First off, the total immersion songwriting day was a complete success, I managed to churn out the 20 songs that is the goal. I accomplished what normally would take me a year in 12 hours, with demo recordings. I was left feeling jet lagged for 2 days afterward. I'd say 10 of the songs are winners. None of the songs are longer than 2 minutes mind you, so there are verses that still need to written, etc... I'll share one soon, not how or where though. Any suggestions? Not sure about myspace as it's SO public. Any suggestions?
Here are some of titles of ones i'm quite excited about:
Viriginia Woolf
Oh my deer, keep to the brambles
Behind Washington Farm
Follow through seasons
Approach of winter
Daniel Boone
My child
Oh, I am a soldier


Onto the oldies but goodies.
I get a lot of questions about where to get the physical cd (sorry if I haven't answered everyone, I was waiting for the reprint) Mis ojos discos repressed our album with a new fancy digipak and has it available in the shop for purchase now. Enjoy!

visit the mis ojos discos shop where you can find our cd and t-shirts


We have a Facebook band page now, I the admin person, so I'll be hanging around. Please join in and help spread the word.

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we've been playing a few handful of shows here on the East Coast, a good mix of club venues, living room, garage and basements...here are some photos and tales of the travels thus far.

if anyone has photos of us from shows they'd be welcomed at battlemusic@gmail.com, as i'm onstage i don't get to take the photos:)

Baltimore, MD -The Golden West- this was the first show, played at The Golden West, it was the beginning of a heatwave and someone got beat up with a baseball bat outside the next afternoon when we stopped by for some brunch. geez

The Golden West


this is Braegen - Old Tender Heart - who hooked us up with the gig...thank you

Annville, PA - The Chicken Coop - driving up from Baltimore to Annville, we passed through Hershey, PA which had the incredible smell
of chocolate in the air...didn't have time to stop but got to drive through and the streetlights are hershey kisses which was terribly cute.
here at The Chicken Coop there was a large gathering of young folks who respected and loved music and it was a great vibe.
we got there in time to catch Tara Toms set, great songs, check her out...we left that night with a good warm feeling inside, which is most welcome on the road.
here are some pics of the evening:

tara toms

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jacob golden


Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall- i love playing Union Hall, it's really close to our label Mis Ojos Discos and i managed to get parking right out
front this time...this show had 3 bands from Portland, OR, yes THREE. can't really get better than that in NYC.
Weinland were really really good and we should play with them more often. i had been in touch with the singer about a year ago to set up a show but it never happened as i was in the middle of moving and leaving town for awhile, so it took us a cross country trip by chance to be booked on the same night.


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weinland


Stroudsburg, PA - living room show - thank you to Chris and Diane for having us in your home and giving us a well air conditioned
place to lay our heads! i don't have any pictures from this night, if you have some please post or send to me and i'll put them up.

Boston, MA - Twin Peaks JP - basement show - my cousin Nicole and her husband Kevin showed out of the blue to this gig which was a
total surprise (they live in Albany) so it was great to see them:) we played with Keith Kenniff and his brother Colin who played electric guitar alongside him...they were fantastic, some of the most beautiful melodies and hushed vocals i've stumbled upon in a long time. please befriend them.
thank you Hollie Gilson for the photo.

heading back to NYC for a few more shows and then flying home to Portland, OR for a few days of rest and then hitting the road down the West Coast.
i'm looking forward to being on my home turf and playing some shows that have familiar faces...will feel good.
after that i'm gonna stay home, record an EP and finish other lingering projects, i'll keep you informed and put up some new stuff when the time comes...

on the road,
sarah

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