Our tentative scheduled time to record is some long weekend in mid-March. Song five is finished as of today, minus vocals. That's out of six or seven that we're shooting for. Our desire to pump some post-quartet Reptilian into your ears is overwhelming.
Other things that kick ass on the horizon are: a weekend with Bad Words, Charles the Osprey, Good Teeth/Gold Teeth, and The Midwestern. Both days, all five bands. Grand Rapids then Chicago.
And THEN: a string of three or four shows with Annabel and Joie De Vivre at the end of April.
ALSO, this Summer we set out on the road for a month beginning June 26. We'll have specifics on that soon.
PLUS Jon got an iPhone so in the future he better be doing all kinds of updates from the road.
This is all the good news swirling around us at the moment.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Three's Company
Coming off our first show as a three-piece this weekend, we'd just like to say thanks to everyone who was there. This past Saturday was something else. It felt great to receive such a positive reaction to what we're doing now. It was fun. Let's do it again soon.
It's a point of pride that we were able get 1994! and Algernon Cadwallader out here all the way from Philadelphia and show them such a good time. Same goes for our old friends in Empire! Empire! as well as one of the coolest bands to pop up in Kalamazoo in a long time, War Dogs of the Pacific. We love that such wildly successful shows happen right here in our hometown and that we get to be a part of them.
It's a point of pride that we were able get 1994! and Algernon Cadwallader out here all the way from Philadelphia and show them such a good time. Same goes for our old friends in Empire! Empire! as well as one of the coolest bands to pop up in Kalamazoo in a long time, War Dogs of the Pacific. We love that such wildly successful shows happen right here in our hometown and that we get to be a part of them.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Something cool
http://www.flickr.com/photos/three-six-five-project/
This is our friend Dan Lane, in one picture a day.
This is our friend Dan Lane, in one picture a day.
Blog Fail
I wish I had been able to update more from the road. One day maybe we'll have the technical wherewithal to make such feats possible. Suffice it to say, tour went well. Mostly. Nothing but thanks and love goes out to Cloud Mouth for the being the best dudes to share a van with and get to see perform for two weeks.
I was impressed and delighted by turnouts nightly. It's reassuring and encouraging to visit so many far away cities and see so many people come out every single show.
We were nearly entirely wiped out of all merch we had to our name. Also terribly encouraging, terribly flattering. We'll be working on getting more together but bear with us if we see you soon and are out of something.
Some quick highlights:
-Getting to watch Former Thieves not once but twice throughout tour. That band is sick and if you don't know about them already, you'll undoubtedly be hearing much more very soon.
-Cougar Den, you best believe. Always, ALWAYS good.
-Recording Mana Burn with Chris French. Song sounds rad if I do say so.
-New Year's. Best I've ever had. Shout-outs to Hannah, Megan, and Katie for the New Year's bubbly heist.
-Multiple stops throughout Texas for margaritas with fun-loving Zonk Wonkbonk.
-Texas in general. They've got palm trees by the coast and sell beer in fast-food restaurants.
-Reuniting with our brothers Lawrence, Wes, and Guillermo.
-Little Rock, Arkansas: bloody fucking mess. Only night ever our sensibilities have been so jarred we had to get a hotel. Wreak Havoc! still rules and at least live up to their name, so to speak.
-New Orleans: I made it there before I died. Really would like to actually get to tour the city sometime though.
-Dolcim. That band fucking owns.
-Any night we got to play with Native and La Dispute. Geezohpete those guys make a show fun.
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Aside from all the good, it is unfortunate to have to announce that the end of this past tour was marked by the decision for Brok to depart from our band. It's been discussed more fully already on our myspace page so I won't go into it much. We played our last show with Brok this weekend in Traverse City. The Reptilian will remain Jon, Dan, and Russ from now until the end. Jon will be taking over on bass and we will be undergoing a major overhaul.
I was impressed and delighted by turnouts nightly. It's reassuring and encouraging to visit so many far away cities and see so many people come out every single show.
We were nearly entirely wiped out of all merch we had to our name. Also terribly encouraging, terribly flattering. We'll be working on getting more together but bear with us if we see you soon and are out of something.
