I can’t really compete with last week’s post, but in case you missed it, Instrumental Analysis gave Tereu Tereu some love the other day. Thanks IA!
We’re working hard to make sure the record is all ready for the tour. We’re screen printing and packaging and graphic designing and all of those wonderful things that bands without managers/labels get to take care of on their own. It’s great to be intimately involved with every aspect of your music, but sometimes it takes a lot of work!
In any case, this year has been pretty awesome so far. I’ve followed through with my resolution not to make any resolutions, and it’s been great. Also, THIS is totally awesome.
We have so many wonderful things to tell you. First of all, we are pleased to announce the new Tereu Tereu album is entirely MASTERED and DONE. We will be selling it this month exclusively at shows in the form of a hand-numbered, limited-edition CDR with screen-printed cover art. That’s right, we’re going all out to make sure each copy is really awesome and unique because we love you that much.
Want to hear a brand spankin’ new song? Head over to myspace (or just scroll down) for our new single Perpetual Motion. It’ll be the very first track on our new album, All That Keeps Us Together. Oh, and we’ve got new photos posted on myspace as well. Fresh faces for a fresh year, thanks to our pal, Shervin.
Did I mention we’re going on tour!?!? Yep, we’re getting this show on the road, touring with our friends Sean Walsh and the National Reserve. All the details will be posted shortly, but go ahead and mark your calendars–we’re hitting these cities for real.
January Tour:
1/22 - Newark, DE [House Show]
1/23 - Richmond, VA [The Highwater (part of Toad's Place)]
1/24 - Charlotte, NC [The Visualite Theater]
1/25 - Lexington, KY [Al's Bar]
1/26 - Winona Lake, IN [TBA]
1/27 - Pittsburgh, PA [Howler's Coyote Cafe]
1/28 - Washington, DC [Black Cat]
1/29 - Fredericksburg, VA [The Loft]
Perpetual Motion:
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How did the holidays treat you? Did you get any awesome presents? I got some 30 Rock and Arrested Development DVDs. Score!
If you’re in Fredericksburg for New Years Eve, we’ll be playing at The Third Floor on Caroline St. for the whole First Night thing that the city puts on. The show starts at 7:00 PM. Rocky’s Revival, who has been sorely missed for the past few months, will be playing as well as The Red Light Effect. Expect surprises.
Well, lots of secret important things have been happening in the land of Tereu Tereu, and I’m hoping we’ll get to announce a few of them next Monday. So… get ready for a mind explosion. See you next year!!!
2008 is almost OVER. You have precisely two chances to see Tereu Tereu before it’s done: The Saturday after Christmas on the MAINSTAGE of the Black Cat, and on New Years Eve at the Third Floor in Fredericksburg. The BC show is going to rule. So is New Years Eve. You should probably go to both. We’ll be at both, I know that much.
Christmas is coming soon. Looking for last-minute presents? Here are my recommendations:
–If you can find it, Shepard Fairey makes some great art. He did the ubiquitous-but-awesome Obama HOPE posters, and he just makes really neat stuff.
–For people interested in ethics/food/how things work, Michael Pollan has written some really great books about why what we eat matters. Plus, it’s just awesome to read about how food gets to your table (hint: it starts way before the grocery store).
–Do you really love those abstract-but-heart-wrenching bands like Sigur Ros and Explosions In The Sky? Are you really into music without any intelligible vocals? Consider getting the new Collections of Colonies of Bees record. Their album Birds is expansive and hopeful and creative and utterly gorgeous. It came in a little under the radar, but if you like that whole post-rock genre (whatever that means), you should check it out.
–I still can’t stop listening to that damn Ra Ra Riot record. Also, Bon Iver and TV on the Radio put out really incredible records this year.
Have you got any holiday gift ideas? Favorite albums of 2008? Leave a comment!
It’s Monday. That means it’s time for morning announcements:
Firstly, for those of you that enjoyed our endearingly goofy new video for Cheers!, we now have the song available for download. It’s on the myspace. It’s on the website. It’s ready for you to enjoy. Hit up the comments and let us know if you like it. The horn parts were arranged by our very own Matt Bradshaw, and the saxophone parts were played by your local hero Nathan Masters. The song will most certainly be on the first Tereu Tereu full-length album, slated for an early 2009 release. Get ready!
