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Hey up, all. Greetings, once again, from Europe. We're heading into the
final weekend of our extremely rad trip over here w/ Samiam and, as
excited as we are to get the hell out of this weather and back to the
FLA, we're sad to leave our new buds. Thanks to everyone who has been
coming out the shows and making them so awesome, and thanks to Samiam
for being so unbelievably cool to us. This tour has totally ripped…aside
from the cops in Bavaria and the cops in France…and the hotel
receptionist-prick in Paris…and the van breaking down. Well, we're
having fun and the shows are ruling and that's what matters, right? On
to the news….
Our upcoming east coast, first-ever headlining tour is fast approaching,
so we wanted to remind you all about it. You will find the dates and
venues below, as well as on our myspace page and our homepage. We're
really stoked to be heading out on our own and hope that everyone can
find some time and scratch to spare to come out and support.
11.18.06 ORLANDO, FL THE SOCIAL
11.30.06 NEW YORK, NY THE KNITTING FACTORY
12.01.06 ASBURY PARK, NJ ASBURY LANES
12.02.06 PROVIDENCE, RI THE CENTURY LOUNGE
12.03.06 CAMBRIDGE, MA THE MIDDLE EAST (UPSTAIRS)
12.05.06 PHILADELPHIA, PA FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH
12.06.06 BALTIMORE, MD THE OTTOBAR
12.07.06 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA PEPERMINT BEACH CLUB
12.08.06 CHARLOTTE, NC THE CASBAH/TREMONT MUSIC HALL
12.09.06 JACKSONVILLE, FL FUEL COFFEEHOUSE
--11/30-12/07 W/ PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS AND FIFTH HOUR HERO
--12/08-12/09 W/ FIFTH HOUR HERO AND STRESSFACE
Enough old news. Time for the new…
We're happy to announce that all of the shows for our west coast run w/
Avail are confirmed! If it's anywhere near as fun as our east coast run
with them back in April, look out left coast—it's gonna be like a mud
slide wrapped in and earthquake all tucked up inside of a fire in the
hills! At least in California, anyway. In Washington and Oregon it's
going to be just rainy and cold enough to remind us why we'll never live
there and make us once again question the sanity of those who do. Off
with the dates—
1.19.07 TACOMA, WA HELL'S KITCHEN
1.20.07 PORTLAND, OR HAWTHORNE THEATER
1.22.07 SAN FRANCISCO, CA BOTTOM OF THE HILL
1.23.07 SANTA CRUZ, CA THE ATTIC
1.24.07 ANAHEIM, CA CHAIN REACTION
1.25.07 HOLLYWOOD, CA THE KNITTING FACTORY
1.26.07 SAN DIEGO, CA THE CASBAH
1.27.07 TEMPE, AZ THE CLUBHOUSE
In additional new news, we're sorting out the final details for our
return overseas with The Bouncing Souls in February. Stay tuned for
details on that excursion.
Hopefully this finds all of you well, and we hope to see you soon.
Peace,
Black
OCTOBER UPDATE!:–
Hey, all. Our apologies for the lack of news lately. We've been busy
getting ready to miss the best weather Florida has all year. We thought
it would be wise to exchange sunny and 70 for assed-out Euro-fall, which
will consist mostly, not entirely, of rain, snow, clouds, and pasty
people. Despite the weather, we are wicked stoked to get overseas and
bring a nice double-dose of awesome to you guys, courtesy of us, and the
magnificent Samiam. The tour dates are posted, so if you're from
abroad, check and see if we're coming near you.
A belated thank you is due to be extended from us to the beautiful
Lawrence Arms for bringing us along on their tour. We love you guys very
much. We also love Bullets to Broadway and we have a slight fear,
tinged with love, of The Blackout Pact.
So, the album is out, a lot of you have purchased it, and for that we
thank you all. Var swears that the LP will be out soon, as in this week.
I'm waiting, too.
Some good news for those of you who would like to catch us live
stateside—we're headlining the east coast in November and December.
Coming along for the ride on will be Planes Mistaken for Stars and Fifth
Hour Hero. Both bands have seriously killer new records out and are rad
folks, so we're enamored to have them along. Not all of the dates are
confirmed yet, but here's what we do have:
11/30/06 NYC, NY The Knitting Factory w/ Planes Mistaken For Stars,
Fifth Hour Hero
12/1/06 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes w/ Planes Mistaken For Stars
12/3/06 Cambridge, MA The Middle East (Upstairs) w/ Planes Mistaken For
Stars, Fifth Hour Hero
12/6/06 Baltimore, MD The Ottobar w/ Planes Mistaken For Stars
12/7/06 The Peppermint Beach Club w/ Planes Mistaken For Stars, Fifth
Hour Hero
We're hitting more places, obviously. So, don't sweat it if you live in
say, Philly. We'll be there.
