Hello
I am sorry we haven’t spoken in awhile. Last week I barely got out of bed. It wasn’t swine but goddamn it was not fun. And before last week, well Damon and I were busy driving around North America playing shows with those lovely Silversun Pickups and Cage The Elephant folk. Thanks if you came to any of our shows over the last 2 months. We always appreciate it. Much like I appreciate chocolate and Damon appreciates hotels clearly labeling pillows as hard, soft or medium. It’s the small things you know?
So I thought I would touch base and let you know a few things. First of all a bird dropped some bread in the Large Hadron Collider and shut it down again. Weird huh? Also there has been a giant shark lurking off the coast of Queensland where I have spent most of my life. Look at this.
SO AWESOME!!!! If I was there I would cover myself in cow blood and swim out in the hope of seeing it up close. Also, I have a loose agreement with my sister that a shark attack would be helpful to her socially. She urges me to cover myself in cows blood often and swim near sharks because she is adamant it would provide her with a fabulous story to share at dinner parties. She is my little sister, she has a weird hold over me. She says cover yourself in cow blood and swim with sharks, I say sure sister.
BUT perhaps more important than any of the above is the below.
CANADA!!! Land of snow and flu shots (for permanent residents ONLY), on the 29th of December 2009 our debut record Rearrange Beds will be available through the amazing folk at Maple Music Recordings! In stores and digitally. AT LAST!!! We promised it would be out this year. We just made it. And, to be honest I am not sure I promised anyone anything (apart from promising my sister that I would cover myself in cow blood etc). So don’t buy your friend/sister/lover a Christmas present. Buy them a post-Christmas present and make it Rearrange Beds. We all know you could have stolen it many times by now and probably have. Buying it physically is a) cooler, b) more helpful, c) it looks way hotter than your writing on a cd-r. What good timing Canada because in January we are being taken on tour with our dearest friends in the world – Tegan and Sara. We love Tegan and Sara so much and think that their new record is so amazing. In fact we think it is so amazing I deleted my whole itunes library and imported Sainthood in 124 times. Now I only listen to it. The January tour will be so much fun for us. And for you! You can laugh at the Australian’s being forced through the snow and ice. That’s what Tegan and Sara are planning on doing. I can feel it. Check our tour dates here.
We will touch base soon. In the meantime stay warm or stay cool. Wherever you are remember to drink plenty of water and that “coughs and sneezes spread diseases, catch your germs in your handkerchief”. Hmmm this is a pretty old saying and I am sure handkerchiefs have been proven to be filthy cease pools of germs.
Look after each other.
K+D