Ourn new album is in the following stores in MS:
Best Buy, FYE, and Bebop Record Shop location listed below


Maywood Mart                     811 Varsity Drive
Jackson, MS                         Tupelo, MS
601 985 5000                        662 844 7625

Metro Drive                         610 University Drive
Jackson, MS                        Starkville, MS
601-969-3181                     662 324 0457


FYE DISTRIBUTORS ARE NOW TAKING ORDERS TO SHIP.... ORDER NOW.
Also you can order at www.cdbaby.com, iTUNES,  and Napster


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So its been awhile since we've updated the page so here is what has been going on. First I will go on an address the rumors. Yes we have parted ways with our long time drummer Adam Box. He will be pursuing another musical direction when he moves to Cali later this year. He is still a great friend and our brother in music and will be missed. Check out his solo stuff at   www.myspace.com/adambox1

My long time friend and stellar drummer Ryan Rogers will be filling in touring as well as writing and recording new songs with the band. We are very excited about this new chapter of our musical journey. We feel the new tunes that we are currently demoing in the small  country town of Pelahatchie, MS represent the new vision and path of Absence of Concern.  Can't wait for you all to hear.

Sign up for our twitter page for studio updates and keep checking for late Aug tour dates.
Thanks for the many of years of support  and we will see you all soon.


Jon Dray, Michael, Ced, and Derek

Whats up people! Its been awhile since I've given an update so lets catch up. We were on the road touring all last month and were very happy at the great response we got from the live show. We got to play Detroit which was my first time in the Rock City as well as tons of cool northen venues. Thanks to everyone for making us feel at home and also to  our family in Tragic Orange. We have some  dates in the work for this summer with Canada's Ashes of Soma, Trust Company, and maybe even Crossfade.  In the meantime we are focusing all our efforts in writing new songs.

Spread the word about  AOC and if you haven't picked up or download the new album produced by Mr. Skidd Mills please do!!!

JD
Michael
Ced
Derek
Adam

What's up people! Hope everything has been good. Wanted to give you our first 2009 update. First things first, we released a new self titled album  a few months back that is slowly but surely making its way into stores (FYE, BESTBUY). However, you can download it at NAPSTER and iTUNES now. It is also available for purchase at www.cdbaby.com

Second, we are going out on tour in April with Waiting for Brantley and Tragic Orange. This is going to be a kick ass bill so grab your tickets, get all 3 bands music and come rock out with us. Check dates on our page.

We are busy writing new material at the moment. The new stuff we think is AOC's best yet. Can't wait for ya'll to hear it. Spread the word about AOC!!!! If you would like to start a street team in your town be our guest. Just let us know if you need anything!!!

JD

We have recently been going back in the studio with Producer Skidd Mills to work on a few new high intensity songs. We will start tracking them in the upcoming weeks with hopefully something to share with you all around the first of the year.

The new CD is out and can be ordered from our myspace as well as iTUNES.

Look for some shows with Saving Abel coming soon.

Michael
Derek
Jon Dray
Adam
Cedric

So the new album is now available for download on iTUNES people. We have spent close to one year recording these songs and we are more proud of this record than anything we have ever done. A lot of great things are happening for the band right now and we owe it all to you the fans.

So please go download the album and put it on you iPOD, play it in your vehicles, play it for your friends, at work, at house parties.. WHATEVER!! We are still and independent artist so the best way to get a buzz is going is to get you guys downloading and exposing others to our music.

Hope you enjoy and don't forget to write a review on iTUNES. See all you people on tour!
Thanks for the support

Michael, Adam, Cedric, Jon Dray, and Derek.

FOR MORE REVIEWS GO TO WWW.TUNELABMUSIC.COM


Posted: September 7th, 2008
Contributed By: Nick
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Release Date: September 5, 2008 via Skiddco Music
Absence of Concern is:
Michael Martin (Vocals)
Jon Dray Lee (Guitar)
Derek Blush (Guitar)
Cedric Douglas (Bass)
Adam Box (Drums)

Overview: They come from Jackson, Mississippi and they go by Absence of Concern. Born circa 2004, it didn't take long for this five piece tandem to turn heads. In 2006, the band dropped an indie release entitled 'Open Letters to a Closed Mind', whose hometown first week sales were topped only by Hinder's 'Extreme Behavior'. Up in Memphis, Tennessee, producer Skidd Mills caught wind of Absence of Concern and the stir they were making further south, prompting him to ink the band to his production company Skiddco Music (Saving Abel, Tetanus). So the guys retreated to 747 Studios with Mills, wrote, jammed, and recorded a bunch of new tunes, and voila-you've got yourself a brand new Absence of Concern record. The eponymous sophomore effort will be available at all digital retailers this month, or can be purchased from the group's MySpace page.

