Day 1 and 2 Wrap Up

Jeremiah Edmond — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:48:37 +0000

Last night we played our first show of the year. Our first show in 5 or 6 weeks actually. The Loft was kind enough to ask us to headline the night which was part of a Georgia Music series that they were a part of . Joy In Tomorrow Opened the night with a great set. My first show with Manchester Orchestra was actually at Smiths Olde Bar with Joy In Tomorrow so it was cool that they were able to be part of some a big show for us. Winston Audio played after them and really impressed us all. They have always been good but they have really stepped it up recently with their songs and performance. Andy Lee was filling in on drums as their drummer Benji is out with an injured back. It felt really great to have so many people out to see us. Especially in Atlanta where it seemed to take so long for us to gain any sort of fan base. Unfortunately we didn’t feel like we played all that great but the crowd was very forgiving of our sloppiness. Having not played in 6 weeks took it toll and we were all pretty worn out and just feeling it bit off. We introduced two new songs that we wrote during out break that seemed to go over pretty well. It was our first time playing them live which was a little stressful doing in front of the sold crowd. We all got home pretty late and had to meet at 7 this morning to head to Tampa, FL to start a 3 day Florida run. We have unfortunately had to cancel 2 or 3 tours in Florida this year so we needed to make it up to our fans there with at least a couple shows before we leave the country again. It was a 7 or so hour drive but it went by pretty quickly. It felt good to be in the van again. It has been a while since we have done a normal tour in our van. We were surprised to find a few fans/street teamers already outside the venue when we arrived at 4. The venue wasn’t open yet when we got there so we wandered around the town for a few minutes and ended up going into a Scientology center to see what it was all about. We really were just curious what they were telling people and what kind of “free stress test” they were doing. The whole thing was pretty ridiculous and I still think they are all crazy.The show ended up selling out a little while into the night which was a great surprise. We really weren’t expecting it at all. All Get Out has joined us for these Florida shows and they killed it tonight. We are really excited to have them with us and to be able to watch them each night. John Ralston is with us for a couple of the shows as well and it is great seeing those guys again. We did a few shows together in Texas last year around ACL. They were great tonight as well. Our set felt much better than the set at The Loft. We all felt more comfortable and were able to really have fun. We changed up the set list which made a big difference and the new songs seemed to go a lot more smoothly. The crowd response the whole night was amazing. We headed to our hotel where we had a couple rooms booked afterwards with the hopes that All Get Out would be able to get a room there also, but it turned out that everywhere in the city was sold out due to some big event. We had two rooms so we invited them to just crash with us. Which bring us to now. Im in bed writing while the rest of the room is falling asleep while watching Final Destination. sex, drugs and rock and roll? Showers, pizza and sleep.

January 25, 2008 Picture Of The Day

Jeremiah Edmond — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:11:26 +0000

The Marquee the other night at our first home town sold out show at The Loft. No the other names on the marquee did not play with us.

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Day 1 and 2 Wrap Up

January 25, 2008 Picture Of The Day