Europe

We're finally coming over to tour Europe this fall and the best part? We're touring with Trial and our dear friends in Anchor. See you soon Europe!

Venue changes:

Hey everyone, we've had a few venue changes on our upcoming tour. Our show Sunday May 22nd is now in Pomona at Aladdin Jr. #2, our show on Thursday May 26th is now at Eugene Underground in Eugene, OR and our show Friday June 10th is now at The Outskirts House in Brighton, MA. Addresses are listed below. Sorry for any confusion, hope to see you there!


5.22.2011 - Pomona, CA @ Aladdin Jr. #2
296 West 2nd Street Pomona, CA 91766


5.26.2011 - Eugene, OR @ Eugene Underground
1161 Grant St, Eugene, OR 97402

06.10.2011 - Brighton, MA @ The Outskirts House

New Interview: Focused Minds

Check out this interview we did with our friend Rory from Soul Control about music, touring and life on the road!


http://focusedminds.blogspot.com/


"Sometimes things just fall through the cracks unfortunately, this blog kind of did that. Not because I wanted it to, I jut got side tracked with a bunch of other things and I haven't been on tour as much or hardly so it hasn't been a staple thought in my head. I have sent out some interviews though and this is one that I got back and just fell by the way side after I received. For no particular reason, I just didn't update the blog. Bummer I know. All of my loyal readers. I have fun with the questions and I think it's an interesting take on life on the road, so that's why I keep at it.

With that said, This is an update from Drew, he handles vocal duties for Run With The Hunted. They put out a record last year on Panic records. You should go check it out. I met Drew on tour when we got to play with RWTH in Arizona, very nice fellow and we instantly started trading back emails about various nerd type things, comics, fantasy/sci fi, and of course the every lasting conversation of how do you not lose your voice on tour. Enjoy!

1)How do you keep your sanity on tour? Do you find time for yourself or do you cope by just being around people?

Careful planning and preparation haha. As long as I get a solid 8 hours of sleep every night and eat adequately I can handle any tour. When I book our tours, I purposely route them to have the shortest drives possible so we can all stay rested and not get sick. Alone time is crucial as well and I try to make time for myself when I can. One person usually sleeps alone in the van; it’s kind of like having your own personal apartment for a night. I find that reading helps a lot too because for the few hours a day I can do it, it allows me to escape the reality of the tour – I’m stuck in a metal box on wheels for weeks or months at a time away from most of the people and things I love. Immersing myself in a good book is a nice break.

2) Has there ever been a situation when you've been on tour and you question why your even involved with what you surround yourself with? How do you deal with that?

Those moments do happen every once in a while. Usually they are the low points of tour when things are continuously going wrong and morale is low. Those moments are important in their own ways though, they really test your conviction and intentions. They bring everything into focus and purify the experience by boiling it down to its simplest elements. There have been times when I feel like the hardcore community has moved so far away from what it was (and what I would like it to be) that I feel disheartened and frustrated. I meet plenty of apathetic and ignorant kids at shows on the road. I guess I deal with it by doing my best to inform and inspire kids like that to look beyond the surface of things and try to extract a deeper sense of what’s going on in the world. I want to give people a different perspective and get them to question their own beliefs and create their own sense of reality instead of relying on other people to do it for them.

3) Tour magic, explain it's wonders and amazing results, or just one result. What I mean by magic is something happening that you weren't expecting, like someone getting you on a last minute show or showing up at a place to stay and someone made you food, or someone did something extraordinary for you.

We’ve been really fortunate as a band in this sense; more people than I ever would have imagined have taken us into their homes (as complete strangers), cooked us food, and just gone above and beyond to make us feel welcome in places that couldn’t be farther from home. We had a really bad show in Bremerton, WA last summer and we were on tour with a band from Sweden called Anchor, so money was tight. Our friend Brian put us up at his house and made us shit tons of amazing food the night before and then the show just tanked. I was starting to get sick and morale was really low, I think we got like $20 between the two bands. After the show, Brian just walked up to me in the van and handed me an envelope with some money in it and just said “Take this.” I protested and protested but he wouldn’t take no for an answer. It brought me to tears that someone would be willing to give us their hard earned money to help us chase our dream; that kind of thing just doesn’t happen every day you know? There have been a lot of people who have done extraordinary things for us on the road and we’re eternally grateful to all of them.

4) Do you see yourself touring five years down the road? Why or why not? Do you think touring is an essential part of being in a band?

Honestly no, I don’t see myself touring in five years, at least not full time. There are other things I want to do with my life most of which can’t start until the band ends. Right now I love touring and it makes sense for what I’m trying to do but I don’t know if that will be the same in five years. Who knows though, I guess it really depends on what happens with the band. If the opportunities are there, why not? Most of that is out of my control though. I think for certain genres of music touring is essential; punk and hardcore is definitely one of them. But I never want to be that band who keeps putting out music and touring long after their prime; I don’t want to outwear our welcome and beat a dead horse.

