We’re also excited to announce that No Idea will soon be releasing our second collection record “My Heart and the Real World: Another Collection of Standard Waits and Measurements”.  It is now available for pre-order through No Idea and if you order now, you’ll get a special bonus 7″ along with a screenprinted poster.  Those extra things are limited quantities, so if you’d like one, now’s your chance! Many thanks to No Idea for indulging us in making these records so complicated/fun. Click here for more info.

We’re very excited to be heading down to Florida soon.  Hope to see you there!

Everyone who attends the last local shows will get a copy of our new 7″ single “Jersey’s Best”, coming out on Don Giovanni Records.  This is a limited pressing and MIGHT not be available after the shows.

Help us spread the word. Hope to see lots of folks in Brooklyn and New Brunswick next month!

Don Giovanni is also having a really big spring cleaning sale right now. Check out their site for more info on some great deals on CDs, 7″s and more.

Sunday, May 8th
The Measure [sa]
Shellshag
The New Dress
Backpocket

@ the Loft
ask a punk
New Brunswick, NJ

They’ve also posted an interview with Fid and I here.

Stay tuned for more info on our last local shows in early May!

We started the band when I was 20, and if you had told me then that I would get to travel around the country, put out over 18 records and play with some of my favorite bands because of it, I’d think you were out of your mind. It’s been a great privilege and I hope those experiences don’t end here. Fid and I will certainly be putting out music in other bands soon, so stay tuned.

We’re planning on releasing the next collection record of the more recent 7”s later in 2011 and intend on playing Fest 10 (Oct 28,29,30-2011) for one final show. There’s a possibility of another couple 7”s as well. Locally, we’ll be playing our last shows during the second weekend in April in Brooklyn and New Brunswick. Details to be announced soon.

We want to thank everyone who has been so helpful and supportive over the years. Especially those who have set up shows, given us places to stay and put out records for us (Don Giovanni, Kiss of Death, Salinas, Chunksaah, Ernest Jenning, Art of the Underground, Los Diaper, Team Science, Snuffy Smiles and No Idea) . We’re incredibly grateful to the awesome folks at No Idea who have both distro’d our records and put out a split 7” and LP for us, getting our music out there to a larger audience than we were able to do on our own. They’ve been one of our favorite labels for a long time and it was an honor to get to work with them so closely both as a label and as friends.

To Mike Regrets, Big A, J Nixon, Mikey Yannich, Joel Control, Tim Burke!, Chris Pierce, Gore, Joey Birds, DanO, CJ, and Marco Reosti: thanks for getting through this band with us.

punkrockneverstop,
Lauren + Fid

Our next show is at the Don Giovanni Showcase, Day 1, at Death by Audio on February 11.  Check out the flyer above for more info!  You’ll be able to get tickets through dongiovannirecords.com sometime soon.  Stay tuned for an update on that.

Day 2 is at The Music Hall of Williamsburg with other awesome Don Giovanni related bands.  Check out both nights if you can!

Saturday, February 12, 2011
Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Screaming Females
Laura Stevenson & The Cans
Shellshag
Lemuria
Byrds of Paradise
7:00 $10/$12
16+

You can get the extra items ONLY with the pre-order or from us at a few shows coming up.  We may or may not have the bonus 7″ at the record release show, so you may want to order it online if you definitely want that and the screenprint. We’ve been told the pre-orders are going fast.

Thanks again to the folks at No Idea.

Order here!

It starts at Track 19 of our streaming songs on that profile.  Click here to listen to the new record.

* with Worn in Red
# with Sexy Crimes

October 23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Dad’s House

October 24 – Washington, DC @ TBA #

October 25 – Asheville, NC @ Edge Frat

October 26 – Chattanooga, TN @ TBA #

October 27 – Gainesville, FL @ TBA

October 28 – Tampa, FL @ Transitions

October 30 – THE FEST 9

November 1 – Tallahassee, FL @ The Farside * #

November 2 – Valdosta, GA @ Bleu Pub * #

November 3 – Atlanta, GA @ 529 Bar *

November 4 – Charlotte, NC @ Lunchbox Records * #

November 5 – Richmond, VA @ Exit 76 * #

November 6 – Baltimore, MD @ Charm City Art Space * #

November 7 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fire * #

November 8 – New Brunswick, NJ @ House show * # (also w/ the Outsiders)

November 9 – Brooklyn, NY @ Coco66 * # (also w/ the Outsiders)

See you at Best Friends Day this weekend in Richmond.  We’ll be playing at Hadad’s water park on Saturday with the likes of the Arrivals, Algernon Cadwallader, Off With Their Heads and Negative Approach.  Yeah. That’s happening.  Can’t wait!

We’ll be playing The Fest 9 in Gainesville this upcoming Halloween weekend and will be playing shows around the east coast around that time.  Stay tuned for tourdates!