Hi everyone,

Just a quick update to talk about what RTF is up to right now. The short answer is: not much. The long answer is: individually we're up to tons of things, it's just that very little of it has to do with Raising the Fawn.

As some of you may know, Dylan and Scott are playing with a great local band called Bellewoods and are presently recording an album. This should be a truly beautiful record, check out their myspace.

As for myself, my wife and I just had our first child, a gorgeous girl named Isla. She is everything I could hope for. Utterly amazing, life-changing and, even at only ten days old, progressing all the time.

In the face of such humbling news, it can't really come as a shock when I say, as we've hinted for a while, RTF ain't likely to tour, soon? Ever again? I don't know, definitely not for a while. So in response to all of the lovely people urging us to come to Colorado, California, Chicago as well as some other places that don't start with C, all we can say is, "Sorry."

The three of us have spent a great part of the last three years touring North America. It has been, like it is for most bands, a mixture of elation, frustration, discovery, banality, rebirth, and utter dismay. We are a band with a small fanbase, but a lovely and loyal one. We would love to play for you all once a year—to engage in that priviledged communion where a small attentive audience honours us with their eyes and ears, and we them with our hearts. But we're poor. And did I mention I've got a baby?

So that's the road. We may have already seen you for the last time, but we thank all of you for being so gracious to us. That shit was fun.

Also, a HUGE thank you to Pete Hall, Jon Drew, Royal Wood, Alex Olsen, and Chris White for playing with us at the Rivoli for our CD release. These fine souls helped us play a two hour show that ran through the entire RTF catalogue, including many rarely played tunes. The entire show was recorded too, so maybe we'll have some video of it soon. What a nice way to say goodbye.

Did I say goodbye?...

At any rate, in next year or so, the three of us will all be making music—whether together or alone. None of us are saying never again, but we do want to be honest with the few of you who do care.

Please enjoy our music and know that we'll miss gracing the stage over the next while.

John