I recorded this track for Sean Eldon a couple days ago and it came out awesome. He posted it on his bandcamp and you can listen below:



Pyramid Scheme is playing our first show in a few months this Thursday at Quenchers. Information on the live page.

A new (limited-edition) incarnation of the Options Band will be playing this friday, 9/18, at SubT Downstairs. It'll be the project's first band-show since February. I'm also playing drums in Great Deceivers that night, too. Demoing is getting out of hand for the record (30+ songs/ideas for this project). I've whittled it down to a little more than 30 minutes of music, but still have a few important pieces to discover and put together before the album's ready to be tracked.

Bathing Resorts tracked our final release last week. It's been a great (and all too brief) experience playing with Michael and Brendan, and I'm glad we were able to put some interesting stuff into the world. If you'd like to keep tabs on Michael's musical adventures, do so here - Brendan is currently playing with Teen Cult, New Color, and Nervous Passenger.

What a summer it's been. Touring with Coaster was amazing, and it was such a wonderful thing to experience the West Coast for the first time. Hoping to be back as soon as I'm able. Tour with Great Deceivers was excellent too, and you'll be hearing some new tunes from us soon. Back in Chicago, and my September is already nicely stacked with recording projects. Making quite some headway on the new Options record, too. Maybe I'll write more on this, now that I have access to a computer again.

Coaster's first single off our new album, Slow Jams, is streaming over at the 1st Five.

You can grab a copy digitally or on cassette via Community Records 6/30.

Pre-order the cassette tape here:

http://shop.communityrecords.org/

Catch us on tour w/ The Appleseed Cast & Adjy

06/25 – Wichita, KS @ Marple

06/25 – Denton, TX @ Dan’s Silver Leaf
06/27 – Austin, TX @ Red 7
06/28 – Norman, OK @ Opolis
07/01 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
07/02 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
07/03 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
07/05 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
07/06 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
07/07 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
07/10 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
07/11 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
07/12 – Victoria, BC @ Logan’s
07/13 – Vancouver, BC @ Cobalt
07/15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
07/16 – Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive *
07/17 – Omaha, NE @ Reverb *
07/18 – Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room *

7/21 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean*

* with Annabel

the new Options album, Driftwood Metaphor, is out today! Stream/download via Bandcamp.

The second single off the new Options album, Driftwood Metaphor, just dropped over at Midwest Action. It's called System, and you can listen here! Don't forget - the album is out 6/9.

Ghost Track has premiered the first single from my new Options album, Driftwood Metaphor. It's called Daylight, and you can stream it over here! The album will be out 6/9.