studio session #2

hey guys

sooo we went back in the studio on wednesday to record justin's guitars. unfortunately, most of the band wasnt present including myself so there's no video :-( BUT justin did finish all of his guitar tracks so we are slowly inching our way towards the end of this process. we still have a lot ahead of us, but are all really excited about it too. we're planning on going back into the studio next friday to record jon's guitar part and then we'll just have to do jer's slick bass lines and then duh duh duhhhhh vocals. there's a lot of work to be done be we all have so much faith in our producer mike and also in each other so we arent too worried about it.

our past couple of shows were really great and we really enjoyed and appreciated all of the bands that we played with. big thanks again to the blue letter from richmond, va and vikings and settlers from hagerstown for a great show thursday. also a very huge thanks to everyone in frederick (especially david krasner) for the amazingly great times we had at a show that had a hard time sticking to a venue. it got moved out of two venues only to end up as a basement show one of the best kind around!

right now we have this show coming up on HALLOWEEN. we WILL be playing in costume and you too can join in by wearing a costume and winning one of the prizes they'll be giving out. war of ages and advent are headlining and we have tickets that you should BUY FROM US for only $8! we're not on this flyer but we are definitely playing so come check it out!

THIS WEEK

we have two awesome shows coming up.

the first is on thursday at the sidebar in baltimore with the blue letter (VA), (children are the) settlers, and vikings!

i saw the blue letter last month with ...who calls so loud at the barclay house. they are an amazing three piece out of richmond, va. fast, high energy with screeching vocals. i picked up a 7" of theirs and im really enjoying it. both CATS and vikings! are out of hagerstown, md. we met CATS when they were simply "settlers" at a show at the ottobar. definitely one of the most somber, saddest, and heart felt performances that i had seen in awhile. watching them is almost like watching a dying animal on the side of the road. it makes you really uncomfortable, but it's also really intriguing and interesting at the same time. we met the boys in vikings! at our second show. these guys are nuts, full of energy and explosive. these guys love music and take the time to write tunes which emulate all of the screamo and emo music they deafen their ears with everyday im sure.

our second show is a sunday matinee on october 12th

the hagerstown/frederick scene is really something else. we were first contacted by vikings to play a show they and some other people were setting up. they had some how found us on myspace and really dug what we were doing. we agreed to play and it was scheduled to be our first show. at the last minute we were asked to play another show before this one, but we played in hagerstown for our second. what we encountered was a thriving scene full of tons of kids who you could tell that music was their life. they were all so welcoming and excited to see us that it was almost a little nerve racking (mind you this was our second show). the show ended up being great and we met tons of great people and made a bunch of new friends. we really look forward to returning to that scene this sunday and hope to have just as much fun as we did the first time we rolled through there.

more information on both shows can be found on our myspace where we also have two shirts available for sale right now. either shirt is $15 w/ shipping included. order off our myspace or save some money and pick one up at a show

OUF,P Recording Session #1

so on friday we went into the studio for our first session with our producer mike york to track the drums for our new album. it was a good time and really successful session where we managed to get the drums tracked for all nine songs. our drummer tommy really stepped up to the plate and killed all of the tracks. tommy is an amazing musician. he studied at berkley and has played drums in tons of different bands, he even tried out to play in tera melos. he also plays guitar and keys and works on various other projects along with his own acoustic solo project. we are really happy to have tommy as a drummer. he came to the band after we hadnt had a drummer for months, took the ideas that we had already laid down with our first drummer and just applied his own flair and style to it. tommy is definitely an experience too, since he has hyper ADD. when you think about it, drums are pretty much the best instrument for a guy like tommy who constantly has to touch or mess things up. as you'll see from this video i shot he can be a little hard to work with at times, but once you get him at the kit he really is something else. *DISCLAIMER* tommy is completely deaf in his left ear, hence all of his repeating questions. 

i edited this movie with imovie, which sucks, so the quality is a little crappy, but you guys will get the idea.

RECORDING

big news! tomorrow we will be officially entering the studio to begin recording our upcoming album, Open Up Finders, Please ! we are all so very excited about this. we have all worked a lot to get to this point and are glad that it is finally here. tomorrow we will begin tracking the drums and are told by our producer/love guru Mike York that the rest will be downhill from there. im hoping to have some sort of camera there so that we can give you guys updates on our progress and such. if you are familiar with the recording process, you understand that it is a long and grueling one. none of us are one's to settle on something so we're prepared to do what it takes to make this thing amazing for us to hear and more importantly amazing for you guys to hear as well. be on the lookout for more updates here.

also, we were just featured on a blog of some friends of ours. they play in a band called VIKINGS! out of hagerstown, md. we first met these guys at our second show (which was actually supposed to be our first show) up in hagerstown. somehow they found us online and asked if we wanted to play a show they were setting up and it's been love ever since. we all love everything and everyone out of hagerstown and nearby frederick. the scene in both of those areas is really thriving and giving baltimore a run for it's money. these kids live out in the middle of nowhere and starve for music while i can pretty much throw a stone at several decent venues here in baltimore from my house. either way check out their blog called chug life where they review us and several other bands that they think are important and think that you should know about. these guys are doing a great job and we're not just saying that because we're playing a couple of shows with them next week *WINK*