Hi there,

We've changed our videos on our toppage.
Both are the music clips of the songs included in our "451 deg F" album.
Live footages are of the performance at HeavySick, Hatagaya, Tokyo on 23rd June, 2007, the first show after the recording.

Also,
We've added a new song in process.
It's just a rough rehearsal take with no title, no vocals and much room to be brushed up, but there must be the atmosphere of one of our new direction.
We all hope that you'll enjoy it and that we can bring it onto the stage on next show.

By the way,
I know it's too late, but please let me say it because this is the very first post and the last chance.

"May this year be happy and prosperous for you all !!"


Thanks.


-shio-

Our friend's gear was stolen.
Detail is HERE.

The amplifier is what I use while on touring US.
It's a very important thing for Kevin not only because it sounds really nice but also because it's precious thing which he's been using for long time.....you can hear the good sound in their masterpieces like "MOG","I know what you did",etc....

As we are in Japan, all we can do is just to wish and to notify possible people.

send message if you have something to tell them.
Any information will help.


-shio-

I'm happy that finally I can make announcement on our 2nd US tour.

When we kicked our ass into US last time in 2005, Kevin J.Frank, the singer/guitarist for Haymarket Riot, did his best in helping us in many aspects though he wasn't neither booking agent, tour promoter nor label guy.
We promised him that we would host their Japan tour and it come true next year.

It was, however, not the end. Good relationships must keep going on.
This time the tour is hosted by Haymarket Riot and they have invited Hitch from Belgium. Also these two bands have toured US and Europe in the past.
We have our own path respectively and all three paths are crossing soon.

See what's happening in February.
I'm looking forward.

Regards.

-shio-

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Below are the tour infomation.
I have no idea but HTML tags are disabled on our schedule page and it's less readble. So I listed the website adresses of venues here also.
Ask each venues or band@haymarketriotband.com if you want some more information.

February 22, 2008
BEAT KITCHEN
2100 W.Belmont Chicago, IL /60618
http://www.beatkitchen.com

February 23, 2008
THE PICADOR
330 E. Washington St., Iowa City, IA /52240
http://www.thepicador.com

February 24, 2008
BOXAWESOME
815 O Street, Lincoln, NE /68508
http://www.myspace.com/boxawesome

February 25, 2008
THE LOW KEY ARTS
118 Arbor, Hot Springs, AR /71901
No website

February 26, 2008
THE CONSERVATORY
8911 N. Western, Oklahoma City, OK /73114
http://www.conservatoryokc.com

February 27, 2008
MOJO'S
1013 Park Ave., Columbia, MO /65201
http://www.mojoscolumbia.com

February 28, 2008
HANGER 9
511 S Illinois Ave., Carbondale, IL /62901
http://www.thehangar9.com


February 29, 2008
UNCLE FESTER'S
430 E. Kirkwood Unit 7, Bloomington, IN /47401
http://www.festered.net

March 1, 2008
MAD PLANET
533 E. Center St., Milwaukee, WI /53212
http://www.mad-planet.net

Hi there. This is Shio from Balloons.
How are you? Hope you all doing fine.

We've finally finished recording last month
and our 2nd album "451 deg F" is going to be out on Aug. 8th.
The release followed by nationwide tour starting from Aug,26th.
Please keep your eyes on ourUpcoming Shows.

________[release information]____________

The release is from a Japanese agent K-PLAN.
K-PLAN is deeply connected with asian gothic label which is famous as an own label of the band apart and should have been known by the release of MOCK ORANGE in Japan.





BALLOONS / 451 deg F
10songs / HKP-011 / 2300yen(tax-included)

[songlist]
1.naritake nightmare (by BUTTHEADSUN CRASS)
2.subordination of time
3.brevity of anxiety
4.tnp
5.various dimensions
6.time has been being stuck on the line
7.glen
8.specific room
9.pabulum
10.low (MAS remix)


_____________________________________

Then,
we've been looking for US and Europe labels that has possible vision for licence release or distribution at least.
I appreciate if you raise your hands or give us some informations.
Nothing is helpless.
If you think of dealing with us seriously, we'll send a copy.
(we'll upload new songs on our myspace anyway)


Thanks for patiently reading my poor english.
Best regards.




-shio-

On last monday we completed our 2nd US tour and came back home safely.

We had a really great time and tied firm friendship with Hitch and Haymarket Riot.

We love to thank;
Beat Kitchen in Chicago for the sound and feast, Rory Lake for funniest opening for the tour,
The Picador in Iowa City and John the sound guy for being cooperative, Tornavalanche for crappy clapton's "wonderful tonight",
Boxawesome in Lincoln, Her Flyaway Manner for coolest music, Brendan/Adam2000/Boz respectively for hospitality,
Low Key Arts and craziest people in Hot Springs, Billy and family for kindness, hot spring water for its tasty bless,
The Conservatory in OKC, Jason/Chris/Rob from Train"chickenchoker"dodge for lasting friendships,
Mojo's and enthusiastic people in Columbia, Bald Eagle and Sean for being so nice to us, ah yes! Justin's mom for banana breads,
Hanger 9 for ladies' room,
Push-Pull and Uncle Fester's in Bloomington, Steven&Lisa for super luxurious sleep and good bloc&cheese soup (...and Bloomington wine!!!),
Mad Planet in Milwaukee and everyone there, Shane and Jenny for healthy meals, Call Me Lightning for letting me call you guys lightning,
Mrs. Stacey Frank and all the wives/girlfriends of HR dudes for being our muse,
and everyone else involved.

And,
Scotty for great work and supernice personality,
Mich, Paul, Olivier, Chris, Brian, Fred and Kevin for playing great rock music.

and again,
Kevin J. Frank for leading us in a right way.

