Hey Everyone, we're so happy to announce that we've got a new song in store for you all. Over the past 2 years or so there's been a song in our set that we lovingly entitled "Get Up Get Down". However, despite our eagerness to perform this tune to live audiences it never quite made it to the recording process. As of late, we decided to make it happen and get it to you because we know a lot of you have been awaiting it for a long time now. Over the past 2 months we took the time in between playing shows, writing new material, our day-to-day jobs, and drunken masquerades to lay down the tracks and finish it up in time for the summer. So here is our gift to you all, check it out on myspace and look for it on the Topshelf Records compilation this summer at Warped Tour. Put on your dancing shoes!!!
           
--The Boys Of UATA

UATA Crew!
What's Up? Tony here. We hope your new years has been going good. We've been freezing our butts off here in Mass. Can't winter be over yet? (Can I get an AMEN!)

Anyways, we've also been busy beavers booking bodacious banquets of bliss. yeah. In other words: We just booked a ton of shows and would love to see you at one soon. AAND! They are actually really good shows too!

Check it out:

Sunday January 25th @ Maximum Capacity in Chicopee, MA
Cost: $10/$12
I AM DISASTER (REUNION SHOW) Boys Club Creepin Cadavers The Kost Stereo State This show is in Memory of John Samik and all proceeds are being donated to Liberty Dagenais in her battle against Cancer. Please come out to support the cause.

Friday January 30th WITH JUST SURRENDER, MONTY ARE I, VANNON, AND SO MANY MORE!
HIT US UP AT UsAgainstTheArchers@hotmail.com and we'll meet you the day of the show with discounted tickets.
Cost: $10 from us / $12 at door

then we take a few weeks off

then we're hitting RI, CT, Greenfield, MA, aaaand BOSTON the next two weeks

Friday February 20th @ The Blue Building RIMC in Smithfield, RI
with: With A Faylene Sky, Penrose, Scare Dont Fear,  and Break of Dawn
Chelo's here we come!
Cost: $5

Saturday February 21st @ The Greenfield Teen Center
Doors open at 6:15PM. Tickets are $6 in advance and $8 at the door.
Tickets are available at http://pdpproductions.com
Shira Girl  Ionia Parking Lot Antics  Nine-30
There is a sweet video of the last time we played Greenfield on YouTube

Friday February 27th @ The Amity Teen Center in Woodbridge, CT
May Or West, Traces David, On The Victrola, I.M. Legend, August Is Over, Avely, and As I Lay Awake In Ruin
All our crazy CT friends better come out, you know who you are...
Cost: $10

And then the show of the freakin' month!

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28th DOWNSTAIRS AT THE MIDDLE EAST WITH MAE!!!
This will be our first time downstairs at the middle east so come on out and be a part of this VERY cool show.
Message us for tickets or get them hereCost: $13 Adv./$15 Dos.

Then UATA turns 2 years old...awwww

Then boys and gals, we take a whole month off to write some new jams. We're actually really excited to focus on some song writing for a while. You may not realize but we've been playing all of the songs on our new cdfor over a year now! We have one new song (no name yet) and a bunch of new ideas. We've been so spread out cause of the holidays and work and blah blah blah that we haven't been able to sit down and focus on writing the songs that make the kids dance.

How have things been with you? Keep us in the know! Message us, leave us comments, or! reply to the email.

OK that's it. I'm off to LAS VEGAS for a week (sometimes it pays to have a day job)! Wish my luck on the blackjack table so we can buy a tour van and hit the road!

Stay safe and we hope to see you singing with us at a show soon.

<3 Tony and the rest of Us Against The Archers
www.UsAgainstTheArchers.com

WHOA! We had an awesome time on our mini tour! Thank you to everyone who came out and made it such a good time. We hope to be seeing you all again in January and February.

Here it is the recap in exactly 313 words.

