OH! And I almost forgot...
We are playing a sort of last minute deal at Cave9 on Friday night. Make it your business to be there. The details are as follows:
Friday August 17th
Commando (rockin' punk from Quebec!)
Legion (the mighty, mighty Legion, now featuring Walker on bass!)
EMOTHT (stinkin' it up like no one's business.)
@ Cave9
7pm $5 All Ages.
DO IT.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Our demo has been unleashed onto a probably completely apathetic world. Huzzah. huzzah. huzzah.
The release party was a decent time, though. Katie Crutchfield (of the Ackleys) released her solo debut EP also, under her solo moniker, King Everything. Her record is called The Drought, and if you're into sweet voices, fantastic songs, and most things acoustic, then you should seek her out on myspace. She opened the night up right. Following her were two reasonably amazing late-90's era screamo bands, known as Corrosive Melody and Bear Garden, respectively. They got fucked out of a show across town, and Cave9 came to the rescue! (Seriously, you have no idea how good of a dude Aaron is.) Social Treason then played their brand of 80's style thrash, and very loudly so. For that, we thank everyone involved in the show.
Keith Eggleston, of Trent's other band, Now I Have A Machine Gun, has become a bit of a photographer. If you'd like to see his pictures from the release party, and the horrors of Trent beardless, then click this link, which is a facebook album. There are some of the better shots dispersed throughout this post.
Saturday, August 4, 2007
...holding in contempt all of it's works...
Time for another post. Like you care.
Next week, we're releasing a demo. It's pretty tight. It's four songs, the first four we wrote, in fact. The art has been done by a fantastic fellow named Chris ...somethingorother... from Ohio. He's also printing it and making 50 CD-Rs and 50 cassettes for us. Dude's a serious sweetheart, and having re-read that phrase, it sounds a little ingenuous, but I assure you - the man that offers to put out my band's demo for me, gets a hug. He's one of the good guys left in the hardcore community.
But! having a demo, means having a release party! So, here's the damn details:
Saturday August 11th:
us. duh.
with:
Social Treason, King Everything, Social Neglect and Wildcat Revival.
It's at Cave9, starts around 7pm, and costs $5. We may do a package deal at the door for the demo, we may not. That will be announced later. Either way, get that night off work, get your dancing shoes shined, and get awesome. Or don't, your call.
Next week, we're releasing a demo. It's pretty tight. It's four songs, the first four we wrote, in fact. The art has been done by a fantastic fellow named Chris ...somethingorother... from Ohio. He's also printing it and making 50 CD-Rs and 50 cassettes for us. Dude's a serious sweetheart, and having re-read that phrase, it sounds a little ingenuous, but I assure you - the man that offers to put out my band's demo for me, gets a hug. He's one of the good guys left in the hardcore community.
But! having a demo, means having a release party! So, here's the damn details:
Saturday August 11th:
us. duh.
with:
Social Treason, King Everything, Social Neglect and Wildcat Revival.
It's at Cave9, starts around 7pm, and costs $5. We may do a package deal at the door for the demo, we may not. That will be announced later. Either way, get that night off work, get your dancing shoes shined, and get awesome. Or don't, your call.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
When it rains, it pours.
Birmingham's punk scene took a hit yesterday, when Jon of Skeptic? died in a skydiving accident at the Prattville dropzone. At this point, I'm not sure of any funeral or memorial services for him, but if some come up, I'll post them here. At least, the night before, he played a really good set at Cave9, with a bunch of people there that loved him and the music he made.
Birmingham's punk scene took a hit yesterday, when Jon of Skeptic? died in a skydiving accident at the Prattville dropzone. At this point, I'm not sure of any funeral or memorial services for him, but if some come up, I'll post them here. At least, the night before, he played a really good set at Cave9, with a bunch of people there that loved him and the music he made.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
There's not been a proper update in a while, so I figured now is as good a time as any to fill you in on some current haps.
Hap #1. We're auditioning a second guitarist. Well, the more accurate way to phrase it would be, we're teaching this guy the songs, and if he picks them up, and doesn't turn out to be a total dick when it comes to writing, he'll be in the band. Most of you in Birmingham probably already know who this is, but in the spirit of horseshit, I'll keep his name a secret for now.
Hap #2. Looks like Kevin's record trading has finally paid off, for someone besides him, and the USPS, at least. A friend of his that he met through the practice has offered to help us with the release and distribution of our forthcoming demo. More info on this as it comes in.
