Here’s to new beginnings I guess?Where to start?We are a band, first and foremost. Four guys, in a room, banging away on guitars and drums, loud as we can get away with.I (Ted, singer, guitarist, de facto leader and shitposter terrible) am tasked with bringing it to you.For the longest time we thought socials were the key. That if we could just reach enough people, expose them to whatever watered down version of our live show we could upload, or build whatever kind of community we could, then it would reach a critical mass and take off.Suffice to say, none of that happened. (Which isnt to say we haven't met many great people and made some real friends along the way. In fact, as of this writing, Threads is still probably the best thing to happen to indie musicians in a long, long time.)Maybe it was the ever changing landscape of algorithms and platforms (probably), maybe the fact that we never really went whole hog and embraced the cringe (definitely), maybe it was just luck (or bad luck, but yes this too.)ANYWAYS.This is where it'll live from now on. WIPs, photos, video, whatever.It starts with a dingy rock bar (perhaps an empty stage is too on the nose as metaphor so we'll just ignore that) because that's where we started, and where we want to live.It's always been a love affair with amplified guitar. Loud. So very loud. Offensively loud.It's always been to play in places like this one. Dark. Hot. Smoke-filled. Smelling like stale beer. Blood and piss and puke on the floors.I can't imagine ever not wanting to play places like this. Bigger, sure, maybe, but never? I don't know how bands give it up when they get big. I'd rather do 4 nights in each tour stop at places like this than one night at a 2000 cap room.That's just me. Maybe the money is why.We hope to bring it to you soon.For what it's worth, I probably would have been ok slogging it out. But I can't in good conscience keep using platforms with horrible ethics, always at the whim of an algorithm and losing it all should they fold, and leapfrogging to the next when the rancid spectre of fascism raises its ugly head.We want to stay in touch. Hopefully we'll figure out a good way to have an actual discussion with you. For now, this will have to do.xoTed
8 January 2025