Tired of looking at these. So I’m deleting them off of our myspace and putting the old stuff here.

April 18th, 2008 - This Is Our’s Fest - Peoria, IL (photo by Dr. Summers)

April 18th, 2008 - This Is Our’s Fest - Peoria, IL (photo by Dr. Summers)

August 25, 2007 - RPMP - South Bend, IN (Photo by Jack)

December 14, 2007 - The Guesthouse - Chicago, IL (Photo by Kara) (*note Nate)

December 31, 2007 - The Venue - Lafayette, IN (Photo by Summers)

February 15, 2008 - Espress Yourself - Valparaiso, IN (Photo by Ali)

February 9, 2008 - New Hope Christian Church - Columbus, IN (photo by Summers)

January 26, 2008 - Castle Greyskull - Grand Rapids, MI (Photo by Lindsey)

January 3rd, 2009 - Skull Alley - Louisville, KY (photo by Sarah Davis)

January 3rd, 2009 - Skull Alley - Louisville, KY (photo by Sarah Davis)

June 19th, 2008 - the Guesthouse 2 - Chicago, IL (photo by Ryan Elis)

March 8, 2008 - Espress Yourself - Valparaiso,IN (photo by Jeff)

May 30th, 2008 - The DAAC - Grand Rapids, MI (photo by Dr. David Summers)

May 8th, 2009 - The MAC - Chesteron, IN (photo by Nat)

September 27, 2008 - Super Happy Fun Fest @ Mack Glass Co - Bloomington, IL (photo by Dr. David Summers)

COOL!

Well the day finally arrived and it was time to pick up our new shipment of cabinets from our beloved friends at Emperor in Chicago. We woke up early (way too early for a Saturday) and met up at Dan’s house only to have him not there, but stuck waiting at the oil change place with our van.

So we waited on Dan:

He soon arrived and we were on the road again!:

For those of you that don’t know what Chicago looks like:

We sat in our fair share of traffic, per usual, and then we were finally there:

We immediately spotted our new cabs and became very excited. My stack:

Ed and Dan’s stack:

Emperor started making heads, guess what I’ll be buying soon:

In celebration of our new cabinets, we decided to take in a long overdue lunch at Goose Island:

“What do you guys think of it?”
“It’s good, you?”
“Is it just me, or does it taste a little bit fresher?”
”.. I think it’s just you”

Dan had a great time at Goose Island:

So did Ed…:

Then we finally made it home and retreated to our practice space:

See you all soon!

Also, never forget:

I found some pictures on my camera from our Cleveland date in Ohio, thought I would share them so they don’t go to waste.

Let’s see, on the timeline we had just driven from Lancaster Pennsylvania, straight through the night. We found a Super 8 (<3 them) on the outskirts of Cleveland and checked in for a couple nights.

We spent the next day eating Sheetz and site seeing in Cleveland. I lost all my pictures of us at the Tower Mall, but imagine us eating cheap popcorn and playing gigantic guitars.

We arrived at the venue and hung out on top of a giant quarter pipe which was in the back of the room where the bands played:

While we waited for the show to start, we made a 7-11 run to get some gas and some double gulp refills. At this point we had completely fallen in love with 7-11 for always having the best deals and always being convientely opened:

We REALLY love 7-11:

When we got back to the venue, we were greeted by Antilles wall of amps of which I am super jealous of:

and then Ed danced to some Integrity (view video in post above). The show was fun and a great step to getting home. The next day we played the Cabana House in South Bend and things got rowdy. It was great to get home and rest for more than a few weeks.

Since being home I relaxed, including taking a vacation up to a cabin in Northwest Michigan, in which I was promptly kicked out of at 10:30 in the morning:

Anyway, new amps tomorrow and fun pictures of those. Hope you’re all doing well!

Also, never forget:

hey everyone!

just thought I’d give you an update of everything going on here with us!

-we’re doing a couple dates with our besties in Slingshot Dakota! Come hang:
October 14th - Blackbird Cafe - Valparaiso, IN
October 15th - The DAAC - Grand Rapids, MI
Also! after the DAAC show we’re playing at the Intersection for Victor! Fix The Sun’s 12” release show! Everyone come out and support our boys, we’re super proud.

-we’re getting more amps, I’ll leave it at that for now. pictures soon.

-I have some more pictures from the end of the August tour, I’ll post those tonight.

-our friends Oceans are breaking up, total buzzkill. their last show is October 30th at Summer Camp in Chicago, everyone come out. (here’s a tidbit, we’ll have some wrestling moves that night).

-we’re going back to Canada! we’ll be up there november 13th-november 22rd. here’s a rough schedule:
november 12 - eastern MI
november 13 - kitchener, ON
november 14 - Quebec
november 15 - Quebec
november 16 - Quebec
november 17 - Quebec
november 18 - Ontario
november 19 - Ontario
november 20 - Ontario
november 21 - Ontario
november 22 - Ontario
I’ll announce more concrete dates as they roll in, for now just keep an eye out on our show schedule.

