dealt the blues

In order to make honest music i feel like you at least have to believe in karma or more simply put, receive what you put into this world. In modern day "society", creative substance is put together in lackadaisical fashion and subsequently has basically defeated any soul that was lucky enough to find it's way over time. To me, many people may never be willing to tune into themselves and others around them and walk blindly down their own (self)righteous path. That's fine though, that leaves plenty of what could be good karma, left to come in my direction. It provides me with an answer when times come that i continually question intentions and realities of myself and everyone around me...Proving that those (not nihilist) live in fear of the image of ourself in somebody elses mind.

Contrary to what a lot of people often times say about music these days... i can see that the sense of community is only getting greater and that all walks of musical life are being accepted into homes across the globe daily. While music has always been the "single most greatest" influences in my life i can't say that i have been affected by any one thing in an extreme sense. Even writing music (lyrics earlier on, lyrics as well as music later) i can't say that i always felt i was one hundered perecent behind what i was saying. However a few years back when we got offered to do a record for a label of course we had to choose songs to record for that because frankly, we have a lot(that we dont play haha). When we decided songs i of course took care of the vocals, lyrics, pattern, ideas, backups, etc etc.

Now here i am screaming words i wrote at the top of my lungs ... thinking a few things. First of all that im not that good at recording, second that if i'm screaming this shit that loud i better fucking mean it. I've read the lyrics to our songs through and through, i've also sang them time and time again. Now there is a very big difference between both methods of recounting your own words(singing lyrics as opposed to reading lyrics). Not neccesarily knowing what a particular line refers to is somewhat of an going theme in some of our songs. Looking back at that now, in reference and comparison has been so important to the way i have written songs. Leaving an outlined drawing on the canvas for the listener to paint. There have been a few lines from songs more straight forward that i have doubted myself over because of possible misinterpreation, but have followed through with original lyrics because i know what they stand for and you can't always take words for exactly how they're spelled out and put in order. Sometimes it requires looking a little deeper into the song, and possibly into yourself to find the real connection. ....

because you will always find a real connection if you fancy listening to our music. I endure bands that i can physically feel have no heart. I endure people that i can physically feel have no heart. The sound waves coming from our speakers may not be one hundered percent positive but it will always be real, coming straight from our fingers and throats.




.......not some fucking i-pod plugged into the PA on stage

Pull my digital leash...

Hey all we're all but having things paid off and sent away for pressing... a few hundred more.
please check the myspace and any DTR merch site to buy something from us online, perhaps make a note in support of our full length? perhaps not! we are playing a few shows and planning a few toures(WHAT!!!?) We have a drummer trained and on a leash now if we can just keep him around! I created a facebook page for us, i don't want to be left in the dust of the digital world.... In other news our old drummer is getting married in 3 months, and our currently guitar player justin will be getting married this september! congratulations to both of those guys. We're trying to write some more stuff but i'm always trying to write more stuff! Who knows though!? Right now there's plans for April 22-may 1, it'll look something like this

april
23 FRI West Virginia
24 SAT Bowling Green KY
25 SUN Nashville, TN
26 MON Tupelo, MS
27 TUES Chattanooga, TN
28 WED Johnson City, TN
29 THURS Atlanta, GA
30 FRI Columbia, SC @ House Of Hardcore
may
1 SAT Greensboro, NC @ Legit Biz/CFBG
2 SUN Virginia Beach / Richmond / DC

we got our fingers crossed that the band we asked to come will come, but we'll see.

also early july there are shows in the north east being planned and i'm looking to take it westward from there. Look out for me interviewing peter from Bishop and doing some reviews of shows in the states for readers overseas., as well as a few other pieces(possibly from the kill alarmed blog) getting printed.

also- if you're interested in reviewing our 7" or HAVE reviewed our 7". hit us up!
bookalarmed@gmail.com we'll send you a record if youre lucky but you can definatley get the digital ep.

peace and love