Simitu is the second album from Cold Bleak Heat, the dream-team, east-coast avant jazz line-up of alto/tenor saxophonist Paul Flaherty (Dream/Aktion Unit), drummer Chris Corsano (Vampire Belt, Six Organs of Admittance), trumpeter Greg Kelley (nmperign, Heathen Shame), and acoustic bassist Matt Heyner (No Neck Blues Band, Test).

While explosive as their 2005 debut, Simitu brings a melancholic, even sensitive feel to these improvisations.

Yet, no need to worry about these four wipin' tears on their sleeves. CBH wages between the melodic centers/ghostly solos of Flaherty/Kelley and loose, downhill, free blow outs you'd expect, all while maintaining the grand swell of a hardcore jazz symphony.

Even as complex and multi-paced beats sink into bowed-drones and vocal hollers, focused lyricism remains the returning leader.

As members of some of the past decade's most innovative and visceral musical outlets, CBH continues as a pioneering force into jazz improvisation.

Features liner notes and drawings by Christina Carter (Charalambides). · Second full-length following the critically praised 2005 Family Vineyard debut It's Magnificent, but It Isn't War.

Cold Bleak Heat features members of No Neck Blues Band, nmperign, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Dream/Aktion Unit, while its members have colaborated with Thurston Moore, Keiji Haino, Damon & Naomi, Burning Star Core, and Nels Cline.

Saxist Paul Flaherty is considered a legendary blower in the jazz underground. Chris Corsano's solo album in made The Wire Top 50 of 2006 and the drummer will be touring and recoridng with Bjork during 2007.

Liner notes and drawings by Christina Carter (Charalambides)