We had a great time opening up for Deas Vail at Legends of Notre Dame last weekend…stay tuned for pictures!

And don’t forget – ‘Songs of Separation’ is out on October 18!

Life on the road can be a grind.  Getting good sleep is nearly impossible.  Hundreds and hundreds of miles in the car wear you down even more.  And eating well?  Nah.  I literally had Papa John’s three days running last weekend.  Three.  No human should ever do such a thing.  Theoretically speaking, I should be dead.

Miraculously, I survived.  And managed to play shows in Iowa City, Ames and Des Moines.  Gilbert St. in Iowa City was a great time.  Headliners in Ames bumped the start time up a little bit in a successful attempt to prevent the same kind of riot that happened on the Iowa /Iowa State weekend the last time we were in town. 

In Des Moines we played a joint we’d never heard of before called the Kirkwood Lounge.  Interesting place.  It’s not really a venue, and I’m not sure how often they even do music.  But what the heck.   Anyway, we did a makeshift set up (as evidenced below), played, and the sound was huge/awesome.  I can’t remember playing a show that felt better.  Funny how that works out.

So Iowa, as usual, was a great time.  There’s no place like home, I guess. 

Great time playing SB before Girl Talk.  Later that night we did a show at the Livery in Benton Harbor and Aiden Ankli joined us onstage for a song.  Check back for pics soon.

This weekend: Janesville Thursday, Orion Friday, Green Bay Saturday, Rockford Sunday.  Keep up if you can!

Sitting here with Danny Leake finishing up the album.  It’s been 6 months to the day that we started recording.   I could most likely work on this thing for another 6 months, but it feel goods to etch it in stone and wash my hands.   Oh and btw, it sounds goooood.

SOS Mastering Session

Spent all day finishing the vocals on Half a World Away, Something’s Gotta Give, After You, Professional and A Little Bit Better.   Really productive day, and we’re officially done with vocals for this album.  Great feeling.  Next up, mix and master and this bad boy’s in the bank.

Making an album is really crazy and intense, especially when you’re on the ground level.  So many high and lows.  Some days you feel like a rock star and the next day you question whether you’re going to be able to finish it.   One day you feel like you have 8 hit songs and the next you wonder if any of them are any good.  That’s not an exaggeration.  Weathering the swings of this process has been extremely challenging and humbling.

But now, for better or for worse, the finish line is in sight.  We’re gonna work and scramble like crazy to make this thing the very best we can, but most of it is carved in stone.  And I’ll continue to wonder if I made all the right decisions, whether I should’ve held that note a little longer, whether we should have brought that guitar part down, so on and so forth, but overall I can say I’m damn proud of what we’ve done so far.  Can’t wait to wrap up it.

Thanks for staying with me all this time.  Look forward to getting it all to you soon!

Tim