we are immortal but we can also kill...so what then?

art by kelly ahrens

more songs about atmospheres and birds

Hi there,
We have a few shows coming up. We're shaking off the dust. 

TUES. MAY 12 - CARBONDALE, IL @ Skihaus (DB solo) w/ Kevin Seconds
FRI. MAY 15 - MARION, IL @ John Brown's on the Square w/ Arlin Peebles
FRI. MAY 22 - CARBONDALE, IL - Friday Night Fair (6pm)
SAT. JULY 11 - HERRIN, IL - HITTS (festival)

[more to come]

ALSO--our new album "ANIMAL CHATTER" will be out in August on Plaza Records and will be followed by a lengthy tour. Thought you might like to know.

Side Animals

Yoooo! Happy Valentine's Day to you lonely dukes and duchesses. Here's one for you: Plaza Records just released David's previously internet-only eps in cassette tape form. Here is a little promo video shot by our pal Josh Murphy in DB's attic studio, Jurassic Park. You can pick up a copy and check out the other Plaza releases HERE.

You can also listen to a track here:

pagan sunsets from the axis of the town.

Attempting to read Korean for a stranger. 

Hi.

We have been keeping to ourselves since we got home from tour. We spent the first week of December in Chicago recording with the 9th Beatle, David Allen, at Observatory Studios. A new full length album rabbit-ed itself out of that hat. We're very happy with it. It's called ANIMAL CHATTER and it doesn't really sound like any of our other albums. Maybe that's a lie.

We're currently wrapping up sequencing and mastering. We'll have it for you in the spring. Until then, here are a few shows. We'll try out some of the new songs and you can tell us if you think it's all gone to Hell.

FEBRUARY:
Thurs. 12 - Carbondale, IL @ Hangar 9 w/ Thelma and the Sleaze & Scifislands
Fri. 13 - Carbondale, IL @ Skihaus [FLACCID ON ACCID ART SHOW]
Sat. 21 - Paducah, KY @ Shandies w/ Leonard the Band
Tues. 24 - Evansville, IN @ PG w/ Otis the Destroyer 

MARCH:
Fri. 13 - Carbondale, IL @ Skihaus w/ Santah

a simple reiteration

OCTOBER
Thurs. 2 - Carbondale, IL @ TRES HOMRES w/ The Flowers of Evil + Hans Predator
[Flowers' Dreamhead release show / Plaza Records PR-005]

Fri. 10 - Evansville, IN @ PG [9 pm]
[we'll also be playing / talking on the air at 3 pm: The Edge 90.7 fm / 829 am]
Sat. 11 - Murray, KY @ TERRAPIN STATION
Sun. 12 - Birmingham, AL @ THE NICK
Mon. 13 - Athens, GA @ GO BAR
Tues. 14 - walking the earth
Wed. 15 - Asheville, NC @ THE ODDITORIUM
Thurs. 16 - Washington DC @ THE COMMUNE
Fri. 17 - Philadelphia, PA @ THE NEST
Sat. 18 - New Brunswick, NJ @ CIRCUIT CITY
Sun. 19 - NYC @ CAKE SHOP
Mon. 20 - hard hangin and mean muggin in NYC 
Tues. 21 - Harrisburg, PA @ LITTLE AMPS [5 pm]
Fri. 24 - Bloomignton, IN @ THE BISHOP [midnight show]
Sat. 25 - Carbondale, IL @ SKIHAUS

NOVEMBER
Fri. 14 - John Brown's on the Square

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Back to creating our own reality.

Our plans for the rest of the year are simple: tour next month (more on that later), ward off panic attacks, finish a new full-length album, finally read Infinite Jest, destroy our enemies, raise our friends high, and listen to the grass grow.

Benny and the Jets

Hi,
We are always busy with one project or another and right now is no exception. Matt recently produced and engineered an album by our pal Ben Vaughn. I think it's good. Strange folk songs. Strange pop songs. Unexpected arrangements. It is a pleasure to hear my friends/bandmates/contemporaries make music I like this much. It is coming out on our label, Plaza Records, and you can pre-order it HERE along with other titles on the label. Shipping starts 9/5 and you can pick one up at Plaza Records that day or at the PLAZA / CMC showcase that night at Hangar 9 w/ Lucero and Promised Land Sound.
 
(more Plaza news soon) 
Here are a couple of tracks. I hope you like them as much as I do.

Love,
David