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We just confirmed Fall shows with The New Year, Magnolia Electric Company, Bottomless Pit, and other folks. These will be our first shows in the Northeast.

We’re also currently working on new songs and will be recording at the end of August (with Bubba Kadane wearing the producer shades again). More info to come as we work out the details.

(Photo by Howrad)

The Coke Dares + Tre Orsi + Kaboom
Rubber Gloves
Monday, July 28th @ 9pm.

Also, Spaniards: Bryan is playing with South San Gabriel at the Benicassim festival in Valencia, on July 18th. Please feed him orxata and paella and morcilla, ok?

Magnolia Eating Company sent us to Wee Willy’s.

thanks to the Art Hospital for letting us shame the stage and bathroom.

thanks to jagjaguwar/secretly canadian for the hellos and cd’s.

oh hai bryan and matthew are in the front seats. cannot see me here.

Hey! We’re playing two shows with Casiotone For The Painfully Alone and Clue To Kalo this weekend. Yet another weekend of tacos, BBQ, and I-35. I ain’t complaining, no!

Fri, Apr 4 @ Hailey’s in Denton, TX
9pm | $12 over 21 | $14 under 21 | All ages | buy tickets

Sat, Apr 5 @ Emo’s in Austin, TX
9pm | $8 | All ages | buy tickets

Next week we play a bunch of Midwest shows with our brothers from other mothers, Minus Story and The Coke Dares. Dates are on our web site and at MySpace. ROCK AND ROLL FEVER: CATCH IT!

Matt is currently obsessed with roflcopters and lollercoasters. Bryan is obsessed with Failboats. Howard is obsessed with getting a good interest rate on his mortgage. Please forgive us.

New stuff: we have t-shirts and a really wonderful, limited-edition silk-screened poster available for sale at the Works Progress site. The poster was for the Feb 27, 2008 Joe Lally/Edie Sedgwick/Tre Orsi show at Rubber Gloves, and were designed and printed by Mr. Nevada Hill.

We have a string of shows coming up in March and April, including our first trip out of state. Our brothers from other mothers, Minus Story and Coke Dares, will be guiding us through these baby steps.

In April, we’re going to record a few new songs and see if anything magical happens.

There’s more, oh so much more, but I’ve already said to much. Back to drinking.