Hap #3. Walker's in Venezuela until the 28th, so that's cool.
Hap #4. Trent walked into the Casey Jones set last night to hear the crowd sing the lyric, "I'd rather suck a dick." He felt very conflicted.
Hap #5. Allan's always sore these days.
Hap #6. Kevin's dog Freddie has a huge ass. No shit.
Hap #7. We're releasing the 5-song demo on Saturday August 11th, at Cave9, with Social Treason, King Everything, Legion?, and Social Neglect. If you don't come, you're an asshole.
Hap #1. We're auditioning a second guitarist. Well, the more accurate way to phrase it would be, we're teaching this guy the songs, and if he picks them up, and doesn't turn out to be a total dick when it comes to writing, he'll be in the band. Most of you in Birmingham probably already know who this is, but in the spirit of horseshit, I'll keep his name a secret for now.
Hap #2. Looks like Kevin's record trading has finally paid off, for someone besides him, and the USPS, at least. A friend of his that he met through the practice has offered to help us with the release and distribution of our forthcoming demo. More info on this as it comes in.
Hap #3. Walker's in Venezuela until the 28th, so that's cool.
Hap #4. Trent walked into the Casey Jones set last night to hear the crowd sing the lyric, "I'd rather suck a dick." He felt very conflicted.
Hap #5. Allan's always sore these days.
Hap #6. Kevin's dog Freddie has a huge ass. No shit.
Hap #7. We're releasing the 5-song demo on Saturday August 11th, at Cave9, with Social Treason, King Everything, Legion?, and Social Neglect. If you don't come, you're an asshole.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
We ("we" indicating Kevin, Walker and Trent - Allan is on the road with Hollywood for the next few days) are home from Nashville. All in all, the experience was great. We recorded at RCA/Victor Studio B, which has been home to Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings and Roy Orbison, who recorded "Crying" there, with Bryan from the aforementioned Hollywood. (If you haven't taken the time to check them out, you really ought to, especially live. Their take on hardcore is much more unique than a lot of bands these days, taking cues from Refused to classic rock to late 80's hardcore.) The session went well; we thought we'd only be able to get in 3 or 4 songs, but we managed to record 6. Allan's vocals still have to be tracked, which will be done once he's back in Nashville with Hollywood in a few days. Once Bryan's mixed it, we'll have our demo available at our shows.
After the session, we slept at the Hollywood house and woke up to a kitchen full of Ruiner. Lunch was eaten at Baja Burrito, which comes with a very high recommendation from us, and post-consumption entertainment was found at Grimey's Records, a pretty bitchin' record shop in Nashville. (Their selection's nice, although I must admit, I think the regrettably late Magic Platter may have bested them.) We went back to the Hollywood house, watched The Warriors and played Guitar Hero II (although not in that order), and finally went to the Muse to play the show.
The Muse is your basic rock club, although it seems to market itself more towards independent stuff, which is good. The soundman didn't seem too miffed that we wanted to play on the floor; in fact, his only concern was the crowd fucking up his gear, which is reasonable. But, with only one vocalist who doesn't require a stand, there wasn't much cause for his concern. The Ackleys played first, and played a good set at that. After them was Murdock, a local pop-punk outfit. They covered "Knowledge" by Operation Ivy and another song that I couldn't place. The crowd loved it, though. Then we played. It's kind of weird being the only band on a 6-band bill that opts to play on the floor, but that is how we tend to roll. We've jettisoned the full stacks for now, for two reasons: Trent only owns one cab, so his sound changes with each show, depending on whose cabinet he borrows, and we didn't have room in the van for both of Kevin's cabs. The crowd seemed about as into it as any crowd seems the first time they see a band - that is to say, not many people left. I'm not entirely sure EMOTHT's music is exactly what someone looks to for a mosh soundtrack anyway. Regardless, we felt pretty good about it afterwards. Hollywood, Die Young and Ruiner finished the night, and we left, bound for Birmingham.
Now we're home, and the rain hasn't stopped yet. The rest of the weekend holds Trent's other band's first show ever - Now I Have A Machine Gun, at Cave9 with Mad Mom, Moses, City of Ships and Brothers and Sisters, who feature none other than EMOTHT's Kevin Wright on bass. For those of you that haven't heard either band, B&S play predominantly instrumental music that falls into that woefully underpopulated category of "that which does not suck." It's kind of hard to play instro music these days without taking a cue from Isis, GYBE or Explosions in the Sky, but B&S have found a niche that manages to both remind the listener of these luminaries, and to distinguish themselves from them, a hard task for sure. NIHAMG wanders over to the other end of the heavier spectrum, playing faster music (with vocals by the inimitable Tripp Norris) that tends to have more in common with pageninetynine, Boris, and Minor Threat, throwing a net over the more creative aggro bands of the past 20 years, and trying to sift out the slough. It's at Cave9, starts around 7pm, and costs $5 or $6. You should come, if you can.
