Augustine- Killing Yourself to Live (since we're not pitchfork enough for a showcase)

[splitsecond]

As man of you know my band recorded an album last March (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=902032) with the illustrious Jamie Woolford. (http://www.roomsound.com) We have been attempting to get a song featured on AP for 2 months now, and despite the backing of some staff members, have gotten AbsolutelyNowhere.

So without further ado I present to you, Killing Yourself to Live (http://www.imeem.com/augustinerock/music/3FhUowrc/augustine-killing-yourself-to-live/). This song features everyone's favorite Blue Namer, Nathan (mybreakingpoint) of The Injured List, on guest vocals.

RIYL: anything good from 1997-2003.

enjoy: http://www.imeem.com/augustinerock/music/3FhUowrc/augustine-killing-yourself-to-live/

[GetWellBoss]

Sweet.

[FeynmanWannabe]

Sorry, too pitchfork for my taste.

[Craftsy21]

meh... production sounds good enough... but isn't this style of music over yet? i feel like it was getting repetitive in the late 90's, yet there's still 200 bands a year popping up with the exact same style.

be more experimental and maybe you'd catch on somewhere like AP more easily... we've seen this act too many times before to be having it featured.

[allisterkid]

Nice I will give it a listen, thanks man.

EDIT: Song sounds very good. Nice pop-punk revival man. Pop-punk resurgence 2009!!!!!!!!!!

[newfoundnorcal]

oh, hey. remember when you said you were going to send this to me? thanks for nothing. i hate it. :)

just kidding, i will download and listen, awesome friend of mine!

[GetWellBoss]

meh... production sounds good enough... but isn't this style of music over yet? i feel like it was getting repetitive in the late 90's, yet there's still 200 bands a year popping up with the exact same style.

be more experimental and maybe you'd catch on somewhere like AP more easily... we've seen this act too many times before to be having it featured.

interesting. i would say that this is one of the 3 most "straight forward" style songs on our album. Some of the other songs have a little bit of a different style.

All I say is give the whole album a shot and then if it's still not your thing, then it's not. We posted this song because our friend Nathan sang on it and he is a member here. The other two songs we have posted(one on here and one our myspace/imeem), were just songs we love and one was the first song we ever wrote.

No worries if you aren't a fan, it's definitely not for everyone. But it's something we are definitely proud of and are actually just thankful for anyone who takes the time to listen at least once.

[MSIndulgence]

woah this is fucking awesome.. let me know when i can buy your album, i will totally give this a shitload of last.fm spins

[GetWellBoss]

woah this is fucking awesome.. let me know when i can buy your album, i will totally give this a shitload of last.fm spins

Thanks :-) I'm glad you enjoy it!

[Craftsy21]

interesting. i would say that this is one of the 3 most "straight forward" style songs on our album. Some of the other songs have a little bit of a different style.

All I say is give the whole album a shot and then if it's still not your thing, then it's not. We posted this song because our friend Nathan sang on it and he is a member here. The other two songs we have posted(one on here and one our myspace/imeem), were just songs we love and one was the first song we ever wrote.

No worries if you aren't a fan, it's definitely not for everyone. But it's something we are definitely proud of and are actually just thankful for anyone who takes the time to listen at least once.


I'll definitely give you guys a listen, if nothing else because you asked... i try out new stuff all the time musically.

I just wanted to post my initial reactions to listening to your song, and so I did. Apologies if it was a bit harsh, I just don't mince words too often, it doesn't do anybody any good to beat around the bush about how you feel, ya know?

And like you said... things are for everyone, if I don't like it that doesn't mean that other people won't. As I mentioned, there's a bunch of bands putting out music that definitely isn't for me anymore, but they seem to be doing okay for themselves so there must be an audience somewhere for it.

Good luck to you - i'll try to listen to some more of your stuff in the future and see if my opinion changes.

[GetWellBoss]

I'll definitely give you guys a listen, if nothing else because you asked... i try out new stuff all the time musically.

I just wanted to post my initial reactions to listening to your song, and so I did. Apologies if it was a bit harsh, I just don't mince words too often, it doesn't do anybody any good to beat around the bush about how you feel, ya know?

