fest weekend + new merch + maritimes tour.

screamo pride month begins in 5 days.

small things coming soon in boxxy world. some news:

• new friends fest is less than a week away and we're pretty excited. you can see us play next sunday (august 2nd) with, in order: underwater basket weaving, coup d'état, gros enfant mort, poetry of torch, joliette, quiet fear, ostraca, commitment, tomb mold, clay birds & portraits of past. we're on 3rd after coup d'état.
• we've got some new shirts that we'll have ready in time for it and you can see the designs for all of them below.
• we have a new song on this year's fest comp, entitled Doomed From the Start; it's called "raptured" and we'll put it up online some time after fest is over.
• before august is over, we'll also have a new tape documenting some songs we recorded for the lovely people at met radio (cjtm 1280 am) this past january. we played 4 new songs (including "raptured") and an oldie, so if you'd like a sneak peek at what we're sounding like these days, look out for a post on that sooner or later. our sincere thanks goes out to delphine winton for putting up with our antics that day, letting us try too many takes of one song in particular, and for doing a great job capturing a packed set-up.
• aaaaand finally: we're touring up to the maritimes and back with our dear friends in body nest at the end of august. this'll be the farthest we've ever been from home as a band, so we're more than a little nervous to be actually gone for more than a couple of days, but we're very stoked, and we hope we can represent our city as best as we can. we'll have more details and a poster with all the dates up as soon as we can (probably after fest)—you can get a rough idea of the route via the "upcoming shows" widget (visible to your right on desktop, and viewable on mobile if you select the "view web version" option below this post and zoom in a bit).

design by kyle rotta.

design by kai.

design by kai with respect to mark chen.

i think that's everything for now. talk to you soon.

love,

boxxy 

summer shows + RIP treehouse.

it's been a quiet year for us so far. we've been busy dealing with boring things like school, work, poverty, and other things like that. life is long and short and difficult. in spite of it all, we have some shows coming up.

2023, outside the casbah.

of particular note: our best friends in treehouse of horror are calling it quits early next month. we'll miss this band very, very much, and we can't overstate how important they've been to our lives these past few years. they're ripping one last time with many of our dearest friends and some very cool surprise guests. jazz is out of town so we're moving as a 3-piece once again for this (as well as our gig at saint stephen's later this month) and planning to play mostly old stuff. we'd love to see you there.

as well, we'd like to thank everybody that attended stand & stare back in march; it was an beautiful night, and kai is aiming to put it together again next year. thank you especially to life & heaven through violence for making the trek up from the states, computer science & eric spinelli for driving all the way from montréal, alex & sonia for doing an amazing job on sound, and saint stephen's for having us. the more screamo we have in this cruel, cruel city, the better.

upcoming shows:

• june 27th @ church of saint stephen-in-the-fields (tkaronto) w/ real friend (AB), farron keep, no purpose & kahraba (doors @ 7:30 p.m./music @ 8 p.m./all ages/$20/p.w.y.c.)—buy tickets here
• july 3rd @ tranzac (tkaronto) w/ secret band, treehouse of horror (LAST SHOW), underwater basket weaving & body nest (doors @ 7 p.m./music @ 7:30 p.m./all ages/$25/p.w.y.c.)—buy tickets here
• august 2nd @ lithuanian house (tkaronto) for new friends fest, night 3/3 w/ portraits of past, tomb mold, joliette, clay birds, commitment, quiet fear, poetry of torch, gros enfant mort, underwater basket weaving & coup d'état (5 p.m./all ages)—buy tickets here
• september 17th @ bovine sex club (tkaronto) w/ the hirs collective & dear evangeline (19+/$20 adv./n.o.t.a.f.l.o.f.)—buy tickets here

flyer by kai.

flyer by ryan & kai.

flyer by asep yasin abdulah & kai.

flyer by hirs.

that's all for now—talk to you soon.

love,
boxxy

new friends fest '26.

flyer by asep yasin abdulah & kai.

it is happening again.

new friends fest '26 takes place at the lithuanian house in tkaronto, july 31–august 2. we will be playing alongside some of the best bands our scene has to offer and we hope to see you there. tickets are available now through the new friends diy website & for a discounted price through the venerable record shop emissions at dundas & ossington.

see you there.

love,

boxxy

stand & stare.

kai & kenley are booking a mini-fest at saint stephen's next month. we're playing the side room with computer science (montréal, first toronto show), insomniak, eric spinelli (montréal) & siamese connection. as for the main room: the almighty life are back after a crazy set at NFF last year, along with ultra love's first toronto appearance, boston's heaven through violence (members of ...and its name was epyon), searing, and our good friends in and always. none of the sets in either room will overlap with each other, so you can see every single band for $50 if you so desire. it's $25 for our room & $35 for the main room otherwise. you can buy advance tickets here.

photo by waka.

our hard luck show was very fun—thanks to everyone who came and to febuary & airgun for being swell. we still have some posters leftover from that gig for sale here for anybody interested.

