nff '25 pre-show + summer schedule.

a couple of shows to announce. firstly—we're playing a crazy pre-show for new friends fest this year.

flyer by kai.

the caution children are a bucket list band for us. they are your favourite band's favourite band. do not miss this.

secondly—a benefit for trans people taking place in kw. the venue has been changed; we'll update here once we know where to.

flyer by willa.

updated summer schedule:

• june 7th @ the arcade (tkaronto) w/ paperhats & computer (7:30 p.m./all ages/$15/p.w.y.c.)
• june 28th @ t.b.a. (kitchener) w/ body nest, human form, sullen, gutmachine & one more lane (7 p.m./all ages/$20/p.w.y.c.)
• july 19th @ the baby g (tkaronto) w/ terry green, hundreds of au & our wits that make us men (7 p.m./19+/$25/p.w.y.c.)
• july 31st @ collective arts (tkaronto) w/ the caution children, and always & treehouse of horror (6:30 p.m./19+/$15 with NFF '25 ticket, $25 without)
• august 19th @ the study room (kitchener) (details t.b.a.)
  

some other important news: our dear friend jazz has officially joined the band on second guitar. we played our last 2 shows with her and we already sound 10 times better. <3

 her & kai have also started a new band (zuzu bailey). they're playing their first show tomorrow opening for i.o from b.c. at dystopia. try & catch it if you're around.

flyer by kai.

that's it for now. keep fighting for what's right.

love,
boxxy

show flyers + new merch.

our next grip of shows have been formally announced; here's flyers for all of them.

flyer by kai.

flyer by kai.

flyer by kai.

we've also got a new t-shirt up for sale—they're expected to ship around mid-to-late may. locals can buy here to skip the shipping & arrange pick-up, everyone else can head to bandcamp. help us pay for recording some new songs!

that's all for now. free palestine, fight for trans liberation, and fuck anyone else who says otherwise.

love,
boxxy

spring + summer show schedule (so far).

thanks to everyone who came to our last pair of shows—gear still exploded but we pressed on as usual. i believe we raised around $400 at lowther for palestinian youth movement's toronto chapter, and saoirse dream ruled. this world is cursed, but life ain't so bad sometimes.

excerpt from the march 2025 issue of shapeshifter.

boxxy @ 84 lowther avenue by prim.

boxxy @ 84 lowther avenue by prim.

boxxy @ 84 lowther avenue by prim.

no real information or flyers yet, but here's a look at our next 4 months or so:

• may 17th @ t.b.a. (tkaronto) w/ treehouse of horror & underwater basket weaving (details t.b.a.)
• may 21st @ t.b.a. (tkaronto) w/ imy3 (details t.b.a.)
• june 7th @ the arcade (tkaronto) w/ paperhats & computer (details t.b.a.)
• june 28th @ t.b.a. (kitchener) (details t.b.a.)
• july 19th @ the baby g (tkaronto) (details t.b.a.)
• july 31st @ t.b.a. (tkaronto) (details t.b.a.) 

most of these aren't set in stone yet, but hopefully everything works out. kai will be gone on vacation for most of april & may so we're on ice until the trees have leaves again. still writing, still recording—we'll keep you posted.

 

love,

boxxy

first shows of 2025.

hi! it's been so long.

flyer by kai.

flyer by ben gomes.

flyer by kai.

we've been hibernating through the winter but we have a couple of shows coming up in the next few weeks—maybe even some new songs if we get ourselves in order. we promise our gear won't explode this time around. our schedule right now is as follows:

• february 28th @ 84 lowther ave. (tkaronto) w/ fool's blood (first show), we could go on tour, eric spinelli (MTL) & goond (7 p.m./all ages/$10/p.w.y.c.)
• benefit for palestine relief funds, details t.b.a.—this place is small, show up on time if you want a good spot
• march 4th @ expo vintage (tkaronto) w/ saoirse dream (PDX) & 666.pastel (8 p.m./$20/p.w.y.c./n.o.t.a.f.l.o.f./19+)
• buy advance tickets here
• june 7th @ t.b.a. (tkaronto) w/ eudaemon (MN) & computer (details t.b.a.)

most of our energy has been put towards writing. we hope you'll all get to hear the results sooner rather than later. for now, we've still got tapes & 7"s for sale here & here in addition to sonic boom & emissions.

 

more updates when we have them.

 

FREE PALESTINE.

