hey there, it's been a busy few weeks in the land of the new dumb.  here's what's cooking:

hey were touring again. here's the VERY ROUGH plan. message us if you'd like to help!!

Friday 8.7 - Connecticut
Saturday 8.8 - Upstate NY
Sunday 8.9 - Pittsburgh
M 8.10 - Chicago
T 8.11 - Columbus, OH or Cleveland? Indianapolis, or Cincinnatti?
W 8.12 - DC
TH 8.13 - Baltimore
F 8.14 - Philadelphia? or Providence?
S 8.15 - NYC
S 8.16 - Boston?

also i posted some videos. they rule. check them out.

<3 i love you

sorry that it took like a year and a half, but we just finished mastering a new record that shall be called "Let's Get Lucky." yeah, we were going to call it "The Joshua Tree 2," but that will probably wait till the next record.

anyhow, there are two songs up here.

the first is called The Viper The Bison The Weasel The Whale-Man.

myspace only allows song titles of a certain length, so i've left out the four "The's." Rest assured, they are actually still there. this song is goofy and fast and ridiculous. for people who like Ween, The Hives, and generally for people who take themselves very seriously. the whale sounds you hear are actually done by me (the riz) and an actual humpback whale. see if you can tell who is who, i think you will be pleasantly surprised!

the second is called Cut It In Half and Double It.

this is song is a more serious one, just so you know we weren't completely wasting your time and our money in the studio. for fans of Fugazi, Les Savy Fav, i don't really know who else to mention since we are clearly so much better than those bands.

anyhow, if you like it, leave us a comment or a porno spam, you know, whatever. new album should be released in the next couple months.

come see us unless these songs LIVE this THURSDAY JANUARY 10th at the Abbey Lounge in Somerville MA. details in our profile.

stay classy.
<3 the new dumb

thanks to each and every one of you who helped us along the way, from boston to cleveland to ny and back. i'm sure i'm forgetting someone, so please don't kill me...

boston: bakula, serious geniuses and the hidden, and everyone who came and helped us get it started off. especially our special ladyfriends bevin, carly and michelle, who are always our 1 fans.

pittsburgh: joe, huffman, cimba and rob (flash darlings), thank you!

cleveland: kenny, scott, matt, everyone @ the soggy dog house, two hand fools, no target audience, asinine/cleveland undercovers and the lakewood put-in-bay.

dc: aaron, spencer, charles and adam (city veins), everyone @ solly's, and zak, kurt and jade too!

baltimore: neal, carrie, beth and nancy as well as all the commando dudes, energy and mike r. and the cc art space.

philly: the whole sideshow prophets and adhd crew. also wawa.

nyc: joe, scott, jack and justin (i hate our freedom) paul, lindsay, jared, mohammed, carrie, aaron, steve, ashley, jeff, joe, kat, tyler, pretty much all of new york, thanks!

albany: my momx1000 and aunt joyce, mikey and all of luxury flats, devices, the valentines crew, krista, anna, tina, matt and meghan and more... also: sweet corn.

w-mass: sean mike and the whole nickodemos experience, jesse and michelle, rick and becky

also: the hoyts for the ride, mindy the CR-V and Emily the GPS

like i said, if i forgot you, please find me and punch me, i'm just an idiot. you do indeed completely rule! hopefully, we'll see many of you in boston in the near future for some fun shows and good times.

we're just starting to edit some video, so i hope to have something for you all to look at in the future. there's also some pictures and other goodies that will one day make a nice little virtual collage/scrapbook or something.

if you're dying to see us again (ha) we'll be embarassing ourselves on september 12th @ pa's lounge. hopefully we'll have some chef's hats by then. we also still have a few t-shirts we'd love to get rid of.

ok that's it. you rule.

<3 brian, foster and jay
aka the new dumb

see you beautiful bastards at the baseball tavern. we'll be killing it and then onto Pittsburgh via Upstate NY.

we also got a video camera, so expect some bare ass videos when we get back. or not.

ps if you know where we can get 3 chef's hats and 3 white aprons... let me know.

we have a devilish number of friends!  MWAHAHAHAHA

hey, speaking of which, if you are one of those friends, come to one of these excellent shows:

wed 8/8
o'brien's allston
maleblood / how are we hawaii? / royal ivy / asinine (cleveland)

thu 8/16
basement @ baseball tavern
the new dumb / bakula / the serious geniuses / the hidden

<3 the new dumb

hey, check it... we're going on tour in august and we're looking to make thousands of new friends. if you are in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Washington, Philly, Baltimore, NYC, Upstate NY and/or Western Mass, and you know of someplace cool to:

+ sleep
+ eat
+ go bowling
+ play mini-golf
+ take some batting practice
+ buy sweet records
+ take pictures of birds
+ eat
+ or generally be awesome

let us know! send us a message or email info@thenewdumb.net!

also, you can now buy mp3s here, a buck a piece. you can also download some of them for free. now why would be stupid enough to ask you to pay for what you can just get for free? and the truth is, i don't have a good answer for you! if you feel like helping us out, go ahead and pick up the album! or you can always buy it and get awesome packaging from us through the pay pal thingie.

anyhow, we look forward to this summer with the eagerness of three young schoolboys. we're god damn giddy!

now you can download the songs. before, you couldn't. the reason why? i never noticed. today, i noticed. now the songs can be yours. all. yours.

<3 brian