baby talk

apparently i've reached the stage in life where everyone is having babies. i wasn't really informed that i had passed the stage where everyone is getting married, probably because i just got married, and i still have a few weddings on my schedule (namely, jason's). as fun is it is to get emails from friends, telling us about their baby/pregnant/ultrasound status, lines like this always make me uncomfortable: "We were able to find out the sex." it sounds like a foreign person describing their wedding night. can we bring the word "gender" back into the rotation please?

studio prep is going great. we're all on the same page, and we're making some really good progress. we're being like 100% more deliberate about our writing, and our lyrics, and just everything for this record than we were for the last one. i just feel like our sound is so SOLID. also, i'm doing the cover art this time, and i think it looks pretty. you'll see.

release date tbd

well, in terms of live shows, we'll be disappearing from the public eye, much like the Tigers after their inexplicable collapse against the world champion with the least wins in history. (on a side note, someone should tell the pitchers that the ball boys in foul territory aren't on the team, and can't field the ball, so they shouldn't throw the ball to them). anyway, we're plugging away at new material right now, and we're going into the studio starting on dec 17th. technically, that's next month. holy crap. if you've seen our live show recently, you'll know a few of the new tunes. overall, we're really excited about this whole project, because we're spending twice as much studio time on each song, and we're doing more production. so we all have our work cut out for us. don't worry, i'll give frequent and outrageous updates whilst we studio.