5) Do you ever stumble across things while on the road and try to implement them into your own life and or try to bring those great aspects back home with you and spread it around?

Occasionally yah. We meet and stay with a lot of really creative and progressive people and often times, they inspire us take some of their ideas home with us. We’ve stayed in some really awesome collectives and squats and that lifestyle is really interesting to me. Anchor loved to play Frisbee and now we never go on tour without one. As a vegan, I get to try a lot of new and interesting food on the road too, and I definitely implement new recipes into my life after tour. Some of the promoters and venues we play in are really inspirational too; oftentimes they exist completely outside of the control of any single person or corporation. The most inspiring thing about punk and hardcore to me is that it is (still) a community of young people who are creating and controlling something themselves. The goal isn’t profit or making a smart move for your future - it’s based purely on passion, on doing something you love for the simple fact that you love it. People who take that kind of control of their lives and make things happen for themselves really inspire me, and I try to take that attitude home and implement into my own life. DIY is a lifestyle - not just a way to book shows."

Summer Tour 2011

Hey everyone,

We're really excited to announce our tour for Summer 2011. We're doing a full US and playing the first annual Panic Records Showcase on May 27th in Seattle, WA at Rainfest 2011. After that we're headed over to the East Coast to play some shows with our friends in Black Kites, Grudges, Wreak Havoc and Thieves. Hope to see everyone at a show, we'll have our new record with us and some awesome new merch designs.

05.21.11 - San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe

05.22.11 - Pomona, CA @ Aladdin Jr. #2

05.23.11 - Fresno, CA @ The CYC

05.24.11 - San Francisco, CA @ Sub-Mission Art Space

05.25.11 - Redding, CA @ Sue’s Java Cafe

05.26.11 - Eugene, OR @ Eugene Underground

05.27.11 - Seattle, WA @ Panic Records Showcase

05.28.11 - Seattle, WA @ Rainfest 2011

05.29.11 - Seattle, WA @ Rainfest 2011

05.30.11 - Victoria, BC @ Victoria Events Center

05.31.11 - Vancouver, BC @ The Astoria

06.01.11 - Portland, OR @ Blackrose Infoshop

06.02.11 - Boise, ID @ Grange Hall

06.03.11 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Underground

06.04.11 - Denver, CO @ Blast-O-Mat

06.05.11 - Omaha, NE @ The Hole

06.06.11 - Cedar Falls, IA @ 1108 House

06.07.11 - Grand Rapids, MI @ 33 Eastern

06.08.11 - Cleveland, OH @ Gomorrah

06.09.11 - Rochester, NY @ Flying Squirrel Community Space

06.10.11 - Brighton, MA @ The Outskirts House

06.11.11 - Tiverton, RI @ Thee Dountee Shoppee

06.12.11 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Stolen Sleeves Collective

06.13.11 - New Brunswick, NJ @ Gnar City

06.14.11 - Salem, VA @ Kirk’s

06.15.11 - Clarksville, TN @ The Coup

06.16.11 - Little Rock, AR @ Downtown Music

06.17.11 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Sauced

06.18.11 - Amarillo, TX @ The Sorority House

06.19.11 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Man Cave

Updates coming

I just looked over this Blog and realized that a lot of it is out of date and that we look pretty lazy. Well, we just look like we're lazy. We have an actual legit website in the works that's going up soon (and only about a year overdue). Which would still make us the laziest sods in the desert. Oh well, better late then never, right? Right...

Ok, well, the year is shaping up pretty well, but not everything is finalized yet. So, as of right now, we'll be on tour from mid-May through mid-June with a stop at the Panic Records Showcase at Rainfest and we were added to this year's Sound & Fury lineup (which is pretty damn awesome). We're not sure if we'll be touring around S&F yet, but we do know that we're working on hitting Europe in the Fall. So, if you're across the pond, keep your eyes open we should be out there soon!

The LP has been received very well, but since we're lazy of course, I just realized that we haven't updated the reviews page thingy... we'll put all that crap up when we get the new site up.

Ok, until there's more to update, see ya!

New Interview: AMP Magazine

Jason and Ian did an interview for AMP Magazine that was published today. Check it out HERE!

If you like it, commentz and postz plz!

spring 2011

hey everyone,

we've got some exciting news: we have a new webstore available through our friends at hellfish. head over there to check out some of our new merch and keep an eye on it because we'll be adding more stuff all the time, including limited designs you can only get there.

 

we've got some shows lined up for april including a local one on april 2nd at the underground with the author and the fair and debonair. should be a good time so come out and pick up their new cd's. we're also playing california uber alles fest in hermosa beach, CA this year with a ton of great regional bands. this fest is looking the be the next sink with cali!

in case you haven't heard, we're also playing the panic records showcase with trial, make do and mend, another breath and a TON of other great bands. we'll also be doing a full US tour around the fest (more info about that will be coming soon).