Thursday we rocked out Maximum Capacity and drank jumbo beers! it was fun, it was dirty. Friday we drove down to Providence, RI and rocked out at Lupos! It was so cool playing on the same stage where we saw New Found Glory and Four Year Strong play only four weeks ago! Then we all went back to Penrose's house and again, drank beer, sang songs, and had a great time. There are some amazing bands and people coming out of RI. Saturday we got up way too early and went to a really cool place called Chelo's. We drank Bloody Mary's, ate some food, then hit the road to NH. We were doing a Best Buy instore performance and rocked that place! (there were like 5 people who watched us). But we then headed over to Derry and got to play an awesome show with our friends in Permanent Holiday. It was a great show and the kids danced and sang. We got to watch our friends in And Then There Were None rock to their home crowd which is such a fun time. After the show we packed up and headed over to Permanent Holiday's house for...you guessed it! More drinking. We played a damn good game of Landmine and I do have to say we lost the game to Permament Holiday even though we tought them how to play (there will be a re-match on the next mini tour). Ok so at this point we have done 4 shows in three days. we are tried, we smell, and we are probably still drunk. But wait! We have another show to play! Sunday we hit the road to Boston and got to play with some really great bands including Punchline. It was really cool to play with a band that I have grown up listening to. The fans and friends we saw and met that night were fantastic and it was a great way to end the mini tour. This was one of the best times we have had as Us Against The Archers. We can't wait to see everyone again, very soon.

I also want to give some props out to our friends in the following bands for making this a special mini tour:

Our mini tour partners:
Penrose
And Then There Were None (who just signed to Tooth & Nail)

Our landmine buddies:
Permanent Holiday

And the rest of the bands that made this mini tour amazing:
Foredoes Me Quite
The Coming Weak (Tim hope your ankle is better soon!)
Action on the Radio
Punchline
The Years Gone By
Let's Get It


All of these bands have myspace profile's. Please check them out.


OH YEAH! We did a contest to promote the shows! Thank you to everyone who entered and helped us. Rob (our guitar player) was named the MVP on the tour (cause he did some pretty amazing things) and so he got to choose the winner. He picked number 11. So congrats to Jake from Turned Falls, MA You win a prize pack including:


UATA Shirt, And Then There Were None Shirt, Penrose cd, and a bunch more!


There will be more mini tours and more contests. Make sure to stop by www.UsAgainstTheArchers.com often for more contests, including one starting in December!


Last but not least I want to let you all in on a few cool things:


1. For you local kids we just put the final touches on a HUGE local Holiday Showcase at Pearl St. Nightclub. We want you there! All details are below:


'TWAS THE ROCK BEFORE XMAS SHOW: A PUNK ROCK HOLIDAY CONCERT!


Saturday Dec. 13th at Pearl St. Nightclub
10 Pearl St, Northampton, MA, 01060
Ticket Price (advance and door): $8 adv. $10 Door
Bands Playing: Us Against The Archers, These Green Eyes, Arc City Angels, Perfect Crime, August Is Over, Flight Of The Navigator
Contact us at usagainstthearchers@hotmail.com for tickets.


2. We have new UATA hoodies just in time for the cold weather. And they are not that expensive. Check them out at www.UATA.bigcartel.com FREE STICKERS AND A CD WITH EVERY ORDER


3. There is a free ringtone on our myspace for "Weight Of The World" stop on by www.UsAgainstTheArchers.com and pick it up. There are a few others there for only $.99 as well.


We are going to be booking a ton of more shows for January and February. Please make sure to stop by our myspace every so often and see what's new!


Thanks again to all of the new friends we made on the mini tour. We can't wait to get back on the road and do it all again!


<3 Tony
UATA

Hey everybody! Just wanted to let you all know about the upcoming November outing we're doing: 4 dates across the New England area starting Nov. 13th that are gonna be fantastic, with a ton of amazing bands. Our time on the road is so limited these days, and we wish we could stay out longer but you know how it goes these days with job restrictions and becoming old farts! Thats why we make a point to do concentrated show dates where we don't have to come home. This time around we were thinking we'd have to use our seperate cars to travel since the Topshelf van bit the dust over the summer on warped tour (R.I.P.)!! However, due to the extreme generosity of a good friend of ours, Joe Rogers of the band Bear Teeth, we get to roll in style with a 15 passenger van just like the good old days. Among many of the awesome bands we'll be playing with are "And Then There Were None", Penrose, Permanent Holiday, Avely, Action On The Radio, Hollywood Lies, Venitian Fair, The Years Gone By, Let's Get It, and of course, Punchline!! We're looking forward to partying it up with the boys in Permanent Holiday and Penrose!!! Maybe we should get 3 kegs this time?! UATA is seriously looking forward to the trip and we hope you all are too. We hope to see you at the shows and maybe even the afterparties!! Til then, be cool like Dr. Steve Brule!!
--Rob

I'm so excited to be writing this blog.

