REASON WHY: the reason why we do what we do

reason why live and direct. five shows in the bag:

april 17th at 618 with combust, echo chamber, grand scheme, and fightback
may 15th at rhizome with blockade, inversion, and b.i.t.e.
july 27th at 618 with collateral, all 4 all, inversion, and comm unltd.
august 2nd at the triangle club (wilkes-barre, pa) with grand scheme, speedway, choice to make, and square one
august 21st at rhizome with daunting nightmare (last show) and grand scheme

super bummed that i had to miss that last one, i heard daunting nightmare was popping champagne bottles during their set. some funeral. can't be worse than jonas missing WB though. i had never been to a vfw style spot before, we don't really have those where i'm from, and the vibe was sick. the stench of stale cigarette smoke was stuck to the walls and carpet, in a way that was probably normal like 50 years ago, so it felt like stepping into a time machine. the ceilings were low and the lighting was warm, like an old pool hall. you go downstairs and there's little slot machines, shuffleboard, and some pretty cheap drinks. i'm the only one in the band that was taking advantage of that though. during the set, ahmad jumped in the air and held his position there for a split second, like he was a smash character hitting an air dodge. it was incredible.

i even got to try the local delicacy of sweet sauce pizza.

i got mine with vegan cheese, which is already pretty sweet,

so it just felt like i was eating gusher pie.

massive thanks to russ for keeping jonas' seat warm for that show and the one before. dude straight up learned the songs in 30 minutes.

more demos being duped soon. second tape press will have a new color palette for all the collectors out there. there's also a new song we've been playing live that'll be on a 12" compilation called FUTURE LEFT BEHIND being put out by second street records. we also got some shirts for everybody.