kingston + next show this weekend + june shows.

some updates: we just played with frail body in kingston and it bears repeating that they're arguably the best band in the world right now. please see them if they come through your town (no matter what else you've got going on that night) because we can promise that you'll never regret it. thanks to them for being game to do it in the first place & mikey for putting the whole thing on; sometimes cold e-mailing a tour manager actually works!

 

pre-gig naps.

pity the heel.

frail body.

will & some guy we met outside the bar.

approximately 4 am at the newcastle (?) onroute.

thanks to willa for driving us around so much (<3 <3 <3) & emma for putting up with our incessant yapping. here's a few videos filmed by faith of everyone that played (except us):

dudes rock.

our next order of business: kai booked a show at saint stephen-in-the-fields (that church in kensington with the jumpscare statue outside the front entrance) for this weekend—3 days from now to be exact. it'll be the first punk show that's ever been hosted there to our knowledge (or at least the first in a long time), and we'll be inaugurating the space alongside angel apricot & we could go on tour (their first show). we'll all be donating a portion of what we make, likely in support of the ongoing encampment at u of t. thanks to louis & everyone at the church for helping make this happen, and watch out for more very soon (including something we've already got in the pipeline down below)...

finally: an actual flyer for The Toast Show.

flyer by kai.

here's our updated schedule:

• may 18th @ church of saint stephen-in-the-fields w/ angel apricot & we could go on tour ($12 or p.w.y.c./all ages/dry show)
  
• june 8th @ tranzac club w/ a perennial daydream (last show), treehouse of horror, guest room status & blosum ($20 or p.w.y.c./all ages)
• june 15th @ church of saint stephen-in-the-fields w/ terry green, purity culture & cloudwatch ($15 or p.w.y.c./all ages/dry show)—formal announcement coming soon
  
• june 24th @ houndstooth (a.k.a. the toast show) w/ gutmachine & xxemoboyskissingxx (p.w.y.c./19+)
• august 3rd @ lithuanian house (new friends fest) w/ raein, newfound interest in connecticut, awakebutstillinbed, we were skeletons, blind girls, dowsing, radura, glassing, short fictions, tyler daniel bean & emma goldman ($60.81 for day pass or $144.78 for weekend pass/all ages)
• i hear there's still some discounted locals-only passes available at emissions for anyone in town that's tryna save a couple bucks.

that should be everything for now.

free palestine.

from the river to the fucking sea.

love,

boxxy

spring shows + r.i.p. bar orwell.

we've been busy hibernating (see: slacking) after our march weekender, but we're still gonna write that post about it eventually. a lot's happened since then...

we played with picknumberthreemylord! (who came all the way up from rochester), pretty mouth (subbing in for be still) & linens @ the arcade a few weeks ago. it ruled!

flyer by kai & treehouse ryan.

we've got a handful of shows waiting in the wings for may + june:

• may 13th @ next church sanctuary (kingston) w/ frail body, treehouse of horror & pity the heel ($15 or p.w.y.c./all ages)
• june 8th @ tranzac club w/ a perennial daydream (last show), treehouse of horror, guest room status & blosum ($20 or p.w.y.c./all ages)
• june 15th w/ terry green, purity culture & cloudwatch (tkaronto—details t.b.a.)
• june 24th @ houndstooth (a.k.a. the toast show) w/ gutmachine & xxemoboyskissingxx (p.w.y.c./19+)
  
  

flyer by kai.

flyer by willa coward.

in worse news, we also got word a few weeks back that bar orwell has seemingly closed for good after only a few years; fuck every landlord & property owner that obstructs what little culture we have left to hold onto in this city. some of our favourite shows as a band and as attendees have been there, and we'll miss their contribution to independent music. it's getting dire finding good venues around here but in the face of it all, we have to march on...

here's a video clip of our first show there and our third show as a band. we'll miss it dearly.

and one last thing—riotnine forever.

love,
boxxy