adam and I have experienced a moment of satori as we drive to clash bar right npw. prince’s “housequake” is a zen koan.

y’all know about the quake? (yeah!)
bullshit!
damn! shut up
already

Thanks so much to Jared Migden and Jim Testa for giving us not one, but two slots at WE Fest last weekend in Wilmington, NC, and to Terminal Reynaldo and the Milwaukees for helping us out with equipment.  It was a total blast, I hope we can do it again next year!

We took a lot of inane photos and videos on our little trip down.  You can check them all out here, but my favorite so far is definitely The Churger.  Behold:

We’ve got two local shows this week, finally.  We’ll be at Clash Bar in Clifton, NJ on Thursday the 29th of May, and Bar Matchless in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday the 31st.  We’re playing with some really fantastic bands, too.  Details on our shows page.

Oh, we got another good review of our CD over on Synthesis Blog.  Thanks, Spencer!

on our way to NC. follow me on twitter for inanity: twitter.com/billymeltdown

This is a preview of a song off the EP we’re going to release next month, in June sometime.  The tracks are (not necessarily in this order):

Slut [ download! ]
Elephant
Shine a Light
Surrender

Enjoy!

Our new track Slut is in the new Jersey Beat Podcast, along with a ton of other great songs from bands we’ll be playing with this weekend in NC at WE Fest.  Slut is one of four tunes that we’re going to release as an EP soon, probably in June.  Enjoy!

~Billy

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A quick run-down:

Fri May 16th we’re playing in New Hope, PA at John & Peter’s with The Invincible Gods! This is going to be totally fucking tits. John & Peter’s is a great place to play and the Gods are awesome.

Sat May 17th we’re guest-starring at Asbury Lanes in the gorgeous, ocean-front, condo-ripe City of Asbury Park with Le Rug and Document. This, too, is going to be totally tits.

Thur May 22nd we’re going down to WE Fest in Wilmington NC, playing Jared Migden’s set of bands in the French Quarter of the Laundromat at midniiiiiiiiiiight!

Thur May 29th, it’s HOMECOMING at CLASH BAR, Clifton, NJ!!!!11 with Imperialists and Frozen Gentlemen.

Sat May 31st we’re going to get bizzy at Bar Matchless in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, with Imperialists, So So Glos and The Party Faithful.

June 7th you will find us in Charlottesville, VA. Oh yes. I’m not sure where just yet. Possibly Jo & Jones’ basement, but our C-ville peops are working on something with a bit more room.

June 8th we’ll be in Knoxville, TN. I think. Lloyd is 20. They have a very strict looking thing on the venue’s myspace about that. We may have some sweet talking to do.

June 10th is back to Jersey City to close out Babyhole with Melissa Surach at Toy Eater’s!

Hooray! And then we’ll start the next EP.

Between now and then we’re going to release some more material here on the site, stay tuned.

And just to put this on your calendar: we’ll be doing a very special July 4th Independence Day show with Imperialists at Spike Hill, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Very special.

Hey all, the Shows page has been updated again to include upcoming dates in Asbury Park (this saturday), Knoxville TN, and of course Brooklyn.

Cheers,
Adam