ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH, OLD FRIENDS! The Presence Of The Past Tour continues next week! Starting with Philadelphia on Friday, September 11th, and on until December 5, where we close out the year once again at our beloved hometown venue, the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville NJ! WE GO! WE DO THIS! TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR ALL VENUES!
The new album isn’t done, but half of it is finished (5 songs) and is out now on streaming platforms. This includes the three songs we put on YouTube last year and it clocks in at roughly 35 minutes of music. The remainder of the album, the full/whole album will be properly released in the first half of September. Many of you are probably wondering why the release of this album keeps getting delayed, why it seems impossible for me to finish (and I do take ALL responsibility for it still not being done, as the rest of the boys’ parts have been recorded for quite some time now). The truth is, it’s a complicated stew of personal and private circumstances, precisely the things I’ve never felt comfortable discussing in a public forum, much less on the internet. There have been events in my life that have prevented me from writing pages and pages of lyrics that are honest and songs that I would feel comfortable performing for years, long after the issues that have complicated and made my life difficult have passed. I know it’s not a very satisfying answer, I know it’s cryptic, but I am just asking for a little more time and patience to get what I feel I have to get done, done. It’s almost there, it’s just been a far more painful process this time around, brought on by painful times. I know I don’t poke my head up out of hiding often, but I really do appreciate how patient and kind you’ve all been with my missing my self imposed deadlines and pushing back a record I promised would be out a while ago by now. Thanks for reading, and take care. -t
HEY! WE’RE PLAYING A TON OF SHOWS THIS YEAR! AND WE’RE BRINGING TONS OF FRIENDS! Some new, some old, all great. A few new cities on the runs this year too, as we do our best to get to some spots we’ve either never visited or places we haven’t been to in forever. And IF YOU’RE CURIOUS: we are standing by our promise to not play any shows until the new record is done and out. For reals. Just a bit longer until we can definitively post about that, we’ve done enough crying wolf, so we won’t announce anything until it’s imminent and locked in, which should be in a few weeks. Hang on just a bit longer, friends! TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY (along with a local presale via promoters on Thursday if you’re itching to get your tickets secured before the shows start selling out). Art by our longtime homie, Jakub Rebelka! See you all soon, friends!
JUN 12 BURLINGTON, VT w/ REBUILDER
JUN 13 PORTLAND, ME w/ REBUILDER
JUN 26 ASBURY PARK, NJ w/THE AQUABATS! & A WILHELM SCREAM
JUL 08 DENVER, CO w/ AJJ
JUL 09 ALBUQUERQUE, NM w/ AJJ
JUL 10 TEMPE, AZ w/ AJJ
JUL 11 ANAHEIM, CA w/ AJJ
JUL 12 LOS ANGELES, CA w/ AJJ
JUL 13 SAN FRANCISCO, CA w/ AJJ
JUL 14 PORTLAND, OR w/ AJJ
JUL 15 SEATTLE, WA w/ AJJ
SEP 11 PHILADELPHIA, PA w/ HOT ROD CIRCUIT
SEP 12 SILVER SPRING, MD w/ HOT ROD CIRCUIT
SEP 13 NORFOLK, VA w/ HOT ROD CIRCUIT
SEP 19 TORONTO, ON w/ SPECIAL GUEST
SEP 20 LONDON, ON w/ SPECIAL GUEST
OCT 02 ST PETERSBURG, FL w/ HOT ROD CIRCUIT
OCT 03 ORLANDO, FL w/ HOT ROD CIRCUIT
OCT 04 ATLANTA, GA w/ HOT ROD CIRCUIT
OCT 23 DETROIT, MI w/ DAVE HAUSE
OCT 24 CLEVELAND, OH w/ DAVE HAUSE
OCT 25 CHICAGO, IL w/ DAVE HAUSE
NOV 13 DALLAS, TX w/ THE BRIDGE CITY SINNERS
NOV 14 HOUSTON, TX w/ THE BRIDGE CITY SINNERS
NOV 15 SAN ANTONIO, TX w/ THE BRIDGE CITY SINNERS
NOV 20 RICHMOND, VA w/ HOT ROD CIRCUIT
NOV 21 PITTSBURGH, PA w/ HOT ROD CIRCUIT
NOV 22 COLUMBUS, OH w/ HOT ROD CIRCUIT
DEC 04 BOSTON, MA w/ SPECIAL GUEST
