TOUR BLOG WEEK SEVEN: Homeward Bound (The Incredible Journey)

Here is is, friends. The tour has finally hit it's last crazy week. I'm definitely going to miss living in a horrendous smelling van with 4 boys and eating chip sandwiches.

After we left New Hampshire, we went straight to Pawtucket, Rhode Island. This show was really interesting because we were playing with the band Scarce. They were getting pretty big in the 90's, when their singer/guitarist had a brain hemorrhage and went into a coma. They broke up, and then re-formed about 3 years ago. Very nice people. Pawtucket was cold, and I didn't see any beer referencing Family Guy. Lame.

The next show we played was at Broadway in Amityville, NY. Pimps and Ho's party. I was seriously dreading this show, because Zeke and I had no idea what to expect. Are we going to have to play funk covers for 3 hours, while frat boys walk around with fake canes and fuzzy purple hats, hoping to hit on whatever whorish college girls drank too much that evening? It was the exact opposite, and one of my favorite shows of the entire tour. We showed up, and the first thing we hear is Bayside on their stereo. Followed by a playlist that is strikingly similar to what we have been rocking out to in the van for the past 7 weeks.

It turns out that Broadway is owned by Victory Records band The Sleeping, and is totally awesome. The party was a bunch of New York punks who just really liked having themed costume nights at this bar. Everyone there was rad, and it was a welcome change to not have Nirvana or Drowning Pool playing as we load in our gear. They even bought us a genuine NY pizza. Soooo delicious. We got really drunk, and Matt had a dance off on the dance floor. Zeke was the DJ. He put on "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. I think there's video footage of it somewhere.

Earlier in the day, we drove by the infamous "Amityville Horror" house on Ocean Avenue. I got out to take a picture of the house, and 4 kids rode up on bikes, yelling "that's not the right house!". When I asked where the correct house was, they all pointed in different directions. Then they yelled that it's illegal to take pictures of it. I took pictures of them and they rode off screaming "stranger danger!!". Apparently that's what kids yell when they're about to get kidnapped? Or kids in Amityville watch too much Simpsons? I dunno. I got my pics and we drove off.

The drive over the next 2 days was pretty brutal. We had to get from Amityville, NY to Chicago, Il. It was a little over 800 miles, but we're totally used to that now. No biggie. We got to Quencher's in Chicago, and were told that we couldn't play that night due to Matt not having a valid ID (since his wallet was stolen in the first week of tour). We were all pretty bummed, but they gave us free food, $10 in drinks each, and Zeke did a solo set. He played with a band called Plastic Head Trip. I'd highly suggest looking up their videos on YouTube. Seriously, go do it now. I'll wait.

Finished? Okay good. From Chicago we drove to St. Louis, MO. The weather was really bad, so we showed up right before load in time at Cicero's. The sound guy was not a happy person, but the bartender Patrick was awesome. He gave us a really good pizza and some beer. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: on the road, free food is the best thing ever. I found a knife in the parking lot that looked like a murder weapon. I kept it until I looked closer and realized that the red stuff on it wasnt rust. I left it in a McDonald's parking lot.

No time to enjoy St. Louis, we have to be in Salt Lake City in a day and a half! considering it's a 22 hour drive in a normal car, this would prove to be one of the hardest drives of the whole tour. I was driving most of the trip, but this one I couldn't do alone. Zeke and Shawn drove through the first night, and by morning I was ready to drive. Once we got into nebraska, an amazing thing happened: the ground started turning white. We were in snow, in the same van that one month prior was too hot to sleep in with the doors closed. We stopped at a gas station, and were told that the roads were closed. So naturally, we hung out and sold copies of Devour. It was funny until they started playing our CD in the gas station.

The roads cleared up, and we were on our way. It was great driving through it, until about 8pm, when the "freeway closed" signs popped up. we were forced to exit into Kimball, NE. When I pulled up to a police officer to ask what was going on, he replied, "Freeway is closed because of the snow. Been closed since tuesday. Don't know when it's opening.". We were stuck in Kimball, in 11 degree weather, and we had to be in SLC the next evening. Great.

Being snowed in isn't nearly as fun as movies make it sound. Shawn and I still tried to make the most of the situation, by having snowball fights and using guitar cases as sleds. Btw, that actually doesn't work. It just makes your case really wet. The next morning we parked by the freeway and patiently awaited it's grand re-opening. we were the third car on the road.

