My sincerest apologies for the lack of updates on this here website. We tend to resort to mini updates on our Facebook Page due to how incredibly busy we’ve been. We realized the other day that we’ve played about 18 shows this Summer. That may or may not seem like a lot but considering we all juggle full time jobs, it is! We’ve played in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, San Diego, Tempe, AZ, Tuscon, AZ, and Portland, OR. This has easily been the best Summer for our band and though we’re excited for what’s to come, it’s always kind of a bummer to see Summer come to a close.
We’ve been fortunate enough to get some really great press lately. Check out an interview/print feature we recently did with the SF Weekly as well as a couple reviews of the Three Words EP:
Up next is a one off in Reno, Nevada at a venue called, The Loft @ Siena Hotel & Casino on Friday, September 10th. It’s been a while since we’ve played Reno and we couldn’t be more excited to get back and gamble away the band fund…
Additionally, we have a BIG local show coming up in September. Round Music Records will be releasing a split 7″ single with yours truly and the lovely, Rykarda Parasol. The record will be available at the release party on September 24th at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill. Stay tuned for more details regarding that matter! In the meantime, check out the artwork for this bad boy:
We have just been added to SF Weekly’s All Shook Down Music Festival with Neon Indian, Ty Segall, Sonny & The Sunsets and many more. Stay tuned for details!
Sorry, for the lack of recent updates. Since we’ve arrived home from tour (which I see I failed to write much about on here) we’ve been so busy I’ve retired to micro updates via Facebook. I promise a full update will be posted soon. In the meantime, check out this nice review Music Induced Euphoria did of our new EP, Three Words:
After a year and a half of writing and recording our new EP, Three Words is complete. In celebration of this glorious achievement, we will be playing an all ages show at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill with our friends, Magic Bullets and Transfer on Sunday, May 30th. Copies of the Three Words EP will be available for purchase at the show along with our usual swag.
Purchase tickets online here.
RSVP to the Facebook event here.
For those of you that live outside the Bay Area, the Three Words EP will be available for purchase on our website’s online store May 30th. Additionally, the Three Words EP will be available for digital download via the following online music stores:
* iTunes U.S.
* iTunes Australia/N.Z.
* iTunes Canada
* iTunes UK/European Union
* iTunes Japan
* iTunes Mexico
* MySpace Music
* Napster
* eMusic
* IMVU
* Amazon MP3
* Shockhound
* Amie Street
* LimeWire Store
* Nokia
* Zune
* Thumbplay
WE HAVE MADE OUR NEW TRACK, “THE OLD PAIN” AVAILABLE FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. BUT, ONLY FOR 24 HOURS.
LISTEN TO “THE OLD PAIN” NOW
We just added “Strange And Futureless”, a new song from the forthcoming Three Words EP to our MySpace and Facebook! Please check it out! While you’re at it, take a glimpse at some of the new photos and EP artwork! Three Words will be available on CD and for digital download May 30th
Unfortunately, recording can be a very costly process. Since we operate entirely independent of a record label, management, etc. We end up paying out of our own pocket most of the time. If you’re anxious to hear the new Three Words EP, want us to tour to your city, or just feel guilty for illegally downloading one or all of our last three releases please donate via PayPal by clicking the “Donate” button below. No amount is too small (or too large!)
Friday’s show at Red House was both surprisingly fun and peculiar. Though we still rehearse in Walnut Creek, there is nothing about it that really feels like my neighborhood anymore. Every time I come back, I feel as though the town has changed more than I am prepared for. Stores come, stores go, and more beige apartment buildings are developed. I’ve assigned some type of romantic significance to parking lots and convenience stores. When I come back and notice the change, I feel that Walnut Creek loses its identity and just starts to feel like a shopping mall. I feel like I grew up in a shopping mall.
I know that sounds bleak and honestly, this wasn’t a realization that was entirely brought on by performing in Walnut Creek. In fact, I think that playing out there actually provided me with some type of closure and willingness to accept that this is indeed what happens to “the old neighborhood.” It changes.
A month or so ago, there was a “funny” YouTube video that ended up being forwarded to me. It was “funny” because it featured an adult man crying. I didn’t find it to be funny at all. In fact, I was completely moved by it. He is crying because his old neighborhood library is being torn down. It had been there his whole life. I couldn’t believe that someone would laugh about this. Sure, maybe he sounds ridiculous as his voice cracks and he swears but so what? Everyone sounds silly when they cry. No one cries like they do in Hollywood movies. I bet that if more people cared this much about the libraries in their neighborhoods, the world would be a different place.
All I’m really saying is that I relate. When I see parts of Walnut Creek go I feel a sense of loss. But, last Friday for me did not evoke a sense or mourning. It was a celebration of my time in Walnut Creek. It’s no longer this place I have to make the best of. It’s someone else’s turn.
“Good Story” live at the Red House in Walnut Creek Friday, March 5th 2010.
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