Newness

Hey. Blog time.

Days are starting to get longer, there's snow/sleet/rain crap on the ground, and I'm getting stir crazy. Must be Febuary in Wisconsin. I can tell spring is right around the corner, and with it comes that feeling of newness and activity. It's personally translating into band life for me, as I've been on a songwriting spree as of late. Good stuff too...keeping Kirk busy with some odd time sigs, Dan's busting out his slide, Adam's taking instrumental melodies, and...who knows what Peej is doing on that keyboard. Sounds like Lunatic Fringe. Er, not the new tunes, just the effect....anyway... Oh, and don't underestimate the power of beans in a can. Basically what I'm getting at is a new kind of energy behind the songwriting and rehersing, and its a refreshing feeling. We're looking forward to recording and debuting this stuff. We've got another month of writing to go before we hit the stage again, so no telling how many new ones we'll try out.

Fun at the BBC

Had a blast this weekend at the BBC. Seriously fun stuff. A good friend of the band, Brandon Dusseau, was there to take some awesome pics. I'll post a few in the photos gallery. So, bigtime thanks to him! Thanks too to FM102.1, who was more than supportive this weekend by having us on w/ Kramp and Adler Friday morning, and playing 'Still Alive' on The Scene on Sunday night.

I was pretty encouraged after Friday nights show...the crowd was awesome (thanks to all who came out), and so were the other bands, Revolush and Echoes of Empire. It was so easy to just play and enjoy playing...that's what live shows should be for bands. No worrying about the PA or anything else, just get up there and play some music! The weekend was a good springboard to go back to writing and recording for the next month, to really round out what we hope will become our first album's-worth of material. We're all really excited in the latest tunes and where the musical direction is headed. To that point, we're closing in on some new tracks to share!

We'll be posting some new show information very soon, so stay tuned for that. I'll leave you with some pics from the show!