bailed show + next gigs.

a couple of notes: toast is real sick which means we can't play the tranzac tonight (even though we made a cute alternate flyer for it) :~( kai & faith will still be there to help with doors & commemorate the end of a.p.d.—please consider attending.

 

alternate flyer by kai.

 

we do, however, have another gig added to our june schedule—an all ages matinée at the flat top on june 22nd with wolf fang fist & be still. flyer soon! it's gonna be a ripper.

 

separately, check out this cute graphic that got made for our NFF spotlight post + the accompanying bio:

"Conceived in Mississauga, based in downtown Toronto & formed at a North York house party in 2021, boxcutter specializes in scorching post-hardcore designed to melt through the harshest of Ontario winters. Following the city’s last generation of MySpace users in a world before streaming services were ubiquitous, the band’s DIY ethic & relentless schedule has already seen them play throughout the golden horseshoe with many of the genre’s best, supporting a clutch of cassette & vinyl releases with barely a year under their belt. Simultaneously mourning and basking in the remnants of the GTA’s now-bygone era, boxcutter picks up the pieces with passionate, frenetic screamo that dares to dream of a better world."

lastly—we have a 7" coming out some time next month. keep an eye out.

 

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

boxxy @ the killroom.

busy weekend!

us after finishing our set.

in addition to playing hamilton on sunday, i (kai) also made the trek to catch massa nera & this place is actually the worst in kitchener (alone) & toronto (with toast) the 2 days preceding. willa of a perennial daydream was kind enough to put me up for the night after the study room show, which made life a lot easier since i'd made zero plans regarding how i was gonna get home that night (thank yooooouuuuu)!

flyer by nate, xerox'd & riso'd by me.

a perennial daydream @ the study room.

basque @ the study room.

basque @ the study room.

massa nera @ the study room.

massa nera @ the study room.

mark from massa showed me & willa this ja rule/metallica song...

after crashing on the couch, followed by spending an inordinate amount of time between mcdonald's & several modes of public transportation, i met up with toast & everyone else at orwell for round 2. the energy was incredible—i really feel like orwell is becoming the place to be for a guaranteed great show of passionate music. treehouse of horror & terry green played amazing sets that we'll upload photos of once we get the film back; watch out for new material from both of them this year.

flyer by ryan ulc.

this place is actually the worst @ bar orwell.

this place is actually the worst @ bar orwell.

right before our weekend started, the divorcemobile broke down again, so farah agreed to drive us up (thank you farah). toast (with help from t) cooked a bunch of mac & cheese for all the bands that we brought over in a comically large pot. things went well.

en route to hamilton (courtesy of farah).

neck @ the killroom.

boxxy's fwendz!

neck was cool, cease ruled so hard that they played their entire set twice, t.p.i.a.t.w. made all of us wanna write math-y riffs & massa nera were as impossibly tight as ever (photos coming soon for these sets, too). the killroom rocks & we can't wait to come back! shout out to no funeral for making it happen & massa + andrew for being so cool to us. personally, this marked the 12th time i've gotten to see massa in the span of about 5 years & they seem to only get better every time, which is no small feat to say the absolute least. catch their battle set with quiet fear at new friends fest in august if you know what's good for you!!!

some last housekeeping notes:

• our next gig: april 28th, 7 p.m. w/ swimming (NL), growing fins & please don't crash @ the arcade (ask a punk), all ages, $15/n.o.t.a.f.l.o.f.
• we'll have another re-press of it's more like embracing with us by then; we sold the first 10 copies at the killroom with no insert & xerox'd covers, but the rest of the edition will come with all the extra bells & whistles.
• we're out of shirts (kinda)! we have 10 or so left, but we're taking them off of bandcamp. new designs coming sooner than you think.
• lastly: we're working on putting something together for either late may or early june, but we're not sure of the details yet. we'll post about it if we figure it out.

catch y'all on the flip... xoxoxo <3

love,

boxxy