We showed up at Salt Lake City JUST in time to go onstage. However, the drive completely wore us out. I should mention that this was Halloween, so the place was full of hardcore kids dressed up. Turns out, the whole show was a hardcore show. We didn't know that, and played anyway. The crowd hated us, but the promoter "Rick Shoes" was great. If you're gonna book a show in SLC, look him up. Halloween was a bust.

On to Portland! We were playing at the Hawthorne Theater, which is actually an awesome venue. Their walls were covered in show posters of some great bands. If I lived in Portland, that's the place I'd be going. Unfortunately for us, the show was a locals night pay-to-play gig… with 7 BANDS on the bill. When we explained that we didn't have money for them since our booking agents set the show up, they put us dead last. 11:25pm.

I was wondering around the venue, when I stopped in my tracks after noticing someone in the crowd. Our good friend Rachel Clare flew out from CA to see our show!! I was so surprised by it. She recorded some video footage of the set too. It's on YouTube (and below). Rachel and I wandered around Portland, only to discover that everything in that town closes at 9pm.

After the show, we drove to Seattle and got to stay with one of Matt's friends in the city. She was great to us and made us lots of food. That night we played at the Comet Tavern and had a lot of fun. There was a good crowd there and we killed it. Seattle is a really cool city, and I hope to spend more time there in the future.

Back to Portland! At this point, we're all exhausted and just counting down the days until we get to sleep in beds again. This Portland show was an in-store appearance at Music Millennium. They have our record for sale. Go buy it. We played in their upstairs balcony area while people browsed albums. After our set, Zeke did a solo set of some of the material he's been working on since we hit the road. They also gave us free t-shirts.

After we left the store, I drove straight to San Francisco. We were staying with Matt Martin (Missing Words Records), so we immediately ransacked his kitchen while he was at work. I ate 2 TV dinners and a bunch of his soups. Don't tell him. That night was the last night of the tour. After 44 shows in 7 weeks, we were stoked to be doing the final gig. It was at a great venue, The Rockit Room. We played our set, and got pretty into it. I threw my guitar after the last song...and smashed the headstock right off. I'm still pretty upset over this. This was my favorite guitar, and the one I used at every big show ET has ever played. It's also the only guitar you hear on Head Over Heels. RIP Samick.

All in all, this tour was a crazy, ridiculously hard, ridiculously fun trip. We learned a lot and maybe even grew up a bit. We are all adjusting to sleeping in beds and showering when we want to. I wouldn't trade this trip for anything.

• TOTAL MILEAGE DRIVEN: 14,895
  
• TOTAL DOLLARS SPENT ON GAS: too much
  
• GUITARS COMPLETELY DESTROYED: 2
  
• OIL CHANGES: 2
  
• CHEESEBURGERS EATEN BY MATT: 200 (seriously.)
  
• HOTEL ROOMS: 3
  
• LONGEST DRIVE: 22 hours
  
• HOURS SPENT CLEANING THE VAN AFTER RETURNING HOME: 4, and I haven't even touched the fridge yet.
  
• PARKING/TOLL TICKETS: 6, in different states. I really need to pay those.
  
• SYLVESTER STALLONE MOVIES PURCHASED: 7
  
• TIMES WE QUESTIONED WHY WE WERE DOING IT: several.
  
• TOTAL STATES TRAVELED THROUGH: 38
  
• TOTAL SHOWS: 44
  

Thanks to everyone for all their help in making this tour a success. Wether we slept on your floor, or you bought us a drink, or you put together a show: we owe you. See you next year.

-Jordan

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TOUR BLOG WEEK SIX: So long East Coast

...we didn't make it to the show.

I know, I know. That's really lame. But by the time we got to Cleveland, it was about 7 pm. There was no way we'd get to Detroit in time for the show. Deciding to not waste any more time (or gas), we drove back to New York and camped out in Buffalo. The next day, we went to Albany, where Zeke had friends. They fed us, let us shower, and we even got to sleep next to a fireplace. The weather outside was 35 degrees, so it was definitely appreciated.

