First and foremost, we just want to be real with you. None of us will ever pretend that our lives are miserable on the road, or that we don’t have it better than the 80 percent or so of the world living in abject poverty. We as individuals, as a band, and as a nation have been blessed far, far beyond anything we could ever hope to deserve. We’re living our dream, and although we’re about as far from “rich and famous” as anyone could be, the blessings that God has poured out on us through this have been unbelievable.

That being said, tour for us, as well as many other bands in our situation, runs the gamut from amazingly awesome to mind-numbingly discouraging. A typical week long run for us will normally include at least one show where either no one shows up, or the 3 people that do show up couldn’t care less that us or any of the other hard working bands at the show traveled hundreds of miles to be there just to play for them. Believe it or not, we don’t do this for our health. With the long hours, lack of sleep, frequent over night drives, and generally stressful environment of the music industry in general, this is honestly one of the hardest “jobs” out there. We’ve had shows where we unloaded our equipment in sub-zero temperatures, lugged all of our gear up 3 flights of stairs, and set everything up only to realize that literally NOT A SINGLE PERSON was coming to the show, even after hours spent doing everything in our power to promote the show. Nights like that can honestly be pretty crappy.

I don’t say this to whine or complain, or to try to elicit sympathy, because there are literally hundreds of other bands out there in our exact same situation. This is just the (sometimes harsh) reality that we deal with in our chosen profession. All we ask is that you please, PLEASE support your local music scene, especially the nationally touring bands. We want to meet people, make new friends, and above all, hopefully make even just a small positive impact on your lives. And the only way we can do that is if people still come out to shows.

On the flip side, there are some really, truly amazing parts of tour as well. As I write this, I’m laying on one of the most comfortable air mattresses I’ve ever had the privilege of sleeping on, in the home of a wonderful family who were kind enough to give us food and a roof over our heads after a long overnight drive. We just got to spend two days exploring New York City, which is just one of many incredible places we’ve gotten to visit on our travels. Even the van we’ve been touring in for 2 years was literally GIVEN to us, no strings attached, after our last van broke down. God provided all these amazing through the incredible, loving people he put in our path. Which brings me to our final point: we need you!!!

We leave our homes each tour with not much more than a bag of (somewhat) clean clothes and a small amount of money for food and gas. Everything else has been given to us by people that come to our shows, and truly believe in us and what we’re doing. I can’t tell you how much we love and appreciate everyone who’s ever helped us on tour. Even what seem like the smallest things can make a HUGE difference when we’re hundreds of miles away from home. Seriously, you all are both the reason that we do this, and the reason we can continue to do this. We love all of you…please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

TRE

Just wanted to make sure you were all being informed as much as possible to what's going on with us and what we have been up to! We are right in the middle of the "Love is in the Air" tour with Nineball and Sean Lea. We are having a blast!

Also we are almost done booking the Burn It Up Tour but we have a few dates left!

June 2 .. we need an Illinois show
June 6 .. need a Kansas City show
June 11 ... we need a western KS show

if you are interested in hosting the burn it up tour one of those days let me know :)

JUST so YOU KNOW.... ben has been posting a short blog after every show recapping each show on tour. Its called New Tour Blog! We would love it if you would comment on that blog and tell us what you thought about the show and share with us pictures you might have taken and stories of the night you might have ! pretty please :)

other then that.. we are getting ready to post a bunch of new photos and a new layout ! we are super stoked.. and we have some reeaaaaaaaaaalllly big news that we will be announcing as soon as we can so please keep being our best frands :)

Your support means a ton to us .. with out you we would be nothing
WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

We'd love to see you on the road so head over to the tour section or our myspace to catch all the dates coming up on this tour. Here's just the first week of dates:

Mar 19 7:00P
Mobile, Al - Mars Hill Cafe

Mar 22 6:30P
Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits

Mar 23 6:00P
Sharpsburg, GA Trinity Fellowship Church

Mar 24 6:30P
Jackson, MS - Genesis Food Bank

Mar 25 6:00P
Fort Smith, AR - The Amp’d

Mar 26 6:00P
Austin, TX - Promise Land West

Our second piece of news is that we're releasing a VERY limited edition Winter EP that you can only get by going to our online store and placing ANY order over $10.00! We will then send the EP with your order December 17th.
Which just so happens to bring is to number three on the list: HUGE MERCH CLEARANCE SALE!!
We're trying to get ride of all our old stuff so we can start getting some new, way cooler merch! So we've lowered ALL prices in the store super low for this month. All our shirts are between $3 and $4!
So hurry up and grab some inexpensive merch while the sale lasts!

We've got some big changes coming up online and some SWEET tours booking for the next year, so keep checking in for dates and news!
As always, we love you guys sooooo much! And we know this is just sort of the popular thing for bands to say, but we want you guys to know that we (and a LOT of the other bands too) really do mean it! We're aren't just saying it. =]
So, until we get to see your lovely face's at our shows, KEEP IN TOUCH! Drop by the myspace and say, "hey". We'd love to hear from you.

That's all for now! Later!