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Happy New Year!

Have you emailed us lately? Well, I just got to responding to a bunch of back emails so our apologies if we move slowly sometimes. Working on starting off the new year on the right foot.

We've got two awesome shows this week, including tonight. The World Is A Beautiful Place will be making their way around from Connecticut and we would love to show them a good time. Listen to their stuff today if you have not had a chance.

The week of shows we're putting together for February is coming together nicely - and in record time. The only date we're still in need of help with is the 23rd in Iowa or anywhere between Kansas City, MO and Rockford, IL. Write, call, text, or whathaveyou if you want us to come play your basement, living room, art space, or all-ages friendly bar. We're looking to do most of these dates with Missouri Hardcore Heavyweights Canyons who are rocking a new three-way split LP.

And finally, we will be heading back down to Texas in March with our friends in Empire! Empire! to be a part of South By Southwest for a couple days. Gotta drop by and visit our Austin boys For Want Of for some promising, extra-legal, lifelong memories. We'll have those dates up when we finalize our route and we'll be needing quite a bit of help. If you have any interest in seeing us play somewhere along the way, feel free to email us now and we'll happily work it into our plans.

Do Right And Kill Everything

So we are back from our midwest trip with For Want Of. Although we couldn't make two of the shows happen, we had a blast with our new Texas friends. Many thank yous are in order...

-Our Cloudy boiz, Matt, John and Zach for setting us up one of the best Chicago shows we've played, letting us crash two days in a row and tearing it up as always.
-Jack Senff and the Analecta boys for setting us up a show in South Bend even though the weather prevented it from happening.
-Greg from The Dan Akroyd House for the show, place to crash and letting us get back into his house cause we are a bunch of forgetful assholes.
-Eric and Will in Louisville for setting us up at Skull Alley. We weren't able to make the show because of van troubles but they tried their best to make happen for us.
-Jay at Gas America in Crawfordsville, IN and his brother Tom Ross for being the nicest strangers I've ever met. When our van broke down Jay got a hold of his brother and he fixed our van on the real real cheap in the parking lot of Advanced Auto. Can not thank them enough, they saved us around 800 dollars. Without them we wouldn't have been able to finish the tour.
-Andy at The Monster House for the food, show and awesome place to crash.
-The dudes in Annabel for letting us play their record release show and Corey, Scotty and their room mates for letting us crash at the Kling Thing house and step on people's shoes.
-Victoria and The DAAC for consistently booking us excellent shows in Grand Rapids.
-All the new and old friends we got to see and play with all the nights of tour: The New Yorker, Goose, Sweet Talk, Graphite, Oh! Goliath, Last Legs, Leonard Hatred, Maryn, bst.cr, Drug Money, Into It. Over It., Two Handed Fools, Nigel Thornberry, Boy With Mace, Good Teeth/Gold Teeth and Cain Marko.
-Last but not least the dudes in For Want Of. Without those dudes, we would probably still be stranded in Indiana. They consistently stayed positive and made the tour 100 times more awesome. I'm so glad they could make it to the midwest and become some of our best friends.

Now that is all out of the way. We are excited to announce that this March we will be doing a 2 to 3 week tour with Empire! Empire! to make it down to Texas to play SXSW. So pumped for this and there will be more details about that soon!

Before that happens we are gonna do a little 7 days run out west a little farther then we usually do. If anyone can help us out, get at us. Here are the dates for that:

Feb. 18th: Indianapolis,IN
Feb. 19th: Champaign, IL
Feb. 20th: St. Louis, MO
Feb. 21st: Columbia, MO
Feb. 22nd: Kansas City, MO
Feb. 23rd: Cedar Falls, IA
Feb. 24th: Rockford, IL

After the holidays we have some excellent shows coming up in January. Check them out in the upcoming shows section of our blog. Happy Holidays!!!!!!!

Shine Blockas

Our December Tour with For Want Of is completely booked. We are sooo excited for this shit, so many friends to hang with. Thanks to everyone who has booked a show for us. We have some new songs and new merch. Here are all the dates and the facebook links for our winter excursion!

