This year is gearing up to be a really crazy one. Sorry for the lack of posts but we have been working hard on getting Eyes and Nines as well as Collective vol 2 ready for the streets. We will have a ton of updates coming up very soon. Thanks for all of the hate emails regarding our negligence.

Shame LP’s have been kicking my ass. Somewhere along the lines of the pressing there were some issues with the the sound quality so we had to refuse the press that came in. This is the reason for the hold up. Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered the record for your patience. Mailers are filled out and ready to go once they hit my door step.

On a much brighter note we will be attending a week long mess of party called South by South West next month. If your going to be in the area give us a shout and lets grab a drink, smoke, taco or whatever it is that your into..
Happy Black History Month!
-G

Free Zwarte Piet (Black Pete)

So after a long journey thru the UK and Europe we are all at home enjoying the holidays with our families. Thanks to everyone who came out the the shows and had a good time with us. Also thanks to all of the people that came thru for us in the clutch (Stan, Tom and Ross just to name a few). We are going to be taking some time off to gear up for the release of Eyes and Nines in the spring but if you live on the west coast (best coast) come check us out on selected dates of the Economy Sucks Tour. Shame pre-orders should be shipping soon, I’m still waiting for them to arrive at my door. See you soon!
Happy Holidays
-G

Last night in Birmingham after our show with Set Your Goals, Broadway Calls and Fireworks we kinda got robbed. On the walk from the venue to the van our merch guy, Shaun, got his bag snatched containing his laptop, journal, and all of our tour cash… Whoever grabbed it is going to be high for weeks so smoke one for us yo!

The good news is that we are still kicking. We have a show in London tonight at the Buffalo Bar with some really great bands. If you are in the area come hang out and buy us a beer or two, we could really use it. This is our last show in the UK before we head over to Ireland tomorrow and then to mainland Europe for a few days. Lets make these last few days a blast!

12/15/09 - London @ Buffalo Bar
12/16/09 - Dublin @ Exchange (Ireland)
12/17/09 - Gent @ The Frontline (Belgium)
12/18/09 - Tilburg @ Little Devil (Netherlands)
12/19/09 - Exil @ Neustad an der Orla (Germany)
12/20/09 - Matrix @ Bochum (Germany)

I am currently in Falmouth(UK) sitting in the back room of the venue we are playing with Gallows and Sharks tonight. This town is pretty cool. I haven’t gotten to see much of it yet but right when we got here our roadie(Nick Fit) and I went exploring. After trekking for about ten minutes through a dark winding garden we got spit out onto a beach front street looking out over the ocean. I don’t know if I could really call it a beach it was more like a bunch of rocks and coral reef surrounding the waters edge. I’m not complaining though it looked insane. The view comes complete with a lighthouse and a lit up castle on the hill. I’m stoked for the show tonight. All of these shows on this tour have been awesome in one way or another. Last night in Exeter we played a college campus. The place was full of heckling college students. Right when we stepped on stage there was one guy who could not stop screaming random bullshit. My english friend told me to go out and tell him to pipe down and then call him a daft cunt. The insult worked quite well for a little bit even if I didn’t really know what I was saying. The same guy who was screaming kept coming up front and grabbing me. I ended up securing the mic cable around his neck and pulling him over the barrier by his throat. Usually you would think this is something that would bum someone out pretty bad but all it did was fuel this guys fire. He got more pumped and grabbed the mic and just started screaming. Exeter was a real bizzare place. I can’t wait to make it back there. I almost forgot.. we got a new driver today. His name is Stan. He seems cool but we are going to miss our road dog Deanwolf. Hopefully we will be crossing paths with him sooner than later. He is probably the best driver we have ever had over here in euroland. Well that’s all I got for right now. I can hear the other guys sound checking their guitars so that means I gotta go grab the mic and figure out what’s going on. Check back on the blog soon I promise we will be posting more. The last few weeks have just been hectic. Hope all is well. See you soon.

-Lee

P.S. Go pick up the new Rock Sound, NME and Front Mags that are out now. We are scattered throughout those this week with reviews of our new record “Shame”(Hassle Records) and some other cool stuff. Go check it out if you can.

