Hey all, a last-minute reminder to join us tomorrow at the Triple Rock, where we’re opening for the Dodos. Cover’s $10. Show starts at 5 p.m. with the Sin Horses. Then us, then the Dodos. We can’t wait. See you all there.
–Brian
New song up. Not much to say, I had a day off work today. There was a fire a block down from my place two nights ago. They blocked off the street in front of the bar I live by. It was a strange night. ENJOY!
-Will M.
So we have two new song journal songs for you guys. Let me explain them separately because they are polar opposites when it comes to their descriptions.
‘Naked Man’: This song came about during a recording session a few weeks back. The story of Naked Man goes much deeper than what you hear here. Naked man will go down as a defining moment in the history of The Absent Arch. I would explain the story, but that would take away the intrigue of it. Ask us about it sometime and we’ll tell you. If you do know the story then this song will make a hell of a lot more sense. This is completely made up, on the spot, by our bass player extraordinaire Will Garrison.
‘Poor Spokes’: I actually wrote this song about two months ago. I was going through some stuff; as a person, as a writer, as a friend. This was for a girl and for me all at the same time. I tried to turn it into an Absent Arch song and we actually played it live twice I believe, but it never really became what I wanted it to be. Recently I wrote a song fairly similar to this (except about a completely different topic) and decided that that song was more appropriate for our band than this one. I completely reworked ‘Poor Spokes’ on ukulele here and recorded it tonight after a fantastic burrito. I was starving, it was good, I can now put this song to rest. Not sure if that is a good thing. We will find out.
Hope you guys enjoy.
-Will M.
Hey all,
If you’re under 21 or at the very least willing to not booze it up until after the show, come spend some time with us at the Triple Rock tonight (Wednesday). We’re one of a cadre (okay, five) bands playing, including the fantastic Fake Problems from Florida.
We’re third. We think we’ll go on around 7:30 or 8 p.m. But come out for the whole thing if you can. You don’t want to be that guy (or girl).
This might be our last show for a little while (no Kate, don’t worry when you see ‘last show,’ just get to the end of the phrase first) while we finish work on our first and still-untitled record.
Thank you for listening.
–Brian
So while the rest of the band is out on a mini tour with Spirits of the Red City for a couple days I decided to keep busy and write. Therefor head over to the Song Journal section and check out the outcome. It’s called ‘Don’t Bother’ and is a vocal-guitar-ukelele-screwdriver-guitar case-metal pan ho-down. Hope you enjoy.
-Will M.
Hey all,
We’re playing the Stone Arch Festival this Saturday at 1:15 p.m. on the Star Tribune stage. We’re honored to be sharing the stage with some of the best bands in the Twin Cities, and hope you come out to listen to everyone.
Come hang out with us. We’d love to see you.
–Brian
There is a new song called ‘The Woods’ up in the song journal. I wrote it tonight at about 2:30am. Hope you enjoy it. Goodnight.
-Will M.
War Window, our five-song single previewing our upcoming full record, is now available. It includes rough mixes of three songs from the record–’War Window’, ‘Little Kids’ and ‘Ants’–plus a live recording of ‘Weathervane’ and ‘Devil’s Blues’, which Will recorded in his bedroom all by his lonesome. We think $3 is fair ($2 shipping if you’re far away from us), although if you find us at a show and buy us beer, we’ll give one to you for free. Lots of them, maybe.
Click on the ’stuff to buy’ link to grab yourself a copy.
-Will
Welcome to our new website. We just created this guy a few days ago, so there isn’t much here yet. That’ll change soon, so check back in the coming days and weeks for free songs, photos and other stuff.
For now, visit our MySpace page.
And if you’re at all inclined, write us, if even to just say hello.
–Brian