The next day we drove up to Potsdam, where we played La Casbah, the most happening middle eastern restaurant in upstate New York. Too bad it was a Tuesday and nobody was there. Even the bartender didn't bother hanging out. So we used it as a practice.

We had to be in Manhattan the next morning, so we packed our shit and drove through the night. CMJ was the show we've been waiting for this entire tour. We got to Fontana's, and after spending 2 hours finding a parking spot, we were ready. Our spot was at 3 in the afternoon. The show was sponsored by Organic Entertainment and Tsurumi Records. Jeff from Tsurumi was a really nice guy. Look up his releases.

There wasn't much of a crowd at Fontana's, but we got some free organic ale. So it balanced out. After eating dumplings with Dave and Margo from Organic, we drove to Bethpage, which is basically Long Island.

The next day was Mr. Beery's. The place is the size of my bedroom, and turned out to be awesome. We did our thing, then hung out with the manager and talked beer. I tried a creme brûlée beer, which was the most delicious dessert beer in the world. And yes...there really is a Mr. Beery, and he's rad. We met him.

That day, my mom called and gave us amazing news. She was getting us a hotel room in Boston! We were stoked. After Bethpage, we drove to Massachusetts. That morning at about 9 am, Zeke wakes up. "Dude, where is Matt?!" I turn around and look at his sleeping bag in the chair. "He's right there, he's sleeping". Zeke goes "no dude, he's not here!!". Matt was missing.

Turns out, I stopped at a gas station about an hour prior. Matt got out without announcing it to use the restroom while I was pumping the gas. I saw his sleeping bag on the chair and thought he was asleep with everyone else. He had no phone and no money, and i wasn't even sure where we were when we stopped.

We had to be at the hotel by 10 am because my mom said someone she used to work with manages the place and was hooking it up. In reality, my whole fucking family flew out from california to visit us. When I walk into the hotel lobby, they all pop up from behind a table and scream "Suprise!!!........what's wrong, aren't you happy to see us??"

"...I left my drummer at a gas station."

My mom rented a car, and we drove to get Matt. He was only there for about 4 hours. Whatever. Don't sneak out of the van, asshole.

After that, all the guys went swimming at the hotel and relaxed in beds. I, however, went to Salem with my awesome family who loves me very much. Salem is the town where all the witch trials were held, and it was really fucking cool getting to see how everything went down. The cemetery there had graves from the 1600's. There's a ton of rad history.

That night we played at All Asia in Boston and it sucked. I mean it has a cool atmosphere, but they wouldn't even give us a glass of water and my family had to play full price to get in. Even in a crowded room we couldn't get a guest list.

The next morning we all woke us super early, and my mom took us to the Sam Adams brewery. Yeah, I know. We really like beer. The tour actually wasn't as good as the Miller tour, but the tasting portion was a thousand times better. Octoberfest > High Life.

That night we played at Ground Zero in Allenstown, New Hampshire. My family went to this show too. The venue was a very right wing Christian place. "virginity rocks!" shirts and Tooth & Nail recordings abound. The guy running it looked just like Jesus. And his name was Christian. I can't even make that kind if thing up.

After playing to the 2 other bands, my mom took us all to Applebees and bought us the biggest meal ever. I'm getting mad just writing this and thinking about how good it was. They left the next morning, and we slept in the rain.

All in all, it was fantastic seeing my family and doing all that fun stuff. Plus, Massachusetts rules. It's beautiful there.

See you guys in a week! <3

-Jordan

TOUR BLOG WEEK FIVE: West Virgina loves us... Cincinnati not so much

Wow, time sure does fly when you're on the road! (that's my weak excuse for not writing this blog sooner. Just go with it.)

I believe you avid readers were left wondering what happened to us in Pittsburgh, PA. We showed up to the club, only to find out that we were booked on Open Mic Night. Sweet. So we did our thing, and watched some people do Pink Floyd and Dave Matthews covers. Afterwards, a guy liked us so much that he opened his home to us and bought us snacks. Also, he proposed to his girlfriend right in front of us. Seriously. We left that house with a bunch of Pittsburgh gear.

The next day we drove allllll the way across Pennsylvania to get to Philadelphia. I was excited about this one. Our friends Bearings are from Philly and were gonna play the show. Awesome. Even cooler, Hunter's dad Jess happened to be in the area, and he came and bought us dinner before the show. Things were looking up. 10 pm rolls around at Fergies. We are supposed to start the show, but Bearings has yet to show up. We eventually play to an upstairs bar with one guy in it. Bearings never showed up. I later was told it was a miscommunication with the booking. Ohwellz.