Some quick highlights:
-Getting to watch Former Thieves not once but twice throughout tour. That band is sick and if you don't know about them already, you'll undoubtedly be hearing much more very soon.
-Cougar Den, you best believe. Always, ALWAYS good.
-Recording Mana Burn with Chris French. Song sounds rad if I do say so.
-New Year's. Best I've ever had. Shout-outs to Hannah, Megan, and Katie for the New Year's bubbly heist.
-Multiple stops throughout Texas for margaritas with fun-loving Zonk Wonkbonk.
-Texas in general. They've got palm trees by the coast and sell beer in fast-food restaurants.
-Reuniting with our brothers Lawrence, Wes, and Guillermo.
-Little Rock, Arkansas: bloody fucking mess. Only night ever our sensibilities have been so jarred we had to get a hotel. Wreak Havoc! still rules and at least live up to their name, so to speak.
-New Orleans: I made it there before I died. Really would like to actually get to tour the city sometime though.
-Dolcim. That band fucking owns.
-Any night we got to play with Native and La Dispute. Geezohpete those guys make a show fun.
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Aside from all the good, it is unfortunate to have to announce that the end of this past tour was marked by the decision for Brok to depart from our band. It's been discussed more fully already on our myspace page so I won't go into it much. We played our last show with Brok this weekend in Traverse City. The Reptilian will remain Jon, Dan, and Russ from now until the end. Jon will be taking over on bass and we will be undergoing a major overhaul.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Randomly
Dan: "I am not watching Ernest Scared Stupid."
Lawrence: "This isn't your house, is it?"
Shortly after...
Jon: [in reference to a space heater] "That is one thing that should not be propped up like that."
Lawrence: "Is this your house?"
Lawrence: "This isn't your house, is it?"
Shortly after...
Jon: [in reference to a space heater] "That is one thing that should not be propped up like that."
Lawrence: "Is this your house?"
Truthfully...
Right now Brok is utilizing the T-Pain app on Lawrence's iPhone to autotune his voice.
There's a lot over the past few days that should be covered but it's currently being overshadowed by how rad our stay in San Antonio has been. We got in late last night to crash with our brother Lawrence from Sohns. Old boy has the hookup in this town. His house is like a museum to nerd-goodness and horror movie history. We got to see the Alamo today. And we were treated to an absolutely free trip through the Ripley's Believe It or Not haunted house.
By the way, Texas is the only state I've been to where you can by beer (AND margaritas) at a fast food joint.
Tour has been so good to us. But it's only been better since we hooked up with Cloud Mouth. There is so much that should be mentioned that I can't even begin to go into.
For now, here are sick photos from New Year's Eve at the Lemp in St. Louis, taken by all around good guy Dave Summers. I'm still sore from that night.
There's a lot over the past few days that should be covered but it's currently being overshadowed by how rad our stay in San Antonio has been. We got in late last night to crash with our brother Lawrence from Sohns. Old boy has the hookup in this town. His house is like a museum to nerd-goodness and horror movie history. We got to see the Alamo today. And we were treated to an absolutely free trip through the Ripley's Believe It or Not haunted house.
By the way, Texas is the only state I've been to where you can by beer (AND margaritas) at a fast food joint.
Tour has been so good to us. But it's only been better since we hooked up with Cloud Mouth. There is so much that should be mentioned that I can't even begin to go into.
For now, here are sick photos from New Year's Eve at the Lemp in St. Louis, taken by all around good guy Dave Summers. I'm still sore from that night.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Also...
It looks as though we've now got a show in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after we wrap up in Texas. That is some fantastic news. Never been to Louisiana, this gets me pretty excited. It's also just good to know we'll most likely end up with only one day off.
The clubs are just letting out here in this part of Chicago. The conversation of Latino guys wearing cowboy hats and tuxes periodically become completely audible as they walk by the windows out front. So there's that.
The clubs are just letting out here in this part of Chicago. The conversation of Latino guys wearing cowboy hats and tuxes periodically become completely audible as they walk by the windows out front. So there's that.
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