There's a contest up now to get Keep Slipping Away on MTVu.  One of the bands, AM Taxi, appears to be voting repeatedly (there doesn't seem to be anything to prevent doing that) and is ahead 71% to 15%.  In any case, please vote here:

http://www.mtvu.com/music/the-freshmen/nominees-020810/

APTBS is on the incredibly long plane ride to Australia.  Here's a ticket package contest:

http://www.liveguide.com.au/Giveaways/147/A_PLACE_TO_BURY_STRANGERS

Here's an interview with Oliver from the Economist Online (featuring his new nickname, Sonic Ruffian):

http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/blog/gary-moskowitz/qa-oliver-ackermann-sonic-ruffian

It is Nothing was used in a trailer for UK teen soap Skins:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mooKDsj2_Uo

There's a contest up now to get Keep Slipping Away on MTVu.  One of the bands, AM Taxi, appears to be voting repeatedly (there doesn't seem to be anything to prevent doing that) and is ahead 71% to 15%.  In any case, please vote here:

http://www.mtvu.com/music/the-freshmen/nominees-020810/

APTBS is on the incredibly long plane ride to Australia.  Here's a ticket package contest:

http://www.liveguide.com.au/Giveaways/147/A_PLACE_TO_BURY_STRANGERS

Here's an interview with Oliver from the Economist Online (featuring his new nickname, Sonic Ruffian):

http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/blog/gary-moskowitz/qa-oliver-ackermann-sonic-ruffian

It is Nothing was used in a trailer for UK teen soap Skins:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mooKDsj2_Uo

We will be posting a bit about each of the songs to the blog over the coming weeks and featuring each as the top track on the player for a few days.

6. Ego Death 
This song was an old jam we used to play back when Tim Gregorio was in the band, reworked into an actual song. It opens most of our shows. I am particularly happy with how smooth the vocal turned out. It is definitely another one of our “scary” songs.

We will be posting a bit about each of the songs to the blog over the coming weeks and featuring each as the top track on the player for a few days. 

5. Keep Slipping Away
 "Keep Slipping Away" was a lead line I had going through my head for a couple of days. It took me a while to figure out exactly how it was played, but the melody is pretty much the same as what I first heard in my head.

We will be posting a bit about each of the songs to the blog over the coming weeks and featuring each as the top track on the player for a few days.

4. Deadbeat This is the song we crush most consistently live. It's built on a twangy surf riff, which is definitely out of the ordinary for us but somehow fits perfectly in with the rest of the songs. It's really nice to finally hear it recorded properly.

We will be posting a bit about each of the songs to the blog over the coming weeks and featuring each as the top track on the player for a few days.

3. Lost Feeling This song was originally called "Tribal" because the drums have this really bass-y, overwhelming feel to them that keeps the song rolling. I love the way it builds like a monster running around that finally catches its prey.

We will be posting a bit about each of the songs to the blog over the coming weeks and featuring each as the top track on the player for a few days.

2. In Your Heart
 "In Your Heart" was written on our last North American tour. During a break in Canada, we went to record in a barn with our friend Graham from Holy Fuck. We started playing this song out of the blue and I thought it was just too damn good to not lay down on tape that day. Of course, that just turned out to be the demo but this is that song, written in one day. I feel like it is a great midpoint between the more melodic and rocking sides of this band.


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