There have been a lot of messages asking "did you move" and "whens the next tour" or "hows the new album". So I'm going to answer all those questions in one big blog. First off for those of you that don't know yet, we as a band moved to Seattle. For some of us it was the only option for a place to live while not on the road or recording. Most of the members of the band have deep rooted relationships with friends and a lot of other musicians and bands in Seattle. After we got off tour last year we spent six months of our lives in phoenix writing the new record. During that time we met some great people and bands in Phx. This is a big thank you and you will be forever in our hearts shout out of a list.

Lenore
Lee at The Phx Gallery
Modified Arts
Bodhisattva
The Hangout
Art Amplified Fest
Downtown First Fridays
The One Place
Blue Ridge High School
All the kids who came out to shows.
and of course our dear friends and family.

O.K. then about the new album. The album is finally written and we currently entering pre-production for the record. I think the new album is amazing and everyone will be surprised. It's a perfect follow up to the Death Pop EP. As a band we have agreed we want a real live sound on this album, so we are including live shows in pre-production. So all of those reading this in the grand state of Washington, stay posted because we are booking a bunch of shows in Seattle and towns in WA. So keep a eye out.

Now on to tour, YES we are going to tour again and YES we love all the bands people we met across the states and can't wait to see all of you again. SO some time in the fall we will tour again in support of the new album and see all of your happy faces again while having a beer while catching up, sleeping in wal-mart parking lots, or peeing on the floor in hotel rooms. You know how you are.

Thats all for now and if you haven't subscribed to the Knives in the Attic blog you should for updates, stories and random thoughts, more to come.

So, our fellow Death Poppers, Love Equals Death (awesome band and great guys, so check em out!!) pointed this article from The Daily News in the UK out to us a while back... we thought it was absolutely hillarious, so thought we would share it with all of you!! Enjoy!!

***EMO cult warning for parents***
By SARAH SANDS

Parents warned over the new EMO goth danger

Flicking through the autumn glossy fashion magazines, I noticed that some of the models did not look very well.

A few of them appeared to be dead. This is because one of the key looks, especially at the younger end of the fashion spectrum, is Goth.

Faces are chalky white, eyes and lips black. You can wear any colour you like so long as it's black.

To achieve that just-got-out-of-acoffin look, you need corsets, capes, Celtic crosses, an unseeing stare and a prop such as a slightly mutilated china doll dragged along in one hand.

For those of us who have lived through Siouxsie And The Banshees and the Rocky Horror Show, the look is depressingly retro.

Fashion acknowledges those of us who lived through it first time round - Elder Goths, as opposed to Baby Bats, who are the under-30s.

It even nods to a working population, permitting Corporate Goths, who wear black trouser suits.

There is a also a term which is new to me and amounts to a much more dangerous teenage cult.

The Emos - short for Emotional - regard themselves as a cool, young sub-set of the Goths.

Although the look is similar, the point of distinction, frightening for schools and parents, is a celebration of self harm.

Emos exchange competitive messages on their teenage websites about the scars on their wrists and how best to display them. Girls' secondary schools have for some time been concerned about the increase in self harm.

One governor of a famous boarding school told me that it was as serious a problem as binge drinking, but rarely discussed for fear of encouraging more girls to do it.

Although it is invariably described as a 'secret shame', there is actually a streak of exhibitionism about it.

The internet has many sites dedicated to Emo fashion (dyed black hair brushed over your face, layering, black, black, black), Emo bands (Green Day, My Chemical Romance), Emo conversation (sighing, wailing, poetry).

The Instant Emo Kit site gives advice on identity. Wear a child's T-shirt with a slogan such as 'Unhappy Chick' and drive a Vespa. Above all, 'show your inner despair by looking like you are too sad to eat. Obesity and emocity do not mix.'

Adult Goths refer to the Emos disdainfully as 'the spooky kids' or 'moshers'.

The Emo song, by the American band Adam And Andrew, has cult status on the internet, appearing on many personal websites. It is called Dear Diary and is both witty and alarming.

The chorus goes: 'Stop my breathing and slit my throat, I must be an Emo.

I don't jump around when I go to shows, I must be an Emo.

Dye in my hair and polish on my toes, I must be an Emo. I play guitar and write suicide notes, I must be an Emo.'

The courting of misery and death is a long-established teenage tradition. How many bedroom walls have been plastered with posters of drippy pre-Raphaelite heroines, or Marc Bolan or Kurt Curbain?

When death is a long way off, you can afford to be more morbid about it.

Film-makers note that horror films are now more popular than romance among young women.

In particular, Goths and Emos are a rebellion against sporty, manly cultures - which is perhaps why they flourish particularly in North European countries or North America.

The androgynous nature of the Goths is appealing to the young because it is sexually unthreatening.

Teenage girls are frightened of manliness: they like boys who look like girls. Kate Moss, the girl who never grows old, understands youthful taste completely.

There is also a deadly glamour about the Goths. The word femme-fatale is Goth based.

Many of the alluring women of our time - Nigella Lawson, Debbie Harry, Chrissie Hynde, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Lily Allen - have a touch of the Goth about them.

They have a sophistication and depth lacking in the blonde, bouncy chav faces which dominate our television screens and nightclubs.

Who are the male pin-ups for young girls? Johnny Depp and the comedian Russell Brand, who is about 90 per cent Goth. Lord Byron, of course, was the greatest Goth of all time.

