Friday, September 3, 2010

The Toadies

So, in case you weren't aware, we've been given an incredible opportunity to play with the Toadies!

We're terribly excited. The last time the Toadies came was about two years ago at Bogarts which was an amazing show that many of our friends went to. Now we'll be sharing the stage a the Mad Hatter with them.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Neil Young

Just a simple post in honor of a complex man. "Has your band begun to rust?" One of the more basic concepts that I personally treasure in regards to art is that statement by Neil Young. The idea that the artist can rust, fall into irrelevance or become static. I liken the idea to the creative spark within a person that beckons them to create. A spark that can be fanned into a flame or conversely dwindle out. Neil Young has done quite a job at fighting off the rust. Here is in 1996:

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

A few months ago we played a farewell show for a good friend of ours, Joel Swanson. He filmed and edited a lot of the footage. The second half of Spheres was unusually out of tune and emotional so I thought I would post it for more people to see. Many many many thank yous to Joel for being such a good friend.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Lyrics

Here are the lyrics from our first album, And Now We're Not Alone :)

Made of Hearts & Four Leaf Clovers

I’m climbing up the cupboards
For some wine to discover
But your hands are holding me
From all the harm that I can’t see

Why don’t we all keel over
If we’re made of hearts and four leaf clovers
Bought me for all I’m worth
And still you’ll heal all of my hurt

Stupid Girl, Crazy Horse

I must be trustworthy over the phone
When you see me all I seem to receive is a dial tone
You’re such a stupid girl and I’m a crazy horse
No reason in this world for you ignore

You’re right, I’m wrong all about you again
You’re mind can’t decide whether I’m still a friend
You’re such a stupid girl and I’m a crazy horse
No reason in this world for you ignore

You’re such a stupid girl and I’m a crazy horse
No reason in this world for you ignore
You’re such a stupid girl and I’m a crazy horse
No reason in this world for you ignore

Explosions in the Sky

I’m sitting on the edge of what I one day will acquire
I’m looking out as if to shout that all this will expire
O how my heart does fall apart inside of this consuming fire

I was sitting in my room when you renewed my mind
So why then do I pretend that your daughter is mine?
O how this omnipresence effervesces up into my spine

Tonight all my dreams align
Exploding in the sky
Colliding with my eye, Oh I…
But I’m terrified of flight
Of falling from on high
Of what it’s like to die, Oh I…

I’m looking for the honest love and reproof of a friend
So I’m walking through this crowded room into a sea of men
But none of ‘em know what I’ve done, who I am or where I have been

Holding onto us must feel like holding onto knives
We’re sorry for playing the whore for living double lives
Like lovers in the suburbs under cover as their husbands wives

Tonight all my dreams align
Exploding in the sky
Colliding with my eye, Oh I…
But I’m terrified of flight
Of falling from on high
Of what it’s like to die, Oh I…

Chasing Ghosts

I’m just lying on the carpet
Pretending that I’m just a carcass
A silly game, yeah I know
But all day, I’ve been chasing a ghost

We’re chasing ghosts…

My soul, or whatever it is
Is it getting cold from all of this
A dream in a dream led me to the coast
And at the end I was chasing a ghost

We’re chasing ghosts…

Spheres

My old man, welling up tonight
Cold calm cues to win this fight
Hiding out at your back door
Will we die after one more?

I don’t ever want to do that again
I don’t ever want to do that again
I can't believe that I did again
I can't believe that I did …

You don’t speak as I sneak out
Meek blood leaks as I freak out
The day is coming, the day has come
When all my apathy will be undone

And I will never have to do that again
And I will never have to do that again
And I will never ever do that again
And I will never ever do …

Who will save me from this body of death?

Into Your Hands

Turn out the lights and fall to the earth
Thrown like a stone to fall to the dirt
And if this cup can pass, take it away
But what you ask let it be as you say

Move in me like fire and if it must be, let it be done
Men I call friends, why are you asleep?

The weight of my soul’s beginning to tear
A heart in the grass with hands in the air
And if this cannot pass, I will drink death
Pour out your anger, drown out my breath

Move in me like fire and if it must be let it be done
Men I call friends, why are you asleep?

Soaked in the ground I’ve soaked in before
Soaked in this sound an old song of yours
And if this cannot pass, I will drink death
Pour out your anger, drown out my breath

Move in me like fire and if it must be let it be done
Would you betray me with a kiss?

Why can’t I hear noise, why can’t I hear noise?
Why can’t I hear noise, why can’t I hear noise?

Live by the sword and by you’ll die
Am I robber that you’ve come to find

You a mere man claim to be God.
You a mere man claim to be God.
You claim to be God.

What the Earth Can’t Hold

The mother of a friend was there with her eyes
The live among the dead they said she’ll never find
Seven miles from the holy land,
Didn’t know who was holding our hands

Lock the doors or we’re all going to die
How did this man come inside?
No ghost has ever had bones
My hand on your scar now I know

There is no one in here to find

Even Though

Even though I went home and I turned from the plow
Even though I let go and I started to drown
Even though I said no when she asked me about
Even though there were crows from the birds all around

Even though I’m here
Where you found me before
You still turn to my ear
And you ask me once more

Do you love me, do you love me, do you love me?
Do you love me, do you love me, do you love me?
Do you love me, do you love me, do you love me?
God you know I do.

Wrapped in Plaster

I can see that all of these old sounds are starting to turn
And I can see that all of these old towns are starting to burn

Wrapped in plaster
Beating faster
I’m the master
Of my dying heart
In plaster
Beating faster
I’m the master
Of my dying heart

But not in my new heart I won’t fall apart ever again
In my new heart I won’t fall apart ever again
In my new heart I won’t fall apart ever again
In my new heart I won’t fall apart…

From far away I hear the love of fathers and their sons
The sky is screaming, brooks are teaming gladness from their tounges

Wrapped in plaster
Beating faster
I’m the master
Of my dying heart
In plaster
Beating faster
I’m the master
Of my dying heart

But not in my new heart I won’t fall apart ever again
In my new heart I won’t fall apart ever again
In my new heart I won’t fall apart ever again
In my new heart I won’t fall apart…

Monday, June 14, 2010

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Mr & Mrs Courts

A great announcement from the suns, Chris is now the proud husband of Mrs. Lisa Courts!!! The wedding was outstanding and Chris chose Tyler and I to be apart of his groomsmen, which meant a lot to us. There were ten groomsmen in all and a lot was going on but the whole day up to the wedding, Chris, Tyler and I kept ending up together talking about something in some room or some staircase somewhere. It happened quite a bit the whole day so whenever it happened we made a note of it and laughed. Here is a picture of the three of us in Chris's new apartment getting ready to get in our tux's. It's swell.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Our love for Mitch Klein

Mitch Klein, what a trooper. The brother of our photographer, he is a truly unique butterfly. Here are a few pictures (and a vimeo) of him enjoying us...


Friday, May 14, 2010

Our love for Aj Yorio

Aj Yorio is wonderful. We just played his relay for life team's fundraiser in the parking lot of Luckman Coffee which was great. Here's some pictures from last year when we helped in out at the actual rally itself. These are awesome pictures that Alex Klein took.




Thursday, May 13, 2010

Thank you everyone

Hello,

So here's our first blog. We're incredibly new at this and hope that we can somehow add to your understanding of who we are and how we're doing. We'll try to share pictures and thoughts as often as we can. We'd also love to know who you are and what you're doing, so please find a way to talk to us. Thanks everyone!

- Corey