After that fun little trek, we're chilling at home for a bit and get
plowed on eggnog. Then, we head back out west with AVAIL!!! The dates
will be forthcoming for that run and man, are we excited about that one!
That about wraps it up for now, everyone. Thanks again for coming out
and supporting and for picking up the album.
Peace
Black
SEPTEMBER UPDATE!:–
Hopefully you all know by now that tomorrow is the release dates of
our debut album, "In A Million Pieces." If you didn't, now you do, so
there's no excuse for you to run out and grab one...unless you just
want to get one from us at one of the shows. That's also a very
reasonable option.
There's a couple of other things I'd like to address, since they seem
to be on people's minds:
1) The tour we are currently on is not ours, so we have no control
over the fact that we're not playing in Texas or Chicago. Believe me
when I say we really wish we were. We'll be in those areas as soon as
we get a hot sec off...promise.
2) We're not coming to Canada until it stops being so ass-up cold, at
least if it's anything we have control over. That said, we should be
up that way sometime next year (when it gets warm again).
3) We are planning on hitting the east coast this Nov/Dec. As soon as
we know more, you will, as well.
So, thanks to everyone that's come out to the shows so far. They've
both been sweet!
Peace
Black
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AUGUST UPDATE!:–
With three weeks and counting until the record drops, things are really
starting to get pretty crazy around here. Of course, there is tons of
news to report. Since we already brought up the album, let's start
there, shall we?
For those of you who don't already know, our debut album, "In A Million
Pieces," is coming out on September 12th on Epitaph. That's pretty old
hat, I agree. What is new and exciting is that Var and the kind folks at
No Idea Records are going to be releasing the vinyl! That's even more
radical is that, for a limited time, the 12" is going to come with a
limited edition 7" featuring the demo version of "Devil in the Shade"
and the demo version of "Na Na Na." Well, we actually didn't do an album
version of "Na Na Na," so that's pretty much the only one you're gonna
get. Regardless, they both sound dope, and I'm sure we'll be playing
both live on tour, so it's a cool thing to pick up. Leading righ in with
a wonderful transition once again…
Some new tour dates have been added on our upcoming trek with The
Lawrence Arms and The Blackout Pact, so check the tour dates section and
see if we're coming closer to your westwardly-challenged town than you
initially thought. Once we wrap things up with TLA and TBP, we're
heading across the pond to rock the shores of Europe and the UK with the
mighty Samiam!!! Needless to say, we're elated to have the honor of
sharing the stage with these legends every night. Once we return from
Europe, we're planning a quick trip up the east coast before the end of
the year. We haven't hammered out all of the details yet, but we hope to
have some in the near future.
A quick thanks to everyone that came out to the Charleston and Jax shows
this weekend. We all agree that it was the single best headlining show
any of us have ever played on the First Coast, so thanks to all who made
it a success.
Peace,
Black
A MILLION PIECES:–
Hey, all. Happy Summer Solstice! There have been tons of new
developments around DraftHQ, so let's dive on in--
First of, let's talk about the album. It has a name, face, and birth
date! It's called "In A Million Pieces". We're not sure yet if it's
going to be a boy or a girl, but it's popping right out of the oven on
the expected and hoped for date of September 12th, 2006.
Here is the tracklisiting:
1) New Eyes Open
2) Lo Zee Rose
3) Let It Go
4) Alive Or Dead
5) Bordering
6) Impossible
7) Wired
8) Not What I Wanna Do
9) All We Can Count On
10) Out Of Tune
11) Longshot
12) The Tide Is Out
Needless, to say, we're totally psyched that we've got this baby all
packaged up and ready to send out to you guys.
Now, for those of you who can't wait until Sept 12th, we do have a
couple of songs you can get your hands on right now. The "UNSOUND"
compilation (Punk-O-Rama redux), released on the day of the beast by
Epitaph, has a demo version of "New Eyes Open." Also, Epitaph has also
released their summer sampler over at
http://www.purevolume.com/epitaphsummersampler, and you can download a
rough version of "Lo Zee Rose" for your listening pleasure.
Also, don't forget you can check out a clip of our version of The 'Mats
"Little Mascara," which is coming out on the "We'll Inherit The Earth"
tribute on 1-2-3-4 Go! Records on October 13
I think that's it for now. We're finalizing some plans for the rest of
the fall right now, so we should be seeing all of you by the end of the
year (we hope).
Take care and enjoy the summer!!!!
Peace,
Black
PS--Go buy "The Gold Record" right fucking now!