As we mentioned a few months back, we have parted ways with the drummer who had worked with us on all of our material to date. I think the typical band response is to try and find someone who can play the material thats been written in a similar vein, hope this person can contribute to new material in the same way the last one did, and do so as quickly as possible.
Approaching music as a conventional band, write some songs, practice them, record them, play live, hope people like it, had worn the three of us numb. A new direction was needed.
Also mentioned recently, we've been writing with the intent of putting together a full length record, and we're doing so in a rather unorthodox fashion for the times. The results so far have been encouraging, to the point that these loose plans are beginning to solidify.
Our good friend Nick Stumpf is going to play drums on our recordings, which will begin with a full instrument demo to be recorded on Sept. 29th. There will be two more of these between then and when we go to the studio in the springtime.
I've been uncomfortable with the internet for some time now, particularly with blogs as an unbiased source for information and/or a barometer for culture. It wasn't until I began writing on a daily basis, built up a catalog of creative work that no one had seen, and looked back on this material as it developed that I began seeing things that went deeper than the songs. Constant documentation, good, bad, and everything in between has a way of communicating something beyond the creators control/intention.
So with all that said, we are going to begin regularly posting material starting this week. The idea being that in the process of documenting our pursuit of perfecting song writing as opposed to perfecting the art of being in a band, something meaningful beyond the songs falls into your lap.
Give us five minutes a week, and you will see this record grow from the ground up.
We're titling this song "Leave em Behind" right now. No drums, and there won't be any on any tracks we post here until after the 29th.
We are guilty of false advertising. We will NOT be playing any live shows this weekend. Hopefully sometime in the next few months. 
This is another song we've posted here a few times, Leave em Behind. This demo was done with Scott Gursky from the Obits. To hear previous versions of the song, just hit the link for Leave em Behind in the labels section below this post. Kind of interesting to see the directions its taken.
Posted below is another track we demo'd with Scott Gursky from the Obits. Can't hear any vocals, but if its really an issue click on the song title in the labels below and all the previous versions we've posted on this blog will be at your fingertips.
We did some recording last week with our friend Scott. You most likely know him as the drummer of one of our favorite bands, the Obits. We ran through about four songs, the arrangements, playing, and recording fidelity could be kindly described as loose, but we had a lot of fun with them which I think comes across in these recordings. 
Much to report this week. First of all, the song posted below will be the last of any acoustic forays for a while on this blog. We're going to do some demo recording with our friend Scott Gursky this Friday. Scott plays in the Obits, so these recordings will be the extent of the relationship, but nonetheless we're excited to play some of this material with a drummer. 
So, there are a few specific people who inspired this idea of posting one song a week, basically writing and documenting more than I ever have. One of these grand inspirational figures is Lee Hazlewood. 
And we're now back to drumless demos, which is how a majority of the material posted here is going to be in the coming months. Plenty more to come, see you next week...
This weeks demo is another track we recorded recently with Nick. Same details, we recorded this live, drums, bass, guitar, vocals without any overdubs. Nick is drumming and responsible for the engineering of this recording, which I can't say enough about. 
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