Emos have a strong arts graduate bias and are among the few that read poetry (if only of the romantic, morbid kind).

Some pretty terrible Emo poetry is offered on websites. A cartoon of two Emos has a bubble which says: 'What rhymes with razor blade?'

But compared to the music, the poetry is positively cheerful. The Gothic bands have names such as Bloody, Dead And Sexy or Colder Than Death.

There is a genre, popular in Germany, known as Death Pop. Bands include The Knives In The Attic and Love Equals Death.

Although Goths are from the same family tree as punks, they are a lot less fun to be with. While I loved punk for its energy, Goths were too bloodless to lift a finger.

One of the most annoying characteristics of teenagers is their refusal to open their curtains. Their world is dark and airless.

If this environment is coupled with the psychological traits of self-pity, introspection, self-dramatisation and hormone imbalance, you have a fully-fledged Emo, even without the small Tshirt and black hair.

The wondrous thing about being an adult is that you have so much more to worry about that you stop striking poses and get on with it.

Unless you are an Elder Goth - in which case you have fashion on your side and everybody else against you.

What worries me is that teenagers are less equipped to manage strong emotions and a cult of suicide could have real and horrible consequences.

It is irresponsible for the fashion and music cultures to encourage it. If you want retro style, I recommend Ian Dury's song Reasons To Be Cheerful.

XOXOXO
Knives In The Attic
P.S.
Here's the link to the article if you want to check it out at the source!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=400953&in_page_id=1770

Hey, we are starting to book our US tour. I posted all the proposed dates; if you would like to help set up a show or recommend a venue or promoter, please email us at booking@knivesintheattic.com or just respond to this blog
If you don't see your town on the schedule and would like to help set up a show near you, feel free to email us and we will try and make it happen.
Thanks so much!! All of your help, info and support is massively appreciated!!
Love,
KNIVES IN THE ATTIC

Hello, I just wanted to thank all of you for your support, it means so much to us!! We are number 3 in AZ right now for Warped Tour, all of you who have been going and listening to our songs over there and telling your friends about us are amazing. We love you, keep it up and hopefully we'll be seeing you at Warped Tour!!
We have been getting tons of messages lately, if you wrote us or commented us and haven't heard back yet, I am sorry for the delay. I am working on responding to everyone, if you don't hear from me or one of the guys, please write us back!!
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Summer = TOUR, prospective dates will be up soon.

XOXOXO
Christen

So, we are really looking forward to the SHOW coming up on FRIDAY (Jan 27... 7pm... at THE SETS... all ages... bar w/ID... if you live in the valley, you have to COME!! ; ) ... it will be our first forray into the Tempe music scene. Rising Conviction and The Iris have been wonderfully kind and seem like fantastic people, can't wait to meet 'em. We will also be heading over to New Mexico the first weekend of March, we are so excited. We miss all you cool kids out there in Albq and Clovis/Portales too much!! Things are well here, although I am confused as to why winter feels a hell of a lot like summer... our jackets are feeling neglected.

Okay, so here are the lyrics to Helpless (Giving Up) and the cancer has grown. never leaves me alone i just wanna be less awake hurts in so many ways. i don't wanna explain i just wanna be less awake if i never wake up. i won't need to be loved i just wanna be less awake if i never wake up. i won't need to be loved. i won't need to be loved BLUE PILLS FOR FEAR. RED FOR HATE. WHITE FOR LONELINESS. PINK FOR FAITH. take this sickness. burn it out of me disappointed today. course i planned it that way i just wanna be less awake looking forward to the end. least it's what i pretend i just wanna be less awake if i never wake up. i won't need to be loved. i just wanna be less awake if i never wake up. i won't need to be loved. i won't need to be loved BLUE PILLS FOR FEAR. RED FOR HATE. WHITE FOR LONELINESS. PINK FOR FAITH. take this sickness. burn it out of me the machines keep on pumping. keep us addicted and blind. take a pill keep me happy. take a pill keep me safe. take a pill keep me alive. until the static fades... helpless helpless someone help us take this sickness. burn it out of me

The Art Amplified Fest was lots of fun, thanks to all of you who made it out!! For those that didn't, we hope to see you on the 27th at The Sets in Tempe. All of the people involved in setting up the show were amazing, we love you!! I wasn't really digging on Cooper's Town though... for a place owned by a musician, it kind of sucked... they wouldn't let people dance during our set, which just pissed me off big time... LET THE KIDS DANCE, DAMN IT!! What's the fun of going to a show if all you can do is stand there?? So a big thanks a lot to Mr. Sellout, Alice Cooper (I thought you were the evil metal super cool prince of darkness... oh wait, that's Ozzy... nevermind...), and his kill-joy security guards... maybe you guys should just stick to lame ass sports events!!

So, OH MY GOSH, we had so much fun up in Pine Top last night!! I couldn't have wished for a better first show in AZ or a better second show ever. Everyone who made it out were totally way cool. Eyes Set To Kill, Frames In Vain and Mi Amor were all amazing... so, yeah... pretty much the whole night was rad. And we didn't hit an elk, fall off a cliff or die on the way home last night, so that's always a bonus. Woke up early today to load in for tonight's shows (that kinda sucked), but we are excited to play in PHX and to support the Metro Arts Intitute. Your pal, Christen

and so it begans.....