So get this: David Pence the DJ wrote a glowing review of our first CD in this month's The Bollard. It is in the print rag and on their website, so even you chil'ren of the darkness can check it out!

http://www.thebollard.com/bollard/?p=3639

ALSO GUESS WHAT KIDS!!!!

Our dear van, the Bustic Overtone, got smashed in the face by an SUV manned by a drunkman last night after band practice. Jake has sore knees but we're OK. Van might be totally frigged though. Anyways, we might be asking a lot of bands to borrow amps at any and all future shows..... kay frieeeeeends?

That is all. Hope you kids are all enjoying y'selfs.

Peace be upon you all,
Huak

Soooo much news!!! I'm going to tell you all in one huge blog spasm:

ready?


New drummer! (come to slainte 8/29 to find out who!)

New van (yes it's true...the crustic overtones used to own it)

New Record Label! (Peapod Recording took us on...Ron Harrity is a god among men)

New Record! (pick it up 8/29...Tony Bitteti is a god among men)

New Tour! (we're coming to tour town in october)

aaccck! aaack Aack!

come see our next few shows!

Look what David Pence (host of wmpg's Radio Junk  Drawer!) at the Bollard had to say about "Holy Sonnet:"

"Malcolm Cowley suggested that prose writers could be divided neatly into two  groups: putter-inners and taker-outers. If we applied his helpful rubric to musicians, Huak would fit with Mike Watt and Mission of Burma in the former category. This music is performed with agility and verve by Jake Lowry, Stefan Hanson, and Eric Loren. It's complex, challenging, yet the controlling action of "Holy Sonnet" is straightforward: a lashing out, a diatribe against the conventions of organized religion ("In the midst of / friends and neighbors / breathe the stale air / feel closer to / god and country / in the church pew / holding hands in pleated dress pants"). A couple of the song's best passages underscore a more interesting note of exhaustion and regret in Lowry's lyrics and delivery. There's a consciousness there that wants only to be allowed to reflect — or, at the very least, to rest."

Thanks for the thoughtful crtique David! Check out our feature in the underground music section of www.thebollard.com

we are working on an album. shows anyone?

hi everyone,
    just a quick update: I think we played about six shows this summer, made some awesome friends and wrote some ditties we like. All and all, it's been great. We are looking into ACTUALLY RECORDING this november in bangor!
     If anyone wants to play a show with us, we'd love to do it, so for the love of gode, let us know.

read this email. some names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Dear Jeremy Drabalds at NE booking,
     We have decided not to play the May 12th deering grange hall show because, having found out more about the way NE booking operates, we cannot, in clear conscience support it. I was under the mistaken impression that 1. The tickets were cheaper ($8-$10 is just asking these kids too much) 2. The ticket money was split fairly among all of the bands playing the show 3. That NE booking was not such a for-profit enterprise (I heard rumors of paid staff). 4. There wasn't such a hierarchal attitude (see the show flier: two bands in tiny font and three bands in huge font is unnecessary and condescending).
        In addition, since it was difficult to get our friends to pay $8 to see us play, we would end up in the red financially. It appears that NE booking is primarily interested in sales, as opposed to helping bands (like us) who have had virtually no exposure, and therefore cannot sell 20 tickets in  a week. Personally, I am more interested in fostering a music scene in the absence of this sort of cuttthroat capitalism.
     Thanks for the offer and I hope you don't take this personally.
-jake

There you have it. Sorry to those of you who were planning on attending.

hullo,
      Alright, so we got invited to play an NE booking show at the Deering Grange hall May 12th. PLEASE come. We need as many of our friends there as possible. Also, if you want to go, let us know ahead of time because we need to sell some tickets. Good times ahead. I am also working on another johnson hall show for june 15th with the Otherkids and the Modern Syndrome (woot).  looking into renting halls as well, possibly usm campus center.
      In other news, we set up some time in july to record a song or two at KP's. The good will mic is just not cutting it anymore.
still working on it,
jake

"I never gave a damn about the meter man until I was the one who had to read the meters, man." -mike watt

hullo. thanks to everyone who listened to us at the johnson hall show last saturday. we all had a great time playing the fair town of Gardiner. I just posted another extremely rough recording (first in about a year...hip hip hooray) of about 1/3 of our newish song holy sonnet.
 also does anyone know who one should speak with if one wishes to rent the deering grange hall for a show? is there an office?
please enjoi low rent recording
jake

Hey yall,
    The april 14th johnson hall show marks a new beginning for huak. After a hibernation of sorts, we awake dazed and hungry, ready to actually do this thing up right.  If you're able, please come up to Gardiner to see us!  We have been fine tuning the old songs and getting them ready for recording as well as working on new ones. Anywho, if you want to go, let us know and maybe we can do a caravan/carpool thing with you.
hugs,
jake

So, unfortunately, the show at the station got cancelled for reasons beyond our control. However, there WILL be a show at the Station soon so check back for updates. The Hamill show was a good time (no cobwebs). Thanks to everyone who listened. And yes, we are trying to work out some studio time to lay down a few tracks... Patience...patience...patience.