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David is traveling around the country in a car…solo.

Follow his adventures.

Hello, hello, hello…forgive us for being a little quiet on the communication as of late — we’ve been working on a lot things behind the scenes.  One of those things is the SXSW Music Festival.  We’re leaving in a couple of weeks to play the Austin Music Hall on Thursday March 18th with Stone Temple Pilots.  Exact times have yet to be announced but keep checking the tour section and our twitter account for all the latest details.  SXSW will be part of a little Southwest jaunt through Arizona, Nevada and Texas.

We’ve also been included in Alternative Press’s latest issue of “100 Bands You Need To Know In 2010″.  Pick up a copy.  They made us do fancy stuff like take an exclusive photo and do an interview.

Tuesday night, we’re playing The Continental Room in Fullerton. We really like the bar and the vibe there so I put together this flyer for the show. This will be our last show in Southern California before we tour the Southwest a bit in March.

We just got word from the OC Music Awards that we’ve been nominated for an OC Music Award in the “Best Indie” category.  Ironically, we’ve been “pitted against” a lot our friends:  The New Limb, The Steelwells, The Union Line and Young The Giant.  It’s kinda like playing a heavily wagered round of golf with close friends — really fun, kinda uncomfortable, and undoubtedly ends with a reminiscing round of stiff drinks.

We also have a showcase coming up in a few weeks for the “Best Live Band” category.  Here’s all the details on that show:

Tues. 2/16, 7:30pm – Gypsy Lounge, Lake Forest (FREE, 21+)
8:00 Duress (Huntington Beach)
8:45 The New Limb (Costa Mesa)
9:30 Dusty Rhodes and the River Band (Fullerton)
10:15 Stereofix (Costa Mesa)
11:00 The Color Turning (Santa Ana)

Crowd support is definitely considered by the judges so it would be nice to see as many of your pretty faces as possible.

Instead of trying to explain too much of what the tour’s been like, I thought maybe showing you a few pictures might be nice…

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We are excited to announce the official release of our debut full-length Good Hands Bad Blood is now available via iTunes, complete with a bonus track if you buy the entire LP.

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You can now pre-order your very own physical copy of Good Hands Bad Blood LP!  To everyone living in non-TCT toured states, we’re especially thinking of you. Not only do you get a hard copy of the album (with actual down and dirty artwork), but we’re throwing in a copy of the Me Versus Me EP for free!  This is a huge bonus because you can only purchase our Me Versus Me EP at our live shows – it’s not available anywhere else.  This pre-order scenario will only be available for a few days so click over to the Softdrive website to place your order now.  We’ll lick the stamp ourselves.

See everyone at the release show on Thursday!

We just received word that, contrary to what we posted yesterday, our record will not be available today.  The official release of Good Hands Bad Blood is being moved to this Friday, August 7th.  

The good news is that we will have actual physical copies of the LP on Thursday at our Detroit Bar record release party.  The Detroit Bar is a place close to our hearts.  And we could not be more excited about this show.  We’ve seen and played many great shows there, and developed a lot of good relationships in the confines of that bar.  It’s more than a fitting venue to celebrate the release of our first full-length record.  Hope to see you there!

Thursday 08.06
Detroit Bar | Costa Mesa, CA
Good Hands Bad Blood
CD Release Party
w/ The New Limb
& Yellow Red Sparks

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AOL’s Spinner is holding a full CD Listening Party for “Good Hands Bad Blood”.  Listen to the entire record before it comes out tomorrow!  It’s only streaming until August 9th so get your stream on!

Also, we’ve been featured on MySpace’s “This Week On MySpace”.  Check it out by visiting MySpace’s music section.

After writing that post title, I feel like Crazy Gideon – you know, that guy on local Los Angeles cable TV who screams nonsense at the top of his lungs about how he can’t believe he’s offering so much stuff for almost free.  Anyway…

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