Since Philly was oh-so-cold, we did one of our patented overnight drives to Louisville, KY. The first thing we did when we got there was eat at KFC. Honestly, it wasn't any better than California's fast food chicken chains.

Now, this venue takes the lead as my favorite venue of the tour. The Phoenix Hill Tavern is this giant mansion of a venue, with 2 stories, like 5 different themed bars, and a few really nice stages. We got a tour of the place before we played. They told us it was haunted, but I didn't really get that feeling. The building itself is really old though, and i wish I had more time to wander in it. The southern graveyard located 10 feet away from the venue was a nice touch.

We've been rocking pretty hard lately, and this night was no exception. We got so into it that on our closing song (Better), Zeke threw down his Gibson SG...and snapped the neck. I believe there is also a cable Jack going through the back of the guitar. Oops. It looked really badass though.

That night, a girl named Kristin let us stay on her couch. She was super cool to us and the next day we watched a series of Christmas movies and ate a ton of pizza. You could tell we were back in the south because of that classic hospitality.

From there we drove to Cincinnati Ohio, to play at the Blue Rock Tavern. Nobody really showed up except some super drunk dude. He had a Misfits back patch on his jacket, so Zeke decided to play "skulls" for him. Well, the drunk dude wanted to sing it, and it turned into some weird karaoke thing. Afterward, he grabbed Zeke's guitar and played "cemetary gates" by Pantera. In it's entirety. On a clean telecaster. By himself. Drunk.

West Virginia was sort of a weird day for us. Our friend Brian Lutz came to the show from North Carolina, and his mom got us a motel room! The first one on the tour. When we called the Rock It Club that night to get some directions, I got a womans cell phone (we later found out that "it was either have bands or have a phone at this bar"… she chose the bands) the directions to get to the club were, "okay you're gunna drive down this here road, an it's gonna git REAL dark fir a while, then you'll probably see a big ol' white light, an it's gunna be flashing, that's the club."

We show up. It's a shack in the rural woods of WV. We are the only band that isn't metal. We are the only band without face paint on. We are the only band not missing our front teeth (not an exaggeration). The immediate decision is that we need to rock super hard. So we do that. Those people in that little bar had never even heard music like this before, so they were in total shock to see some California band rocking that hard to music without double bass drums and sweep arpeggios. And they loved it. The crowd was sooo into it. I think this show was the bands overall "WTF I didn't expect that night to be so good" show.

Since we had a huuuge drive ahead of us, we got up super early ( I didn't get to shower and was pretty upset about it). The drive to Michigan was a long one, but we had all day. Well, we thought we did. Until we realized that the main road that goes that way was down to one lane. Everyone in that lane was going 25mph due to ice on the road. We had load in at 8 that night.

Did we make it to the show?? What happened? Read the next blog I write to find out. That's right, I'm leaving this at a cliffhanger of sorts. Hope all is well with you loyal readers. We still love all of you. <3

-Jordan

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TOUR BLOG WEEK FOUR: Beer Tours and Broken Vans

Oh hey! Didn't see you there. Come in, I'll tell you about week four of the End Transmission tour.

I believe I left off in Brooklyn. Well, Goodbye Blue Monday was a really interesting club. We played an outdoor stage that kinda resembled a tent in a junkyard. It was cool. Dave and Margo, the people who actually booked this entire tour, came out to see us. It was awesome finally getting to meet them.

The next day was Manhattan! We were all really excited for this one. Arlene's Grocery on a Saturday night. I will say though, driving through Manhattan on a Saturday, in the rain, pulling a trailer, with no horn is a pretty intense experience. It had to take at least a year off my life. We got to the venue and made friends with a band called Dandelion Snow. We were talking to them for a while when they told us that they were actually former members of the punk band The Code, who were a pretty big deal. The show itself: well, we blew it. Straight up. It was one of the worst shows we've ever played. Broken tuners, slowing tempos, and starting songs in the wrong key is NOT the way to impress manhattan.