Today we finally have our new cd hitting stores AND we have a brand new music video to show as well. Let me just say, DAMN it feels good to finally have our own cd! We are finally exactly where we want to be with this band.

First…the cd.

Creating Our Universe is a collection of five songs that really reflect on the time right as our old band The Skeptics (R.I.P) was ending, our struggles between real life and band life, and then the happiness we have found with Us Against The Archers.

We've put a lot of time and energy into these songs and we hope you enjoy the cd.

The artwork was done by Seth's brother Scott. You can get in touch with him at scottdecoteau@fusemail.com

He did an amazing job and continues to produce top notch graphics for us. I was blown away when I saw the artwork.

We have the entire cd up for listening right now. It goes away on Friday so get your listens in now.

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AANNNNDDD we have two awesome CD Release shows coming up.


Click to Order your ticket!


If you can't make it out to the CD Release shows you can pick up the cd at these fine locations:
Topshelf Records Webstore

Itunes Music Store

Or at Newbury Comics (select locations).

Amherst, Ma
Providence, RI
Newbury Street, Boston
Harvard Square, Boston
Natick, Ma

Now…to the video!

We decided we wanted to do a video for "For Those of Us Who Still Dream". We finally came up with a concept for the video near the beginning of July. For some reason it took us forever to come up with an idea. (Probably cause we were brain dead after recording). The basic premise of the song is this: After our old band ended, so many people told us it's time to get into a real job and stop the band. We didn't want that. We still dreamed, we still created, and will continue to push on. So the video touches on our mundane lives away from music and the inner need to escape and create.

From here we contacted our good friend Ryan Morrison (Rymo from here on) and he has a great company called Rough Cut Boston and helped to put our ideas to film.

We shot the video over the course of two weekends out in Lynn, MA and it was really a fun time. The real magic happened when Rymo and his company partner Phil did all the editing. We couldn't be happier with the way things came out and I know that this is the tip of the iceberg for what Rough Cut Boston can do.

You can view the new video on our profile.

HERE IS A CALL TO ALL OF YOU: Spread this music and video everywhere you can. Anywhere you can post music or videos please post it. We are trying to get this music and video in front of as many people as possible. BUT we are only four guys (four sometimes smelly and unshaven guys) and you are amazing people who have amazing friends. Any help you can give means the world to us.

And we've got your back! We will continue to play as many shows near you, give out free stuff, and stay in touch with you. You, the friends and fans of UATA mean so much to us. We love hearing from you. Please stop by and say hi. Tell us your stories. Send us your photos (band or not it doesn't matter). Send us your art! We want to make friends first and if you happen to like our music well that's cool too.

Ok I'm done ranting. We hope you enjoy the new cd and video.

We look forward to hearing from and seeing all of you very soon.

Tony and the rest of the UATA boys

Well we are back from our vacations/Warped Tour Trips and it was a lot of fun. We were very happy to see some familiar faces and make a ton of new friends along the way. Thanks to everyone who said they were going to add us on myspace at The Warped Tour dates and actually did it!

Band News:
Each week we have been posting new tracks from our new cd 'Creating Our Universe'. This week we posted a new version of 'Escape This!'. We think it came out awesome, take a listen below and let us know what you think.
NEXT FRIDAY WE'LL BE POSTING ANOTHER NEW SONG FROM OUR NEW CD!

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We also have a sweet cd release pre-order deal:
$15 bucks will get you:
-The new UATA cd 'Creating Our Universe'
-A new UATA shirt (that you can't get anywhere else!)
-A signed Us Against The Archers poster
-A new UATA sticker
Check out www.UATA.bigcartel.com for more info.

NEW SHOWS!
We post new shows all the time! Make sure to sign up for our EMAIL NEWSLETTER!! JUST MESSAGE US WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS (and we send you free stuff when you sign up too!)
Also check out the cd release shows if you can. They are going to sell out and we want all our friends to be there. Please message us for tickets if you're interested in going to the Northampton, MA or Boston, MA dates.

OK NOW THE COOL NEWS:
We are going to be headed to Boston over this weekend to shoot a video for our new song 'For Those Of Us Who Still Dream'. Our good friends in Rough Cut Boston (www.roughcutboston.com) will be helping us out with it. We'll be posting behind the scenes footage soon before the video comes out.

