Off to a plaid start

Hey guys. Dave here, writing from the basement of the band’s new house in Northampton, MA. Actually, technically, I’m writing from the Roger Preston Room, which is just the thirty-five or so square feet underneath my IKEA loft bed in the back corner of our basement. The rest of the basement is the band’s rehearsal space, home to all of our musical gear and to the Brian Foote Lounge, which is technically just the other back corner of the basement, where we have some couches and a speaker setup. We really like our new basement, is the point, and we spend quite a bit of time in it. Fortunately, it’s only quasi-subterranean, so we do get nice natural lighting during the day, and the Aquafresh™ green walls are like a minty fresh meadow everywhere you look.

Harris and I just had our inaugural busk in downtown Northampton, followed by drinks in Amherst with Auyon, Hannah (Harris’ girlfriend), and Cat (Auyon’s girlfriend). It was great to play on the streets of Northampton again, which I haven’t done since July, and it was a great opportunity to advertise for the upcoming gig this Sunday morning (We’ll be kicking off the Hungry Ghost Bread Festival at 11 am, and then apparently participating in something called a puppet parade?). We got nice crowds and good responses even out of some of our unfinished ideas and off-the-cuff covers, so we’re excited to get back out there soon and hopefully make it a regular thing while it’s still warm out.

Apologies for the lack of content on the website at the moment, but we’re only really just getting past the moving-in and beginning-our-new-day-jobs phase, and moving on to the businessier aspects of band management. We threw this idea together over the last few days, and we’ll likely be messing around with the template for a while until we settle on something. You might have noticed our little animal friend up at the top, completely throwing off the cohesiveness of the design and looking totally adorable. We’re not really sure if he’s around to stay, but he looked so friendly that we thought he at least deserved a shot at being some kind of mascot. You should let us know what you think, because we’ve lost all objectivity.

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