also shows the knack Beloved Binge has for transitioning into completely different
rhythms flawlessly. This demonstrates another quirk of the band:
if you feel the need to skip tracks, hold out a bit; there’s sure to be
something to your liking later on in the track…”
- St.Claire, The Raleigh Hatchet, March 2007.
hustles through minimal guitar-and-drum pop obsessed
with sparseness, space and sear. But they do it with
the gumption of 764-Hero and, occasionally, the enthusiastic bluster
of Sonic Youth."
--GC, Indy Weekly, October 2006
...would have been their Teen Beat babies.”
-–Independent Weekly,
from Music Worth Leaving the House For, 7/2/06.

Reviews of their debut album:
* "This CD is totally wacky in a good way. Its completely different
then anything going on in the Seattle
scene right now. Its great and fun to listen to
with witty and sometimes
political and dare I say philosophical lyrics.
There’s always whistling and various instruments that are out of the
standard drums, guitar, bass though those are present."
--Artsy Noise: www.artsynoise.com
* “Enter Beloved Binge, a Seattle three piece
(who at times sound like several more pieces)...
In the dish they serve up you’ll find some Firehouse, Pixies,
Violent Femmes, and some quirkiness that’s all their own...
Happy I am to report that, indeed, Beloved Binge bring the rock.”
--Editor, Herbivore Magazine: www.herbivoremagazine.com
* "Beloved Binge's debut album is a joy to listen to alone,
with friends, or while being political."
--Judy Nicastro, former Seattle City Councilwoman
Beloved Binge's self-titled debut can be bought safely through Paypal:
Note: If you are paying for your order with a check or money order, email buy AT beloved binge dot com to make this payment arrangement with the subject line "Payment, Beloved Binge."
Also available @ Reverb Records in Portland, OR;
The excellent Bop Street records in Seattle (5219 Ballard Avenue Northwest);
The wonderful vegan boutique Sidecar in Seattle (5270B University Way NE, across from Pizza Pi); and,
Everyday Music in Seattle's Capitol Hill (right on Broadway).
We give 25% of our CD sales to this organization at present.

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