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- September 3rd / EAST OF THE WALL European Tour Update
- August 12th / EAST OF THE WALL Seek Help Booking European Tour
- July 1st / New EAST OF THE WALL Tracks Streaming Now; Tour Begins This Week
If you scroll down on our myspace page you’ll find Meat Pendulum / Winter Breath and Salieri, both live at the Brighton Bar. Specifically they’re from the split EP release show, which was the first live outing for the new lineup.
It has come to our attention that some people are having issues getting information about our upcoming shows off of the Myspace page (not displaying addresses, showtimes etc.). Please check eastofthewall.com/shows for all of the pertinent details if you can’t view it on Myspace. See you all soon.
We’ve been promising that the unreleased Postman Syndrome demos would be coming out soon for a while now, but that now is no longer soon, it’s now now. And by now I mean in 3 months.
Here’s the thing though, we don’t want to just release these songs on iTunes, we want to print a proper release on an old fashioned compact disc, just like you would have bought in 2005 when the record would have come out. Actually, people stopped buying cds before 2005… but anyway…..
So this is where we need your help. We’re all broke because we’re in a band, and going on tour because we’re in a band, supporting our new record that’s actually a new record, Ressentiment, which comes out in July. We’re not the kind of band that makes money on tour…. well really we’re not the kind of band that makes money, period. In fact we lose money. We hemorrhage it.
In light of this blood loss we’re bringing it to the streets, like they did in UHF or Breakin’ II: Electric Boogaloo. More specifically, we’re taking preorders. If we can get 100 preorders our broke asses can afford to press the record. So preorder. Spread the word. Every order counts.
We’ll be playing a record release show for the album on May 22nd, and doing a couple old songs to say thanks before playing a full East Of The Wall set. So let us thank you. Help yourself by helping us help you. Go to www.postmansydrome.com to preorder the record and get a box full of free stuff in the process.
EAST OF THE WALL have posted two new tracks from the group’s upcoming album, Ressentiment, on both their MySpace [http://www.myspace.com/eastofthewall] and website [http://www.eastofthewall.com].
To be released via Translation Loss this July, Ressentiment is a concept record in which EAST OF THE WALL focus on a slightly different sound, integrating the use of vocals and an increased emphasis on sonic dissonance. The recording was engineered and co-produced by Will Putney at The Machine Shop (Clutch, King Crimson, Lamb Of God) in March through May of 2009.
The band have also announced a short run of Northeast live shows this month with labelmates Rosetta. They follow that in March with a month-long tour alongside The End Records’ artist Goes Cube, making appearances at two SXSW 2010 showcases.
EAST OF THE WALL Live Performances, Winter 2010:
2/18/2010 Great Scott – Boston, MA w/ Henry Gale (cd release show), Faello Nor, Horsehands
2/192010 The Charleston – New York, NY w/ Rosetta, Goes Cube, Restorations
2/20/2010 Brighton Bar – Long Branch, NJ (split EP release show) w/ Rosetta, Fake Gimms, A Fucking Elephant, Restorations
2/21/2010 The Mug at Vassar College – Poughkeepsie, NY (afternoon show) w/ Rosetta, Restorations
2/22/2010 Lit Lounge – New York, NY w/ Descender, Beauty Apes, Surrounded By Teeth
Tour with Goes Cube:
3/05/2010 Union Pool – Brooklyn, NY w/ Austerity Program, Gwynbleidd
3/06/2010 Normandy House – Ardmore, PA w/ Slumber Giant, Pursuit
3/07/2010 Velvet Lounge – Washington, DC w/ Old Crow
3/08/2010 Slim’s Downtown – Raleigh, NC
3/09/2010 The New Brookland Tavern – West Columbia, SC w/ The Unawares
3/10/2010 Devil’s Playground – Jacksonville, FL
3/11/2010 Cameo Theater – Orlando, FL w/ Fire Spoken By The Buffalo, Vessels Of Energia
3/12/2010 *TBA – Tampa, FL
3/13/2010 Coolifornia House – Tallahassee, FL [*no Goes Cube]
3/14/2010 The Firehouse – Birmingham, AL w/ Nymphotomy [*no Goes Cube]
3/15/2010 The World Famous Celtic – Pascagoula, MS w/ Johnny 2×4, The Ripshits
3/16/2010 Super Happy Fun Land – Houston, TX
3/18/2010 The Ballroom – Corpus Christi, TX w/ Death Before Dishonor, Stray From The Path [*no Goes Cube]
3/20/2010 The Metropolis – Austin, TX @ SXSW Ear/Splitters Showcase w/ City Of Ships, more
3/21/2010 Red 7 – Austin, TX @SXSW Translation Loss/Radar/Sargent House showcase) w/ Battlefields, City Of Ships, Junius, more [*no Goes Cube]
3/22/2010 Oz Cafe – Wichita, KS w/ Dead Commuter, White Mice, Liturgy
3/23/2010 Bourbon Theater – Lincoln, NE w/ Masses
3/24/2010 The Picador – Iowa City, IA w/ Snow Demon, Aseethe, Shores of the Tundra
3/25/2010 Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL
3/26/2010 Elbow Room – Ypsilanti, MI w/ Ganon
3/27/2010 Carabar – Columbus, OH w/ Altered States of the United States
3/28/2010 *TBA – Pittsburgh, PA
3/29/2010 *TBA – Trenton, NJ
3/30/2010 Generation Records (in-store performance) – New York, NY
4/03/2010 Brighton Bar – Long Branch, NJ w/ So Is The Tongue, Isthmus
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East Of The Wall will be embarking on a month-long tour to Austin’s South By Southwest festival this month along with tourmates Goes Cube. The band will be touring in support of their recently released split ep with Rosetta and Year Of No Light. The band will also be road testing new material from their forthcoming record Ressentiment, which will see a release through Translation Loss this summer.
