Ah, the era of social media. It has made us lazy with the website updates; we stay on top of Facebook and Twitter, and neglect our own site! Sigh.
But oh buddy, lots of stuff has happened in the almost 2 months since our last update! For starters, we released our second full-length LP “Gesture of a Gentleman” (you can buy it here), and marked the occasion with an amazingly-fun show at the Star Bar. The night was recorded (in video and audio) and we’ll be posting clips online in the near future.
As many of you have no doubt noticed, we’ve been getting a fair amount of radio play these days – big ups to the WRAS crew for getting the ball roliin’ on that!
Just this past weekend, we performed alongside our good friends Blair Crimmins and Lindsay Appel at the EARL’s pre-Independence Day bash. The place was packed with beer-swilling musical patriots, and what a blast we had. Thanks a million to all who came!
A little tidbit about our horizon: we’re currently working on what will become our next record. This will be an EP containing brand new tunes, recorded with very eclectic instrumentation (ukulele, hammered dulcimer, banjo, piano, percussion, pedal steel, dobro, etc). We think you’ll love it! More on this soon…
Just a quick update for ya – we’re working hard on the new record, now officially titled “The Gesture of a Gentleman.” Things are moving along quite well, and we’re going to shoot for a mid-spring 2010 release.
As we’ve been working on the album, we’ve been much better about updating our Facebook page than this site…so maybe you should head on over there if you haven’t already! We’ve been posting short video clips and photos over there as we go along.
We’ve also recently updated out YouTube Channel with a bunch of videos as well: www.youtube.com/user/afttd
We have officially begun the recording of our sophomore LP, tentatively titled “The Gesture of a Gentleman.” We’ve recorded pre-production (glorified demos) of all the tracks, and will be recorded the ‘real’ versions in a ‘real’ studio next month. We’re totally amped about the new songs – we think you’ll enjoy the record!
And of course, keep an eye on our Kickstarter.com page for exclusive updates. There’s only 10 DAYS left in our campaign over there, so join us now if you haven’t already!
** Our Kickstarter campaign is going strong; with 22 days to go, we have raised 58% of our goal. If you haven’t joined yet, jump on board and we’ll send you cool stuff. Also, we’ve been updating the Kickstarter page regularly with unreleased demos, videos, and live tracks.
** We begin pre-production for the new record this weekend. We’re planning on 10-12 songs, and aiming for a Spring release.
** Our next show is Oct 23 with Dave Daniels at the Star Bar.
** We are currently also planning our annual Holiday Charity Fundraiser. Once again, the show will be free to attend, but small donations of cash or canned goods will be accepted for the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Just like last year, there will be an exclusive limited A Fight to the Death CD single given to everyone who donates $5 or 5 cans of food at the door. We are very happy to say that Telegram will be coming out of semi-retirement to join us on the bill, and the night will conclude with a set of holiday tunes performed by some of Atlanta’s most awesome musicians.
Our egos were gently stroked today as we were named as the Runner-Up for “Best International Act” in Creative Loafing‘s annual Best of Atlanta issue. Nice!
Go HERE to read about how our good friends Batada Doce beat us for Critics’ Choice.
Also, we had an absolutely killer time playing with all the great bands of the OtherSound Festival on Saturday. Here’s a nice pic from the night, courtesy of Chris Awwesome:
This is the absolute BEST way for you to make sure that you get a copy of our new record the instant that it is finished, and also get your hands on a ton of very exclusive AFTTD recordings.
Here is a video describing the project; take a look, and the go to our Kickstarter page!
I’m just going to do this the corporate America way – by making a bullet-pointed list to get you up to speed on what we’re doing!
** Mark (drummer) has almost fully recovered from his injuries and is able to play regularly again. We rehearsed a couple of times last week and were then able to perform at the Grant Park Festival without any of his limbs falling off.
** We will be starting the pre-production process for our new record in the next couple of weeks. We plan to hit the studio sometime in mid-Oct, and the record should be done by the end of the year; we are aiming for a release early next year!
** The band will be starting an interesting project for Kickstarter.com in the coming weeks. This project will give our fans an opportunity to help us out in exchange for some kick-ass exclusive AFTTD stuff. More on this very soon.
** We will be documenting the process of recording our record, and will cobble it all together at the end if we all survive. Some bits will be released as web shorts, and the whole thing will become a DVD at the end.
** CJ completed his 30 Songs in 30 Days project at ASongEachDay.com – look for a few of those ideas to pop up as AFTTD songs in the future.
** We are excited to be playing 2 shows in Atlanta next weekend: 9/18 at Kavarna with Dare Dukes and the Preakness, and 9/18 with a bevy of kick-ass bands for the OtherSound Festival.
So while Mark is healing up from his accident (see post below for more on that), I (CJ) have decided to launch a new project. I plan to write and record 30 songs in 30 days, and document the entire process on www.ASongEachDay.com. Some of the songs I post are guaranteed to be terrible, but my hope is that more of them will be enjoyable!
We are sad to report that our drummer, Mark Carbone, was injured in a bike accident over the weekend. He’ll recover just fine, but he is musically out-of-commission for a while due to a broken clavicle and rib. As a result, we hare canceling or postponing all shows between now and the end of August.
Obviously we regret having to do this, but we want Mark to take whatever time he needs to properly recover. And if you’ve seen us play live before, you’ll understand why using a substitute drummer is out of the question – we rely on each others’ on-stage chemistry a bit too much for that!!
As it currently stands, we plan to return at the end of August; in the meantime please send Mark good thoughts, prayers, and voodoo magic as he recovers. I’ll do my best to keep you all entertained here by posting some demos, videos, live tracks, and other odds & ends to help tie you over until we can return to form and finish our new record!
I’m just going to do this the corporate America way – by making a bullet-pointed list to get you up to speed on what we’re doing!
We are sad to report that our drummer, Mark Carbone, was injured in a bike accident over the weekend. He’ll recover just fine, but he is musically out-of-commission for a while due to a broken clavicle and rib. As a result, we hare canceling or postponing all shows between now and the end of August.