so justin is giving me grief about updating this even though HE CAN UPDATE IT TOOO. actually all of the members of the band can update this, but they either dont know this or quickly forgot after i told them. i like to write, but i have to be in the mood to do so or atleast there has to be something worth writing about. neither has really happened for me even though i havent really been doing much of anything seeing as how ive been unemployed for the past month, whoo!
anyway, enough about me since this isnt a blog about me
the band has been up to a lot since my last post. we went on a six day tour, three of which were with suis la lune out of sweden, a band that we all love and admire and one that you should listen to ASAP if you havent heard of them already. the tour was so much fun. it was weird not having oedipus. around but we got in some quality band time and hung out with some friends along the way. we also met a lot of really great people this time out. each show was different and we seemed to have gotten a really positive response from the crowds at each along with some of the bands we played with. we all really wanted it to last longer and are looking forward to tour again in the summer.
right before our first show in philly we picked up our ALBUM! it is finally finished and available for sale on our myspace and at shows. since we've been back we have gotten a lot of great feedback from the album all of which has been completely flattering. we started this band with very humble and small expectations and it has grown into something bigger than i think we all originally anticipated it to be.
we played two garage shows the weekend we got back so we didnt really have a whole lot of time to unwind. we took a week off after that and came back together for practice yesterday.
as it stands now, we still have quite a bit going on. we finished writing our tenth song, "from the top of my heart", right before tour and have been playing it ever since. we are really happy with the direction that this song has taken us and look forward to writing more.
next monday, april 6th, we have a show at the sidebar with the blue letter from richmond, virgina along with our good friends in the bands octaves and recently reformed all the oceans.
we're almost sold out of the first pressing of "open up finders, please" and are awaiting the next pressing as we speak. our friend robbie recently started a tape label, tall cedar tapes, and is working with us to release the album on tape which we should be receiving soon as well.
as far as the future goes...we're probably going to take a break from shows and focus on writing. we all feel like this is the next obvious step for us and are so motivated from the response of our first release to focus our energies on writing our next release.
just like pretty much every band nationwide, we will be hitting the road this summer on a two part tour: 10 days in both july and aug. dates havent been confirmed yet and we're still planning our route but if you think you could help us out with a show drop us an email at agesixteenband@gmail.com.
i think i pretty much covered everything i wanted to...oh, we're also working on new merch and a website
bye for now
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
who's got da keys to da van, meng?
HELLLOO
so it turns out that updating this thing ranks pretty low on my list of priorites. but it's on the list nevertheless so here i am UPDATING. january was a pretty slow month for us. at the beginning of the month (and year) we embarked on a four day tour with our friends in oedipus. down to NC and back up. it was a great four days full of complete mayhem. we met some really great people along the way (HUGE thanks to alex, jeff, and ted who all set up shows for us). we came back from the weekend kind of burned out and hating each other, but we soon got back to our feet and started loving each other again. i think some of our other bands were a little more active in january which is why we didnt do much. justin and jon's band sawhorse played a weekend full of shows in support of their recently released album. in addition, jer has been beefing it up in a couple of side projects, one of which where he plays DRUMS?!?!! wild right? and there has been a new reincarnation of justin and tommy's old band batcomputer, they are now practicing as batcompressor, hopefully with more whiny songs about girls.
so we have been busy, well i guess everyone except for me...i havent been doing anything at all. we've also been working really hard with our engineer mike on our album. this has definitely been a process, but we're hoping that we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. if all goes according to plan, the album will be sent to mastering this week and HOPEFULLY to pressing next week and in 10-15 days from then, VIOLA we'll finally have an album. in the meantime, there will be another opportunity to preorder the album for a CHEAP price from our label 229 Records very soon for those of you who were unable to do so with our preorder.
in addition to all of this, we have been working hard on new material. we are about 70% finished with a new song that we hope to be adding into our setlist rotation really soon. if i remember, im hoping to bring a camera to practice so that you guys can get a listen in on what we're doing.
as far as shows go...we have a couple in feb that will definitely be worth coming out to. THIS SUNDAY we are playing at the ottobar with a bunch of other great bands for a whole day of music mini fest. do your best to make it out!
in march, we're already lining up some dates to fill in around our shows with SUIS LA LUNE from sweden. we still need help on two of those days so if you're in those areas, PLEASE HELP US. message us at agesixteenband@gmail.com
march 11 - the model home (philly, pa) w/ suis la lune
march 12 - SOMEWHERE IN PA STATE, HELP US BOOK IT!
march 13 - darfur benefit (somerset, nj)
march 14 - SOMEWHERE IN NY CITY, HELP US BOOK IT!
march 15 - 6862 house (mays landing, nj) w/ suis la lune
march 16 - the talking head club (baltimore, md) w/ suis la lune
that's about all i got for now, take care!
so it turns out that updating this thing ranks pretty low on my list of priorites. but it's on the list nevertheless so here i am UPDATING. january was a pretty slow month for us. at the beginning of the month (and year) we embarked on a four day tour with our friends in oedipus. down to NC and back up. it was a great four days full of complete mayhem. we met some really great people along the way (HUGE thanks to alex, jeff, and ted who all set up shows for us). we came back from the weekend kind of burned out and hating each other, but we soon got back to our feet and started loving each other again. i think some of our other bands were a little more active in january which is why we didnt do much. justin and jon's band sawhorse played a weekend full of shows in support of their recently released album. in addition, jer has been beefing it up in a couple of side projects, one of which where he plays DRUMS?!?!! wild right? and there has been a new reincarnation of justin and tommy's old band batcomputer, they are now practicing as batcompressor, hopefully with more whiny songs about girls.
so we have been busy, well i guess everyone except for me...i havent been doing anything at all. we've also been working really hard with our engineer mike on our album. this has definitely been a process, but we're hoping that we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. if all goes according to plan, the album will be sent to mastering this week and HOPEFULLY to pressing next week and in 10-15 days from then, VIOLA we'll finally have an album. in the meantime, there will be another opportunity to preorder the album for a CHEAP price from our label 229 Records very soon for those of you who were unable to do so with our preorder.
in addition to all of this, we have been working hard on new material. we are about 70% finished with a new song that we hope to be adding into our setlist rotation really soon. if i remember, im hoping to bring a camera to practice so that you guys can get a listen in on what we're doing.
as far as shows go...we have a couple in feb that will definitely be worth coming out to. THIS SUNDAY we are playing at the ottobar with a bunch of other great bands for a whole day of music mini fest. do your best to make it out!
in march, we're already lining up some dates to fill in around our shows with SUIS LA LUNE from sweden. we still need help on two of those days so if you're in those areas, PLEASE HELP US. message us at agesixteenband@gmail.com
march 11 - the model home (philly, pa) w/ suis la lune
march 12 - SOMEWHERE IN PA STATE, HELP US BOOK IT!
march 13 - darfur benefit (somerset, nj)
march 14 - SOMEWHERE IN NY CITY, HELP US BOOK IT!
march 15 - 6862 house (mays landing, nj) w/ suis la lune
march 16 - the talking head club (baltimore, md) w/ suis la lune
that's about all i got for now, take care!
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