flyer by kai.

our show with our wits at the rat's nest is in a little over a week. it's a very small space, so grab a ticket here if you're trying to be there. we might be playing a new song from that LP we keep talking about writing & recording...

flyer by the arcade.

if that date doesn't work for you for whatever reason, we've also got a gig coming up at the arcade the weekend after. it's a fundraiser for jazz to help her clear some debts: it'd be great to see you there.

that's all for now. hope the winter blues isn't getting you too down.

love,

boxxy

winter shows.

photo by jack yanover.

not much to say right now. we miss nick. listen to sundowner.

upcoming shows:

• january 27th (tomorrow) @ hard luck (tkaronto) w/ febuary & airgun (doors @ 7 p.m./all ages/$25)—buy tickets here (nearly sold out)
• february 20th @ the rat's nest (tkaronto) w/ our wits (8 p.m./19+/$10/p.w.y.c.)—buy tickets here
• march 21st @ church of saint stephen-in-the-fields (tkaronto) w/ ??? (5 p.m./all ages)

flyer by kai, printed by kid icarus.

flyer by kai.

hold your loved ones close.

weekender merch + go birds.

doom loop world tour poster.

new patch.

new shirt.

you've been out since the day you were born.

fenech will be replacing songs for listening in kitchener this sunday. jays in 6.

love,

boxxy 

halloweekend 2 + ZBR distro.

hi! we've got a weekender to montréal with our dear friends in and always & tachyon coming up. these are gonna be our last shows of the year while we gear up to hibernate & write more.

flyer by kai.

flyer by kim.

flyer by willa coward.

• october 31st @ kolors (tkaronto) w/ underwater basket weaving & and always (8 p.m./19+/$15/p.w.y.c.)—buy tickets here
• november 1st @ barfly (tiohtià:ke) w/ and always & tachyon ($15/p.w.y.c.)
• november 2nd @ last shop on king (kitchener) w/ tachyon, and always & songs for listening (7 p.m./all ages/$20/p.w.y.c.) 

it would be lovely to see y'all there. <3

for any american friends that might end up reading this for some reason: the daves of zegema beach records have kindly put some copies of last year's 7" up for distro via their u.s. store. you can grab those here if you so desire.

photo by zbr.

finally—we camped out in hamilton for the weekend... more on that later.

talk to you soon,

boxxy 

9/11 show.

thanks to emma goldman for a great show & to iris for filling in on bass. <3

next up: we're celebrating the wedding of laura & erin at saint stephen's in a few weeks. all proceeds will go towards trans mutual aid funds. see you there.

love,

boxxy

remaining summer shows.

flyer by no funeral.

next show: boxxy returns to the study room this tuesday for the first time since 2022 with emma goldman (vancouver), searing & sostre! (buffalo). this one's gonna be ridiculous: be there if you can.

alternate flyer by kai.

as well, we've got some photos our dear friend matty (of iwan, bloom dream & epyon fame) took at the nff pre-show last month:

edit: it's also toast's birthday today. <3 <3 <3

photo by laura quinn.

next tkaronto show: september 11th at saint stephen's, flyer soon.

summer update + next shows.

sorry about the lack of posts lately—everyone is very busy these days.

flyer by kai.

we played a very fun show with a bunch of friends last weekend that we only posted about in the sidebar here (whoops). we're working on something with our wits that you'll hear about down the line. as well, to the guy that tried to buy a shirt from us: we found some more smalls & mediums. :)

the benefit show in kitchener went on as planned at emmanuel united church and raised a bunch of money. thanks to our dear friend willa of public seating diy & body nest fame for organizing an amazing night, and thanks to everyone who came out to support. <3 <3 <3

flyer by kai.

some sad news to share: the caution children had to drop off the NFF pre-show that we're playing this week. we're all very gutted, but folk heroes alaskan have kindly stepped up to replace them. this one's gonna be a rager—we highly recommend attending. tickets can be bought here.

our schedule for the rest of the year:

• july 31st @ collective arts (tkaronto) w/ alaskan, and always & treehouse of horror (6:30 p.m./19+/$15 with NFF '25 ticket, $25 without)—buy tickets
• august 19th @ the study room (kitchener) w/ emma goldman (details t.b.a.)
• september 11th @ ??? (tkaronto) w/ ??? (details t.b.a.) 
• october 31 @ ??? (tkaronto) (details t.b.a.)
• november 1 @ ??? (details t.b.a.)
• november 2 @ ??? (kitchener) (details t.b.a.)

spirit desire (kai's other band) released a bunch of new songs over the last month or so—check those out if you like good music.

flyer by kai.

speaking of good music: willa is also putting on a killer fest in kitchener this september. we're not playing, but we will certainly be in attendance. if you're local to toronto, consider catching the train up for a crazy bill. congratulations alone is more than worth it.

that's all for now. we're still working on new music... you'll hear about it whenever we're ready.

love,

boxxy 

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