And like you said... things are for everyone, if I don't like it that doesn't mean that other people won't. As I mentioned, there's a bunch of bands putting out music that definitely isn't for me anymore, but they seem to be doing okay for themselves so there must be an audience somewhere for it.

Good luck to you - i'll try to listen to some more of your stuff in the future and see if my opinion changes.

No worries really. I've gotten used to the constructive criticism(i mean you should have heard our demos. they were awful hahaha). But really thanks for giving it just a chance. We love our style and aren't doing it to be the next trend(or an old dying trend for that matter). Your opinion didnt bother me at all and i know a lot of people that arent fans of the style. But luckily there are enough that do like it.

When the full albums up, I'll shoot you a message so you can at least give it a full spin or two. Thanks again for checking this out.

[GuitarR0cker1]

I like it.

[FueledByFrodo]

Fuck yeah. Really liking it.

[GetWellBoss]

I like it.

Fuck yeah. Really liking it.

Thanks guys!

[apsterling]

Love the track. If you guys play nearby I'll fight any other plans or whatnot to make it for sure. It'd be cool to play a show with you guys too, but we're really just not on the same level. You're where I wish my band was.

[TSLROCKS]

I really like it. Nathan sounds awesome too. When's the album coming out?

[lightcollapse]

You sound like for some reason you were expecting to get showcased on the main page or something.

[robat19]

Sounds good. Nathan sounds really good.

[bigmike]

I like it. I tried to tell Nathan to get his new record(s) professionally mixed but he wasn't having anything of it. Really enjoy the song and his part in the bridge.

[splitsecond]

You sound like for some reason you were expecting to get showcased on the main page or something.

You would think that with what, 40k posts between me, ryan and nathan would have meant something more to staff than just getting lumped in with 10 other bands in a random "pick some bands to feature" post. It isn't so much that as we were never even told either way what would happen. I know, blah blah blah everyone is busy, but I am pretty disappointed that after all the time I have spent on this site, and the friends I have made here, my submission got more or less ignored, despite being something a lot of readers may enjoy. I know this comes off like I feel I am owed something, but that isn't my intent. Just kind of disappointed that I wasn't even told what was up by the staffer in charge of it. We are putting an album out on our own dime (many dimes actually) and it is impossible to plan promotion when people don't even so much as email you with a yes/no.

[splitsecond]

I like it. I tried to tell Nathan to get his new record(s) professionally mixed but he wasn't having anything of it. Really enjoy the song and his part in the bridge.

I want Woolford to mix The Injured List's stuff, he will make it sounds so so good.

[splitsecond]

I'll definitely give you guys a listen, if nothing else because you asked... i try out new stuff all the time musically.

I just wanted to post my initial reactions to listening to your song, and so I did. Apologies if it was a bit harsh, I just don't mince words too often, it doesn't do anybody any good to beat around the bush about how you feel, ya know?

And like you said... things are for everyone, if I don't like it that doesn't mean that other people won't. As I mentioned, there's a bunch of bands putting out music that definitely isn't for me anymore, but they seem to be doing okay for themselves so there must be an audience somewhere for it.

Good luck to you - i'll try to listen to some more of your stuff in the future and see if my opinion changes.

I certainly appreciated your thought out opinion more than someone who may just say "man this sucks." Definitely glad you took the time to check it out!

[splitsecond]

Love the track. If you guys play nearby I'll fight any other plans or whatnot to make it for sure. It'd be cool to play a show with you guys too, but we're really just not on the same level. You're where I wish my band was.

Patience and persistence, you will get there. As far as shows, we are working on it. We had some issues to deal with recently, but we will be playing phx a lot more this fall/winter, I promise.

[Lueda Alia]

You would think that with what, 40k posts between me, ryan and nathan would have meant something more to staff than just getting lumped in with 10 other bands in a random "pick some bands to feature" post. It isn't so much that as we were never even told either way what would happen. I know, blah blah blah everyone is busy, but I am pretty disappointed that after all the time I have spent on this site, and the friends I have made here, my submission got more or less ignored, despite being something a lot of readers may enjoy. I know this comes off like I feel I am owed something, but that isn't my intent. Just kind of disappointed that I wasn't even told what was up by the staffer in charge of it. We are putting an album out on our own dime (many dimes actually) and it is impossible to plan promotion when people don't even so much as email you with a yes/no.
I keep telling you to pay me for promotion, but you don't listen. :nono:

[splitsecond]

I keep telling you to pay me for promotion, but you don't listen. :nono:

...but I only get paid in American dollars :-(

[Lueda Alia]

...but I only get paid in American dollars :-(
You can pay double the price, then. That should be fine.

