Hey guys,

So we have some sad news. Matt and Mark told Eli and I (Daniel) that they will no longer be playing in Moglee as of September 23rd, after our show with Down With Webster. Their passion and musical energy is elsewhere right now, and they were no longer as into Moglee as they once were. Eli and I were sad to see them go because they are good friends of ours. HOWEVER! We are not breaking up. We have so much new material that now we will be able to get together even easier, and record hopefully while we search for new members. So if you play bass or guitar (or really any instrument that you think would go well in the group) and would like to audition for Moglee, e-mail us at mogleemusic@hotmail.com and tell us your situation. We'd really like to find someone who can sing as well, and someone who has a basic knowledge in music theory, but are open to anyone, so let us know!

You haven't seen the last of us!

But you will see the last of Matt and Mark if you come to our show on September 22nd at the Vinyl with Down With Webster and Kenyada. E-mail us at mogleemusic@hotmail.com if you want tickets. They're $10 in advance and they're going to go fast. SO! Come out on the 22nd and after that, only time will tell what we do! But we're super excited, so we hope to see you soon! PEACE!

                                                                            - Daniel

SO here's the deal, we have tons of new shows coming up, and we'd love to try and pack the house every night. We'll be playing all over the place, and coming to a city near you (or atleast kind of near...) so bring yourself, your friends, parents, relatives, grandparents, pets, other various siblings and so forth, and we'll all have a blast!!

Sound like a plan?

We're also heading back into the studio this month to record some new tracks. The response from these tracks at shows has been insanely positive, so be sure to download them when they come out!

:)

Hey there! So if you're looking for a good place to buy our full length album Recess! Than look no further than the following list:

In stores:

- The Beat Goes on in Kitchener or Waterloo
- Orange Monkey Records in Waterloo
- Encore Records in Kitchener
- Pandora Press in Kitchener

Online:

- iTunes Canada, USA, Europe, Japan
- CD Baby.com
- A whole bunch of other random sites we don't know about. In fact, if you buy the CD from a TOTALLY random place, we'll give you a prize or something if you tell us about it. Just google Moglee Recess! and you'll find one.

The BEST place to get a CD is at one of our shows though! Live music! Friends! Good times! Dancing! and a new CD! What could be better? Hope to see you soon!

PEACE!

Think back -- way back -- to when you were in elementary school.

You're sitting there in one of those butt-numbing, all-in-one desk/chair combos, listening to your teacher drone on about long division or the early Canadian fur trade or something equally blah.

You gaze out the window. The jungle gym glimmers under a blue, cloudless sky, beckoning you.

You glance at the clock on the wall. Tick, it goes. Then, after a long pause, tock.

You fidget. You doodle. You daydream of toys.

Then, at long last, comes the best thing you've heard all day: the bell.

Recess!

Remember the exhilaration -- the pure, unfettered joy -- of bursting out of the classroom and into the playground for 15 minutes of carefree monkeyshines.

This album could be the soundtrack for that moment.

Presumably, that's what Waterloo reggae-popsters Moglee had in mind when they named their fabulous debut album Recess!

The CD jacket features a picture of the four sprightly bandmates leaping into the air off a snow-covered hill, as if they've just been freed from the confines of a classroom.

And then there's the music -- sunny, infectious power-pop that genre-hops around the world, taking cues from Jamaican reggae and Japanese cuddle-core and New York indie-rock.

If members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Vampire Weekend went on a Jamaican vacation together and got loopy on fruity rum drinks, they'd probably end up making music that sounds something like this.

For instance, the chorus of the album's second track, The Penny Song, goes like this: "La la la! La la-la la-la!"

It's upbeat, groove-laden and infinitely sing-along-able. Even the album's ostensibly "sad" song Date Book breaks into moments of giddiness.

That doesn't mean the art of Moglee is frivolous child's play, mind you. There is some serious musicianship on display here, and occasional moments of dark lyricism (such as the song Street Violence and Lemonade, which begins with the lines: "Hey listen up: I'm going to tell all you a tale/Of sex, drugs, guns, money and jail.").

But since the songs are packaged in such accessible and enjoyable melodies, even the grittier lyrics convey a sense of optimism and celebration. Recess! lives up to its namesake -- it's a much-needed break from the everyday monotony, and it's all over much too quickly.