So we drove to Cleveland that night. Now, this was one of the more interesting shows on this tour. The Hi-Fi double booked their night with a comedy troupe. Instead of sending people home, we all shared the night and had 5 comedians open up for us. We played after 2 other bands. The only people who stuck around that late were the head comedian and one of his friends. We gave that show our all, and played the fuck out of that club. We even did an Encore. We threw guitars. It was gnarly.

After that we drove to Wisconsin and really, really, really needed a shower. I was turned down by every rec center and YMCA in Madison. So we went to a gym and faked taking an hour long yoga class, in order to use their locker rooms. Showers are amazing. Don't take them for granted. Mr. Roberts was cool. We had fun playing pool.

The next day we went to the Mall of America. That place rules. I've never seen a mall with a theme park in it. Most everything else in the Midwest was a bit boring. Lots of driving.

Oh! We went back to Milwaukee and took a 10:30 am tour of the Miller Brewery. Free beer before noon is pretty rad. It was very informative and I highly recommend it. That night we played Club Garabaldi. The show went well, and our friends Veritas were in town. We played a show with them back in Ventura, so we hung out and had fun.

Now, after this is when it all went wrong. Our loving van, The Ultimate Warrior, started getting warm. Very warm. At night. We pulled over and slept. When we woke up, we had a lot of fun watching it smoke through the hood. After finding a repair shop on Sunday (an impressive feat in itself), we had our heater hose replaced. And we were back on our way.

Today is Pittsburgh, and I'm in a McDonalds drinking coffee. Next week I'm sure we will have some fun stories for you. For now, I'm gonna stop typing. My thumbs hurt. Love you guys, for realz.

-Jordan

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TOUR BLOG WEEK THREE: We Actually Miss the South

Okay, onto week 3! We headed out of the south, which was the biggest mistake of the tour. I'm just gonna say it; the south was great to us and I miss it.

Driving out of North Carolina, we went to Richmond, Virginia. Fuck Virginia. That's all they even get written about them.

From there, we spent 2 days in Washington DC. It wouldve been awesome if we didn't only have 2 hours to see all the sites. Parking a van with a trailer there is literally impossible.

If the cold weather wasn't enough, the worst part of the area was lack of 24 hour Wal Marts. I seriously miss them. The wal marts in the North are super shitty and can't hold a candle to the gloriousness that is a southern WM. By the way, peopleofWalMart.com brings back wonderful memories.

From Washington, we drove up to New York. Jersey is scummy and I cannot believe how much toll roads cost for vans with a trailer.

New York has been...interesting. We did Lindenhurst last night, and Brooklyn today. Brooklyn is pretty much exactly how Grand Theft Auto portrays it, except I haven't seen any rocket launchers or turf wars...yet. I'm patienty awaiting it.


As we drove into NY, we saw a sign for Montauk and had to blast Bayside really loud.

I think tomorrow is NYC. Hope this wasn't too boring. I'm sure week 4 will have lots of fun shit happening. Love you!

-Jordan
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TOUR BLOG WEEK TWO: Floods and Friends

Hey everyone! Since we've been having so much fun on the road, I've been neglecting the tour blog. My apologies to the 4 people reading it.

Let's see, where to pick up? Ah yes. Alabama. I'm gonna be honest, I was scared when we pulled up for our 2 night stay. But the people inside were pretty rad. We met a guy named "Big Dave" who wanted us to stay at his mansion, complete with golf driving range, and rooms for everyone. Oh, he used to go on the road with Metallica. And play pro football. And his wife is a eurosurgeon.
Yeah.....we stayed with the sound guy instead. (thanks, victor!)

We hit Atlanta next, which hit us right back with the worst storm they've had in 100 YEARS. Floods everywhere. 4 people dead. Let's just say that show wasn't sold out.

My favorite part of the tour came next, when we went to Tennessee. We spent time with our good buddies and labelmates Josh and Brandon Manis of the band Gamenight. They fucking rule and their mom makes great spaghetti. We played at Patrick Sullivans in Knoxville. Steve (The Shape/Mouth Movements) showed up and bought many drinks for us. Then he climbed into our van and broke some stuff. Don't tell him that though. It was funny.

Next we headed into North Carolina, where Zeke had lived for a few years. He saw lots of old friends and we played 3 shows. Luckily, superfan Brian Lutz opened his home to us, and we crashed on his floor. NC was awesome. I miss it already.

