hello!  man is it nice out today.  i'm at school finishing up some of my final projects for classes.  finals are next week. 
that means, i'm going to have a lot more time very soon for music. 
if you haven't heard, this summer we are releasing another july for kings album! 
it's called "monochrome" and will have eleven tracks.  the official release date is June 23rd with a CD release show on June 27th at the Madison Theater in Covington, KY with Cavashawn and Smalltown Sleeper--two great bands.  this is a beautiful venue with great sound.  we are hoping to get cincinnati papers and TV involved and make this a huge event.  please mark your calendars! 

if you can't wait until June 23rd, we have cooked up an idea for some of our more active/passionate fans to help us finance the record in return for getting a special edition cd a little early.  this is from the website:

July For Kings
Monochrome

Coming June 23rd...with your help!

     After several years of intermittent recording and mixing at various studios, we have what we feel is our very best work: a brand new full-length album entitled Monochrome.  Unfortunately, we cannot afford to release and promote it properly without your support.  The phrase "independent artist" is misleading--as independent artists, we rely entirely on your patronage.  We could not make albums or play shows without your financial and emotional charity.  Through buying CD's, coming to shows, sending e-mails and posting comments, you encourage and enable us to continue creating music.  We need you now more than ever!  To overcome the difficulty of releasing a major label quality release without a major label, and to offset the cost of downloading and burning, we are humbly asking for your support. For a donation of $30 dollars or more you will receive a limited edition, one-of a kind pre-release copy of Monochrome featuring one of 100 unique alternate album covers. The covers are black and white photographs shot by yours truly and individually signed by the band. This album will be delivered by mail two weeks before the official release.

Please check back soon to view and select your album cover. 

we have the images picked out.  i am hoping to get the coding done for this (with some help from our drummer's brother, Troy McQuinn) in the next week or two.  we'll give you guys a few days notice so you can be ready to pick one out when they go on sale.  there has been a lot of interest in this; i am hoping we will sell them quickly. 

some other shows coming up including mad frog on may 1st.  check the tour pages

i hope you're well!