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State: Michigan
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Friday, January 01, 2010 
2009 Recap:

Get ready to think I'm really dorky..
53 Shows
46 Venues
38 Cities
16 States (CT, GA, IL, KY, MA, MD, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA & WI)
6 CYLS Record-Release Show Appearances (Each and Everyone, Boys' Life, Summer Months, Summer Fences, Perfect Future & What It Takes to Move Forward)
5 Lineups (23 shows w/ DJ on bass, 21 w/ Ahmad, 7 w/ Nate, 1 w/ No Bassist & 1 w/ just Keith and Cathy)
3 Releases (Summer Tour EP '09, What It Takes to Move Forward LP & Split 7" w/ Football, Etc.)
3 Mini-Tours (June, July & Thanksgiving)
2 Compilation Appearances (Title It Yourself & Almost Free Music)
2 Tours (March & August)
2 Ridiculous One-Day Tours (June & July)
Friends we shared the stage with: Ahmad Naboulsi, Annabel, Alco, Algernon Cadwallader, Brave Captain, Castevet, Cheap Girls, Continental Things, Death in the Park, Deer Friends, Definition Plexus, Eat People, Father Time, The Forecast, The Gamma Foundation, The Give A Hoot, Grown Ups, Henry Gale, Husky Puppies, I Am the Branch, In the Clear, It's Just Vanity, Joie de Vivre, The Joint Chiefs of Math, Karate Christ, La Dispute, Lights at Sea, Moneen, Moving Mountains, мища, Native, New Brunswick, Noumenon, Orphans, Ossimer, Perfect Future, The Plurals, Prawn, Presea, Pswingset, The Reptilian, Run Forever, Sirdidymous, Sleep Bellum Sonno, Slingshot Dakota, Small Houses, Snakeosaurus Rex, Snowing, The Summer Pledge, Thought and Memory, Trisorta, Truncated Lions, The Usual, Victor! Fix the Sun, We Were Skeletons, & What's Good.
Clutch Performances: Keith graduated from grad school, Cathy got a sweet promotion, Jon became a substitute teacher & CYLS signed a bunch of sweet bands and put out a bunch of sweet records.

2010 Plans:

January Tour: Parts I & II
01/01/10 - 01/23/10
Big thanks to everyone who helped us book those hot dates!
Check out dat shows page fo' dem details, dough.
Bassist Situation
November & December were so crazy with work/school/shows/label stuff/family reunions/illnesses/booking tour/hanging with old friends that we literally have not had time to even begin to address this seemingly fundamental issue. So.. we haven't held any "tryouts" yet. To everyone who has inquired, we're sorry for taking forever getting back to you.. Our old bassist, DJ, will filling in for January, and after that we will hopefully have more time to sort out this dilemma. We won't be booking any more shows until we find someone, so it's "Bassist by February or Bust", because:
We're Probably Going to Europe in April
This awesome band from Budapest, called Marionette ID, has invited us to go on tour with them overseas. We're really excited; however, this- coupled with our current lack of a bassist- means that our previous plans for a tour this March are officially defunct. Sorry, southeast USA.. I was really looking forward to Spring Break Tour '10.
Upcoming Recordings?
We have two new songs that are just about ready to be recorded. We'd like to lay them down soon after tour. One of them is going on a Split 10" with our CYLS label-mates Joie de Vivre, The Reptilian, and Annabel. The other will be a bonus track on the vinyl release of "When the Sea Became a Giant." After that? Maybe we'll be feeling really sassy. We might just pump out a new EP!
Other CYLS Releases to Look Forward to:
Joie de Vivre's "The North End" LP
Boris Smile's "Rockets" EP
Moving Mountains' "Pnuema" 2xLP
Colossal's EP on Vinyl
Full-lengths from Football, Etc., Snowing & Pswingset!
Brave Captain? Someday?
.. and Deer Friends?!