That's about it for week 2! Week 3 is (obviously) next. Miss you guys!

-Jordan
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TOUR BLOG WEEK ONE: Flat Tires and Stolen Wallets

Okay, Jordan here. So we're one week into our tour, and it's been pretty intense so far. I'm gonna try and accurately explain what's gone on in our travels thus far.

Day one was Las Vegas. We played at a punk club called the Double Down Saloon. Everyone hated us, except for one super drunk guy who said "I've been coming here every weekend for the past 12 years and you guys are the best band I've ever seen here." …that should give you an idea of the type of place it is.

The next day we were driving to Arizona on route to Texas and our GPS told us to take a gravel road. We stupidly did it. The gravel turned to rocks, big sharp ones. Our tire blew out while we were stuck on a hill, miles from anyone. I'm pretty sure it was the exact mountain where The Hills Have Eyes was shot. We eventually got a hold of some helpful (and not murderous) locals, and we were on our way.



We still had about 1100 miles to go on our way to Texas but after lots of driving, we arrived at Headhunters in Austin. The bad news is that our touring drummer, Matt, got his wallet stolen. The good news is that we all discovered Lone Star Beer.

After that show we played the Lakewood Bar in Dallas. They gave us lots of nachos. The elderly chef, when told he only gave us 2 plates, responded, "that's what I get for being drunk at work". This soon becomes a recurring theme in the South.

Our Houston show was pretty crazy. Don't let the venue name fool you, "Super Happy Fun Land" is just the opposite. That place should be called Super Scary Haunted Land. Normally we have been sleeping in Wal-Mart parking lots, but we decided to get as far away from that place as possible so we drove all night to Louisiana.

The Luna Bar and Grill was awesome. They really know how to take care of touring bands. Too bad nobody in Lake Charles wanted to watch us. Oh well. The other band on the show, Daylight Broadcast, were cool.

We had another 9 hour drive ahead of us, to Huntsville, AL. We played at the Flying Monkey arts center, which was a really cool old warehouse thing with lots of little stores in it. Very hard to describe, and it's in the projects, but the place is rad and you should look it up. Met some cool kids there too.

On the way to Birmingham for our next show it started raining harder than I've ever seen in CA, for sure. Oh yeah, and we discovered the van had a leak! Fun. We attempt to fix it at a closed gas station to no avail. At 6am after we’d been sleeping in a parking lot for a few hours I was awakened by a Jamaican man telling us to move our van.

And that leads us up to right now. I'm sitting in the van, typing this on my phone, while everyone is wandering around the shopping center. It's still rainy. The van smells horrible and we really miss you all. Hope to hear from everyone soon, and I'm sure we'll have more fun stories next week!

Oh, and bug bites suck and we’ve got lots of them.

-Jordan
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P.S. Come check us out this week if you live anywhere near Birmingham, AL, Atlanta, GA, Memphis, TN, Knoxville, TN (with out friends You Just Don’t!), High Point, NC, Chapel Hill, NC or Wilmington, NC! See our MySpace page for specifics.

Studio Magic Turned Tragic.

hey friends! so here we are. Loveless Motel Studios in beautiful Pasadena, CA. Today is day 5 of tracking for our new full-length, Devour. We've finished drums and bass, and today is guitars.

You may be wondering how things are going. To answer that in a word, horribly. Zeke managed to break one of the studio's guitars. He was trying to swing the guitar around his neck, and ended up hitting it on the wall, shattering the neck.

Jordan never even showed up.

Hunter was fired shortly after finishing his takes.

Shawn got a virus into the recording hard drives, erasing all of the takes. 

We were so close to giving up. so, so close. Until we heard a voice in our collective heads, telling us to just keep on keepin' on. I'm pretty sure it was just some hobo who wandered into the studio, looking for food. But at the time, it felt right. So here we are. doing what we do best.

Oh yeah, and everything is actually going great. This record is going to sound super duper gnarly. We'll keep you guys posted with pictures and lots of other fun stuff. Get stoked people.

ALBUM UPDATE AND MORE!

ey everyone! here we are again with news you have literally been dying to know about us...right? Right!