December Tour with For Want Of:

12/11/10

Strangelight w/ Cloud Mouth, Sweet Talk, The New Yorker
Chicago, IL
FB Event Link

12/12/10

Generic w/ Analecta
South Bend, IN
FB Event Link

12/13/10

The Dan Akroyd House w/ Leonard Hatred
Champaign,IL
FB Event Link

12/14/10

Skull Alley w/ Evil Grimmace
Louisville, KY
FB Event Link

12/15/10

Monster House w/ Drug Money, Maryn Jones, bst.cr
Columbus, OH

12/16/10

Musica w/ Annabel(7"Inch Release Show!!) w/ Into It. Over It and Two Handed Fools
Kent,OH
FB Event Link

12/17/10

The DAAC w/ Good Teeth/Gold Teeth, Nigel Thornberry and Boy With Mace
Grand Rapids, MI
FB Event Link

12/18/10
The No Fun House w/ Cain Marko
Kalamazoo, MI
FB Event Link


After the new year we have some awesome shows coming up. On January 3rd we will be at the No Fun House with TWIABPAIANLATD(members from My Heart To Joy, click the link for the name, its really longggggg) and Black Churches. TWIABPAIANLATD just released a 7" on Topshelf Records. Check out the preorders here.

On January 7th, Snowing and 1994! are coming back to Michigan and we have the pleasure of playing with them at the DAAC. Snowing just put up their brand new album for download on their website. And on January 16th we will be playing with Maps & Atlases and Charles The Osprey at the Strutt. We are very excited for the new year!

Count Your Lucky Stars are having sales on their releases for the first 13 days of December. Swoop up some Christmas gifts at their website here.

Also we will no longer be using myspace. It is becoming very frustrating so all of our updates will be on here and Facebook. We will be putting all of our music on our Bandcamp as well. Here is the link for our Dec. tour on Facebook. We are stookkkkeeeeddd!

Candy Yams and Collard Greens

This December we will be doing a week with For Want Of from Austin,TX. They play some real fast thrashy noodly screamo that will melt your face. They just put out a 7" and it rules so hard. Check them out: http://www.myspace.com/forwantof

Saturday 12/11- Chicago,IL
Sunday 12/12- South Bend,IN
Monday 12/13- Bloomington,IN
Tuesday 12/14- Louisville KY
Wednesday 12/15- Columbus,OH
Thursday 12/16- Akron/Kent/Bowling Green,OH
Friday 12/17- Grand Rapids MI
Saturday 12/18- Kalamazoo MI

We will update this as soon as more of the dates get confirmed. Gotta show these southern boys how the midwest was won.

Talkin About That Country Shit

Get out the way, pretty Joie coming through!!!! This weekend was an amazing one. Even though our tour with our best friends Joie De Vivre couldn't happen. We salvaged what we could and made an excellent weekend out of it. On Friday, we played the 3rd last show of the Cabana House in South Bend. I don't think we have played anywhere else in South Bend except the Cabana House in the last year. It was sad to see it go but it was a great night. We got see many friends and make a lot of new ones. If you haven't checked out Analecta, William Bonney or Into It. Over It. yet, do yourself a favor and give them a listen. Our friend Dave Summers took some rad pictures:

After our show, we slammed some Del Taco, made our way back to Kalamazoo with Joie De Vivre and rested up for the DAAC. In the morning there was much NBA Jam and wiffle ball to be played.




















The DAAC was amazing as always. William Bonney kicked off the night right. It was awesome getting to spend the weekend with those dudes. We go way back with Jack and Michael and their band is amazing. Charles the Osprey followed and melted our faces. Seriously one of the best Michigan bands playing right now. They just put out a 12 inch record on Friction Records. Check it out! Thanks so much to everyone who came out and yelled along, the DAAC is our home away from home. It was awesome to see so many friends. We had to end the night right and our friend Arthur had a little favor to ask Russ. So we did it up as shown here:
















BOOM! Chewbacca Mask! After the show we said goodbye the only way we know how...arm wrestling competition. Russ of course won.


























