hey all --

i know we've been doing some extreme bulletin posting in the last week or two but that's cause we have so many new things going on to tell yall about!

so first and foremost, we leave for tour TODAY. so excited about that so if you happen to pass a big white van blasting Akon down the highway you'll know its us.

second, a lot of you guys know that this is our first tour in a long time, about 3 months it's been. We've had the time off for writing for the new record, and let me just say that we have 14 songs completely written in which we're going to pick about 11 from to make the record. we start recording for the new cd a couple days after this tour ends, around October 15th in HOTlanta, GA.

we have about 5 demos done already for the new album which is expected to come out on a NEW LABEL (which will be announced within the next couple weeks....) as for our old label, HourZero, is no longer putting out records.
We hope to have the new album released in March 2008 and plan on spending the entire next two years on the road supporting the release. We will then be doing full US and Canada tours... as well as.... (im so happy to announce this..) OVERSEAS for the first time! No exact details yet.. but just know we are finally heading your way and couldn't be more anxious for that.

So things are really REALLY exciting for us right now.. and we're so happy that you guys will be right there with us to experience all these new things. We want to know what YOU GUYS want to hear on this next record and any suggestions you guys may have about anything ..... so drop us some comments... emails... etc. we are working on a tour video right now answering questions & filming everyday tour life.

So make sure to come hang out in the next few weeks to this Umbrellas/Lydia/zookeeper tour if we're around your part of the country...we want to meet you guys...we'll share some laughs, some pizza, some music on our ipods ..haha



love always,
lydia.