-Jon
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Friday, January 01, 2010 
In case anyone was curious/confused, I think this pretty much covers everything, with the exception of Keep It Together's pending cassette tape release of "What It Takes to Move Forward." The Football, Etc. Split is my first recording with the band :) -Jon
When The Sea Became A Giant CDEP - 19:27 - 01/16/07 - CYLS 000 Out of Print - Available Digitally 1. Our Love Has Made Us Pariahs 2. You Have to Believe That Life Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts, Kiddo 3. Lilly, I Have Something Important to Tell You 4. They Will Throw Us to the Wolves 5. K.O. K.O. (The Most of My Worries Are the Least of Your Concerns) Year of the Rabbit 7" - 8:56 - 2/19/08 - CYLS 001/SNCL 011 Out of Print - Available Digitally SIDE A: Year of the Rabbit SIDE B: IDK, My BFF Jill Summer Tour EP '09 CD-R - 17:30 - 08/12/09 - Self-Released Out of Print - Tour Exclusive 1. Everything Is Connected and Everything Matters (A Temporary Solution to a Permanent Problem) 2. What Safe Means 3. Rally the Troops! Poke Holes In Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins! 4. It Was Your Heart That Saved You 5. How to Stay Afloat in a Sea of Change Title It Yourself Cassette Tape - 95:00 - 9/14/09 - KIT 002 In Print - 100 Black / 100 Red http://keepittogetherrecords.com/ SIDE A: 1. Victor V-B - It's Not You, It's Me 2. Brown Bird - Lake Bed 3. Death Metal Steve - Remember Love 4. Eric Ayotte - Wavin' Flag (by K'naan) 5. Wabash - Here To Learn 6. A.P. Swearengin - Find 7. Toby Foster - Speech Patterns 8. Perpetual Dusk at Curtsy Caverns - Likewise, Spinning Wheels 9. Paul Baribeau - Things I Wish 10. Big Spirit - Cryin' Shame 11. Ghost Mice - The Alcheist 12. Y Lime? - Faries 13. Dustin and the Furniture - Intruder 14. Plumwife - Green Stone, Slight Moan 15. Ben Block - Italy or Sorrento 16. Spoonboy - Gerald Lee Palmer 17. Teeadora - Sharing Chairs 18. Jenny Is A Boy - Eggs SIDE B: 1. Amo Joy - Diggity Doom 2. Joie de Vivre - Salt 3. Get Rad - It's Not A Fire 4. Loose Lips Sink Ships - Duck Funk 5. Erfert - Cross Your Fingers 6. The Burnside Fountains - Thinking of You 7. Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) - Jacob's Song 8. Suffix - Brutal Knowledge 9. Pianos Become The Teeth - Creatures of Habit 10. Monsters Armed With Scissors - We Are All Spiders 11. Sleep Bellum Sonno - Hunter 12. One Win Choice - Where My Allegiance Lies 13. Arkansas? - Hashbrowns 14. Victor! Fix The Sun - Paper Thin Feather Fuck What It Takes to Move Forward CDLP - 55:39 - 9/29/09 - CYLS 012 2xLP - 67:25 - 9/29/09 - CYLS 012/SNCL 015 In Print - http://cylsrecords.com/home/ http://sncl.collective-zine.co.uk/ CD: 1. How to Make Love Stay 2. Keep What You Have Built Up Here 3. What Safe Means 4. It Happened Because You Left 5. Rally the Troops! Poke Holes In Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins! 6. It's a Plague, and You're Invited 7. Everything Is Connected and Everything Matters (A Temporary Solution to a Permanent Problem) 8. The Next Step to Regaining Control 9. With Your Greatest Fears Realized, You Will Not Be Comforted 10. I Am a Snail, and You Are a Pace I Cannot Match 11. An Idea Is a Greater Monument Than a Cathedral Vinyl: 1A: 1. How to Make Love Stay 2. Keep What You Have Built Up Here 3. What Safe Means 4. With Your Greatest Fears Realized, You Will Not Be Comforted 1B: 5. It Happened Because You Left 6. Rally the Troops! Poke Holes In Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins! 7. It's a Plague, and You're Invited 2A: 8. Everything Is Connected and Everything Matters (A Temporary Solution to a Permanent Problem) 9. The Next Step to Regaining Control 10. An Idea Is a Greater Monument Than a Cathedral 2B: 11. I Am a Snail, and You Are a Pace I Cannot Match 12. It Was Your Heart That Saved You 13. Actually, I'm Just Wearing Your Glasses What It Takes to Move Forward (Japanese Import) CDLP - 62:13 - 2009 - STSL 038 In Print - http://www.stiffslack.com/ 1. How to Make Love Stay 2. Keep What You Have Built Up Here 3. What Safe Means 4. It Happened Because You Left 5. Rally the Troops! Poke Holes In Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins! 6. It's a Plague, and You're Invited 7. Everything Is Connected and Everything Matters (A Temporary Solution to a Permanent Problem) 8. The Next Step to Regaining Control 9. With Your Greatest Fears Realized, You Will Not Be Comforted 10. I Am a Snail, and You Are a Pace I Cannot Match 11. An Idea Is a Greater Monument Than a Cathedral 12. It Was Your Heart That Saved You 13. So How Many Points Do You Have 'Till You Gain, You Know, the Ultimate Power? Almost Free Music - A Compilation CD - 60:48 - 12/15/09 - PP 105 In Print - http://thosephoenixproductions.com/ 1. Banana Convention - Taking Back the Fun 2. After the Dust - Hollow 3. This Level Is Clouds! - Syracuse 4. Annadelle - Get Away 5. Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) - Rally the Troops! Poke Holes In Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins! 6. Sean Stout - Little Pirouettes 7. Fail - Could Be You (live) 8. After the Dust - Heartsick Lullaby 9. Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) - What Safe Means 10. Fail - Sick (live) 11. This Level Is Clouds! - Now You Really Are 12. Sean Stout - French Sister 13. Annadelle - Dissonance 14. Banana Convention - Don't Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) / Football, Etc. - Split 7" 7" Split - 10:17 - 12/15/09 - CYLS 014/SNCL 019 In Print - http://cylsrecords.com/home/ http://sncl.collective-zine.co.uk/ SIDE A: Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) - Documenting Thirty Days SIDE B: Football, Etc. - Fightin' Phoenix
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009 
Eff Michigan, dude. We're getting out of here for a bit. Come seeee us!

