so i guess we have kept ourselves buried and sunken in a hole again; maybe not so stellar in the social outer realm; but obviously necessary. some things are hard to swallow. it’s been some difficult and confusing times since we returned from tour last November. winter froze in a denser ice than usual and killed everything this year; paving its future furrowed paths.
well then, we have a lot to let out into the world. where to begin when one stays quiet and mute for so long?……
GENERAL LIST:
1. we will be touring this summer; full U.S. 6 week tour; yes, again; and yes yes, we are goddam crazy in the heads; JULY 8th – AUGUST 16th. and yes yes yes, we yearn to see yer beautiful, inspiring faces again. we so need it; and secretly hope you do just the same.
2. we will be releasing a new album this summer, officially july 5th; vinyl L.P. of 6 songs; yes, again; titled LUNIC DRIFTWOOD: REMNANTS & REMIXES OF MOONDRIFTS. it consists of 3 songs leftover from the MOONDRIFTS studio sessions and 3 remixes of songs from MOONDRIFTS. this will be released by the BLUE SKY WRITINGS label outta Phoenix, AZ. thank u stupidly matt. and digitally thru Mecca Lecca (thank u jonny) and us at our website ghastlycitysleep.com ””’ please support directly.
3. we will be touring with yet another drummer this round; YES, again; his name is Evan Mitchell; this is, obviously, an intensely sad and brilliantly uplifting thing simultaneously; such is life. pat and ryan>>>> i miss the hell out of both of you! /// evan>>>> you are beautiful and thank you.
4. please, please come out. who knows in this fragile world when or where or if there will ever be a next time. and i mean it, no matter how dark or down that could come across.
5. we appreciate all the endearing help we have received thus far in booking this beast… i will post below the tour dates and towns. we still have about 2 weeks worth of shows to pull together; not shabby for a bunch ah lil-skinny-idiots on their own in this vicious world. so, any help on these hole-y dates wins you sweetcakes, drinks, laughs, touches, or whatever yer dumb lil hearts desire outta love.
:::LUNIC | U.S. TOUR:::
JULY 2011
08 . brooklyn, ny : coco 66
09 . d.c. : NEED HELP
10 . pittsburgh, pa : Gooski's
11 . sandusky, oh : bottom floor of cheap seats
12 . detroit, mi : lager house
13 . chicago, il : treasure town
14 . milwaulkee, wi : Underwear Bike Ride After Party!!!!
15 . indiana : NEED HELP
16 . either minneapolis, mn or omaha, ne : NEED HELP
17 . lincoln, nb : tba
18 . denver, co : w/ Git Sum (@ their old warehouse, 1436 Tremont Pl., Denver, CO)
19 . denver, co : 3 kings
20 . salt lake city, ut : tba
21 . boise, id : visual arts collective
22 . missoula, mt : Zoo City Apparel
23 . seattle, wa : the funhouse
24 . ...possibly an all ages show in Seattle...
25 . portland, or : tube
26 . Firtuna, CA : The Barn
27 . san jose, ca : Texas Toast House
28 . san francisco, ca : NEED HELP
29 . oakland / bay area, ca : NEED HELP
30 . santa rosa, ca : arlene francis theatre
31 . Los Angeles, CA: the BLVD
AUGUST 2011
01 . riverside, ca : division 9 art gallery
02 . san diego, ca : the soda bar
03 . phoenix, az : the icehouse
04 . albequerque, nm : amped performance theatre
05 . oklahoma, ok : Soundpony
06 . austin, tx : skinny’s ballroom
07 . baton rouge, la : Perkins Parlor with THOU
08 . new orleans, la : Nowe Miasto with THOU
09 . birmingham, al : spring street fire house
10 . tampa, fl : The Orpheum
11 . Day Off!