It was great experience for us.
We miss you guys all already.

We can never be thankful too much.

Thanks.


-shio-

We're on the phase of count down for US tour.
The tour is entitled "ENDLESS BUMMER TOUR 2008".

About 10days from now, we're going to start the tour at Chicago.
We're really excited and really really looking forward to seeing all the people there.
Free CDR and posters have been sent out to the venues and the record shops in the city we'll play. CDR includes 2song each from 3bands and jackets are all made specially for each shows.
We can't be too thankful to Kevin, Fred, Chris and Brian, the Haymnarket Dudes.

An website and a MySpace page for this tour have been set.

ENDLESS BUMMER TOUR 2008 website

ENDLESS BUMMER TOUR 2008 myspace

Don't hesitate to join.

Please help us spreading the words!!

Hi everyone. Thanks for checking the updates here.

We've added "brevity of anxiety" video to our profile to be available for everyone.
Hope you'll enjoy.

And,
The new song is from our 2nd full "451degF".
It is called "time has been being stuck on the line" but I only put initial letters of each words beacuse MySpace didn't accept whole characters.
It pisses me off.

Anyway two songs from "451" on our player should be included in split CDR with Haymarket Riot and Hitch to support the tour.
If you're around US MidWest this month,
you can get it for free from the venues or the record stores in cities we'll play.

Check the free CDR and come out to the show.
Then you'll see each bands bring their new stuffs for sale.

Feel what we play and have some drink and/or talk together, then our friendship will be no longer virtual.
We are really looking forward to seeing you all over there.

Thanks again for your support.



-shio-

I hate new skin.

If you won't be around Tokyo in this weekend,
following writings are just a tool for killing your time, sorry.

We have a show on Dec.24th, next Sunday.
The show is double-headlined with Mirror, our old mate.
This means that both we have enough time to play almost all the possible repertoires though there's another band as opening guest (interior palette toeshoes)

It's going to be our compilation what we've done in and until this year.
I guarantee that you'll have much fun if you kindly come out to the show!

We can save advance ticket which is cheaper than at door.
If you want, contact us on MySpace or email and I'll tell how.

We can wait for you until noon of the day.
Thanks for reading.


-shio-

First,
Our website has been renewaled.
Designed by Mr.Yoxxsan aka. September, it became much more simple and smart.
You can see the mozaic bubbling when you click the linkage(only on IE/Win), that's quite cool!!!
This time we didn't make english page. But don't worry, the show informations are all written in english, and news both Japanese and english if we think necessary.

Then, another important news is about what will be up on coming sunday.
We've got through 9 weekend in nationwide expedition and done 15shows so far and Nov. 11th, next sunday, is the day for our tour final.
Though there's 7 more shows in December, it's going to be a special for us because the venue, UNIT, is larger than any other live spaces we've done. It's going to be a kind of summary of past few years.
We'll play the longest set ever. And the other 3 bands are nothing but awesome.
I mean, I guarantee you'll regret if you miss it in spite of living in possible area!


details are below.


[Balloons 2nd album "451 deg F" release tour]

+ 8/26 @SUPER DELUXE roppongi, tokyo (03-5412-0515)
w/ MAS, mouse on the keys, nenem
+ 9/ 1 @klub COUNTER ACTION, sapporo (011-222-1413)
w/ killie, L!ef, Cradle to Grave, CTR,
Gomnupers, Nothing Nothing Nothing!, realized
+ 9/22 @NEON HALL, nagano (026-237-2719)
w/ Bubble Sweet, slowlie, QxDxFxM, ebiwada
+ 9/23 @club MAIRO, toyama (076-439-0854)
w/ killie, interior palette toeshoes, SABU
+ 9/24 @BLUE FORREST, kumagaya, saitama (mortarrecord@tvkumagaya.ne.jp)
w/the Undercurrent, SeaMeal, Her Piano, killie
+ 9/29 @MARCUS, kurosaki, kitakyushu, fukuoka (093-621-3768)
w/Forget Me Not, infro, and more
+ 9/30 @NAVARO, kumamoto (096-352-1200)
w/Forget Me Not, 33/45, and more
+10/ 6 @BLUEPORT, kobe, hyogo (078-332-1105)
w/ La Quiete(Italy), ampere(US), killie, Heaven in Her Arms
+10/ 7 @Ritsumeikan Univ. Kinugasa Campus Students' Hall, kyoto (runaways666@hotmail.com)
w/ La Quiete(Italy), ampere(US), killie, Heaven in Her Arms
bed, yarmulke, burning sign, the lions
+10/ 8 @HUCK FINN, nagoya, aichi (052-733-8347)
w/ La Quiete(Italy), ampere(US), killie, Heaven in Her Arms,
Lite, Climb the Mind
+10/13 @SANDINISTA, yamagata (023-622-8962)
w/ what ever film, shift, about me, room, SeaMeal
+10/14 @BIRDLAND, sendai, miyagi (022-223-7926)
w/ La Quiete(Italy), killie, Heaven in Her Arms,
what ever film, emprise, anchor, spike shoes

+11/ 3 @unagidani SUNSUI, osaka (06-6243-3641)
w/Lostage, Bandwagon, killie
+11/ 4 @TIGHTROPE, nagoya, aichi (052-242-8577)
w/urthona, Bandwagon, killie


Balloons "451 deg F" release tour final
11/11 @UNIT, daikan-yama, tokyo
[act]
+Bandwagon
+killie
+mouse on the keys

[open/start] 18:00/18:30
[ticket] adv.2000/at door.2500yen (500yen as drink fee required)


Thanks for reading.

and

We'll thank you much more if you come out.


reagrds.



-shio-
updated:november 6th, '07.