‘Ello World! Today marks the second day of our United Kingdom barnstorming sessions with Gallows and Sharks. Check out the dates and come party with us! We feel a little left out being that we have a two word name, but I think we’ll be alright. Last night’s gig set the tone for a fun-filled few weeks and we can’t wait to get back on stage and piss off more limey “sound engineers.” So far the food we’ve consumed on this UK excursion has gone above and beyond any and all foodstuffs we’ve encountered on previous trips across the pond. Let’s hope it continues on the up and up. Thanks to those of you who pre-ordered the vinyl version of Shame from TTC. They will be shipped once we get back to the Best Coast of the best country in the free world: the good ol’ USA.

(No) Peace,
Spen

First off, sorry for lagging on the blog updates. The last few weeks have been super hectic. Don’t worry though! There is tons of new shit going on in the TT camp. So let’s get started…

SHAME(Trash Talk Collective/Hassle Records)

We have a new CD titled “Shame” that just came out today in the UK on our new home over there.. Hassle Records. Shame is a 30 Track Double Disc CD containing 4 of our previous releases(Walking Disease *Sold Out*, Plagues *Sold Out*, S/T *Sold Out* and East Of Eden *Sold Out*). Instead of repressing all of those records separately we decided it would be better to just throw them all on one release. Hassle has a CD/T shirt bundle for this release available for order on their website. Check it out: Hassle Records The vinyl version of “Shame” is now up for pre order through our label(Trash Talk Collective) on our website. Check it out: Shame Vinyl Pre Order The vinyl version of this release comes with HQ-180 gram vinyl, album footnotes, a full size poster and tons of extras. Pick it up now while you can! They are going fast.

UK tour with Gallows & Sharks/Mainland Euro shows starts soon

We are leaving for the UK in a few days. This year has been insane with traveling. It feels like we are flying out of the country every other week. We aren’t complaining though. We can’t wait to get back to the UK and experience a real cold winter. California is not even close to as cold during November/December. We are going to be over there for Thanksgiving.. Someone hook us up with a hot home made meal so we can feel like we aren’t missing out on that much back in the states. The first show of our UK tour is on Nov 25th(The day before we start our UK tour with Gallows/Sharks) at The Barfly in Camden. The show is FUCKED UP/TRASH TALK/THROATS/Gallows DJing the after party. You should come out to the show if you live in the London area. It’s going to be a wild one. We will also be playing a few of our own headlining shows in the UK on our days off from the Gallows/Sharks tour. One of those shows is the Rock Sound Magazine/Hassle Records/Holy Roar Records Christmas Party on Dec 15th at The Buffalo Bar in London. Rumor has it if you dress up like Santa you will be blessed with some pretty cool shit. Make it happen. After all of that UK wildness we will be making a stop in Ireland for one show in Dublin then we’re off to the Mainland to play four shows. All of the dates/details for that tour are below:

11/25/2009 - London @ The Barfly w/ Fucked Up & Throats *Gallows DJing the after party*

11/26/2009 - Northampton @ Roadmender w/ Gallows & Sharks - www.livenation.co.uk

11/27/2009 - Coventry @ Kasbah w/ Gallows & Sharks - www.seetickets.com

11/28/2009 - Liverpool @ Academy 2 w/ Gallows & Sharks

11/29/2009 - Aberdeen @ EX Moshulu w/ Gallows & Sharks - www.gigsinscotland.com

11/30/2009 - Dundee @ Fat Sams w/ Gallows & Sharks - www.gigsinscotland.com

12/01/2009 - Glasgow @ 13th Note*

12/02/2009 - Middlesbrough @ Empire

12/03/2009 - York @ Duchess w/ Gallows & Sharks - www.wegottickets.com

12/04/2009 - Stoke @ Sugarmill w/ Gallows & Sharks - www.thesugarmill.co.uk/tickets.php

12/05/2009 - Derby @ The Bell w/ Gallows & Sharks - www.therockhousederby.co.uk

12/06/2009 - Leeds @ Rios

12/07/2009 - Newport @ TJs w/ Gallows & Sharks - www.livenation.co.uk

12/08/2009 - Exeter @ Lemon Grove w/ Gallows & Sharks - www.livenation.co.uk

12/09/2009 - Falmouth @ Pavillions w/ Gallows & Sharks - www.seetickets.com

12/10/2009 - Bournemouth @ Old Fire Station w/ Gallows & Sharks - www.seetickets.com