Waiting..

[EyesOfMadness]

Maybe if your band wasn't poocrap then I would care. Even just a little bit.

[splitsecond]

You can pay double the price, then. That should be fine.

Waiting..

hey now our dollars are equal value now

Maybe if your band wasn't poocrap then I would care. Even just a little bit.

want to do the remixes? wait...

[swirlofhues]

No worries really. I've gotten used to the constructive criticism(i mean you should have heard our demos. they were awful hahaha). But really thanks for giving it just a chance. We love our style and aren't doing it to be the next trend(or an old dying trend for that matter). Your opinion didnt bother me at all and i know a lot of people that arent fans of the style. But luckily there are enough that do like it.

When the full albums up, I'll shoot you a message so you can at least give it a full spin or two. Thanks again for checking this out.

lol, ya they were..

[GetWellBoss]

lol, ya they were..

Hey now! Only we can say that. hahaha.

[splitsecond]

Hey now! Only we can say that. hahaha.

Once Irony is released we should post the very original version of that song that Erick played drums on. hahahaha

[EyesOfMadness]

want to do the remixes? wait...

Boom roasted!

[lightcollapse]

You would think that with what, 40k posts between me, ryan and nathan would have meant something more to staff than just getting lumped in with 10 other bands in a random "pick some bands to feature" post. It isn't so much that as we were never even told either way what would happen. I know, blah blah blah everyone is busy, but I am pretty disappointed that after all the time I have spent on this site, and the friends I have made here, my submission got more or less ignored, despite being something a lot of readers may enjoy. I know this comes off like I feel I am owed something, but that isn't my intent. Just kind of disappointed that I wasn't even told what was up by the staffer in charge of it. We are putting an album out on our own dime (many dimes actually) and it is impossible to plan promotion when people don't even so much as email you with a yes/no.

Probably because you're a whiny bitch.

[EyesOfMadness]

Probably because you're a whiny bitch.

Boom roasted!

[splitsecond]

Boom roasted!

I am the Roastmaster General mother fucker!

[GetWellBoss]

Boom roasted!

wait I couldn't hear you, let me turn up my monitors. Haha.

[EyesOfMadness]

I am the Roastmaster General mother fucker!

You crush the 14 year olds you sleep with, and your dick hates you. BOOM ROASTED.

wait I couldn't hear you, let me turn up my monitors. Haha.

You're supposed to say boom roasted afterwards....now you're just being mean...

[tawtaw]

Hah, I was actually just thinking that we didn't have enough generic pop/punk.

[saysmydoctor]

Is the Chuck Klosterman holler intentional?

[splitsecond]

Is the Chuck Klosterman holler intentional?

I will let Ryan answer that, I have no idea to be honest, but I want to say it is.

[saysmydoctor]

If it is, that's awesome.

[splitsecond]

If it is, that's awesome.

I know we have talked about it, I just don't remember what the discussion was. Maybe that is a sign I drink too much :shrug:

[GetWellBoss]

Is the Chuck Klosterman holler intentional?

Ya it is.

The song is kind of about that book in a way.

[HangsLikeHeaven]

Not my thing, really, but I can appreciate this. Well done!

[Lueda Alia]

I expect a $100 check if I mention you on the front page this weekend. Deal?

[williek311]

AbsolutelyNowhere....I get it.

[roxy]

I like the song, but like someone else mentioned this song has a very similar sound to a lot of stuff already released. Maybe as an album it will be better, but just listening to the single it doesn't stand out. I will definitely check out the album as a whole though as I am still a sucker for generic pop punk.

[bigmike]

This song is different from the rest of the record. The record, to me, has a TGUK meets some Starting Line with some Moneen-ish elements thrown in.