Perhaps one new song just isn’t enough. Perhaps you simply cannot wait until 2009 to hear more songs. Well, for those of you in the DC area, we will be performing much of the upcoming record, including a brand new never-previously-played-live song, at the mainstage of the Black Cat with Olivia Mancini on December 27th. Yep, that’s the Saturday after Christmas. Come show us your new toys and we will show you our rock and roll.
Listen:
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We have a special treat for you today. It’s a Tereu Tereu video for the song Cheers! off our forthcoming full-length. It was made by our friend Jason. Apparently, he bought the America’s Funniest Home Videos boxed set and just had to do something with it. We love it:
Come see us play on Thursday with our good friends Sean Walsh and Tim Cleary at The Loft. It’s 18+ and we’d love to see you there.
I am writing you from our producer Devin’s basement. The record is almost mixed. Sounds crazy, I know, but after all this time, it’s… almost… there. My brain is melting as we push through dilemmas like, “Should we take out the second guitar for that one measure?” and “Is the background vocal double a little too high in the second verse?” And then, after we painstakingly decide which way to go, Pro Tools freezes up because there are too many automations running at the same time or because we lowered the buffer speed to compensate for latency. I know you’re thinking, “You idiot, of course you have to raise the buffer speed when you’re running so many plug ins at once,” but hey buddy, it’s after midnight and I’m exhausted, cut me some slack.
Devin is putting more ROCK in the mix.
Anyhow, there’s a couple things I should let you know. First of all, if you kids use that new fangled “facebook” website, be sure and become our “fan” by clicking here. Apparently, that’s the hip thing to do these days. Oh, as long as we’re talking nerdy, you may have noticed our twitter at the bottom of the page. I try and update that as often as I can–which is not nearly often enough for you stalker-types, I’m sure–and we’d love it if you followed us.
Well, back to adjusting reverb levels and decay rates and such. I think we’ve got one, maybe two songs left to tweak. Then we’ll be mastering it all in December I believe. There’s no particular release date yet, but there may be more on that topic soon…
I am exhausted.
See you at the FREE SHOW in Richmond on Wednesday!
I saw NIN the other day–weird, I know–but they were awesome. Seriously. I did not expect the intense arena rock that melted my face off, but melt my face off it did. They have this unbelievable light/visual thing that is unlike anything I’ve seen. It’s impossible to really capture on youtube, but this gives you an idea:
Essentially, it was like seeing the newest Batman movie after only watching Wes Anderson movies for months. Sure, I love The Life Aquatic with all my heart, but The Dark Knight was EPIC.
Also, we’ve got more shows coming up. We’re playing in Richmond the day before Thanksgiving for FREE at Toad’s Place with Prabir & The Substitutes. If you’re in RVA, you’d better be there!
In the wake of this whole new post-election insanity, I forgot we even had this thing. Turns out everything hasn’t quite changed as much as I thought. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m totally excited about our new leader. It’s just… I was hoping Obama would bring us eco-friendly flying cars that use trash for fuel by now. Maybe that wasn’t the change he was talking about? Well, I’ll settle for hoverboards as long as they’re here in time for Christmas.
In any case, we’re rocking the crap out of Charlottesville on Sunday. That town will be entirely crapless after our set, so be prepared. The show starts early, and it’s at the Outback Lodge. Be there!
We’re going into the studio next week to (hopefully?) finish mixing the record. Man, sometimes these things take a while. It’s cool though, after this one goes triple we’ll be able to afford to finish the next one a little more quickly. I can’t wait until Kanye remixes our single.
Also, we’ve got some shows in the works with our pal Sean Walsh, which I couldn’t be more excited about. Sean’s forthcoming album is going to break your heart and refuse to leave your iPod. It’s going to be on every hipster’s mixtape (or muxtape, as it were). Seriously, what I’ve heard so far is gut-wrenchingly gorgeous, and I can’t wait to get a copy for myself. More word on said show(s) soon. For now, just remember: Whatever you do, do not to ride your hoverboard on water.
