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

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 

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

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