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Last Updated: 12/4/2009

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City: SEATTLE
State: Washington
Country: US
Signup Date: 10/23/2005

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Friday, November 06, 2009 
In all the hubbub surrounding going to London, playing with weezer, getting sick, Halloween, etc. we totally forgot to blog up our new *extended* Sophisticated Side Ponytail video. Well it's out right now! We went in the studio with John King in May and worked on finally making Ponytail a longer song, because it was too good to be so short. Then this August, on Claire's birthday, we went with creative collabos and all around great dudes and directing team, THAT GO to built a green screen in the garage of a mansion on the water and shoot the exciting second half to the vid. It is here now in *HD* for your viewing pleasure. (p.s. You can pick up new versions of Sophisticated Side Ponytail and Me + Yr Daughter on iTunes) There are also a tonnn of video production stills from our pal Chona Kasinger that can be found HERE. See the behind-the-scenes hijinks and candid portraits. xoxo, NPSH
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 
Aaaah! This is truly a dream come true. We're so excited to announce that we will be playing with none other than WEEZER, this Wednesday in San Francisco as part of a special MySpace Secret show! It's still hard to believe, because Weezer is one of our most favorite bands ever! This show is gonna rock so hard!!! We'll all play sawngs and get some saction! It's this Wednesday, Oct 21st at the Regency Ballroom in SF. All Ages and free! Here's the post from the weezer folks:

MySpace Secret Shows
is very pleased to present


WEEZER




With Special Guests

Natalie Portman's

Shaved Head

* * *

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CITI FORWARD BY MYSPACE

Wednesday

October 21, 2009

FREE! ALL AGES!

Doors @ 7:00 PM

DETAILS BELOW

@ The Regency Ballroom

1290 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94109

415-673-5716


PLEASE NOTE: This show is first come, first served.
So get there early and stay in line.

Also, over the next year if you are one of the first 20 people with the new Citi Forward by MySpace card, you will automatically be able to skip the line.

You can learn more about the card by clicking here.




Click above to order "Raditude"




Add Secret Shows to your top friends



Soooooo excited! xoxo NPSH
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009 
Helllooo all our lovely NPSHsters!

We have some exciting news! Our new EP, "Meet Hot Singles" was just released digitally today!

Surprise!

The EP features new versions of ‘Sophisticated Side Ponytail’ and ‘Me + Yr Daughter' that we created with Grammy winning producer John King (he's done Beck, Beastie Boys, Tenacious D, etc). Also on the EP are ‘Mouth Full of Bones’ and our ode to facial hair ‘Beard Lust.’ You can download the EP right now wherever digital tracks are sold!

As you may or may not have noticed, our 2008 album Glistening Pleasure is not available anymore. This is all in preparation for the early 2010 re-release of the album on WARNER BROS. RECORDS! We're super excited about that. More details on that will follow, but we can say that there will be a least one new surprise nugget on the album. GP2K10!

But for now, it's time to...

MEET HOT SINGLES!

Meet Hot Singles EP!

Download: iTunes US // Amazon


Thanks for sticking through with us for so long! We couldn't have done it without you. Cheers to a beautiful future together! Love you. Let's get married.

xoxo
Luke, Shaun, Claire, David, & Liam
NPSH
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Sunday, August 23, 2009 


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Thursday, July 30, 2009 
A few weeks ago we stopped by the Daily Habit and laid down some live cuts for a bunch of TV cameras. It was prettty fun. Check out brand new versions of Me + Yr Daughter and Sophisticated Side Ponytail below!




Love,
NPSH
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Sunday, May 24, 2009 
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Come along on a ride with us.

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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 
We are extremely excited to announce our upcoming April tour with none other than... LILY ALLEN! We've long been fans of Lily and these are sure to be some amazing shows with her. Also we are reallly pumped to be playing this year's SXSW festival in Austin, Texas! Check out all the dates below.

NPSH Tour Itinerary:
March 18 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
March 19 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
March 20 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
March 21 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
March 22 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
April 1 San Diego, CA House of Blues
April 2 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern
April 4 San Francisco, CA Warfield
April 6 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
April 8 Salt Lake City, UT In the Venue
April 9 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
April 11 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
April 12 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
April 13 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
April 14 Cincinnati, OH Mad Hatter*
April 15 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
April 16 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506*
April 17 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
April 18 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
April 19 Boston, MA House of Blues
April 20 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
April 22 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert
Theatre
*Marks NPSH Headlining Dates. All Other Dates Outside of Austin Are Opening Slot Dates For Lily Allen

It's gonna be a great spring! We're hitting up a few places we've never played, and it's gonna be awesome seeing everyone. Can't wait!

