COAST track, “Suburb” up for STREAM & DOWNLOAD!
Check out "Suburb" from our upcoming LP "Coast"! and download it for free!
The release show is September 24th at One Eyed Jack's with Caddywhompus and Eastern Sea.
For a download of the track, TWEET! or CONNECT on FACEBOOK
We are all super excited for this show, really too much for it to be describable in words.
Honestly, we don't know what to expect. All we know is, it's going to be off the chain. We have worked so incredibly hard to get this album recorded, pressed, and promoted so this September 24th, we are going to let it all hang out.
The show is be presented by our good friends over at Antigravity Magazine who were nice enough to do a write up about the show just the other week. Click here to download the latest issue.
That's just about it though! Would love to write more but we have orders to keep up with and posters to print! See you the 24th!
Anniversary Tour Day 6 – Tuscaloosa, AL
End of the short road.
We were well on our way to being 3 hours-or-so early for this show, when someone spotted Pizza Kastle, and the daunting sign of ""$3.99 mini-golf + 10 free tokens". We were trapped. The day wiped by and before we knew it we were rolling into Tuscaloosa an hour past load-in.
Luckily, the place and staff were super dooper chill, and actually didn't mind at all. We even ended up stalling our start time because the crowd was coming in so late.
The set up was strange, being feet away from the bathroom and having toilet-bound friends brush by throughout the set. Nevertheless, it was a good time, especially late when the party crew showed up (see video).
The invite for a wild night in Tuscaloosa was out there, but, alas, our bodies were collectively too weary, too homesick, too partied out from the last week.
We hit the road at 3am, got to our homes at about 7 or 8am.
phew
Devin
6/1/10 Philadelphia, PA
House party in Philly!
Finally a stop somewhere farther south than the last!
The day was jovial. We departed from Cooper's lovely place back up in CT after having stayed a whole day off there, and got into Philly sometime mid-afternoon. First thing on the list was to experience cheesesteaks. We heard from the natives that Pat's was the place to go. Hit that and hit it hard. Ddeelliicciioouuss.
After seeing a little bit more of the streets and city we headed to our friend Mike's place to set up and get ready to throw down.
We were told to keep it down because of the neighbors, so we decided on a really laid back quiet set like we do sometimes at coffee shops and things. It was way fun.
Despite this, after 4 songs we received a visitor, hollering to keep down all the "cranked amps" that were searing the air at a blaring level of 2.
Whatevs.
We broke down and broke out the party. Drinks, friends, hoola-hoops, dub step mini-raves, and a lot of freestyling ensued.
<3 all our friends up in PA!
(last vid will be up tomorrow probably, sorry these last ones are a bit late)
Devin
5/30/10 B.O.M.B Fest in Durham, CT
Most of the video is to represent our fellow New Orleans musicians who came out and performed at the fest. And also to parody Donnie Darko, something I've been wanting to do for a while even though it didn't come out that great. I'll probably try it again sometime.
We had a a blast! (pun almost intended)
and are now finally on our decent back to the south.
currently setting up to play a house party in Philly.
*muah
Devin
5/29/10 Middletown, CT
We made it to Connecticut?
Well, this is as far north as we go. We did it. B.O.M.B. Fest (tomorrow) is within 10 minutes of here, this was our pre-fest show thing at a night club-esque / UFC watching room.
We met up with a bunch of buddies from back home who are also up for B.O.M.B. Fest and pretty soon, though we're ages away from home, thing started feeling homey again.
The night was pretty solid, apart from the huge UFC fight projections right next to us which was a little weird, and we all just got pretty jacked about tomorrow.
Today!
o jeez
Devin
5/28/10 Oxford, PA
Alex's hometown. This day ruled.
I pretty much explained the day in the captions in the video.
So I'll just say we had a lot of fun and met a lot of awesome friends.
It was like,
Wake up at 1pm - Hang at Alex's house - Get to venue at 5pm - Played a super fun show - Partied back at Alex's house early for his b-day.
miss u
Devin
5/26/10 Roanoke, VA
Very discreet tour day.
We essentially turned a day off into a very small show and chance to see Roanoke.
The highlights:
- Beautiful scenic drive, once again.
- I got a new snare stand and golf bag for my cymbal stands at a nearby thrift for 7$
- We played some old beauties, like "Stay Drunk" and the infamous first Sun Hotel song "South (All the Kids)"
- We utilized cans of almonds as shakers.