[bigmike]

I want Woolford to mix The Injured List's stuff, he will make it sounds so so good.
Well, you convince him of it, because he shut it down in like 4 seconds. For what the self-recording/mixing that they do, their record sounds really good, but there's parts of the record now that I think could be so improved with really good mixing. I'm not a fan of "Crazy" because of the mixing on it. I feel the lead guitar's too prevalent in the beginning and overpowers the quieter part. I think it'd do great things for them, but that's just my opinion.

[GetWellBoss]

This song is different from the rest of the record. The record, to me, has a TGUK meets some Starting Line with some Moneen-ish elements thrown in.

i love you more and more every day. haha.

that's how i would describe it too. at least thats how i hear it, but im also not a very objective source.

[bigmike]

i love you more and more every day. haha.

that's how i would describe it too. at least thats how i hear it, but im also not a very objective source.
Haha. I feel like the title track could be on The Red Tree. Which is a good thing.

[GetWellBoss]

Haha. I feel like the title track could be on The Red Tree. Which is a good thing.

oh sweet. i like that track a lot too. i would say that track and funeral for the martyr were lyrically the most personal for me to write because they didnt involve ex-gf/relationship stuff.

But really those three bands plus a little hint of Jimmy Eat World and The Juliana Theory and you have EXACTLY what i(cant speak for the other band members) was going for and was heavily influenced by.

[TheGoodnightMoon]

Fucking awesome song, been diggin it for weeks. Cannot wait to hear the rest of the album.

PS, get Jamie onboard mixing The Injured List. It could be a total home run.

[bigmike]

oh sweet. i like that track a lot too. i would say that track and funeral for the martyr were lyrically the most personal for me to write because they didnt involve ex-gf/relationship stuff.

But really those three bands plus a little hint of Jimmy Eat World and The Juliana Theory and you have EXACTLY what i(cant speak for the other band members) was going for and was heavily influenced by.
Yeah, those are two of my favorites on the record.

[splitsecond]

I expect a $100 check if I mention you on the front page this weekend. Deal?

Traveller's Cheque?

I like the song, but like someone else mentioned this song has a very similar sound to a lot of stuff already released. Maybe as an album it will be better, but just listening to the single it doesn't stand out. I will definitely check out the album as a whole though as I am still a sucker for generic pop punk.

We picked the most straight forwad pop/punk song on the record to put up here, because we have noticed how much people have been eating it up lately. We also didn't want to blow our load by posting our lead-off single, as it will go up on Itunes before we launch the record. There is a lot more depth to the record than this song may indicate, but we picked this song hoping it would be a good candidate for a summer feature here. Apparently aside from a few staff members who have expressed interest in the record though, everyone seems to be more interested in "progressive" sounding bands to showcase. It is what it is.

This song is different from the rest of the record. The record, to me, has a TGUK meets some Starting Line with some Moneen-ish elements thrown in.

I certainly appreciate that considering those are some of my favorite bands.



Also, the song is now up on our myspace (www.myspace.com/augustinerock). I would love to put it on our AP profile as well, but we need staff to make that happen.

[GetWellBoss]

Fucking awesome song, been diggin it for weeks. Cannot wait to hear the rest of the album.

PS, get Jamie onboard mixing The Injured List. It could be a total home run.

Thanks man. We appreciate it tons.

Ya, it would be great for Jamie to do some work for them. I just love adding an extra set of ears outside of the band to really make the music strong. Not to mention Jamie knows his shit mixing wise.

[splitsecond]

Well, you convince him of it, because he shut it down in like 4 seconds. For what the self-recording/mixing that they do, their record sounds really good, but there's parts of the record now that I think could be so improved with really good mixing. I'm not a fan of "Crazy" because of the mixing on it. I feel the lead guitar's too prevalent in the beginning and overpowers the quieter part. I think it'd do great things for them, but that's just my opinion.

Fucking awesome song, been diggin it for weeks. Cannot wait to hear the rest of the album.

PS, get Jamie onboard mixing The Injured List. It could be a total home run.

Jamie's real gift is mixing. He is really really good at it. I would love to see what he could do for those guys.

[Lueda Alia]

Traveller's Cheque?