Well as most of you know, we are working on our first full length album in Pasadena, CA with Billy Burke and Jose Galvez (Ozma, Yes Dear) religiously. We want it to be an epic experience of progressive power pop for all of you. We are happy to announce that the album will be aptly titled, Devour.

The word Devour means a lot to us. Despite the connotation its often associated with (eating, food, etc.) we have chosen it because it best describes our progression musically and as people. Plus, it's an awesome word anyway. So shut up. Get stoked for it and check back often for updates regarding the album such as track listings, demos, etc.

In other news, we have new pictures up! Thats right! Finally! Last Saturday we opened for Cute is What We Aim For and a million people took pics and gave them to us. Thanks guys and girls! Special thanks to Amanda!

Well guys, its Friday. You all know what you 21+ crowd will be up to tonight. Drinkin'. Why not come do it with us tonight at Bombay in Ventura. We are playing with Army of Freshmen and its gonna be awesome. Its Kai's birthday so give him a gift or else.

Thanks again guys for reading another long update and get ready Devour. For serious though.

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BRAND NEW NEWS!

Hey again everyone! I know its been a while (not like the Staind song) but we are back with a fun filled blog just for you!

We have an awesome show coming up on April 18th at CSUCI in Camarrillo that is all ages! That's right, ALL AGES! I know we dont play enough of em so everyone nagging us to play one can finally shut up and go. Plus, we are playing with Cute is What We Aim For! So if you are a fan of pop music, you better be there.

We are also playing with our great friends Army of Freshmen on April 24th at Bombay in Ventura! This is their last show in the states for a while, as they are heading off to China! Please come out and enjoy a high energy show from both of us. If you dont, we will delete you from Myspace and tell all your friends you are gay. Not that that is bad. But we will. Dont fuck with us.

We are also getting ready to record our new album!  Demoing starts this Sunday in Pasadena. Jose Galvez from Ozma will be producing it! We are enormous fans of Ozma and have been for as long as we can remember and we are positive he is gonna make our masterpiece shine! Expect several video updates from the studio and get ready for a million new ET songs to become lodged in your brainal cavity.

Please feel free to follow our blog as well as our twitter. Thanks guys!

Hey everyone! It's us, End Transmission; your favorite power pop band ever. It took us a while, but we are finally up and blogging. What does this mean? Well, only that now you can keep up with us and what is new and happening in our lives! Doesn't that sound amazing? Shut up! It does too!

Anyway, we've had a whole lot going on lately! Our last EP "Head Over Heels" has been out for a while and we feel like its time we record all of our new songs you guys have been hearing at the shows (you better have been coming to our shows, Zeke has brass knuckles!) and loving. We recently recorded a few new demos of songs that will go on the next full length and are working on making them sound super amazing for you. One of them you can hear now on our myspace. It's called "Right Side of the Bed" and although the recording you will hear is acoustic, the song will most certainly be as rocking as ever on the album and at our live shows.

We currently are doing the Monday residency at Billy O's in downtown Ventura this month. Whether you love Mondays (freak!) or hate them (Boomtown Rat!) come out and see us rock an empty run down bar. You wont be dissapointed, unless you are coming for the atmosphere.

 In other news: San Francisco here we come! But we arent mining gold, even though that'd be rad and probably more fun than driving 6 hours in a cramped van. We are playing a small acoustic mini tour for all you Nor Cal fans! If you live up North and wanna see End Transmission unplugged, please come  hang out with us in a strange cold city weve never navigated alone before...please dont pick pocket us either. Check our myspace for exact dates and locations.

We are playing an enormous show with our great friends Army of Freshmen and Le Meu Le Purr on February 28th at Rock City Studios in Camarillo. It's the AOF CD Release Party for their latest album "Above the Atmosphere," so come buy a copy or we will beat you up in the parking lot (again, brass knuckles...) and steal your money.  Everyone needs to come out to this one, and getting there early is a must, this show WILL sell out.

BTW add us on myspace ( www.myspace.com/endtransmissionrock ) follow us on twitter ( twitter.com/endtransmission ) and read this blog every fucking day or we are gonna be SO mad at you.

Well, we definitely just blogged all over you, and we are pretty sure you loved it. Thanks again and please check this blog often for updates regarding what toothpastes are most delicious, what albums you need to buy, why Buffy the Vampire Slayer was the greatest show in the history of television, and other fun stuff! Yep.

-ET