2017 - shows, shows and more shows!

The schedule for 2017 is filling up!  People often ask if we play weddings...  Absolutely we will play at your wedding!  We would love to be there!  We try to schedule them well in advance, so let us know as soon as you can. 

We are pleased to be returning to our regular haunts in 2017, like ALL of the Salt hill Pubs, The Woodstock Brewery & Station, Murphy's Taproom, The Portsmouth Gaslight, The Wagon Wheel, The Dusty Bottle, and of course The Wharf Pub on Martha's Vineyard to name just a few.  The brand new Taverne On The Square has signed on for a string of shows, so has the Campton Mt. Ski Area as well as Attitash Mountian and Cannon Mountain Ski Areas.

Some Special shows we currently have lined up include February 25th at the Fireside Inn, West Lebanon.  We will be attempting to pull of a full-on Masquerade Ball complete with make, costumes, the whole bit.  A lot of this will rely on YOU, so don't be shy, get into the sprit of it!  Nothing like this has been attempted in the upper Valley, lets do it!

April 1st marks the 5th (?!) Annual Pig and Poke Party at Cannon Mountian.  This is a "somewhat" private event, so it's good to know someone who knows someone if you know what I mean.  It's a racer of a party and one we look forward to every year.

July 1st we play our annual "Independence Day" show at River Meadow Campground in Haverhill NH complete with fireworks!  This show is put on by our major sponsor TWB Automotive in Lebanon - for all your automotive needs call TBW Automotive 603-448-6787 (they really are the best).

July 15th we perform for Trucks Gone Wild again in Lebanon Maine.  A crazy event that is certainly "out of the norm" for us.

August 24th we perform on the mall in Lebanon New Hampshire for the "Lebanon Dance Fest".  Every year this gets bigger and bigger.  The show is immediately followed by fireworks.  Put on by the fine people at the Lebanon Parks & Recreation Department.

September 8th we have been invited to perform for the Hampton Seafood Festival at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.  When they asked if we were interested, we said, "Seafood is involved?  Well, yeah, sign us up!"

And filially, New Years Eve has been confirmed, we will be returning to the Fireside Inn in West Lebanon for another all-inclusive evening and a great night!  

"Misinformed Informant"

This is one of those songs that came in an instant.  We recorded this over a couple of weeks and bam, the song was born.  This also marks the first song that drummer Scott Kinnison played on.  A downtempo emotional tune, we worked really hard to make sure everything felt "right".  We really like this song and hope you do as well!
 

Your misleading friend,

had a well loaded tongue

bending your ear

with the story she wrung

 

November damp air 

seeps through your coat again

 

You get bits of the truth

blended with fiction

she’s a rather well rehearsed

politician

 

a glass splinter in you mind without an end

 

Here comes another one

Speeding lies and having fun

Oh Misinformed Informant unload your gun

 

Waste breath to make my case

It's written all over your face

Oh Misinformed Informant unload your gun

 

'Cause I will never misinform you

 

Disproportionate size

the voice of the spies ,

take a knife and cut

every extravagant lie 

 

packed up the car

ready to make the drive

 

Got driving gas, 

and spending cash, 

a sleeping bag 

and a dime of weed

 

A head on the dash,  

makes it hard to leave

 

Why don’t they just say

Why don’t they just say what they mean

We could get out of dodge

We could leave it all behind

 

We could up and go

leave the world just wondering where we went

We are aging fast

It’s time we did one just last thing for us

 

 

 

"Until We Fall Apart"

Our new single is finally out!  "Until We Fall Apart" is the first of two songs we began working on back in May.  Really we could finish these songs a lot faster if we didn't have 8 million shows to play, but what fun would that be?  

This song evolved around a guitar riff that we used as a pedal point.  I thought it would be cool if we did a song where the bass root note moved around the guitar riff in an interesting way.  As usual, we started with the drums and a rough sketch of the song.  We performed it live and then started cutting parts and re-arranging them.  The guitars bass and vocals were all added in layers after that.  In fact, the final bass tracks were the last thing we added after everything else was in place.  I am particularly pleased with the keyboard sounds I somehow managed to dial in.  If you listen closely, there are synths throughout the song adding depth, but not getting in the way - a trick that is harder to pull off than you may think!  I love the bridge synth passages.  My fist real attempt at tweaking an arpeggiator instead of just playing the notes.  I think it adds good counterpoint to the guitar.  

A lot of thought went into the arrangement and recording of this one and we are happy with the result.  We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

The second song of these two songs we recorded in May is done and we will release it in the coming month.

Trucks Gone Wild

Had a great time at the "Trucks Gone Wild" event in Lebanon Maine over the weekend.  It felt like we were not he set of a Mad Max taping.  We got there early to enjoy a few of the events, like the mud bog and head to head racing.  The enthusiasm the participants have for the event is really contagious.  It's a different world and a whole lot of fun.  If there is and event like this near you, be sure to go check it out!

Top 40 Radio

"I Need You (Ay-o)" continues to impact top 40 radio nationwide!  Thanks to WFIZ-FM in Ithaca, NY and KFLW-FM in St. Robert, MO for adding "I Need You (Ay-O)" to their rotations.  Now more stations are jumping on "I Need You (Ay-O)" including KCHE 92.1 FM in Cherokee, Iowa and KQCR-FM in Hampton Iowa!  

Just added at 97.9/105.5 Kiss-Fm in Utica NY!

Shout out to 97-7 KKCK-FM in Sioux Falls South Dakota of adding "I Need You (Ay-O)" to their rotation! Awesome!

Merch now available on our website!

Still like a good old fashioned CD?  Now you can get them directly from us on our website.  Or maybe you have been hankering for some of our incredible and unique hot sauce, now in two flavors, sissy and legit! Stickers and brand new t-shirts will also be available in the coming months.  We've kept the costs to a bare minimum and are offering free shipping to the U.S.  $3 for the rest of the world.  As always, we appreciate the support; when you buy from us, you help us keep going.  Jump to the "Merch" section of you website and check it out.  All orders are 100% secure and we never give your information away.  Cheers!