Thanks so much to everyone who came out to see us this weekend. We had a blast. Thanks to Joie De Vivre for playing some of my favorite music and being some of the most solid guys I've ever met. Next weekend we are doing a weekend with The New Yorker from Chicago. Grand Rapids on Friday and Kalamazoo at the No Fun House on Saturday. BOOYAH!

-dan

Words and Shit

We've been meaning to do this for awhile, so here are the lyrics to Full Health.

Also if anyone is interested, here is the link to purchase Full Health on Itunes:
Full Health on Itunes

Pretty Big Doses:
Those long loud nights spent underground. Watching and singing in the crowd. This may lead to broken bones./Half of you went crawling home with your tails between your legs./Structures. Fractures./Make your way right up to your room and take yourself right out of our lives. Oh god, what a good way to make some life long friends./I won't forget my time spent in this place. These memories make for great stories./Embrace your surroundings.

Dungeons and Dragqueens:
Face it, your memory's been erased by gift registry and table arrangements./ Move along as we move forward. I've lost another good friend./ Face it, she's faceless. Her ink stains erased us./I wish this winter would end. The air has left me frigid and doubtful./ It's not a means to an end./ Now I wear the things I learned on my sleeves. With my sights set straight as we take next steps./ It's not a means to an end. You're half-hearted lack luster. You can't find your own way. Release my friend./You've failed him./Beaten him in./You failed him./Release my friend./You failure./You are decay.

Bulls on Patron:
Lets start the new year right. My clothes are layered thick and they won't leave my back for the next two weeks. But there's one thing that doesn't sit quite right and it lingers like an awkward silence./Listen to your friends. Tell them what you think you oughta know. And if they're your friends, they'll tell you what they've been told./Days have been passing, he doesn't acknowledge. And in his final moments he knows that they follow him home./Bad moons and dirt roads wont get us very far. Does this not feel right? Tensions will rise. Friendships will end. New ones begin. Lets start over.

Peyote Ugly:
Footsteps made heavy trace our way./I don't know where I'd rather be than sitting on this porch with you until the summer goes away.

Roman Sideburns:
Hey feline, watch me do cartwheels through your front lawn. Spend my time in dirt and trees. It clears my mind, helps my breathe. Hey feline, check this out./My shoulder cracks as I wear down this wheel. There is a line for some gratuity. I feel so unaccomplished. I've got what you want so pick up your goddamn phone. There is no way I'm coming back here in this fucking cold./I don't want to waste my time in this whole with you./This youth can last.

200% Sweater
I can't believe I've found my calling. Face up to the sun with my arms stretched through the roof. I can't believe that I've found my calling./Throw your habits in the fire. Days are dead long. I tend to break my own rules from time to time. Put it out./Face down in the sand, I've made a real impact on this town. I've found my calling. All it is is just call and response. Just call and response./My good friends are outside, don't mind them. Try not to wake the neighbors. My parents are gone all weekend. Don't worry about the mess here. We'll clean up when you come back over.

Aerosmith Kids:
No I didn't study but still I had to take the test. Things aren't looking up for me academically. Barricaded in my room hoping that no smoke would go through. Day dream about things I wish I could do. Don't bother me before noon./More of these heavy rock riffs wear out the speakers at my place of employment. I'd rather enjoy my friends riffs in my car where I can get some enjoyment out of my best friend's gifts./Now I'm living for my self. Varsity blues can't bring me down and stop me in my tracks. Don't bring me down./My best friends write the best riffs./ Don't bring me down. We'll stay to the end.

Big Time Stuff

Preorders for our 10 inch release of Full Health are now up. Thanks so much to Keith and Count Your Lucky Stars. Also Count Your Lucky Stars has a brand new website that everyone should check out. Very excited for the upcoming month! Lots of shows and brand new 10 inch!

PreOrders:

http://countyourluckystars.bigcartel.com/product/the-reptilian-full-health-cd-10-vinyl-pre-order

New Count Your Lucky Stars Records Website:
http://www.cylsrecords.com/newpage/