I've been playing drums with Nnamdi Ogbonnaya on a full US tour, and our final show of the tour is 11/9 at the Empty Bottle

Options has one more show this year, 12/7 at Landland

my new record 'vivid trace' comes out 9/14 on sooper records, and I'm having a show at the Hideout to celebrate it with some of my favorite musicians in chicago. buy tickets here

I'll have a special small run of LP test presses with screen printed jackets as well as a new album-oriented shirt, both will be very limited in quantity

Options is touring with Fond Han in support of our new LPs, vivid trace (sooper records) and wronked (exploding in sound records). See all the dates and applicable links here

poster by tim green

new Options LP 'Vivid Trace' will be out on vinyl and computers everywhere on 9/14 via Sooper Records - hear a song from it now via Phluff. Album art by mary clemens

summer's been flying by! been hard at work tracking a new LP with Nature's Neighbor, mixing an LP for Shady Bug, and playing more shows than I know how to process. among many other shows this month, I'm especially looking forward to playing drums with Nnamdi in a couple of weeks at Pitchfork Music Festival! I'm also be hitting the road with Options in late August-early September for a couple of weeks... hopefully will be announcing that properly soon.

Pallet Sound (which I help run) updated our website a bit - we currently have a Steinway mini grand piano, Rhodes MKII, and a Tascam 388 1/4" 8 track tape machine, plus tons of other mics and instruments. If you're interested in recording with me, or having me mix or master your project, email me at optionstheband @ gmail

hitting the road with Lifted Bells next week! dates are posted on the Live page.

Pyramid Scheme is recording an LP this week at Pallet Sound and we're playing a show 4/23 at Subterranean Downstairs

Lifted Bells' LP is out today via Run For Cover Records (grab a copy here if you'd like!)

We'll be playing a show at the Beat Kitchen on 4/6 to celebrate the album's release

Hey, it's 2018 now. What I've been up to:
- mixing LPs for Great Deceivers, Coaster, Options,
- recording lots of music at Pallet Sound and elsewhere
- doing lots of Pallet Session live videos
- toured a lot last year, will be touring a bunch this year as well