I think that's everything! Please say hi to us if we haven't talked in a while. We'd love to know how your summer is going or if you're checking out some cool new bands. For example, I recently found out about a cool band called Dance Gavin Dance. They have a myspace, check em' out.

Now it's your turn. Tell us what's new with you, how your summer has been, or just say hi. We'll hi you back.

The Boys in Us Against The Archers

Well another month has past us quickly and we are one month closer to releasing our new cd!

The good news is that it's all done. All the tracking, all the mixing, mastering, cd layout, everything.

And it's a damn good feeling.

I wanted to let everyone know that in about two weeks we are going to be doing a pre-sale for the new cd. We have a contest, new myspace layout, cd release show news, and a ton of other stuff happening. Please keep checking back over the next two weeks to see what we're talking about.

I also wanted to direct your eyeballs to the show section. We just posted a few new cd relase shows for the Eastern and Western Mass kids. Have no fear out of state friends! We are booking more shows as I write this blog and we will be getting out to you soon.

In fact, if you know of a great place to play that is anywhere within a 2-3 hour drive from Northampton, MA hit us up! We love playing shows and yours is no exception.

Also if your graduating from college, high school, birthday or whatever and want us to rock out, message us and we'll see what we can do.

In other band news, we finally got the new teaser up. What do you think? These are a few clips of the choruses for the new five songs. I personally feel that the best parts of the songs haven't even been played yet. (but that's just me.)

You can take a listen to the new jams below:
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OK THIS IS THE FREE STUFF SECTION
We want to send you free UATA stuff. And we want you to stay connected and informed about what the heck is going on with us. So how do we do that, you ask? Just enter your email and name into our form on the myspace, then send us a myspace message with your email and mailing address. We'll mail you out some stickers and other free stuff.

and if you're diggin the new jams and know some people who might like us, tell them. We need all the help we can get to promote the new cd.

Ok have a great week, check out the new shows, and sign up for free stuff!

Say hi, we'll hi you back...

<3 Tony and the rest of UATA

What's up guys and gals-

We have been working hard on this album and I wanted to let you in on some exciting news!

The new 5 song cd is going to be called:

Creating Our Universe

The tracks on the new cd are going to be:

For Those Of Us Who Still Dream

The Hands

Escape This!

The Greatest Lie Ever Told

The Weight of The World


Some of these songs you may know. We re-did them added a few things, took a few things out, but all in all we are very proud to get it out to you.

So when do you get to hear it?; you may ask.

Good question. We will be putting the cd out on August 19th. You will be able to get it online and through a bunch of record stores.

Oh yeah! We are putting this cd out on a record label.

Our good friends in Topshelf Records have decided to work with us to put out Creating Our Universe.

We couldn't be happier to work with people who support local and independent music. These guys have been our friends for a long time so it's actually really cool to be putting out a CD with them.

Take a second and check out the other bands they have: www.topshelf-records.com

So basically that's all the info for the cd. We're going to be doing a bunch of shows right as it comes out. Hopefully we'll be able to rock some of the new material for the close peeps.

I wish we could get all the way to our Cali friends. We do miss you and really everyone outside of the New England area we miss you too. Some of you may have been friends of ours since The Skeptics. You're awesome for sticking with us. Our dreams our to put this CD out, sell a bunch of cds then quit our crappy day jobs to come rock out for you.

Speaking of The Skeptics (man this blog is all over the place). The CD is again called Creating Our Universe. It's basically about my time in between The Skeptics and Us Against The Archers. It's about the pressure and worry of not knowing which path to take in life: Play in a band and take a risk or work a safe full time job the rest of your life. One of the songs really get's into what happened in The Skeptics and the reason we broke up. Some of the songs touch on the times, while I was away from music, that i then was able to spend with my friends (and realize how much i had missed them). I'd say it's probably one of the most person albums I've written lyrically.

I think everyone else in the band did an awesome job on the cd. I'm glad we don't have any band drama (knock on wood).

Well we hope you like the cd. It will be out in August. We'll be posting a bunch of videos, new merch, new music, cd artwork, pictures, you name it, we'll post it.

Meanwhile, we want to know what you're up to! When you message us, we write back. So tell us what you're up to this summer. What bands you've been checking out. Keep in touch. We want friends over fans.

Take care

Tony
Us Against The Archers