THE SAME 7" Single
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5.15.08 We're extremely excited to announce officially the label and release date for Laughter. September 9, 2008 Laughter will come out on NYC label Pretty Activity. We will keep you apprised of videos, songs and other extras we'll be posting in the months preceeding the release. Many thanks to all those working hard to make this record possible.

Two new shows are posted for May and June. Come hang out with us as we're playing with our good friends. We'll be playing a show each month leading up to the release of the record, at which point we plan to tour the US for the first time in over a year.

3.15.08 Thanks to those who came out to our snowy Mecury Lounge show. We'll be playing there again with Aloha in April. We'll also be playing with Yes, Sensei on Long Island in April. It's been a long time. Check here for details.

We now finally have plans to release Laughter. We'll announce them as they develop.

1.10.08 Happy New Year! Today we posted a journal entry with photos and stories from our European tour. Over 300 more photos are available here.

Come see us in Brooklyn or Allston, MA later this month with Brooklyn band A Passing Feeling. Brooklyn will be in a loft and should be a good party. Details here.

12.17.07 About a week ago, we got back from our first European tour. Things went smoothly on 18 dates in nine countries, which is pretty amazing. We have many thanks to give to those who made it a great experience, most importantly Summery Agency, for bringing us over, Jordan, the excellent band we toured with and who literally made the entire trip possible, Nico, who drove the whole way, Adelaide, for supplying levity and having a terrific Persian kitty, and everyone who took care of us and put us up along the way. It was truly a foreign experience for Rahim, rife with strange new meats.

In the next few days, we'll post photos from the tour, both as an abbreviated tour journal and in full at a photo host. We'll let you know when they're up.

11.5.07 Tuesday, November 13 we release our single, The Same, on limited-edition green 7" vinyl, hand-numbered to 500. Pre-order is availble here at our website and at Insound.

On Saturday, November 10, we will have a release party. Details are here. In addition to the release party, this will be the send-off for our European tour, which begins November 14. See y'all overse as!

10.25.07 Before leaving for Europe, we'll play two shows, a party at Southpaw on November 2, and our single relase at Soundfix on November 10. See details here. Come party with us! We're still breaking in new songs and a new member, so we'd love you all to be there.

Pre-order details will be available soon at Insound for our new single.

10.1.07 On October 11 we'll be playing a show at Union Hall with Division Day. This will be our first show in the New York area in several months, and our first show with a fourth member, Christian Little. It will be the live debut of many of the songs from our forthcoming record. Buy tickets here!

On November 13, we'll be releasing a single called The Same on our own label , Dimension Arts. It will be available digitally here at our website, and on limited edition, hand-numbered, green 7" vinyl with a non-album b-side. This is the first release from Laughter. Ordering details will follow shortly here and through our e-mail list.

8.17.07 A month ago we made a record with J. Robbins. Today, it is finally finished. Our plans are to realease a limited press 7" single with an exclusive b-side, and later the record in full. We will keep you posted. Because we love you.

Also, we have plans to tour Europe from mid-November to early December. This is our first time off the continent and we're excited. Dates are here. More will follow.

5.12.07 Tour with Antelope went swimmingly. Now we're back in New York, making songs in East Quogue in preparation for recording.

No shows currently scheduled. We plan, hopefully, to debut a new set when we play again. We'll keep you posted.

4.9.07 We're back from tour. Thanks to our friends and families who attended our shows and who we played with and stayed with.

We're going on a short tour soon with Antelope. It will include the Northeast and a couple of dates in Canada. Here are the dates.

After this tour, we will write the rest of our album and record it in July. In the meantime, we might play some shows in and around New York.

2.20.07 Ok. So we're leaving for tour tomorrow. Some shows still have to be confirmed, so more will appear as we go, particularly toward the end of tour. Since we'll be on the road and it'll be hard for me to update this site, you can check our MySpace page for the most current dates.

Tomorrow with Chin Up Chin Up at Mercury Lounge starts the tour. We hope to see you there. We'll be in NYC again on Saturday at Fordham University with Matt & Kim and Maps & Atlases.

We'll have new songs and new merch on this tour. We'll be posting a new demo soon, both here and on MySpace. New, new, new.

New demo, "Every Passing Night," is posted on MySpace. Recorded and mixed by Jeff Curtin. You may listen.

See you out in the cold. Bundle up.

2.6.07 Last weekend we recorded demos with Jeff Curtin. Stuff sounds good. We're mixing this week and we'll post a new song. Until then, you can see some of the recording process in photos at our journal.

Some new tour dates are posted. We'll have some pretty new Ideal Lives shirts on this tour, too.

Also, there are finally some new photos on our media page, most of them from the last couple months of shows, practice, and recording. More to come.

Check back soon for updates.

1.13.07 Happy New Year! We've been working menial jobs and writing songs since last we met. What have you been doing?

We've posted the first dates of what should be a national tour surrounding SXSW. Take a look. Many dates will follow, so check back here.

From Feb. 2-4 we'll be demoing new material with Jeff Curtin (of Slowlands) in Brooklyn. Hopefully, we'll have something to post. We have tentative plans to record for a new full-length with J. Robbins in June.

Speaking of: please go here to read about and donate to the medical fund of J. Robbins' and Janet Morgan's son Callum. This is a difficult situation, and any support will go a long way.

Love.

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