We picked the most straight forwad pop/punk song on the record to put up here, because we have noticed how much people have been eating it up lately. We also didn't want to blow our load by posting our lead-off single, as it will go up on Itunes before we launch the record. There is a lot more depth to the record than this song may indicate, but we picked this song hoping it would be a good candidate for a summer feature here. Apparently aside from a few staff members who have expressed interest in the record though, everyone seems to be more interested in "progressive" sounding bands to showcase. It is what it is.



I certainly appreciate that considering those are some of my favorite bands.



Also, the song is now up on our myspace (www.myspace.com/augustinerock). I would love to put it on our AP profile as well, but we need staff to make that happen.
I can put it up for $5!

[Lueda Alia]

You should get on AIM, foo. I need to get some business going here.

[swirlofhues]

don't do it, eda. not until he agrees to my sister's hand in marriage.

[Lueda Alia]

I don't do any promotion for free.

[swirlofhues]

make sure to injure his pride!

[hicsuntdracones]

i was disappointed this was not a snapcase cover.

[bigmike]

Jamie's real gift is mixing. He is really really good at it. I would love to see what he could do for those guys.
Agreed. I think it'd be a big move forward for the band.

[GetWellBoss]

don't do it, eda. not until he agrees to my sister's hand in marriage.

you must really dislike your sister.

i was disappointed this was not a snapcase cover.

haha. i think black sabbath has a song with the same title too. oh well.

[swirlofhues]

you must really dislike your sister.


i figured that she'll never land anyone respectable, so evan was the only option for her, really.

[Chris Fallon]

If this is an insult to you, I apologize, but it reminds me of early Forgive Durden (mainly the vocals) with early Fueled by Ramen stuff. I guess Jamie's presence doesn't hurt for that reason.

Anyway, I know I've done a bad job at sticking to my word about getting in touch, but I think it's good late-90's emo/pop-punk that should please people who know and enjoy that sound. I don't do anything like Unsigned Showcase or Exclusives, so you're better off emailing GPress or Julia for stuff like that. Not sure if you've spoken to Blake or not. I don't really deal with much else besides reviews haha

[GetWellBoss]

i figured that she'll never land anyone respectable, so evan was the only option for her, really.

hahaha. that's amazing. and im pretty sure evan's not very respectable either. haha

If this is an insult to you, I apologize, but it reminds me of early Forgive Durden (mainly the vocals) with early Fueled by Ramen stuff. I guess Jamie's presence doesn't hurt for that reason.

Anyway, I know I've done a bad job at sticking to my word about getting in touch, but I think it's good late-90's emo/pop-punk that should please people who know and enjoy that sound. I don't do anything like Unsigned Showcase or Exclusives, so you're better off emailing GPress or Julia for stuff like that. Not sure if you've spoken to Blake or not. I don't really deal with much else besides reviews haha

Never really heard anything from Forgive Durden other than Razia's Shadow....so I guess I have to check it out now haha. You meant it as a compliment too i'm sure ;-)

We have contacted Garret and I've given the album to Blake.I think Anton has it too. Just not really getting anywhere on the site with an exclusive. It's all good though, we shall continue to push onward.

Would love to hear more about what you think. PM me if you have some time.

[splitsecond]

i figured that she'll never land anyone respectable, so evan was the only option for her, really.

Thanks?

If this is an insult to you, I apologize, but it reminds me of early Forgive Durden (mainly the vocals) with early Fueled by Ramen stuff. I guess Jamie's presence doesn't hurt for that reason.

Anyway, I know I've done a bad job at sticking to my word about getting in touch, but I think it's good late-90's emo/pop-punk that should please people who know and enjoy that sound. I don't do anything like Unsigned Showcase or Exclusives, so you're better off emailing GPress or Julia for stuff like that. Not sure if you've spoken to Blake or not. I don't really deal with much else besides reviews haha

I sent the song to GPress on July 3rd. It went up for voting in the staff forum with like 10 or 15 other bands in a thread, and no one seemed to even know it was there. I was supposed to hear back about it and never did. I know Anton found it, and said he had already voted for the song and didn't even realize it was us (or something like that). As I said before it seems like staff is more interested in featuring other styles of music judging by what has gone up as unsigned showcases lately, and that is fine. But we have money to recoup, so waiting to get this song featured couldn't go on any longer, so here it is.

