Old Traditions, New Standards is an absolute classic masterpiece indie-pop record originally released in 1996 on the wonderful Harriet Records label of Cambridge, MA., and the Little Teddy label of Munich, Germany.
In the year Old Traditions, New Standards was released, Tullycraft recorded more than an album's worth of songs, which were released touch-n-go via a number of cornerstone independent labels including Cher Doll (US), Little Teddy (Germany), Wurlitzer Jukebox (UK), Blackbean and Placenta Tape Club (US), and 100 Guitar Mania (Japan). Most of these releases, on 7" vinyl, and a few indie pop compilations more or less sold out. They were then collected and reissued on The Singles, a compilation CD, along with a reissue of Old Traditions, New Standards CD by Darla in 1999.
All of the songs on the Old Traditions, New Standards album (and many of the other tracks on this 2xLP) were recorded entirely, or in part, by Pat Maley at Yoyo Studio in the Capitol Theater, downtown Olympia, WA between 1995 and 1999.