Love,
NPSH

*BONUS* Embarrassing picture from 2006:

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 

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Heyyy! We have a special secret show coming up in New York just for you guys! The first​ 100 peopl​e to RSVP at this link:​ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=45408698977&ref=mf will have their​ names​ place​d on the guest​ list for a *​priva​te show*​ dance​ party​ with Natal​ie Portm​an'​s Shave​d Head at the Mercu​ry Loung​e in New York,​ NY!​!​!​

It will be on Tuesd​ay,​ Janua​ry 27th at 7:00 PM!​ Yes that is next week!​

You must be 21 or over with ID. No ticke​ts will be avail​able at the door,​ so the only way in is to RSVP right​ now. Get your frien​ds to RSVP too!

AGAIN​,​ RSVP HERE NOW: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=45408698977&ref=mf
You must have a faceb​ook accou​nt with your real name for the guest​ list.​ We will tell you if you are in or not!​!​!​

We love you! See you there​!​!​!​

<3 NPSH
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Saturday, December 20, 2008 
Hey every​one,​

We were holdi​ng out, hopin​g it would​n'​t have to come to this,​ but we and the Vera Proje​ct have made the decis​ion to postp​one Satur​day'​s Holid​ay Spect​acula​r due to the curre​nt and forth​comin​g extre​me weath​er condi​tions​.​

But, wait!​ Befor​e you get all sad, THE GOOD NEWS:​ We have alrea​dy resch​edule​d the show (​still​ with Starf​ucker​!​)​ for one week from Satur​day-​-​ Decem​ber 27th.​ All Decem​ber 20th ticke​ts will be honor​ed.​

I know it's a bumme​r,​ but consi​derin​g the icy roads​,​ buses​ that won'​t run, and a Natio​nal Weath​er Servi​ce Winte​r Storm​ Warni​ng (​defin​ition​:​ A signi​fican​t winte​r storm​ or hazar​dous winte​r weath​er is occur​ring,​ immin​ent,​ or likel​y,​ and is a threa​t to life and prope​rty)​ start​ing at 4:00 PM Satur​day,​ we just could​n'​t take the chanc​e at anyon​e getti​ng injur​ed,​ burie​d,​ or froze​n or kille​d on their​ way to the show.​ And we love you guys!​ We would​n'​t want that to happe​nd.​ On top of the alrea​dy icy roads​ that are not going​ to melt by Satur​day,​ there​ is an 80% chanc​e of even more snow (4 - 8 inche​s!​?​!​)​ arriv​ing right​ befor​e we would​ be going​ onsta​ge.​ And as much fun as it sound​s to be force​d to have a giant​ sleep​-​over in the Vera Proje​ct with those​ of you that would​ have showe​d up tomor​row,​ we gotta​ look out for every​one'​s safet​y and abili​ty to come rock out with us.

So stay safe every​one,​ stay home,​ stay warm.​ Make some cooki​es anywa​y.​ Hope you can still​ make it next Satur​day Decem​ber 27th!​ We'​ll see you in a week!​

Love,​
NPSH
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Monday, November 17, 2008 
The tour started on a dreary rainy day in Seattle and it rained all the way to Southern Oregon. Cabin fever sets in quickly under such conditions.

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This is Luke's cabin fever face.

The cabin fever was intensified by the fact that the PlayStation in the van kept glitching out and the sound on the TV didn't work. We sat through a silent Yellow Submarine with Pinkerton providing the soundtrack on the stereo. It actually synced-up pretty well at some points.

When we reached California, the scene changed dramatically into typical sunny warm Cali. It was a great treat for November Seattlites.

Going to California
Skagway Beard Lust
The trailer we were towing had a very appropriate image of a dude with a big beard on it. Luke models NPSH Sunglasses in Burnt Orange.

We cruised on through the sunshine blasting tunes and stopping at some great gas stations. At one gas station we saw a bunch of fierce looking metal dudes in leather jackets with a van and trailer and we knew that they were in a band. Liam asked them if they were in a band on tour and they were! We all LOL'd to find out that they were on tour with DANZIG and they were called SKELETONWITCH. That is very metal.

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This is Josh, official NPSH driver and merch man. Josh models NPSH Sunglasses in Electric Hot Pink.

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This gas station was entirely hunting-themed. Look how loyal that dog looks.

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Claire gets some coffee to try to stay sane in the van. They also sold fun novelty fart powder, but we didn't go there.

We arrived at our first show on campus at Sac State in Sacramento and drove around looking for a big bus with a trailer. We eventually found it and knew that the Faint must be inside. When we walked in the Faint was sound checking and holyyymolyyy it was loud and lights flashing and aahhH! So rad.