After the session, we slept at the Hollywood house and woke up to a kitchen full of Ruiner. Lunch was eaten at Baja Burrito, which comes with a very high recommendation from us, and post-consumption entertainment was found at Grimey's Records, a pretty bitchin' record shop in Nashville. (Their selection's nice, although I must admit, I think the regrettably late Magic Platter may have bested them.) We went back to the Hollywood house, watched The Warriors and played Guitar Hero II (although not in that order), and finally went to the Muse to play the show.
The Muse is your basic rock club, although it seems to market itself more towards independent stuff, which is good. The soundman didn't seem too miffed that we wanted to play on the floor; in fact, his only concern was the crowd fucking up his gear, which is reasonable. But, with only one vocalist who doesn't require a stand, there wasn't much cause for his concern. The Ackleys played first, and played a good set at that. After them was Murdock, a local pop-punk outfit. They covered "Knowledge" by Operation Ivy and another song that I couldn't place. The crowd loved it, though. Then we played. It's kind of weird being the only band on a 6-band bill that opts to play on the floor, but that is how we tend to roll. We've jettisoned the full stacks for now, for two reasons: Trent only owns one cab, so his sound changes with each show, depending on whose cabinet he borrows, and we didn't have room in the van for both of Kevin's cabs. The crowd seemed about as into it as any crowd seems the first time they see a band - that is to say, not many people left. I'm not entirely sure EMOTHT's music is exactly what someone looks to for a mosh soundtrack anyway. Regardless, we felt pretty good about it afterwards. Hollywood, Die Young and Ruiner finished the night, and we left, bound for Birmingham.
Now we're home, and the rain hasn't stopped yet. The rest of the weekend holds Trent's other band's first show ever - Now I Have A Machine Gun, at Cave9 with Mad Mom, Moses, City of Ships and Brothers and Sisters, who feature none other than EMOTHT's Kevin Wright on bass. For those of you that haven't heard either band, B&S play predominantly instrumental music that falls into that woefully underpopulated category of "that which does not suck." It's kind of hard to play instro music these days without taking a cue from Isis, GYBE or Explosions in the Sky, but B&S have found a niche that manages to both remind the listener of these luminaries, and to distinguish themselves from them, a hard task for sure. NIHAMG wanders over to the other end of the heavier spectrum, playing faster music (with vocals by the inimitable Tripp Norris) that tends to have more in common with pageninetynine, Boris, and Minor Threat, throwing a net over the more creative aggro bands of the past 20 years, and trying to sift out the slough. It's at Cave9, starts around 7pm, and costs $5 or $6. You should come, if you can.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
So, after that train wreck of set last Friday, we've changed our sound a wee bit - not quite as "burly", meaning that we're no longer playing in C standard, basically because it's too muddy. Up to D standard, it is. The new tuning does make the songs sound, for the most part, better. We'll really be able to notice the difference this weekend...when we record!
EMOTHT is going up to Nashville to record with our friend Bryan Sveum on Thursday night, then we're hanging out like a bunch of no-good hoodlums during the day on Friday, and finally capping the night off by playing at the Muse with Ruiner, Die Young, Hollywood and the Ackleys. If you can make it, you should; it'll be fun.
Unfortunately, we're not playing the show at Cave9 on Sunday anymore; Allan will be out of town, so we're having to drop off. We're for sure playing in November, and I think we may have a show lined up in August, so we'll play again here, soon. And then we'll have demos!
EMOTHT is going up to Nashville to record with our friend Bryan Sveum on Thursday night, then we're hanging out like a bunch of no-good hoodlums during the day on Friday, and finally capping the night off by playing at the Muse with Ruiner, Die Young, Hollywood and the Ackleys. If you can make it, you should; it'll be fun.
Unfortunately, we're not playing the show at Cave9 on Sunday anymore; Allan will be out of town, so we're having to drop off. We're for sure playing in November, and I think we may have a show lined up in August, so we'll play again here, soon. And then we'll have demos!
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