Hey everyone!
Seems like forever... Sorry for that. I guess I'm just going to dive right in. The story goes something like this:
Toured
our butts off for 3 years, and on what was gonna be our very last tour,
because to be honest we just couldn't afford it anymore, Jimmy Ryan
came along. For those of you who've had the opportunity to meet Mr.
Ryan you know what a great guy he is, and he believed in us and wanted
to sign us to our dream label tooth and nail. Two months after that
tour we were in Florida recording a fire so big... Then back to
touring, and what seemed to be a tough break every time we were on the
road. On our very first tour after making the album, the headlining
band we were out with broke up in the middle of the tour out in
california, leaving us 2000 miles from home and broke, and it seemed
like this set the tone for the next year. Honestly though, we didn't
have it much worse than most bands, we were just burnt out, or at least
I was. We racked up quite a debt, and I decided to stop touring for a
while. Jim wanted to be on the road, so he started playing with some
friends, and the rest of us slowy, started writing the next album. It
just wasn't coming together, so, we just stopped working on stuff. Adam
and I got married soon after that (no, not to each other, hah). And
that's really where we've left search the city since. Adam has been
working on his solo stuff called "the rescue letter", Alex and Spoony
started a new project called "Like Flaming Globes" and Jim and I, who
hadn't spoken for a while have started working on a project, and we're
really excited about it.
Nobody hates anyone, we're all still
friends, and I think we might go on a bike ride together this weekend:) We're not really sure what we'll do with stc in the future, time will tell.
I'm sorry to everyone who's been waiting for us, and I can't tell you
how much we miss you all. Thanks for all the support we definitely
don't deserve. God bless.
Josh
Josh pretty much covered all the key points that led to our grand disappearing act. We are all still musically active and still talk so we haven't lost the two things that brought this band together: music and friendship. The state of the band has left much to miss, however, we are all pretty stoked to pursue new musical directions and chapters of our lives.
Besides working as a full time freelance artist under the moniker
Match & Kerosene, Jim Baird (aka Spoonie) and I are playing in a new band called Like Flaming Globes. It's very Cave-In, Thrice, and Dredg influenced. If what I just wrote rocks your core, we are looking for a singer. If you are interested, download our demos (see below) and send a track with your voice over them to
LFGlobes@gmail.com along with some info about yourself.
Songs 1-5 (Unmixed, Unmastered)
Songs 6-7 (Record live with no bass > these are BRUTAL demos for 2 very new songs)
-Alex Sheldon | Guitar