Hello all. Long time no post.

After numerous false starts and failed attempts, I have made a solemn personal vow to have what will eventually be the Crash City Saints first full-length cd release ready in time for Kalamashoegazer 3.0 this coming August 22nd. Ten years ago I recorded what would later become the Nightdrive EP on a Boss digital 8-track recorder; since then, with the exception of the occasional live show and the self-released Returner cdr EP, things have been very quiet here in Crash City.

That is about to change.

There are a small but loyal handful of you who have stood by Crash City Saints all this time offering encouragement (for which you have my eternal gratitude) while expressing puzzlement as to why such a shortage of recorded output. How have I managed to keep going with this project for a decade without releasing one honest-to-god album? It's simple really: I am the laziest motherfucker in the history of rock. True, in the past there have also been moments of incredible bad luck, unthinkable out-of-leftfield disasters that have time and time again brought any sort of forward momentum to a screeching halt and crushed my creative spirit almost completely. Poverty doesn't help matters much either (let's be honest, it all almost invariably comes down to money). But those are just excuses. As the old gopsel song goes, "all God's children got problems". My situation is in no way unique. And I'm tired of spending my life sitting on the sidelines watching the bullshit parade. It's time to get active, get involved, and get inspired.

So that's what I'm doing.

Recording is going smoothly (perhaps too smoothly; I keep thinking of that Grateful Dead song "when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door"). Chris Wahamaki is helping me with the song arrangements and playing bass on the tracks (nice to have people to collaborate with; that one-man-band thing gets boring after awhile); he has also written a track ("Grave Gifts") that is really great and will more than likely end up on the album. April Morris from Glowfriends stopped by last weekend to record some tambourine and vocals (muchos gracias senorita!). Longtime partner-in-crime Matthew Massuch will be taking some time off from his Crawling Through Her Ghosts project (whose recently released debut album is quite good) to contribute some beautiful noise. My brother (and one of the original founding members of Crash City Saints) Nathan will even be getting in on some of the action in between playing shows with his band the Hex Bombs and helping me with some tracks.

Keep your dreams alive in '09.

Josh