12 . gainesville, fl : the atlantic
13 . athens, ga : tba
14 . columbia, sc : conundrum music hall
15 . norfolk, va : NEED HELP
16 . richmond, va : gallery 5 (pre-best friends day show)
22 . brooklyn, ny : piano’s
August 19th>>> PG. 99 plays a reunion show for best friends day 10th year anniversary. >>> yupp; it’s a crazy summer. man i haven’t done a summer tour like this since classical music was the future.
this is our first blog to pull ourselves outta our rooms again. we hope to start keeping things popping up here, like all the terrible tippers in williamsburg and all the newest of brilliant wall defacements and river sittings, sun-settings, moon-risings and mind bulbings and whatever else our worlds throw us to. but then again, we’ll see. at very least we hope to see you on this trip. that is all for now. oh, and that picture is our new album cover….////
We are travelling across the country counter-clockwise with hard copies of our new full-length recording,
M O O N D R I F T S, in tow... a handsome DOUBLE GATEFOLD VINYL edition... However, the cds & tapes won't be released yet. We have made some lil handmade cd's of MOONDRIFTS & a special lil cd tour release of our first live show as a 3-piece from our ZEBULON performance in Brooklyn on Sept. 13th 2010.
So far the tour looks like this:
| 9/27 8pm | Death By Audio | Brooklyn, NY |
| 9/28 9pm | Richie & Jonathan's Parent's House! | Arlington, VA |
| 9/29 7:30P | Kopec's | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 9/30 7:00P | Hybrid Moments | Ferndale, MI |
| 10/1 8:00P | trumbullplex | Detroit, MI |
| 10/2 7pm | Treasure Town | Chicago, IL |
| 10/4 9pm | White Lightning Basement | Iowa City, IA |
| 10/5 7pm | Toothblacks Feral House | Lincoln, NE |
| 10/7 7pm | 3 Kings Tavern | Denver, CO |
| 10/9 7pm | Visual Arts Collective | Garden City, ID |
| 10/12 8pm | The Jewelbox Theater (inside the Rendezvous) | Seattle, WA |
| 10/13 7pm | Garfield House | Portland, OR |
| 10/15 7pm | Arlene Francis Theater | Santa Rosa, CA |
| 10/16 8pm | Texas Toast House | San Jose, CA |
| 10/17 5pm | Gilman Street Project | Berkeley, CA |
| 10/18 7pm | DIY SLO | San Luis Obispo, CA |
| 10/19 7pm | ECHO CURIO | Los Angeles, CA |
| 10/20 7pm | 3 CLUBS | HOLLYWOOD, CA |
| 10/22 7pm | America West Arena/Sound Kontrol | Phoenix, AZ |
| 10/24 8pm | Soundpony | Tulsa, OK |
| 10/25 8pm | Mohawk | Austin, TX |
| 10/26 9pm | SPANISH MOON | Baton Rouge, LA |
| 10/27 8pm | The Big Top | New Orleans, LA |
| 10/28 8pm | Crowbar | YBOR CITY -Tampa, FL |
| 10/29 8pm | WILL'S PUB | Orlando, FL |
| 10/31 12:30pm | The Atlantic | Gainesville, FL |
| 11/2 7:30pm | Nightlight Club | Chapel Hill, NC |
| 11/3 8pm | 37th and Zen | Norfolk, VA |
| 11/4 7pm | Gallery 5 | Richmond, VA |
Today is the 140th day of the year, peeps... We're workin' hard and plannin' lots of stuff here. A Summer mini-tour is in the works, going to hook up with our Detroit friends The Summer Pledge for a week-long hike up tha' East Coast startin' in Richmond VA -- the motherland -- an' makin' our way up to Brooklyn ghastly style, a show-per-night''' and it don't stop'''
We're trying to get the looose ends tied, finishing artwork for our compact disc release, and planning the big United States (counter-clockwise) Go-Around in the Fall.... in between here and there is a lot of blood sweat n' music...stay tuned...
hey all you beautiful peeps'''