 

love,

boxxy

farewell to ryan + last show of 2024.

ya know, i thought blogging was gonna be easier than this, but i've made it much more difficult than it needs to be. lots happened over the last month. let's talk about it!

emissions with bloom dream.

our 7" as a staff pick at emissions!

some of our releases spotlighted at emissions!

new ho king with bloom dream.

new neon.

post-gig dinner at owl! <3

thee WEEKEND OF VALOUR with bloom dream was real sweet—you better pray they come back again soon. we love our new best pals! 305 x 416 forever. <3

we played the respire release show the other night at the church and it was (predictably) tremendous. thanks to everyone who came through, we'll post photos if/when we get them. we played a couple of new songs that we have saved for something longer next year and we're very excited about them. as well, it was our last show for the foreseeable future with our beloved cellist, banjo ryan! ;_; they're moving out to ottawa at the end of the month, but not before one last dionaea spouse gig:

ryan's playing a farewell set of sorts alongside parallel play at st. luke's united church this friday to raise funds for the international coalition for human rights in the philippines. please consider attending if you can.

flyer by kai.

aaaaand finally—we've got one last gig for the year coming up in a few weeks. we return to everyone's favourite worst nightmare prison on the 7th with a frankly absurd roster of bands—body nest's proper debut (members of please don't crash & blood wraith), mauling (london powerviolence), heavenscoldhands (montréal metalcore), lice (brampton bully music) & the almighty REALITY DENIED (niagara's finest). hardcore! thanks to gonz for putting this together; we better see ya there.

that's all for now. 'til next time...

love,

boxxy

~

p.s.

 

soybomb is getting evicted at the end of november—there will be one last show on the 30th. animal faces, big brave (drone set), they grieve & piper maru will be playing. $25/p.w.y.c., all ages, doors at 7. you need to be there: don't fuck it up.

last shows of 2024 + loose notes.

october really snuck up on us.

art by michael deforge.

not really in the mood to promote but some updates: recording has been postponed to november. bloom dream shows are this weekend and we are stoked. as well, the respire show is back on! same sweet bill, same sweet venue, brand new date. here's what we've got for the rest of 2024:

• october 12th @ the union (kitchener) w/ bloom dream (FL) & underwater basket weaving (all ages/p.w.y.c./more details t.b.a.)
  
• october 13th @ low bar w/ bloom dream (FL) & we could go on tour ($15 or p.w.y.c./19+)
• low bar has a crazy small cap (35-ish), get in early
• november 17th @ church of saint stephen-in-the-fields w/ respire & sunnsetter ($20 or p.w.y.c./all ages)
  
• december 7th @ toronto style, a.k.a. "gonz's christmas party" (details t.b.a.)

every show's gonna be a banger—come say hi.

flyers below:

flyer by kai.

flyer by willa coward.

alternate flyer by kai.

flyer by kai.

flyer by kai.

a french blog wrote some very nice things about our 7" and we appreciated it very, very much. an approximation of their words (via firefox translator) are as follows:

"Boxcutter has been very active for two years (EP, splits and demo), Boxcutter comes out nine minutes of his particularly successful for those who enjoy screamo when it is raw and clad with accelerations emoviolence with underlying sensitivity. Variant of its harmonies as its speed, the trio passes from a furious fury shipped (“can’t have shit”) to more moderate rhythms such as “fuck the 29” or the superb conclusion “reckoning (kumapit se patalim)”, mid-tempo hypnotic terminating beautifully. Short but so catchy. Hurry up a sequel."

we also passed some copies of the 7" to no funeral last month; they're not up on the site last we checked, but if you happen to be ordering something from him and wanted to cop that in addition, send a message and he'll probably be able to sort you out.

nothing much else to report! hope all's well with y'all.

FREE PALESTINE!
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA!

love,
boxxy

bloom dream weekend.

hey y'all! it's been quiet for us post-fest. you probably already know but respire had to cancel their tour due to visa bullshit so the church show that was set for the 22nd is off, unfortunately. fuck borders!

some good news, though—we have a weekend coming up with the incredible bloom dream, trekking from florida in support of their amazing new album (out now on zegema beach). flyers coming soon, but in the meantime:

• october 12th @ the union (kitchener) w/ bloom dream (FL) & ??? (all ages/p.w.y.c./more details t.b.a.)
  
• october 13th @ low bar w/ bloom dream (FL) & we could go on tour ($15 or p.w.y.c./19+)
• low bar has a crazy small cap (35-ish), get in early

other fun things of note: we just signed first & last on a monthly practice space! we're sharing the room with terry (among other bands), so hopefully some of their greatness will rub off on us as we start to write for an LP. separately, we also have studio time booked later this month... hopefully you'll hear the results sooner rather than later.

what else? we sent some copies of the ruthless criticism of all that exists to our buddy steve in newfoundland for distro if any of you happen to be out there; otherwise, you can still find the 7" at sonic boom, emissions, or any of our shows. we just re-stocked our demo at both shops too if you haven't managed to get one of those yet (how)?

from earlier this summer.

more news when we have some. <3

FREE PALESTINE!
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA!

love,
boxxy