-we’re getting a new press of the We Delete; Erase 12”. colors and pictures will be posted in the coming weeks.

-we’re going on a winter tour with our besties in La Dispute! The dates will be from December 27th - January 11th. Hope we’ll see a lot of you out there!

Other than that we’ll keep you posted. Get ready for new tunes and new things.

After our romp at the Bellasara, we made our way down to Miami and kicked it with Capsule at their home. Of course we hit it off when we both realized we both love video games, and Ed took full advantage of their collection.

They also have a home recording studio where their bass player Ryan does work. Keep an eye out for the upcoming full length that they recently began work on. It’s going to be sick!

After Miami we jetted up to Melbourne to be reunited with our beloved Cassettes on Fire and Shout Signals. It was there that we first played with My Heart To Joy and we quickly fell in love with them. They also have the most rigged up van I’ve ever seen.

Ryan from Capsule and I have similar basses so I had to snag a picture of both of them together. Colin helped out by modeling them.

The end of the night was a perfect opportunity for a crucial bro shot with an all star line up. Check out Shout Signals and My Heart To Joy.

We did another drive through the night and stayed at a welcoming Motel 6 somewhere by the Florida/Georgia border. The next day we played the Drunken Unicorn in Atlanta with Cinemachanica and hung out with our good friend Bill. The Drunken Unicorn was rad.

On our way up the coast I did a really bad job of keeping up with pictures, but I’ll make up for it in Cleveland. Stay tuned!

So every once and a while things happen on tour that normally shouldn’t. I mean, to be quite honest things happen that are totally unbelievable and we usually have no way of proving them. Thankfully, this time we had a camera and were able to document it.

Dateline: Tampa Florida. After our show we intended on driving to Naples to stay with Dan’s Aunt and Uncle. After a series of phonecalls we ended up securing a 4 star hotel room suite for close to nothing. Don’t believe it? Neither did we. Once we pulled into Naples we were greeted with miles of amazing hotels and were pleased to find out that our’s was top of the line. We checked in at about 3 in the morning and the rest was history:

Even in 4 star hotels we’re still dirty as hell.

In tribute, we were given room 316. Thanks Steve Austin.

A view from the kitchen. Yes, it had a kitchen.

Mine and Ed’s room.

Stacy’s room.

Our kitchen.

We were supplied with bathrobes, you better believe we took advantage.

Watching one of the three TV sets.

Discussing what’s on one of the three TV sets.

Me and Ed just stuck with loungin.

And tellin stories.

Ed loves a good story.

Our balcony.

My favorite part was the night swimming! The hotel didn’t care what we did as long as we were quiet.

Overall, we stayed up way too late. We had pasta dinners at 5 in the morning and ended up watching Speed again. The funny thing about that movie is once you see a second of it, you’re committed to the end. Thank you hotel room cable. The next day we explored Naples with Dan’s aunt and uncle and saw some dolphins. Overall, I had a great time in western Florida even despite the hot weather. 

Also, never forget:

After venturing through the end of the Midwest and realizing that the club works, we finally made it into Texas for the first time ever. We met up with our new good friends in Parrhesia for the two Texas dates. On the 15th we played an amazing show in Fort Worth Texas and experienced the warmest welcoming we’ve had in quite awhile. Hats off to Leo and the kids at 1919 Hemphill for creating such an amazing scene there.

The next day we played two shows in one day. We were finally reunited with our brother Colby in Austin and saw his new band Brother Ghost play. Afterwards we jetted down to San Antonio to play Sohns’ welcome home show. I snagged a picture of the San Antonio river, which runs right through the back yard of the venue.

After the show we said goodbye to our good buddies Parrhesia (they headed back to the midwest) and we went out on the town with Lawrence of Sohns. I wanted to post this next picture and say “hey look we got in a wreck with the Sohns van” but after snapping it I zoomed in and realized how calm Lawrence’s face is. Ultimate fail on my part.

Lawrence allowed us to be tourists and took us to the Alamo. He actually gave us a great tour of San Antonio and we really enjoyed his company.

We got back to Lawrence’s awesome house and finally got to bed at about 6. We woke up the next morning at 9 and started heading to New Orleans. Driving on 3 hours of sleep rules. Once we got to New Orleans we realized how worth the drive was, the city is amazing. We were lucky enough to book a show about a block away from the French Quarter and spent most of the night exploring it. We found an amazing statue of Joan of Arc.

The French Quarter is seriously awesome, I can’t get over how it’s exactly how we all imagined it. Of course we hit Bourbon Street, which was also everything we imagined.

Downtown New Orleans was also super close.

Seriously one of my favorite places we visited this summer.

We definitely were sure to experience some local favor and tried our first Po Boy sandwiches. After the show we hooked up again with our brother Colby and drove across the longest bridge I’ve ever seen. After a good rest at his girlfriend’s house, it was time for another long drive.