pre-fest.

holy fuck what a wild few days it's been.

 

 

kai filled in for policeman at the officially unofficial pre-show they co-booked for dogs with hobbies on thursday. aeryn got sick and this place is actually the worst had to drop, meaning massa nera's surprise set was down a member. andrew stepped up to do a solo set (that ruled) at our behest instead, but not before we volunteered to fill in if the other bands were feeling it. we settled on doing both sets, but also keeping the secret 2-song set (from an as-of-yet untitled band) that immediately followed early heaven. kai forgot to tell the bar any of this, who signed up for 4 bands done before 11, and then we went 15 minutes past that. now they're reaaaaally mad at us. sorry! faith's bass went missing by the end of the night too, 'cause fuck us, i guess! there was a block-wide power outage this afternoon that took out the entirety of the lithuanian house for a while, which knocked back every set by a half hour. we were skeletons had to drop fest (also due to illness) and we are fucking gutted. indisposed dropped too because nothing can ever be easy. in traditional fashion for us, we have been faced with another set of obstacles to overcome—we will once again test our resilience.

 

we open for raein in 12 hours. see you there.

sixninehaus videos + merch + respire release show.

thank you to everyone who came by the house this weekend; that night was magic and we won't ever forget it. it means a lot to us to be surrounded by such a supportive community. we'll put up photos whenever we get 'em.

photo by toast.

faith got videos of every set if you couldn't make it down:

the EP's been out for a couple of days and folks have been very sweet about it—thank you so much. we're trying to keep the momentum going... hopefully we'll have more out before the year is over.

our best buddies in treehouse of horror released their own EP the day after we did. we knew they were gonna blow us out of the fucking water, so we went first on purpose... can't see anything else usurping it as the best 7" of the year. show them some love and check it out below:

we also put some new shirts up for sale that were supposed to last us the next several months, but most of 'em got claimed within the first 24 hours—thank you thank you thank you. we've got a handful left of both perfect blue colourways (S–L), an incoming re-stock of the scott pilgrim design since that's just about sold out (literally just 3 2XLs left), and a new one we're picking up this week. we don't have good photos yet, but they look like this:

size small pictured.

size large pictured.

size large pictured.

photo by private press printing.

NFF will be our last local set 'til the end of september. respire asked us to play their record release show/tour homecoming at st. stephen's (déjà vu) and we're very excited about it—kai attended their very first gig at thigh high clubhouse many moons ago (r.i.p.), making this yet another full-circle moment for us as local freaks. tickets are live and you can snag 'em here; we hope to see you there.

flyer by egin.

lastly, we've got a new song on Feel Like We Feel, a cassette-only compilation that kai & ryan put together for NFF this year. pre-orders are up now on the NFDIY website—find those here if you so desire.

'til next time... <3

love,

boxxy

7" release show.

flyer by kai.

that took a lot longer to put together than we thought it would.

we won't actually have 7"s in hand until fest next month but we're pretty sure we'll have shirts in time for saturday if you're so inclined. we're stoked as hell. some ground rules to keep in mind:

• sixninehaus is a home first and a venue second. everything will be taking place in the backyard—we're lucky to have been granted the space by the people who live there, so be respectful and don't be a jerk (or we'll boot you out pretty much immediately).
• do not fuck around in the actual house.
• don't crowd around out front.
• be nice to the neighbours.
  
• b.y.o.b. & don't use alone.

show starts at 8 sharp—there's not much space so don't be late. we have a curfew of 11 and there will be a secret set from some friends of ours who also have a record coming out this weekend (you can probably guess who).