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They had lots of goodies for us! Meat nestled cozily on a warm blanket of green lettuce. Thanks!

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It was a fun show and we met a bunch of coolpeeps after. They got down with NPSH sunglasses. Wassup yall??

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They gave us pizzas. Luke labeled them so we wouldn't be confused. VEGITABLES UNBELIEVABLE! (Yes, even NPSH misspells vegetables sometimes).

Onward we traveled the short distance to beautiful San Francisco. We got there early to hang out near the waterfront area but we couldn't find a place to park our big van and trailer without paying a million dollars. There was one nearly empty lot for $12, but we had to pay for two spots and the attendant said "PAY ME $25 RAARGH." We were like, yo first of all, your lot is almost empty, cut us a break, and secondly your math is whack. So we just cruised to the Warfield and parked it for the day. We walked to the mall nearby which was so totally insane. I've never seen a busier mall. Way over-stimulation. Shaun bought nice makeup on Lovefoxxx's recommendation and Liam bought a Hello Kitty alarm clock.

THE WARFIELD

The Warfield is probably (one of) the nicest venue(s) we've played at. Like I mean, everyone was so nice there. The staff weren't the typical disgruntled metalheads who act like there is this VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT THEY'RE URGENTLY MISSING by being at the venue, but instead were very friendly.

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This guy wanted Shaun to email him this picture. At one point before we went onstage he confronted a guy who tried to get backstage. The hooligan bolted past him and homie got up and chased after him yelling "STOP THAT MAN! RAAAH!!!" I think they eventually stopped that man, but not after causing a big commotion amongst the backstagers. Thanks for doing your job, man.

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Sup homie?

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This is us having a debate over the set list for SF.

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Shaun's stage station. Faint + Dr Doom + Faint.

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Luke's stage station. More lists.

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Oh, did I mention that the Warfield is really beautiful? Those of you that have been there know what I am talking about. And what a juxtaposition it is between inside and the streets outside.

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Backstage we met up with Sydney who is the costume designer/stylist referenced in SPIN! Now you know. She helped with Liam's makeup, below:

Rawr!

The catering was amazing. They had many varieties of cake and pie. mmmm...

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Liam also met with his twin, Trent.

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That night we got some sushi, and then headed back on the road for the daunting 12-14 hour drive to Portland, Oregon. After about 3 hours of sleep, we were a little crazy, but nonetheless determined to bring it to the great people of Portland because we knew they would bring it too. And they did.

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Backstage at the Roseland we found that we shared a dressing room with Brian Wilson's signature. Could we really have stayed in the same room as Brian Wilson??? That would be mondo cool. Claire had this pic taken to commemorate:
Brian Wilson 4 real??

The Faint kicked out the jams that night, and we also played with a cool young PDX band called Southern Belle. That night was nice because we could sleep-in the next morning as Seattle was only a mere 3 hours away. We always manage to get amazing breakfast in Portland, and this time was no exception. We went to Gravy. So delish!

The next night we were really excited because we were playing the Showbox in Seattle. I think we had all dreamed of someday playing the Showbox, and it was finally coming true.

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It never gets old seeing the Faint night after night. I was constantly amazed. If you get a chance to see them, please do!

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Backstage we shot some photos in a bid to get Pepsi to sponsor us. Hey Pepsi?

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Luke Dancing Backstage to THE FAINT
This is Luke dancing side/backstage to the Faint.

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This is Claire and Luke dancing side/backstage to the Faint.

SO HAPPY WE ARE PLAYING AT THE SHOWBOX WITH THE FAINT AND THE FAINT ARE PLAYING RIGHT NOW AND EVERYONE IS DANCING

It was a pretty happy night to live out one of our dreams.

The next morning, however, was not too fun. We had to wake up at 5AM after another 3-hours-of-sleep night to make it to Missoula, Montana to bring the rock in our last show with the Faint. Sleeping in the van helped a little.

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It's true, they call it "The Big Sky State" for a reason.

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I must say, I really didn't know what to expect from Montana. We had never played there and surprisingly with all their years, neither had the Faint. Aside from being let down by the prospect of getting a large juicy Montana steak, Missoula was a very pleasant surprise. There were tons of people there and they were just as ready as any to dance their asses off.

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It was a lil smaller venue and the Faint put on one of their best shows that I've seen. So much energy and lights and video and dancing and fat fat bass and squelching synths! Ahh!

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It was really nice getting to know the Faint and their crew, all of whom are extremely nice. We feel really lucky! Thanks guys! And thanks to everyone who came out to the shows! We had a bLaSt. After the show it was time to sleep and head back to Seattle... but not before a few last pictures...
Peace

Sad

Metal

<3
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