we are so pleased to announce that we will be playing a handful of shows with the incredible GRIZZLY BEAR and super homies GIRLS in the next few months. these are two of our favorite bands, and we are feeling seriously honored right about now. there are some tickets available as of today, but chances are all of these shows will sell out soon, so buy tickets now plz.

AND AS IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, we're doing a little acoustic show (christopher, solo) at CMJ in a couple weeks (10/22). it will be mostly new songs, maybe some covers, maybe some requests? it's gonna be real cool, like freezing, below 0, cool. so you should be there. and last but not least, we are closing out this wonderful year with a BIG BANG NEW YEARS PARTY at bottom of the hill with our radical buddies miniature tigers! this is going to be a pretty special show-party, and the last time to see us this year (/DECADE(!!!!)). let's make special memories together.

in other news, we're 99.9% finished with our new album, and it's really hard waiting to let you guys and gals hear it. honestly, sometimes i just want to leak it on the internet right now!!!! but i can't. sorry. seriously though, a lot of exciting stuff is happening over here, and i promise you'll get to hear some tunes soon. it'll all be worth the wait, i swear! more news on that soon...

all the dates:

10/14 - Vogue Theatre - Vancouver, BC - w/ GRIZZLY BEAR!
10/15 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR - w/ GRIZZLY BEAR!
10/16 - Moore Theatre - Seattle, WA - w/ THE GRIZZLED BEAR!

10/22 - CMJ @ Living Room - New York, NY -  solo acoustic show

12/4 - The Loft @ UCSD - San Diego, CA - w/ GIRLS!
12/5 - Troubador - Los Angeles, CA - w/ GIRLS!
12/6 - Muddy Waters - Santa Barbara, CA - w/ GIRLSIES!

love yall 4 real,
the morning benders

HEY SAN FRANCISCO,

We leave tomorrow @7am for the London. Super excited!!! Want to come hang out?! YEAH.

love,
the morning benders

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UK/Europe Dates:

Aug 11 2009 8:00P
CLUB FANDANGO @
Dublin Castle
London

Aug 12 2009 8:00P
Old Blue Last
http://www.theoldbluelast.com/
London

Aug 13 2009 8:00P
The Boogaloo
http://www.theboogaloo.co.uk/
London

Aug 14 2009 12:00P
Way Out West
Göteborg, Sweden
http://www.wayoutwest.se/

Aug 15 2009 12:00P
Oya Festival (John Dee)
Oslo, Norway
http://oyafestivalen.com/

hey kiddos,

we were selected for this radio 2 thing on the BBC, and you guys can vote to get us in regular rotation! kind of amazing. just click the web email form to send them a note and tell them you're voting for "DAMNIT ANNA." thanks for voting homies, we love you!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/the-radcliffe-and-maconie-show/pick-and-mix/
 
love,
the morning benders

Today iTunes is releasing "His Way, Our Way," a collection of Frank Sinatra covers. We had the honor of covering "Strangers In The Night" for it, and you can get it right here, right now:

baboom:
http://www.itunes.com/hiswayourway



Also, the "Damnit Anna" single will (finally) be released in the UK on August 17th. It'll come with 2 b-sides, "Morning Fog" and "Worth The Fight." Sorry for the delay guys, but we haven't forgotten about you! We even have some shows over in your neck of the woods in August. We love yall.

LOVE,
the morning benders

HEYO!

Long time no see, friends. Sorry for the delay. After touring for the better part of a year (can't believe it's been a year since 'tin cans' was released...), we've taken the last couple months to rest up and more importantly, MAKE A NEW RECORD! Feels good to say that. We've been in the studio with super homie Chris Taylor from Grizzly Bear (who we just saw in SF 2 nights in a row and are just straight up AMAZING, by the way), making that magic happen. Anyway, we've been cooped up for too long, and it's time to play some shows. We're going to be taking our first trip over seas to play a handful of shows in the UK and some amazing festivals in Europe (my bloody valentine, grizzly bear, lily allen, wilco!@# etc) . A couple awesome shows in the states too. It's all quite exciting. Below are the dates--

oh yeah, we put up a demo of a new song called 'hand me downs' on our myspace. it sounds completely different than the album version, so don't get too attached yo. enjoy.