12/11/2009 - Ipswitch @ Tba*

12/12/2009 - Kingston @ The Peel w/ Gallows & Sharks SOLD OUT

12/13/2009 - Colchester @ Arts Centre w/ Gallows & Sharks SOLD OUT

12/14/2009 - Cambridge @ Junction w/ Gallows & Sharks - www.livenation.co.uk

12/15/2009 - London @ The Buffalo Bar w/ Betty Pariso *Rock Sound Magazine/Hassle Records/Holy Roar Records Christmas party*

12/16/2009 - Dublin @ Exchange (Ireland)*

12/17/2009 - Gent @ The Frontline (Belgium)*

12/18/2009 - Tilburg @ Little Devil (Netherlands)*

12/19/2009 - Neustadt an der Orla @ Exil (Germany)*

12/20/2009 - Bochum @ Matrix (Germany)*

* Headlining Shows w/o Gallows & Sharks

And last but not least we just finished recording a new LP..

So one of the many reasons we have been off the grid lately is because we have been locked up in the studio with Joby Ford working on our new LP titled “Eyes & Nines“. The record is now in the mixing stages and should be done pretty soon. We are all really stoked on this record. It’s been awhile since we released our last LP so we have been itching to get out a new full release. I know everyone always says this but this is our best shit to date. There are tons of crazy surprises/wild shit going on all over it. I posted some photos while we were in the studio on our twitter. Check those out and follow us for updates on everything. This record will be out sometime early next year. Keep your eyes and ears open for more details on that as they come in…

That’s all we have for right now. If you live in Europe we will be seeing you within the next few weeks. If you live in the U.S./Australia/New Zealand/Japan/Hella other places you’ll have to wait till next year. Hope all is well. Over & out.

Love always,

Trash Talk

Hey all. We just teamed up with Hassle Records from London, England. They are going to release Shame, a 30 song anthology spanning Walking Disease, Plagues, S/T, and East of Eden on compact disc. You can pick that up as well as an exclusive t-shirt in their web store. We will be releasing Shame on vinyl in the states on Trash Talk Collective. Pre-orders are up now! If you have any webstore questions email g.carrots@gmail.com

More fun stuff in the works,

Spen

Yet another tour has come to an end, and like usual, there are plenty of other surprises lined up. Big ups to Bane and Foundation for lettin us party the West Coast with ‘em. Check out those dudes as they continue their tour back to the second best coast. Thanks to those of you who came out to the early gig in Seattle at Inner City Empire, to Book of Black Earth for shredding the garage with us, and to Zach/Zlog for puttin on the alleycat that served as a reason for JR to throw a bitchin party. Salinas was an awesome show especially after the radiator hijinks that kept us from catching any part of the show other than our set. Our apologies for any other tardy appearances over the past week and a half. The engine coolant industry is loving us about now. Once again we got trashed in Vegas and ran amuck all hours of the night, only to reach the hotel room in staggered intervals just before sunrise. Don’t ask, we won’t tell. You know about what happens there…

Attention Florida and hardcore festival goers, we’re gonna be playing The Fest in Gainesville on Sunday, November 1st at Market Street Pub with Asshole Parade, Deep Sleep, Comadre, Vicious Cycle, Ampere and others.

And if you can’t make it that far East, come check out the afterparty we’re playing on Saturday, November 7th for Fun Fun Fun Festival in Austin. That show’s gonna be wild: Negative Approach and Christ on Parade at Red 7? You’re not gonna want to miss this.

If you don’t know yet, we’re heading overseas to do a UK tour with Gallows and Sharks later in November. We’ve just added some headlining shows to our existing UK dates and a few for you mainlanders too. Check ‘em out:

12/01/2009 - Glasgow @ 13th Note
12/06/2009 - Leeds @ TBA
12/11/2009 - Ipswitch @ TBA
12/15/2009 - London @ The Buffalo Bar
12/16/2009 - Dublin @ TBA (Ireland)*
12/17/2009 - Gent @ The Frontline (Belgium)*
12/18/2009 - Tilburg @ Little Devil (Netherlands)*
12/20/2009 - Bochum @ Matrix (Germany)*

Until then, I’ll see you in the funny papers.

Spen