As you've probably heard from our last post we're getting ready to hit the road for a few weeks with our good friend Butch Walker. Here are the dates:

Mar 06 // The Magic Bag / Detriot (Ferndale), MI
Mar 07 // Mixtape Cafe / Grand Rapids, MI
Mar 09 // Varsity Theatre / Minneapolis, MN
Mar 10 // House Of Blues / Chicago, IL
Mar 11 // Grog Shop / Cleveland, OH
Mar 13 // Mr. Small's Theatre / Millvale, PA
Mar 14 // Webster Hall / New York, NY
Mar 15 // TLA (Theater of the Living Arts) / Philadelphia, PA
Mar 16 // Paradise Rock Club / Boston, MA
Mar 18 // Club Hall / Providence, RI
Mar 19 // Maxwell's / Hoboken, NJ
Mar 20 // Stone Pony / Asbury Park, NJ
Mar 21 // 930 Club / Washington, D.C.

Hope to see you there!

well folks, its about that time again. time to trade in our soft beds and daily routines for cramped vans, dirty hotels and fast food. yes, let's close our eyes for a moment and imagine this magical place that we so lovingly refer to as 'the road'. picture, if you will, a place where a tea tree flavored toothpick can be called "toothbrush".. a place where the sink at the motel 6 can be called "washing machine".. and where a 12 oz red and white can with a blue ribbon on it can be called "breakfast and lunch".. our soul mission being to play music for great people in a different city every single night! we have lived in this beautiful world for quite a while, and after taking some time off this passed year to make a new record, we could not be more thrilled to get back out there!

our new dear friend (who also happens to be an amazing artist/performer/producer) Butch Walker has invited lil ol' us to go on tour with him in march. thanks Butch! check out the tourdates link to see where the tour is headed - FYI - if you don't see your city on there, try to refrain from getting angry and sending us a 'what about f***ing (your city here)????' email, and KNOW that with the release of the new record there will be a hell of a lot more touring for us in the coming months. we WANT to play your town!

Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time...

Lookout midwest, northeast, and southeast (how come there's no mideast in america??) we are hitting the road in march supporting our dear friend Butch Walker and His Gang of Merry Musical Melodymakers and we couldn't be more excited! THIS is going to be a good one!

3/6 Detroit Magic Bag 18+
3/7 Grand Rapids Mixtape
3/9 Minneapolis Varsity Theater
3/10 Chicago HOB 17+
3/11 Cleveland Grog Shop
3/13 Pittsburgh Mr Smalls
3/14 New York Webster Hall 16+
3/15 Philadelphia TLA
3/16 Boston Paradise Rock Club
3/18 Providence Club Hell
3/19 Hoboken NJ Maxwells (SOLD OUT)
3/20 Asbury Park NJ Stone Pony
3/21 DC 930 Club

So as you can see we've been doing a little sprucing up for the season, in order to deliver an early Christmas gift. "It's Christmas (What's The Difference)" a holiday song (and video) in Films' fashion plus an exclusive new album B-Side will be is available very soon NOW via iTunes. What does very soon mean you ask - good question, keep checking back to find out..

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW

Also, the good peeps over at Yahoo! Music are featuring the video as well, so please pay them a visit and check it out: http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/--202159661.

And last but not least, before it hit's iTunes you can download the new track for FREE right here:

DOWNLOAD: It's Christmas (What's The Difference)

So, download, share, and add it to those holiday playlists. Happy Holidays!

More to come.

We will be playing San Diego's infamous Street Scene Festival September 19, 2008 along with a handful of other dates on the west coast including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, & San Francisco. Hope to see you all there. Here are all the dates:

Sept 16 // Cinespace / Los Angeles, CA
Sept 17 // Revolution Lounge @ Mirage / Las Vegas, NV
Sept 18 // Popscene / San Francisco, CA
Sept 19 // Street Scene / San Diego, CA

We'll let you know more details as we get them.

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Fresh out the studio we'll be in Atlanta celebrating (and most likely playing some new stuff). Please come join us.



Also keep checking back we've still got some pics from the studio that never got posted, that will be up soon. What can I say.. we got lazy.

ladies and gentlemen, i am pleased to announce that record number 2 is aaalmost finished! just needs to be mixed and that will be that. we wrapped up all the tracking a couple of weeks ago and spent the remainder of our time in california rubbing elbows with LA's elite. and more fishing. and ping pong. we checked in with our friends "the shys" who were playing with "hot hot heat" at the Roxy. we caught up with our friends and empty bun tourmates "eastern conference champions" for a couple drinks and talked about old times and ironically ate buns with hot dogs IN them! the topper was the back porch jam we had at Butch's place on the last day of tracking. such an amazing trip - we are very grateful.

oh yeah. here's the list of songs we recorded:

amateur hour
fingernails for breakfast
god bless your heart
completely replaceable
pour it out
hold on to me tight
heartbreaker
people like you
me + the thief
number 1
holiday
something familiar

well friends.. we are back at the chateau and are heading into our last week of recording. we are also very pleased with how this record is shaping up. Extremadamente contento!. Butch has been a great producer / friend to us while we've been out here and i can't say enough about about how much respect i have for the guy. amazing.

forgot to mention in the previous entries about kenny and my 2nd fishing escapade. Lake Castaic.. not as far away, and equal in beauty. no fines or fees this time. and though we still didn't bring home the big one, i DID get a bite and kenny got some serious knowledge dropped on him by a knowitall kid who kept trying to tell everyone what to do.

thanks for keeping up with us... while it's still a little early for me to start talking about a release date, i should suspect it won't be too long before we start seeing those tour dates popping up. so get ready.

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It's been quite a week. Most of the vocal and guitar work is now done and we'll be sweetening things up next week with miscellaneous fuzz and twitter. Not to mention the good vibes the surroundings to which we've grown accustom have provided. That's not to say in anyway that we've gotten soft but maybe, just maybe, that rack tom sound on "Holiday?" wouldn't have sounded so sweet.

Ok. Ok. Enough blubbering. Big thanks to everyone in Malibuland for their help and hospitality. We'll come back anytime.