The Good: If you're ready to party, then let's go, because 'Absence of Concern' is your invitation to a musical brouhaha that's more memorable than your 5th birthday party with Snuggles the clown. Personal scars aside, Absence of Concern pops the cork with "Paper Trail", that shakes, rattles, and rolls as the champagne sprays. Thirsty, eager, and fitted with a roomy, epic chorus, you know there are killer things to come after starting off on such a suave note. Despite sharing part of its namesake with an Ace of Base song, the bustling "Que Sera Sara" will undoubtedly open up your eyes and show you the sign. Its sassy rhetoric and saucy throwback beat will make you sweat, and the song might even remind you of 'Contraband'-era Velvet Revolver as it did myself. The personal, heartstring puller "Close to Home" does anything but dam up the party's flow, boasting a breezy and charismatic chorus plucked out of the 90's that is seamlessly weaved within the serene acoustic verses for a relaxing transition. The pulse of this party is ready for a spike, the sporty, sizzling time to shine for "All Over You". Carefree and uninhibited, this whiskey advocate's anthem is ready to get you in the mood for any night on the town. Ladies, if you think "Every Time I Try" is the thoroughbred darling of a song you hear on the surface, listen again and pay close regard to the words. A cut that dares to bare, the racy, sexual literature of "Every Time I Try" is masqueraded in cunning fashion; and besides, any song that transcribes auto masturbation as curtly as "Every Time I Try" does deserves to have its ego "stroked". While "Close to Home" might have been a slight 90's tease, the gritty, shoe-gazing charm of "All Because of You" is the equivalent of waving a 90's alt-rock steak in front of a vicious pitbull. The tune often steps respectfully into Toadies territory, as well as venturing into Eve 6 land from time to time, especially in regard to the Max Collins-esque vocal delivery of Michael Martin. "Beast in the Beauty" is a naughty and feisty babe, more rollicking and springier than the tryst that happened on the song's mattress. Absence of Concern has a nasty groove going already, but the band adds little touches (chopping up the guitar riffs, using a China cymbal to crash on, as well as some spot double-bass work) to sharpen this damsel's blade. Despite a slightly sensitive and despondent overtone, the poignant storybook "OK For Awhile" is actually quite glittery and enchanting, with an aura of hopefulness that can't be ignored. The big kids don't come out to play until later on, which explains why the album's most robust and thorough song arrives only one track shy of the end. "Waiting on the Sun" is as celestial as it is whimsical, and although its chorus possesses one of the hookiest callouts on the whole record, the jaunt is almost too mature and studious to fight at radio. No bash ends without a last chance to dance, but with "Supernova Suicide" as the final song, it might seem more like getting shot out of a cannon. This fiery and crunchy laser is more than occasionally combative, and despite a brief sparkle in the bridge, "Supernova Suicide" powers Absence of Concern through one tyrannical and roaring kiss goodbye; my friends, that's how ten songs of no nonsense rock is supposed to be done.

The Bad: I'm not usually one for crazy throwdowns, but I really wish 'Absence of Concern' would have kept the record playing longer than just under 40 minutes. Although a lovely song, "Close to Home" hits too early, however the band protects the song's position well by following it up with the adrenaline junkie "All Over You". Want my least favorite track? As tough as it is to call one of these pistols any synonym to sub-par, I'll have to go with "All Because of You", simply because it is the closest to vanilla out of the rest. I can't take anymore swings at 'Absence of Concern', because they wouldn't be justified.

Bottomline: Absence of Concern's second disc was a whole different kind of experience for me. With just about any straight-ahead rock record I bust out for the first time, it usually takes me about a week or two before I'm down with the vibe the band's got going on. By the time "All Over You" kicked in on my first spin of the record, I was literally up off my ass and gyrating around like a crazy person. The tunes were more than ear candy-they brought me an invigorating breath of life. These rock 'n roll babies will have me up late into the night for a good while, my concern for this ridiculously stellar ten song play along far greater than my pending absence from sleep.

Rating: 9.5 out of 10

So being unsigned and trying to make an album available everywhere is not an easy task, especially doing it on your own. So this is what you need to know.

The only way you will be able to purchase the new album next week on its release date is either ordering DIRECTLY THROUGH THE BAND, BEE BOP RECORD SHOPS (local Jackson, MS music store) or be at our CD RELEASE PARTY AT CLUB FIRE SEPT 5TH in Jackson, MS

However in the upcoming weeks the album will start becoming available online like WWW.CDBABY.COM.NAPSTER, AND iTUNES as well as select FYE and BESTBUYS retail chains.

Sorry about the delay the first few weeks but its the drawbacks of releasing an album on your own.

AS SOON AS THE ALBUM BECOMES AVAILABLE IN THESE PLACES LISTED WE WILL POST LINKS ON OUR PAGE AND PUT OUT BULLETINS LETTING YOU KNOW ALL THE DETAILS.

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JD

Whats up everone!! Just wanted to update everyone on the tour so far. First and foremost the the club owers, venues, and fans have been great!!! We've played 3 kickass shows so far in Columbus, Jacksonville, and Gainesville. On the downside things haven't gone our way. Besides the constant rain cloud that has been following us for the last 7 days, Michael somehow managed to nearly flip our 36 ft RV last night in a ditch in front of an RV park  that I'd rather not mention its name due to the 5 foot ruts we put in their landscape. So $200,1 hr later,and a tow truck we are back in business camped out at a Wal Mart Parking Lot for the night!!

Bout to head to an all ages show at the Pit in Jacksonville, FL so if you're in the area, get your ass out tonight!!

J