Hej friends,
After eight years,
450 shows, and four albums, we’ve decided that we’ve reached the end of the
line. To paraphrase the Grateful Dead, “what a long, strange,
eye-opening, stomach-bursting, heart-breaking, bittersweet, educational,
enlightening, mind-numbing,
‘why-are-we-doing-this-shit?’/‘who-gets-to-do-this-shit?,’ absurd, amazing trip
it’s been.” To paraphrase another sage poet, “you gotta know when to hold
‘em and know when to fold ‘em.” To quote G. G. Allin, “life sucks, scum fuc.”
Thanks go out to a
million friends – all the awesome, talented people who helped us make records
and put them out, everyone who put together tours for us, our families (who are
still wondering when we will get real jobs), all the other wonderful and
terrible bands we’ve loved touring, playing, hanging and eating with over the
years. And of course a heartfelt thanks to everyone who ever came to see
us play, bought something we were selling, said something nice, or let us sleep
on their diarrhea-encrusted floors. (Except you, Branson, Missouri!)
To have one final
go of it, the three of us are meeting up for a pair of shows in and around the
city we called home in our time. Come out and party with us! Seriously, do not
miss!!! Friday July 17th we are very psyched to be playing with old
and dear friends Frightened Rabbit at Maxwell’s, and Saturday July 18th,
for our last show ever, we’ll share the stage with best buds CaUSE Co-MOTION!
under-age phenoms The Beets, and our beloved Rape Excape, freshly reformed from
the rubble of Princeton ’04; plus a bunch of special guests all at a post-apocalyptic outdoor warehouse space in Chelsea under the Highline! If you missed the original Last
Waltz in ’76, now’s your chance!
Friday, July 17th
Maxwell’s (early show) (SOLD
OUT)
Hoboken, NJ
w/Frightened Rabbit
Saturday, July 18th (***NOTE VENUE CHANGE***)
COLLECTIVE HARDWARE
169 Bowery
New York, NY
w/CaUSE co-MOTION!, The
Beets, Rape Excape
Starts at 9pm, $10
(Don’t worry about advance
tix – this place is huge!)