Very cool announcement: we’re very excited to be a part of Long Distance Salvation, a tribute to Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska album on its 30th anniversary. We recorded a bonus track – a not-so-well-known-and-we-don’t-know-why-because-it’s-awesome song called “Shut Out the Light.” The album comes out on September 20, but to learn more, check out Paste Magazine premiering Trampled…

Last week, our update video from the studio featured Jenée revealing the secrets of the songwriting process (hint: wiffle ball bats).  Check it out here. This week’s video is the first for pledgers only and features Travis discussing how we actually approached the recording process. More importantly, it reveals which adult contemporary artist tickles his…

This is the first official video (thus, “Episode 1″) from the studio of our Pledge Music campaign. Jenée narrates this one, and talks about the songwriting and arranging process, as well as Britney Spears’s classic mini-series, kitty litter and alien noises. This will be the last video available to everybody. After this one (the next one…

This summer, we’re working on a new album and exploring new musical territory with a great producer, at a great studio, with a great dog.* Now we are asking you to be a part of our new record by lending your support – so today, we’re excited to announce the launch of our Pledge Music campaign. But we’ll let…

Couldn’t have asked for a better night or a better roof.  Thanks Rochester!

Between NYC’s Mercury Lounge, Lynn’s Backyard Bash and Allston’s Brighton Music Hall, twas a fantastic weekend.  And Ryan’s Smashing Life seemed to think so too, saying about our Lynn show “this is just about as good as it gets” and “It won’t be long, we predict, until the world knows the sound of this music.” …

Such a great night at the Black Cat this past weekend, supporting the great These United States.  And thanks to DC Rock Live for the review: “If you are going to do Americana these days, it helps if you have a burning rock pace working”… “At times, they transcended that into something special” Some quick…

And now, an ode to Washington DC: We love you DC, but some doubts have set in, with motorcade traffic and lightningmaggedon. Your branches have fallen, your power is shaky, your metro derails, and your earth can be quakey. Your pollen runs rampant among the trees, and today you’re 106 degrees. Your politics divided, your…

We’re pumped for our DC show this Saturday night with These United States at the Black Cat (tickets here). Because they’re great, and not just because you can put their band name in an infographic. Sidenote: we have no idea what our literal band logo would look like. Open to suggestions.

Over the past couple years, we’ve thought a lot about what we want our music to say, what we want it to sound like, how many cheese curds we could possibly eat in Wisconsin. Now, after much exploration and many changes, we finally sound like ourselves — like the band we want to be. Our…