There was a brief and very happy window of time when the Abbey Lounge was the center of our Boston/ Somerville 
universe, so it makes us very sad to see them closing.  The Abbey was the place we always knew
would be there for us with cheap beer, good bands, and the best sound system in town, hands down.  
If it wasn't for J Grimaldi and Eric Saulnier, there's a very real chance that we'd still be twiddling our
thumbs in a practice space in Everett trying to figure out how to book a Tuesday night anywhere in the 
Northeast that would have us.  And it's amazing to look back on how many really great bands we were able
to play with and become friends with simply because we had the inexplicable in to set up weekend shows 
there on the occasional basis….The In Out, The Operators, The Bigger Lovers, seemingly dozens of shows with
Jennifer O'Connor, the very much-missed and beloved Red Zone Cuba, Soltero, Tony Goddess, K., Antietam…
It's saying too little to say that the Abbey set us up on our feet and made us a feel a part of a tiny little music scene
that, for us, felt like the whole entire world.  We feel so very lucky that we got to see and be a part of as many cool 
shows as we did and are really grateful to the Abbey and everyone who worked to make it the completely cool place 
that it was. 

For what it's worth (to be so Stills-ian), we've been listening and living with this thing for quite a long time and, after so many starts and stops and mini-failures and successes, are really happy with what we've come up. While none of us could have possibly imagined it could have taken this long (we've all switched residences at least once, switched jobs, moved our studio, and logged a withering amount of miles up and down 95 since we first started this thing) we think that we have emerged from the tunnel and we hope to have it all available very soon.

We'll have a title and track order very soon and information on when and how things will be coming out in the next few weeks. We also hope to be seeing a bit more of the inside of rock clubs in the new year, so as much as it's possible, we hope to see you there. In case we don't speak again before 2009 we hope that everyone has a safe and happy holiday season.

Peace, love and soul,
Vince, Chris, Jon

After a break for the holidays, (and we  hope yours were happy), we're looking to begin mixing on the new record.  
We're calling it "Black Clouds" at this point and we're looking  at an August release.  Though its been 
about the biggest thing on our minds for the past four years, or maybe because of that, we can't hardly 
wait as it were to mix it, master it, clear out its airway, stick it in a  jewel case, and release it out 
into the world.  We'll post picture from the recording soon and more as we come across it.

We also have a New  York show coming up in January with two incredible bands who play out about as often 
as we do nowadays; the legendary Hobokeners The Scene is Now and the equally legendary Franklin Bruno fronting 
his band The  Human Hearts. The headliners, incredible band number three, are our  favorites from the Old Line State,
the working on legendary status, The Oranges Band. It all goes down at Cake Shop.

Until  then,
Chris, Jon, Vince