- They gave us free sweet tea while we played.
- With no where to stay, we decided to splooge and just buy drinks and party in a dirty hotel room.
in Charlottesville currently, it's wonderful.
see ya
Devin
5/24/10 Murfreesboro, TN
Awww yeah! A nice short drive this time around. Only about 3 hours.
After a short little shot up I65 north we ended up at The Boro Bar & Grill at around 5PM. All seemed good and it all ended up turning out to be a great night. After playing a bit of pool to pass the time, buying an 18 pack of PBR for one hell of a good deal(11$) and grabbing a quick bite to eat(out of our cooler of course) we jumped on stage at about 10PM and played a good long set of about 1.5 hours (only because of encouragement from the bar and a large amount of pitchers of Budweiser given to us).
All in all things turned out really well for a monday night in a bar not usually showcasing bands during the week. Made some new friends, gave away some music, and had an awesome time! Oh, and before I forget! Upon packing up our trailer we encountered quite an interesting fellow by the name of Travis who proceeded to invite us to come hang with him with promises of ladies of any race, age, and size for each member of the band as well as some other strange stuff. Thanks Travis?
Anyways, that's it for Murfreesboro! Let me know what you think of the video! I (Alex) made it this time around. Thanks for reading!
Alex
PS: Thanks again Justin and Henry for being so hospitable to us dudes and showing us a good time.
5/23/10 Birmingham, AL
Finally northern-bound...
First off, disclaimer, the soundtrack was originally Morrissey, but youtube took it down. Anyway.
So we're actually leaving for a while this time.
High noon we rolled into the bouncemobile and began to gather up the team to leave town. However, before we knew it the keys were locked in the car outside Walgreen's in the 100 degree heat, and we were delayed a half hour and down an extra 40 bucks.
Still, right after, we hit the road with smiles and high spirits. The ride was long, but the town was worth it.
After meeting our good friend Josh and pals there, we scoped out the venue. Sipsey Tavern is a really cool place with some really nice guys.
First thing we met there was a Celtic jam session filling all the rooms. Awesome. They were also grilling hot dogs right outside the door to hand out.
The other band on the bill, CircuitTree, also extremely nice guys, played a short but energetic set to set the place in the right direction.
The best way I think I could describe our set was friendly and genuine. We rocked hard but not too hard, and almost everyone there seemed to give a good amount of attention. Anyone who didn't want to be right in front had a cool room off to the side with pool tables n such.
I'm just sayin', when Tyler throws out his monologue at the end of "Resdiscovery" and its totally silent until he says "thanks" and then there's a good amount of cheers, it just feels like people are listening and that's pretty cool.
I don't have that in this vid, but you can see what I mean at this moment back in Nashville.
see ya
Devin
Tour Day 12, finale (Mobile, AL)
It's been a journey.
Well, this is it. Last day for the team to show our stuff.
The day began earlier than ever, as I was awakened by the countdown of a shuttle launch at 5:20 a.m. and ran out of bed with camera in hand to witness it. It was glorious, and worth it.
Soon after, we left for the long road of 8 hours to Mobile.
We had a few pit stops along the way, having left some gear and a very, very important sweatshirt at the house party in Tallahassee. Great to see that place again.
It was a long and winding day on the road.
Our final show was at a coffee shop. Quiet, low-key, relaxed, small. Fine with us.
We played a fairly acoustic set, keeping the volume at about literally 10x lower than usual, and played for about 2 hours, sipping coffee and making a few friends. Ross and Tyler also filled in some time with some of their solo-works.
Bringing along our dearest friend, Sun Hotel's little sister, Haley, we left late into the night for our last drive to New Orleans.
We rolled in at about 1am, unloaded, and let the coach take over the final speech to re-cap the season.
We also rewarded him quite appropriately for his leadership. See the 6:00 minute mark in the video to see what I mean. It's perfect.
All in all, we left our hearts on the field, gave 110%, met a bunch of great people and had so many good times.
Looking forward to our next tour in late May/early June tremendously.
By the way, please feel free to let me know what you thought of the videos and blogs! I loved doing them and hope to do it again when we go back on tour. Critique on how they could improve or any feedback would melt my heart.
luv alwys
Devin