UK/Europe Dates:
Aug 11 2009   8:00P
Dublin Castle 
London

Aug 12 2009  8:00P
Old Blue Last 
London

Aug 13 2009  8:00P
The Boogaloo 
London

Aug 14 2009  12:00P
Way Out West 
Göteborg, Sweden
http://www.wayoutwest.se/

Aug 15 2009  12:00P
Oya Festival (John Dee) 
Oslo, Norway
http://oyafestivalen.com/

Aug 30 2009  12:00P
SF Outside Lands 
San Francisco, CA

Sep 19 2009  8:00P
MusicfestNW Berbati’s Pan (w/ Beach House!) 
Portland, Oregon

love,
the morning benders

friendos,

we are super pleased to announce that we are playing the rickshaw stop with our good buddy john vanderslice on tuesday, the 19th. john's got a new album out, and i believe this is the hometown release show. fun fun fun. we are going to play lots of new songs, so you best be there!

few tix left:
http://www.rickshawstop.com/phpEventCalendar/index.php

hearts,
the morning benders

we are super stoked to let you know that we will be playing San Francisco's OUTSIDE LANDS FESTIVAL (great lineup, great location**WhoopeeeEE!) and the El Rey Theatre with the one and only THE WALKMEN!! (yeeeahhhhhhhhhh). saw the walkmen a couple months ago and they blew us away. such an amazing band to see live. well, such an amazing band PERIOD. buy tickets for that now, ok?

SF OUTSIDE LANDS
Golden Gate Park
August 28-30
(exact time/date TBA)
check out the full lineup:
http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/

AND

El Rey Theatre
w/ THE WALKMEN
May 20
8PM
buy tickets click here

love,
the morning benders

AhoY THERE!!!

We haven't updated any of our thingies in a while, ye old blog, that good (face)book, tHE SPACE, maybe even TWEETING a little less, etc. we do apologize for this. and i hate to interrupt the silence with even more silence, BUT, there is some pretty god damn exciting stuff happening over here. can't say exactly what YET, but...

we've been working on a new album called BIG ECHO. we are pretty sure we are going to be quite proud of it when it's finished (getting soo close). we have been working on it with a pretty rad/oustanding dude, that we'll talk more about later (here's a hint)...

we're planning trips to some really amazing places, maybe even some we've never been to(?!) **hint hint**

we just found out we are doing some awesome shows with our buddy john vanderslice, he's got an amazing new record coming out that we can't wait to hear live (we suggest you do the same):

5.17.09      The Partisan (w/ John Vanderslice)
5.27.09     Velour (w/ John Vanderslice)
5.28.09     Kilby Court (w/ John Vanderslice)
5.29.09     Hi-Dive (w/ John Vanderslice)

been becoming obsessed with cass mccombs (A is so brilliant). also, been listening to this band GIRLS http://www.myspace.com/girlssanfran a lot, they put up some new jams.. can't wait for the record!

more real announcements with cold hard facts later.

love,
the morning benders

heyo,


**UPDATE** : our rock the rabbit link is up, complete with Kyle's awesome t shirt:
http://www.playboy.com/magazine/features/rock-the-rabbit/the-morning-benders/the-morning-benders.html

playboy asked us to be a part of their super cool 'rock the rabbit' dealy this year!!! super cool. AND super homie the kyle designed a sweet t-shirt for them that you can actually buy and wear. it's pretty SWEET. now you can buy playboy for the articles and the cool band stuff ;)

here's the site where you can find it, and a bunch of other bands' stuff:

http://www.rocktherabbit.com/



also, we have started putting up some SXSW dates. check em out on the space:

www.myspace.com/themorningbenders

love,

t h e m o r n i n g b e n d e r s