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Sorry to go off topic, but WTF? Why cant they win on the road? Why cant any team win on the road in the playoffs? Why in god’s name can’t Paul Pierce and Ray Allen have the solid games that they are meant to have? Why does that ass “King James” get treated like a…. well, king? He cries for 4 seconds, they overturn a call. WTF?

WTF?

Oh, by the way. We have received the FINAL MASTERS of Calico. WE ARE PSYCHED. YOU WILL BE TOO. 

-Evan

We’re playing a bunch of new tunes from the album, so come out, have a beer, and get a preview of what’s to come! SEE YA THERE!  -E

Nice! New video! Really late!

Anyways, the record is being mastered right now. We MIGHT just give you a new track if you come to the show at Church in Boston at the end of May. We also MIGHT have something special for you “out-of-towners.” Stay cool.

It’s Wednesday morning. We just finished sequencing the tracks last night and are prepping the files for mastering now. They sound so fucking good. Matthew Ellard did an amazing job mixing this record - we couldn’t have asked for a better mixes or a cooler guy to spend the weekend with.

We’ll have a new video up this weekend. In the meantime, check out these photos from mixing last weekend:

Hey everyone, we’re back at Q Division for the weekend mixing down our new album with Matthew Ellard. Right now we’re just letting him do his thing with the basics and doing a lot of hanging around in the lounge. We all had dinner at the local southern BBQ joint, and my stomach is screaming at me. Ben’s playing a steel acoustic, Matt’s thinking about playing darts, Steve’s watching people getting seriously hurt on the internet and laughing about it, Alex is quietly contemplating, Eric and Pj are calling us lame, and Kris is sleeping on the couch in the control room. So, all is well here. Keep checking back, because we’ll have a few new videos and pictures up from the recording and the upcoming mixing sessions!

CHEERS!

Evan

hello all of you people, just got through another week, actually it was our final week of tracking, both a release and a let down, just for the fact you dont get to spend 4 waking weeks overdosing on french press with your 4 fellow bandmates and their breakfast/dinner making splendors/trollops. i want to do it all over again, a lot of work but so much of an antic ridden voyage …it made showing up for work looking like you were wearing your appearance with the hanger still attached, a pleasure. so now its on…
oh and the guns were fun, and the red Barron flyer scooter from the 50’s

mixing is right around the corner…heading in the second week of April starting on the 10th. it will be roughly 4 days of hearing what we tracked and piecing the sweet harmonic mess together, with Mathew Ellard, AN ENGLISHMAN! right.  it will be a time of absolute attention….this is anal retentive weekend to make sure the record is deemed worthy of your ears. but that’s all from me for now, oh and make sure you tell Alex and Ben happy birthday and give them presents, money and pancakes whenever they deem it necessary. see ya

ben

Besides the ghost that kept us awake on Saturday night, Maine was an extremely productive weekend! As anticipated our creative juices were flowing; so much in fact, we decided to write some new material that may just find its way onto our new record, Calico. We experimented with all sorts of things from vocal and guitar effects, to xylophone and accordion. That’s right, accordion…and don’t be surprised if you hear some banjo or mandolin…how about a grand piano or a leslie…maybe a tambourine or a wooden desk being hit with mallets…yup…how about a lighter or a deck of cards…you ever played the deck of cards before? Didn’t think so…perhaps the sounds of an ice pick in the snow or Ben whispering into the crisp Maine air.

Okay so we had a lot of free time. Check out some pics.

Please enjoy part deux of our Q Division basics video. - Topper

More video will be up tomorrow.  For now, love thy guitar.

Hey Everyone! We have had a great week of laying down vocals and guitars and now we’re headed off to middle-of-nowhere Maine to finish up. Its a secluded house in the woods, free of the fast paced city and communication with the outside world. Creativity will be flowing out of our nostrils! Check back in for the next video documentary and more pics from our latest sessions coming up! See you soon!

Evan