Our very own Patty Blanchard came up with the idea for this benefit, to help her meet her fundraising goal of $3,000. She has been training hard for marathons and other endurance events that help raise money for the Society, and she is hoping this show will make a huge dent.

To help promote the event (as well as the label), our local public radio station WYPR, invited label founder Mike Nestor, Dave Manchester from Kadman and myself to talk about the collective, the benefit and about what our own bands have been working on. Besides kind of making an ass out of myself (sarcasm over the air, doesn’t translate as well as in person!), Mike, Dave and I were asked to perform acoustic versions of our songs. I wasn’t in town to tune into the segment, luckily you can stream it in its entirety online. I was surprised and pleased to find they aired the song I recorded at the end of the segment.
Give a listen!

Also, make sure to check out the songs Mike and Dave recorded at WYPR:
WYPR ~ Maryland Morning Interview

All proceeds go towards the Leukemia & Lymphoma society, so please come out, and help support a great cause. Doors are at 7:30pm, admission is $7 and the lineup includes Kadman, The Seldon Plan, Infinite Honey, E. Joseph and the Phantom Hearts and yours truly! The night will also feature medical artwork by Frank Corl, who has drummed for many of the artists on the Beechfields’ roster.

If you can make it out Saturday night…awesome! If not, you can still help out by making a donation and help Patty’s Goal!

So we are busting our asses as summer approaches. We are finishing up mixing our EP, and things are really coming together. We are also planning on how we want to package and release these songs for you guys. On top of all that, we have been planning a 4-day tour through the great state of Pennsylvania; visiting old friends, making new ones and just hoping to have a good time. So far here’s what were looking at as far as an itinerary:

Friday June 25th – Lancaster/Reading
Saturday June 26th – Pittsburgh
Sunday June 27th – Johnstown
Monday June 28th – Philadelphia

So we want to have these songs ready for the road, maybe a limited hand-made run of CD-R’s for tour, and then some serious silk screened records when we get back and do a release party for you all! So yeah, we’re busy!

Also, we’ve got a lot of shows already lined up for the summer, 2 this month, a Benefit with a bunch of Beechfields bands on June 5th, that Patty actually put together to help her raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

We’ve also been writing! New, fun, awesome songs! We’re having a lot of fun working on these songs and can’t wait to get a couple together to start working on another full length!

So come hang out with us this summer, if we’re coming to your town come have fun some fun with us and make it a memorable trip!

Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
- Plato

We are getting there people. We wrapped up the last bit of recording for our EP a few weeks ago, and are heading back into Mobtown Studios to finish mixing. This has been a fun experience, and we’ve really had fun experimenting with arrangements and how we can stretch our sound. We are all looking forward to sharing our hard work with you as soon as we can.

Our plan for release is to do vinyl and a digital download, everyone knows CDs aren’t cool anymore. I think our songs might be a little too long for a 7 inch, and 10 inches aren’t as cost effective as a 12 inches. So we’d like to find some friends to split a 12 inch with us. So if you or anyone you know has a couple of songs they’re wrapping up, and would like to put out some vinyl with us, hit us up!

Hoping to have this out around May or June, stay posted.

We’ve been working on some new recordings, new songs, new arrangements and we’ve had a new lineup for a while. Just seemed like the right time for a new family portrait. Check everything out on our Photos page, and if you’d like some hi-res versions, they are up on our Press page.

We’re also working on a super secret holiday surprise for all of you! So stay posted, stay warm and everybody have a safe and happy holiday!

We started recording back in the spring at Mobtown Studios in Baltimore. We had to take a break to get the funds together to finish paying for the sessions, but we were back to work last night laying down some guitar tracks! We’re working on 2…maybe 3 songs, and their really coming together, which is why it was kind of bummer to take such a long break.

But it was good to be back. A few more sessions, then some mixing & mastering and we should have a little EP, maybe a split if any friends are interested in working with us (wink, wink).

In the meantime, here are some photos from the sessions we’ve had so far. I might even try to take some video during our next session. So stay tuned!

Silver Fox...watch over me!

Literally…check us out, at the Library!!! I’m not sure who, but someone’s snuck in our CD into the Enoch Pratt Free Library. I can’t tell you if it’s in all of the Enoch Pratt Branches, or just the main one on Cathedral Street?

I can tell you that we’re not the only ones, we have plenty of other great local bands keeping us company; Wye Oak, Ponytail, The Seldon Plan, Among Wolves, Private Eleanor and many of our other Beechfields Brethren.

But check out the little page they’ve created on their website to promote having all this great local music.

Who knows, maybe we’ll take over the Library of Congress next!?!

Not all of us could make the photo shoot yesterday. But that didn’t stop us from going out, exploring the woods and testing out some photo ideas. We had a good time wandering the woods, running through fields and just being outside in such beautiful place.

It’s been a long time since we’ve have “press shots”, and the first time we’ve had them done professionally. I’m looking forward to what i know will be a lot of fun, and some quality photos for you guys.

So, until we have them done, please check out Dani’s art. She has been a great friend for many years, and i’ve always admired her work.

Dani’s Website

Dani’s Flickr

She’s done a lot more work then what she has online. Please bug her to put it up!!!

Also, would anyone be interested in writing up a little press sheet for us. We’ve got some new songs you check out before we release them to the public. Technically they’re nowhere near finished, but still sound pretty cool.

Let me know if you feel like getting your creative writing juices flowing.

We are happy to welcome our friends Amy Reid & Austin Stahl, both talented artists living in Baltimore. Amy also plays with the band InEveryRoom, and Austin has played with Private Eleanor and Small Sur, and has had a few solo releases. Check out Austin’s Stuff!

We’re working on finishing up a 2-3 song EP, which we’re not sure how we want to release (we’d like to do a 7inch or some kind of vinyl?). Also, we are writing a lot of new material for a new full length.

Hopefully as fall quickly approaches, so will our inspiration with the love for the changing seasons!