Sunday, October 21, 2012

Bohemian Rhapsody / Party Time All The Time.

November 22 - Dec 16 tour with THEDOWNGOING is all booked up! Just awaiting venue and local bands / details from some shows, but we have confirmations from everyone.

A neat blog reviewed the Republic Of Dreams split LP, and you can read that here:
http://hipnessasasecondlanguage.blogspot.com/2012/10/cloud-ratrepublic-of-dreams-split-lp.html
The same blog also featured a recipe of mine, and I forgot to post about that on here. Scroll down on that page and you'll find it.

So we have been a band for close to three years. When I write that down, it doesn't seem like much time. I feel like we have gotten the opportunity to do quite a few things in that short time though. So far: 4 LP's, a 7", a cassette, a CDR demo, multiple compilations (some cassette, some cd, some digital, and the new MONOMANIAC 7" comp). We have toured the US many times and played with some of the best bands in the world. Next we have another LP and another 7", a Canada and West Coast US Tour (both firsts for us), and then Europe February - April.
We would never have been able to do any of this without the love and support of our friends and family. To be quite honest, sometimes this band is a fucking trainwreck. Whether it's been money issues, job issues, emotional/nervous breakdowns, drugs, health, personal conflicts, you name it. But for some reason it works, and I am extremely proud of all our recorded material and things we have accomplished. The three of us are best friends (even though sometimes you wouldn't be able to tell) and we will continue to do this as long as the drive is there.
I just want to say thank you to the people who have been there for us, whether in personal or band matters. I would be more specific, but there are too many names to name (which just goes to show how much help we have needed). Much love from the rats, and may we all get to hang out together soon. See you soon, Space Cowfolk.
- R

Thursday, October 4, 2012

MONOMANIAC Volume One 7" AVAILABLE NOW!



Click on the picture to check out the announcement, tracklist, info, order options, etc.
You can stream the whole release here:
http://www.cvltnation.com/exclusive-cvlt-nation-streaming-monomaniac-vol-1-comp-7-ep/

We will have copies of this in time for our tour with THEDOWNGOING (who are also one of the bands on this comp. Fuck yeah).

Also, we now have copies of our split LP with Republic Of Dreams. You can either order them from us or ifbrecords.com (USA) and http://reactwithprotest.org/ (EUR). We will have these with us on tour as well, so whatever you want. They turned out killer. Thanks to all the folks involved with that!

Can't wait to get the last few dates confirmed for Nov - Dec. We've been having some trouble with Phoenix, Reno and Albuquerque, but I just got some more contacts for those places so hopefully we'll have that sorted soon.

As for Europe, that is shaping up really well. We are looking for one more band to accompany us through eastern Europe April 2nd - 15th. I will post the euro dates once they are confirmed! Cool. So excited.
Hope to see you all and give you hugs soon.
Cheers!

-R