Greetings Friends,

The fall seems to have suddenly descended upon us, and not without a dreamy sense of nostalgia. As the earth grows colder and the leaves turn golden it seems that the human heart can only become more serene…

And with the serenity of the season, it is my joy to tell you a couple good things happening with The Soft Hills. Firstly, we will be kicking off our west coast tour at The Woods in Portland October 16, and then working our way down the coast to LA to perform at the Knitting Factory Oct. 22 with two of my dear friends’ bands, Deadbirds and The Soft Opening. Then we will be joining our friends from Gardens & Villa for a show at Muddy Waters in Santa Barbara Oct. 23, and finally, we wrap up the tour at the Rockit Room in San Francisco Oct. 25 with The Moonlight Orchestra and The La La’s.

Secondly, we are in the process of mixing the new full-length record! We’ve been working on this record for the last six months with Chris Proff over at Little Room Studios, and I can’t tell you how excited I am about the album as a whole. For the tour, we will be printing a limited edition, five-song sampler of the record. And we expect to perform a cd-release concert in Seattle sometime in the late fall.

To conclude, I will leave you with this quote from Henry Miller: “The compassionate nature is awakened precisely when the heart and mind become as one, when the human will surrenders in absolute trust” (pp.138, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch).

LOVE

Garrett, Drew, Brit, Brett, and Caleb