Hi there. This is the cover of our new LP, “Devices + Emblems”:

It has 9 songs, and was once again produced by Bubba Kadane and us. We’ll have more to say about it shortly.

It won’t be released officially until March 23, but barring some horrible disaster, you will be able to buy a copy of it at one of these two shows this weekend:

Friday, Feb 26
Austin, TX @ Beerland – Doors at 9pm
The Distant Seconds + Beautiful Supermachines + Tre Orsi + Nervous Curtains
We play second, at 11pm.

Nervous Curtains have a new LP, “Out of Sync With Time”, which Matt recorded. The Distant Seconds and Beautiful Supermachines have a new split 12″, which Matt also recorded half of.

Saturday, Feb 27
Denton, TX @ Majestic Dwelling of Doom (731 Texas St.) – FREE, BYOB, Doors at 9pm
Bosque Brown + Tre Orsi + Sabra Laval
We play second, at 10pm.

ADDED: Sunday, Feb 28
Dallas, TX @ Kessler Community Theater – Benefit for Tommy Atkins’ funeral expenses, $10
Everything starts at 4pm.

After this, we’ll do some Midwest shows in March, then hit the Eastern US later in the Spring. See you soon.

Hi, it’s been a while. Matt’s finally back from the epic David Bazan tour. Howard went on a vacation for the first time in 10 years. Bryan can now solve the Sunday Times’ crossword puzzle without breaking a sweat. It’s been a magical time.

Anyhoo, our song, “The Engineer” will be on the upcoming Matador Records compilation, Casual Victim Pile. That’s exciting, right?

We’re excited, you bet. It’s not everyday you get to work with a label whose artists (Pizzicato 5, MC Paul Barman, Chain Gang) you’ve relentlessly ripped-off for years.

There are 18 other Texas bands (including fellow Dentonites, the Bad Sports) on this thing. Every one of them is probably worth your time and devotion.

The release date is Jan 26, but you can pre-order it for super-cheap (on double-LP or CD) right now.

Last Fall, we had the time of our lives on tour with our brothers in Magnolia Electric Company and Bottomless Pit. At the end of the tour, MagElecCo recorded their recently-released album, Josephine with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio.

Someone at Pitchfork decided to use their powers for good instead of evil for once, so they’re streaming the documentary, Recording Josephine: a film about Magnolia Electric Company at Electrical Audio. Check it out.

This is our last show for a little while, as Howard will be backpacking through Iowa all October, and Matt will be tour-managing and sound-running for David Bazan’s US tour. We’ll be playing all of Jethro Tull’s classic, Aqualung, but in reverse. (There are a few kinks to work out, but I’m pretty sure we’ll nail it come show time.)

Dove Hunter / True Widow / Boom Boom Box / Tre Orsi
Thursday, 17 Sep @ Granada Theater, Dallas, TX.
Show starts/we play at 8 PM.

Oh man, we’re almost going on tour!

Fri, Sep 4: The Angelus / Tre Orsi / The Hopetrust @ Double Wide in Dallas – $5 I think. This will go down like Altamont.
Sat, Sep 5: Bridges & Blinking Lights / Tre Orsi / History At Our Disposal / Starhead and The Polycorns – FREE (as in “beer”, not as in “freedom”).

If you think this video is great you’ll probably enjoy the hell of out of these shows.

Once again, Rubber Gloves is hosting the Denton Humane Society’s “Cats & Dogs” benefit, which supports their work teaching dogs to do this kind of stuff:

They also do a lot of other great work, of course, like making puppies lick kitties and kitties lick bunnies.

Details:

CATS & DOGS: A Benefit For The Denton Humane Society
Fri Jul 31 (Doors open at 8pm; $6)
featuring: Brent Best, Tre Orsi, Spooky Folk, Dust Congress, New Science Projects

Sat Aug 1 (Doors open at 8pm; $6)
featuring: Record Hop, CS Flemmons, The Slowburners, Fishboy, The Heelers

We’re playing in Dallas next weekend with our friends, Nervous Curtains and Beautiful Supermachines. Just look at this flyer!

This show should be about as good as that sandwich, and it was a kick-ass sandwich.

True Widow, Shiny Around The Edges, and Tre Orsi
June 12, 2009 @ the Annex House in Dallas (1207 Annex Ave)

Starts at 10 PM. We play first.

This is like our fourth Dallas show ever. No offense, big D. 

We look forward to sapping and impurifying all of your precious bodily fluids.

We are on Twitter. This should be hilarious.

There’s a lot we don’t know about our friend, Martin Iles (a certifiable genius).