January Tour: Part I

1/01 Fri - Columbus, OH @ THE CRACKHOUSE w/ High Five, Atom Bomb 

1/02 Sat - Nashville, TN @ THE RABBIT HOLE w/ Leach    

1/04 Mon - Houston, TX @ THE MINK w/ Football, Etc. (Unofficial Split 7" Release!)

1/05 Tue - Austin, TX @ TRAILER SPACE RECORDS w/ The Reptilian, Cloud Mouth & For Want Of   

1/06 Wed - Fort Worth, TX @ 1919 HEMPHILL w/ Lemuria & O Pioneers!!!  

1/07 Thu - Show Canceled. Help? (OKLAHOMA) 

1/08 Fri - Kansas City, MO @ SALT WATER TAFFY HOUSE w/ Emo Side Project   

1/09 Sat - St. Louis, MO @ LEMP NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS CENTER w/ My Heart to Joy & Hostage Calm

1/10 Sun - Help? (INDIANAPOLIS)  

January Tour: Part II   

1/15 Fri - South Bend, IN @ THE CABANA HOUSE w/ Merchant Ships & Leaving Songs

1/16 Sat - Chicago, IL @ BEAT KITCHEN (17+) w/ Joie de Vivre & Mountains for Clouds

1/17 Sun - Help? (WISCONSIN)

1/23 Sat - East Lansing, MI @ The Small Planet for The Record Lounge's "Middle of the Mitten" Local Showcase (10 Bands)

xoxo
e!e!
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Saturday, December 26, 2009 
Hey everyone! We are honored to say that Empire! Empire! 's "What It Takes to Move Forward" is the number one album of the year @ Basic Text! Check it out here: http://writinginbasic.co.uk/?p=642 Also, two other CYLS releases by Perfect Future and Castevet made the list! Check them out! Get in on that sale too, before it ends at the end of December. xoxo Keith e!e!
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 
hey everyone!

the empire! empire!/football, etc split is out and available now, both digitally and physically.  the pre-orders are being shipped, and all of them come with download codes for the mp3s! 

if you haven't ordered, now is the time! 

the crazy buy one cd, get one free sale is still going on too, so get in on that as well! 

www.cylsrecords.com

xoxo

keith
e! e!
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 
You can download a free sampler, with a song from every release here: http://cylsrecords.com/releases/sampler2.html Get at it, and order our new 7" split! xoxo keith
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Wednesday, December 09, 2009 
Hey everyone!

You can read an extensive empire! interview in the Fall issue of Manual Dexterity Zine right here:

http://issuu.com/subtitlespub/docs/md10fall09

There is also an Owen interview!  Hooray!  I know you don't need us to tell you how awesome Mike Kinsella is! 



xoxo

Keith!
e!e!
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Sunday, December 06, 2009 
Hey everyone! We finally got with what's what and got ourselves a twitter! Follow us: http://twitter.com/eeiwale

Our label has one too:

http://twitter.com/cylsrecords Also, did you know you can buy our album, and get any CD at our webstore free? www.cylsrecords.com xoxo keith
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Friday, December 04, 2009 
We are very excited to be included on this list!: http://www.venntertainment.com/2009/12/04/top-5-albums-of-2009/ Don't forget you can buy the new Empire! Empire! full length at www.cylsrecords.com in the buy one, get one CD FREE sale and preorder the new split 7" with football, etc now! xoxo keith e! e!
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009 
Hey everyone!

You can now preorder the new empire! empire!/football, etc split for just $5!  While you are at the site, pick up a CD AND GET ONE FREE!  HOLY CRAP!!

www.cylsrecords.com

Yay!

xoxo

keith
e!e!
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