We’re pleased to announce the brand new video release for “Happiness is Alien,” our first official video since “It’s Over Now.” The video was shot in Seattle over a typical Northwest weekend. Mother Nature didn’t always cooperate but we managed to get some pretty amazing footage in between all the rain showers.

Credits
Concept by Cause and Effect. Our main character was played by Paul. The man behind the camera was Andy Reynolds assisted by Piper Hanson. The footage was edited by Darren Ebert. Reese Kolsky Rowe was in charge of costume and interspecies communications. A special thanks to Brady Green for use of his beautiful BMW 2002 tii.

ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT PART TWO: To be released July 26, 2011 – Pre-sale to begin Friday July 8, 2011 @ www.causeandeffect.com

As a continuation of the album that began with the last year’s ‘ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT PART ONE.’ Electronic pop veteran’s ROB ROWE and KEITH MILO of CAUSE AND EFFECT announce the release of the eagerly anticipated ‘ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT PART TWO’ (AC2,) the second installment of a three-part album.

Starting things off on ‘AC2’ is “HAPPINESS IS ALIEN,” the hard-hitting electro-pop/nu-rock second single which opens with singer Rob Rowe’s ‘other-worldly’ phased vocals floating atop a contagiously hooky synth line and rhythmic eighth-note guitar mutes. The song quickly morphs into a densely layered electro-anthem with crunchy power-chords, a bit-crushed 909-drum machine and a pulsing bed of keyboardist Keith Milo’s signature sequenced synths.

From the song’s opening line, “Don’t take me to your leaders and their guns,” we hear the voice of Paul, an alien who has traveled to Earth in search of the beauty he discovered within the work of poet William Blake, but upon arrival, quickly becomes disillusioned by the duality of man and our primitive understanding of the universe. “HAPPINESS IS ALIEN” explores some serious thought provoking issues and laces them with a touch of humor and a healthy dose of irony.

“HIA has always been one of our favorite un-released songs, explains Rob Rowe. ”We played it live quite a bit during ‘The Sunrise Tour’ and it always went over well, so we’re really excited to finally give it a proper release. We’ve also got some great remixes being done for it.”

CITY LIGHTS: A modern day big-city bright-lights lover’s tale set to a pulsing C&E style electronic waltz. Will they succumb to the allure of the city on those dark and lonely nights or will the city lights make it all right? “CITY LIGHTS” is a musical journey through the ‘crystal-mountain’ highs and the dark and seedy lows of big city life.

SHINE: A dark and powerful electro-ballad anthem with a poignant, yet optimistic message about rising above intolerance and H8. Lines such as “You shine like an angel, you shine like a star, wearing that suit made of feathers and tar“ and “Don’t let them see your spirit falling, ‘cause the voice inside is calling to you,” will resonate with anyone who has ever felt like a stranger in their own skin. Originally written and demoed before the recording of C&E’s third album ‘INNERMOST STATION,’ it was last year’s highly publicized teen suicides that inspired this newly re-worked version of the song.

“After selecting songs for AC2, we started to realize that there was a theme in that each of the songs dealt with outcasts or feelings of alienation. Even though “SHINE” was an older song, it felt right at home with the other songs on AC2,” says, Milo.

FUTURE: Melodic synth lines and sparse acoustic guitar lay the foundation for this hauntingly beautiful mid-tempo ballad that tells the story of a woman longing for the world she once knew. Lyrical phrases such as “She blames the death of vinyl for the death of her smile” and “nostalgia kills the future and taints time,” propel the song to the last climatic rise of ‘AC2’ where the listener is left to ponder the EP’s closing lines: “She’s an alien, just an alien, and I’m an alien – far from home.” “FUTURE” has already been labeled as a fan-favorite that is destined to become a C&E classic.

ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT – Track listing:

PART ONE (available now)
1. Happy?
2. View of the Sea
3. This Is Who I Am
4. Sleep

PART TWO (Available 7/26)
5. Happiness Is Alien
6. City Lights
7. Shine
8. Future

PART THREE (Fall 2011)
9. TBA
10. TBA
11. TBA
12. TBA

CAUSE AND EFFECT’S career now spans 20 years in which they’ve released five full-length studio albums that have included five Billboard Top #20 Club singles, four Billboard Hot #100 singles, and cumulative US album sales of over 500,000 copies on both their own independent label LIQUEFACTION, and major label BMG. CAUSE AND EFFECT will be releasing ‘ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT PART THREE’ later this year, and will begin live shows starting this Fall.

CAUSE AND EFFECT is: ROB ROWE and KEITH MILO

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Release information for ‘Artificial Construct Part Two’ will be announced on July 5th. Mailing list members will be receiving a 10% discount code so if you are not a member yet, sign up now!

Our hearts are heavy as the aftermath of the Japan tragedy continues to unfold. We’ve decided that from now through the end of March, we will be donating 100% of the proceeds from any digital purchase made in the Cause and Effect BandCamp store to the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Fund.

This includes ANY digital song or album purchase made from the entire C&E catalog.

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Rob & Keith

A brief update that we are currently in the mix stage for the new songs and will soon have release info for “Artificial Construct Part Two!” But since it’s the weekend, we thought we’d post a “pre-mix” preview of one of the ballads from “AC2” called “Future.”

Download the alternate “Dirty 8VA Mix” of “Happy?” for FREE!

Everyone loves FREE music so be sure to tell all of your Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace friends about the FREE “Happy?” mix by using the “Share This” links below.

The original version of “Happy?” appears on “ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT PART ONE.”

Cheers, Rob & Keith – C+E

We’re pleased to announce that CDs and digital downloads for Cause and Effect’s new release: “Artificial Construct – Part One” are now available!
You can listen to the full-length songs clips, as well as purchase them in your choice of formats including FLAC, Lossless, MP3 and AAC.

If you still love CDs, order the CD version of “Artificial Construct – Part One” now! Your CD order includes immediate access to the digital downloads so you can listen while you wait for your CD to arrive. (CDs ship in 3-4 days)

The entire Cause and Effect back catalog becomes available digitally for the first time. The first two C+E albums are being re-released as Deluxe Editions which contain bonus tracks and never before released songs and demos.