No Epiphany

Hey we are in Benidorm in the autonomous region of Valencia. The kids here are all drunks and they suck at football but there are pools everywhere and also German tourists. We passed a bar called the "The Gents Bollocks". The show was crazy. Speaking of crazy, we are releasing a new record in October called "The Chemistry of Common Life" - the first single is called "No Epiphany" and it is about not giving a fuck about anything. Check out the lyrics:

Son of Heaven, the sun of god
A blink from the eternal facade
The ever-spot orb'd polyphony
No epiphany

Tune the universe, be the spine
To stay in place as the planets align
Set to changes, affix to time
No epiphany

Nothing new and nothing old
The chilling warmth of the scorching cold
No way to change how the story is told
No epiphany

Wait for time for a blessed reply
No surprise under the tired eye
Wait to live as i wait to die
No epiphany

Shine as bright in a darkened sky
Won't wait for hope to be regrets disguise
Vibrate alone as i say my goodbye's
No epiphany

See no changes, show no age
Life's a book with a single page
The body spins but i stay the same
No Epiphany

As you an tell we are super lame now. Also you can download this song from the Matador site right here. The backup vocals are done by The Vivian Girls, who are also great. No Epiphany will be released as the 2nd 7" single for the LP, and will contain on the aside a remix of the song by No Age, and on the bside a 7" version of the song. Also the LP version has 18 guitar tracks.



Also just to clear up some stuff:
The "Royal Swan" mp3 that was posted here a few days ago is NOT the LP version. It is a mix of the LP version (like 10 seconds of it) and 3 demo versions. Also, that song WILL be coming out as a 7" single, we just have no details yet. Expect it over the winter.

We've been playing a new song live, it's called Crooked Head, and is the first single for the LP. It's also got the Viv Girls on backups, and it's on the long side.

As per this interview, if anyone was wondering C. Colohan WAS in fact sort of in Fucked Up at one point. He played drums for the first and maybe second practice, when it was just Marbles, Gulag and him. Also the Fucked Up song "Last Man Standing" was written as a Ruination song, the band Marbles was in prior to FU - there was a Ruination practice in 2000 where that song was in the line to be learned, but there was no time, and Marbles quit the band before there was another practice. That makes the song older than Fucked Up but about a year and a half.

Pink Eyes did NOT cut his head at Sled Island Fest in Calgary, as per this article, but instead FELL into a glass that some kid was holding.

HERE is a big article with some more pictures from the "infamous" SUNY show, which was chill for us because we are bad ass, but frightning for tons of kids and nerds because they don't have to deal with cops every day like we do. IT'S NOT CALLED GLOW IN THE DARK FOR NO REASON SQUID BRAINS!

We also heard that our friends Career Suicide broke up? Who knows if its true?

Year of the Pig is coming out soon on 3 different 7"'s:

US EDITION
Year of the Pig (Carlos Edit)/Mustaa Luntaa
UK EDITION
Year of the Pig (Eric Edit)/Anorak City
JAPAN EDITION
Year of the Pig (Corona Edit)/For my Friends

You will be able to order them all from the Matador Site (pre-ordered).

If you are from Toronto, make sure to check out the Jennifer Castle CD release:

Friday July 18th
St. George the Martyr Courtyard
7:30 PM
8$
Castle Music
Nifty
Ryan Driver

Speaking of Blue Fog records, they are also putting out the $100 Album soon, which rips.