More updates....

Hello friends and family,

We're excited about a lot of things coming up.

For one, we're playing at Mellow Mushroom tonight for SweetDog's birthday with Baak Gwai, River City Tanlines, and Jeff Evans and his Southern Aces. I'm telling you, this will be a phenomenal concert. PHENOMENAL. I promise.

Tomorrow night, we'll be playing at the Heritage Academy Beauty Review. Now this event is ironic for me as I have previously vowed never to step foot in my former high school again. But I will be there. We're only playing for 15 - 20 minutes so we'll play some interesting things.

Our big news of the week is that we will officially be at SXSW.

It's the Pop Culture Press party at the Dog and Duck Pub on Thursday, March 18th. I believe we'll be playing around 1 p.m.

Other bands on the bill include, Moonlight Towers, Service Industry, and the Meat Puppets. This will be our first show in Austin since July, so we're very very excited to be playing. It's an honor for us.

New Record news:

Still writing songs. We have almost 7 done. I believe that we will solely release our next record on vinyl, with options for digital downloads and what not. There's no point in putting out a CD when all people do is just buy it, then put it on their computer, then lose the CD. So yeah, that's my take on it. I plan on having it out by the end of the year.

Thank you all,

-toby

Currently Listening - "Hardwire Healing" by Dexateens. Southern rock'n'roll. Listen to it. See them live.

New Things....

Hello all,

I apologize that it's been 2 months since the last update. My top records of the decade list was shit. I'll admit it. I have no idea what I was thinking I feel like an idiot.

We've been playing shows left and right. Writing new songs. Getting beaten up by women.

Some new song titles:

Don't Know What You Want

I Think I Want To Love You

Out At Sea

58 Degrees With Sprinkles

Baby, I Need You

Those 5 are done. They're evolving more and more with every show. I forgot how exciting it is to play new material. The reaction so far is great, but I wouldn't tell you if it was bad. So you'll have to form your own opinion.

I'm really wanting to record soon. We've got to finish up 5 or 6 more songs then we'll hit the studio. This record will be very different. A lot of keys. A lot of background vocals, but not in the same way as the last record. More textures. Not as simple as the last one. Hopefully, we'll be able to better capture our live performance on the new record. Our punk influence is so far nonexistent on these songs. But who knows? My favorite is "I Think I Want To Love You." Prepare to hear some profanities this time round. Nothing too bad. But some of these songs are very angry lyrically. I really hope people like it. It'll be different for us. I'd like to have a new record out within the next 5 or 6 months. Maybe sooner. This album will definitely mesh better than the last one, not that the last one was erratic. These songs perfectly portray our recent emotions about life.

We'll be playing SXSW in Austin this year. I'm not sure of the exact place. I believe we're playing with the Meat Puppets, Moonlight Towers, and the Service Industry. I love Austin with all of my heart.

We're playing Sweetdog's birthday on Friday, February 26th at the Mellow Mushroom in Tuscaloosa. There's some great bands on the bill, so make sure to come out.

We're playing at the Heritage Academy Beauty Review in Columbus, MS on February 27th. Yes, the Heritage Academy Beauty Review. It'll be hilarious to put my feet in my former high school again. We're going to open with "The Road." Whether it'll be extended or not, I have no idea.

We're all trucking away through high school and college. Or trying to truck through I should say.

Our grandfather, Jimmy Jordan, joined us onstage for "Rockin In The Free World" last Saturday. Never has that song been so powerful.

We love each and every one of you.

Hope all's well,

-toby

Currently Listening -

"Transference" by Spoon. Goodness, this record is phenomenal. It's on the turntable at Coleman's house right now actually. If you haven't listened to this, go do so now. Don't read the pathetic review in The Reflector. It sounds great.