The tentative routing is as follows. Venues are still tba and cities are subject to change, so check www.eastofthewall.com or myspace.com/eastofthewall for up-to-date info. Anyone who can be of assistance in helping to book a show in or near one of these cities can contact band (at) eastofthewall (dot) com.
March 5th – New York, NY
March 6th – Philadelphia, PA
March 7th – Washington, DC
March 8th – Raleigh, NC
March 9th – Savannah, GA
March 10th – Jacksonville, FL
March 11th – Orlando, FL
March 12th – Tampa, FL
March 13th – Tallahassee, FL (no Goes Cube)
March 14th – Birmingham, AL (no Goes Cube)
March 15th – Baton Rouge, LA
March 16th – Houston, TX
March 17th – Austin, TX (SxSW)
March 18th – Austin, TX (SxSW)
March 19th – Austin, TX (SxSW)
March 20th – Austin, TX (SxSW)
March 21st – Dallas, TX
March 22nd – Kansas City, MO
March 23rd – Iowa City, IA
March 24th – Madison, WI
March 25th – Chicago, IL
March 26th – Indianapolis, IN
March 27th – Columbus, OH
Sorry everyone but the Brighton Bar is closing down tonight, so the record release show needs to be postponed. We held out in hope that it might still happening but it’s out of our control.
We’ll probably have to wait until Brett comes back from his Binary Code tour in February to do a makeup date, but it will happen.
So if you read the “official press release” you’ll know that East Of The Wall had a lineup change, but what this essentially means is that East Of The Wall and Biclops are one band. Who didn’t see this coming? Yes, we know this makes the history of our names now a college level class, but that’s kind of the point: we’re done with confusing people. We’re one collective, we have been for a while, and now we have one name.
The long and short of it was that we love Mike to death but he had other obligations, so Seth filled his throne. Chris was already leaning East Of The Wall songs to be the touring guitar player since Matt can’t tour, so when the drummer swap happened East Of The Wall was now in an interesting position. Effectively, the live East lineup was Biclops.
So we’ve thrown up our hands and said screw it. There’s no point in arbitrarily dividing our music into instrumental and vocal bands. We’ll still play instrumental music and music with vocals. The writing and local show lineup will be all five of us, but we’ll tour as a four-piece. We’ll probably have specific focuses for individual records going forward so as not to muddy the waters, but honestly it’s all uncharted territory, which is pretty exciting.
But enough abstraction. What does this mean in the short term? Well first of all we have split ep with Rosetta and Year Of No Light, which was just released by Translation Loss.
Next, you might recall that Biclops has a record fully recorded, which we have titled Ressentiment. This will be the first full-length release by the new East Of The Wall collective, via Translation Loss this summer.
Then in 2011 we’ll be releasing the first record written entirely by the new lineup. We have it almost halfway completed already, and the plan is to not leave any of our fans out to dry. Not to get too specific but we have a pretty big idea for a concept record that’ll span the breadth of everything we’ve done.
We’ll be touring the hell out of 2010, so check back with us soon.
East of the Wall is excited to announce its new lineup. Joining the band are guitarist Chris Alfano and drummer Seth Rheam. Both played in the band Biclops with East of the Wall bassist Brett Bamberger and guitarist Kevin Conway. Due to the merging of the two bands’ lineups, all music created by the aforementioned collective, along with guitarist Matt Lupo, will be released under the name East of The Wall. This will include the release of the groups next record, Ressentiment, due out next summer through Translation Loss.
With this lineup change, East of the Wall has parted ways with original drummer Mike Somers. The band would like to thank Mike for his outstanding musicianship and hard work since the inception of the band. For more on the bands thoughts about the lineup change and other upcoming projects, please visit eastofthewall.com.
We are extremely excited to share some news with all of our fans, friends and; family….. East of the Wall has signed to Translation Loss! We are so fortunate to be on a roster full of artists who we respect and appreciate so much, not to mention having this excellent opportunity to do business with such a hard working operation of great people. On the road ahead we will be focusing extensively on writing, recording, touring, touring, touring.
Translation Loss will be releasing an split with Rosetta, Year of No Light & East of the Wall this December which will contain three new tracks from our camp. We have about half of our next full length written, which thus far in content is a bit more technically involved than our last LP. Keep up with us for news on releases and tour at www.eastofthewall.com & myspace.com/eastofthewall.
We want to extend our thanks to all the people who have helped us along the way, most especially Brandon Helms, Dave Grossman, and Dave Witte. Looking so forward to our time ahead with TL.
Cheers,
wow. we haven’t posted any sort of update in a long time. here goes:
-writing for the next full length is in full swing. we have 4 songs complete. we have seeds for 2 or 3 more. they rock really hard. if you’ve seen us live in the last few months you’ve heard one or two of these songs. hopefully we’ll be recording again later this year or early next year.
-you may have noticed that we haven’t really played many shows recently. me and brett were out on tour with biclops, which basically took the whole month of june out of the equation. since we’ve been back we’ve been focused on writing fresh jams. this will be changing soon though. we’re going to be looking to start booking shows again over the next few months. keep your eyes peeled for that.
-remember that split we recorded with rosetta and year of no light that we kept telling you was coming soon, except it never came? well, now it’s actually coming soon. i can’t give you too much detail at this point, but you’ll be hearing about this release very very soon. it has a new home and a new release format. it’s going to be mad sweet.
that’s all for now. i know it seems like we dissappeared, but we’re going to be back in a very big way very soon. thanks for paying attention in the meantime. cheers.
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