Good morning, Mr. Breakfast.

We’re in the studio.

We’re back at the Hangar, and it seems like we never left.  We recorded Dog’s Hymns here about a year and a half ago, and we are excited to be back, even though we have to work with Robert Cheek again.  Some things just can’t be avoided.

We tracked drums for five songs today, four originals and one cover.  They sound great.  Tomorrow, we’ll get cracking on bass, guitars, thousands of other instruments, and vocals.  We’re recording some video which will probably prove to be exceedingly boring, but we’ll soon subject you to it, anyway.  You lucky devils.

Remember, we have two shows coming up:

March 9th, 2010 in San Francisco, CA
Mike Watt + The Missing Men, Lite, LRL @ The Bottom of the Hill

March 12th-14th in St. Augustine, FL
Harvest of Hope Festival @ St. John’s County Fairgrounds

We’ll check back in with another exciting update tomorrow.  Goodnight.

Sleepy in Seattle.

4-EVA.

We brought our new band therapist, Dr. Philip, along for the trip.  While we sat in the bar and whiled away our flight delay, he kept a safe distance.

Dr. Philip Body.

We ate Cuban sandwiches from Paseo, played Scrabble, drank a ton of coffee, had a really good time playing the show, and took some sweet new press photos.  Gary really wanted to show off his new gray planet look.

Pass the orb. Free your mind.

Take that, Seattle.  Thanks to Ian, LoCho, Nate, Holly, Andrew, Kyle, and all of our friends in the great northwest.  We will see you again soon.

Ho, ho, ho.

We hope everyone is enjoying this festive time of year.  We’re making our plans for the next few months.  Details about shows will surface shortly.  We’ll be playing a couple of local shows with Finn Riggins in January, traveling through the Northwest and beginning the recording process in February, and playing Harvest of Hope in March.

Our friends over at Band In Boston have posted the session we recorded at their house when we were on tour this fall.  Check it out here.  This is the first time we attempted to play entirely on their instruments.  It was pretty fun, and we’d like to thank Jen and Andy, again, for having us over to play.

That’s it for now.  More news soon.  Take care, everyone.

We’re not broken up.

We were going to, then we did, and then we didn’t, so now we’re not.  Sorry for the confusion, and thank you to everyone who expressed concern and support.  We just used that body-double dummy to fake our own death, even though Marge expressly forbade us to do such a thing.

More news will come along when there is something to report.  Happy holidays, everyone.

Waaaaasssssaaaaaauup!

Thanks to everyone who came out to Thee Parkside last night.  We had a great time playing, and we’d like to thank everyone at the club, as well as Cannons and Clouds, The Wandas, and Ketman for sharing the night with us.  We have one more show coming up, and it’s next weekend (Saturday the 14th) at the Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen.  It’s their Second Saturday celebration, and we’ll be playing with super-bros, Dame Satan.  Two Sheds, also-bros, were scheduled to play, but they will be unable due to a family emergency.  We wish them the best and look forward to playing with them again in the future.  That’s about it for now.  Take care, everyone.

The Fest 8 and other news.

We got back late last night from our weekend in Gainesville, Florida for The Fest 8.  We had a great time, unlike that kid who apparently got tasered (not tased) for fighting with the police.  (It’s on YouTube.  Look it up.)  We’d like to thank Tony, Cam, Ben, Emily, Joel, Var, Jessi, Josh, Nicole, Mary, everyone at No Idea, all of the bands that played on our show, all the bands we watched, and everyone that hung out.  It was a fantastic weekend.  We played two shows, one acoustic and one electric, and they both ruled.  Extra special thanks go to Jared Grabb, who, in addition to playing a great set, hung out all weekend, took video of us performing, and put up with a ton of abuse from us.  That guy is a trooper and we love him.  He has already posted videos from our Fest performance on YouTube (I’ve also posted them on our MySpace page), and there may be some photos and other things yet to surface.  We’re heading back to Florida in March for Harvest of Hope, and we are already excited.

Coming up this week and next, we have two shows, one in San Francisco and one in Sacramento.  We’re playing Saturday, November 7th at Thee Parkside in San Francisco with our friends from Boston, Ketman, as well as the Wandas (another Boston band), and Cannons and Clouds (SF).  The following Saturday, the 14th, we’ll be at the Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen with Two Sheds and Dame Satan, and that show is already going off.  Come out and say hi.  We’ll be taking time after these shows to focus on writing, so who knows when you’ll be able to catch us again?

Maybe never.

The fall tour.

The fall tour was great.  It’s been too long since the shows happened to post in-depth recaps of each one, but they were really awesome, for the most part.  We’d like to sincerely thank all of our family, friends (old and new), and everyone who came out to the shows.  Thank you to everyone who put us up and put up with us.  Thank you to the great bands with whom we had the pleasure of playing, including Appomattox, Finn Riggins, Jared Grabb, Telegraph Canyon, Swim Party, Red Leaves, Acorns, Towers of Hanoi, Averkiou, Tom Slaughter, Mussels, Aminal, The Honored Guest, Jabberjosh, Sleeping in Gethsemane, El Toro del Muerte, Butter, and Plough Jogger.  Thank you to everyone who took videos and pictures of us playing, and to everyone who bought a shirt or an album to support us.  Thank you to the beaches of the southeast for giving us relief from the sweltering temperatures and humidity.  Thank you to Kuma’s Corner in Chicago, Ray’s the Steaks in Arlington, and Coyote Bluff in Amarillo for making great burgers.  No thanks to illness, broken equipment, and canceled shows.

We could not have done what we did, and had these experiences, without everyone mentioned above.  While the tone may be light, the sentiment is sincere.  Thank you all very much for making our fall tour excellent and for keeping us going.  See you back on the road soon.

Yeah, yeah.

I know.  Sorry.  An extensive update will be coming soon.

For now, we’re playing The Fest in Gainesville, FL this weekend.  We’ll be at Flaco’s on Friday night, playing a free acoustic set.  That place has great Cuban food and coffee, so come hang out and see a bunch of bands play all sensitive-like.  Saturday, we’re playing electric at the Atlantic.  It’s going to rule.  For a full list of who is playing and where, go here.

We have some local shows coming up, too, and I’ll write about those when we get back.  Take it easy.

Re: Low Red Land

borin

i dont knmows the bandsd buts they have a bads name. unless theys comes in thes desert.

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Thanks to the guys over at PunkNews.org for posting about our tour, and thanks to this guy for leaving the best comment ever.  Muckymuck hath spoken.