[anamericangod]

Well, you convince him of it, because he shut it down in like 4 seconds. For what the self-recording/mixing that they do, their record sounds really good, but there's parts of the record now that I think could be so improved with really good mixing. I'm not a fan of "Crazy" because of the mixing on it. I feel the lead guitar's too prevalent in the beginning and overpowers the quieter part. I think it'd do great things for them, but that's just my opinion.

Mike I agree with you, and "Crazy" is actually my favorite track on the album. I think getting it mixed professionally would really put it over the top. I'll have to ask him why he's so against it.

[GetWellBoss]

Mike I agree with you, and "Crazy" is actually my favorite track on the album. I think getting it mixed professionally would really put it over the top. I'll have to ask him why he's so against it.

See personally I wouldn't have them mix that album. While I think it would definitely make it sound amazing(especially with someone like Woolford mixing it), I just think it wouldnt be worth it. I do however think they need to have someone else mix their next thing for sure. It will put them in the league they need/deserve to be in. They should also have someone master it professionally too.

[robat19]

Mike I agree with you, and "Crazy" is actually my favorite track on the album. I think getting it mixed professionally would really put it over the top. I'll have to ask him why he's so against it.

I'm pretty sure it's just a money issue, but I could be wrong.

[anamericangod]

See personally I wouldn't have them mix that album. While I think it would definitely make it sound amazing(especially with someone like Woolford mixing it), I just think it wouldnt be worth it. I do however think they need to have someone else mix their next thing for sure. It will put them in the league they need/deserve to be in. They should also have someone master it professionally too.

I'm pretty sure it's just a money issue, but I could be wrong.

Hmmm....

[robat19]

Hmmm....

Did you know you're in the liner notes of the Injured List album?

[FueledByFrodo]

oh sweet. i like that track a lot too. i would say that track and funeral for the martyr were lyrically the most personal for me to write because they didnt involve ex-gf/relationship stuff.

But really those three bands plus a little hint of Jimmy Eat World and The Juliana Theory and you have EXACTLY what i(cant speak for the other band members) was going for and was heavily influenced by.
Thank you for making me so much more excited.

[GetWellBoss]

Hmmm....

??

Thank you for making me so much more excited.

haha why's that?

[mybreakingpoint]

interesting. i would say that this is one of the 3 most "straight forward" style songs on our album. Some of the other songs have a little bit of a different style.

All I say is give the whole album a shot and then if it's still not your thing, then it's not. We posted this song because our friend Nathan sang on it and he is a member here. The other two songs we have posted(one on here and one our myspace/imeem), were just songs we love and one was the first song we ever wrote.

No worries if you aren't a fan, it's definitely not for everyone. But it's something we are definitely proud of and are actually just thankful for anyone who takes the time to listen at least once.

i love this song, but people are seriously going to need to hear the whole record to "get it". i only recently got song titles, so i'm still going by track numbers, but songs 4 & 7 are two of the best pop-rock tunes i've heard in years. track 2 is really different in an AWESOME way. i'm distracted by drunk people right now or i'd go more in-depth, but seriously as soon as people hear track 4 and/or 7, they'll be floored just like i've been for months.

I really like it. Nathan sounds awesome too. When's the album coming out?

i like you. you're neat.

Sounds good. Nathan sounds really good.

so are you. you're neat, too.

I like it. I tried to tell Nathan to get his new record(s) professionally mixed but he wasn't having anything of it. Really enjoy the song and his part in the bridge.

we would, but at the end of this month we'll have maybe a little over 2 grand in our band account. correcting me if i'm wrong evan or ryan, but i'm pretty sure it cost them several thousand more than that to do what they did, and as much as we'd love to, we simply can't afford that, ya know? none of us personally have deep enough pockets, and unless we catch another lucky break, we don't won't have enough to get a record professionally recorded or mixed or mastered AND be able to afford getting a van so we can tour, which is what we're aiming for right now, ya know?

plus, you'll be pleased to hear (soon, i hope?) that ashton's mixing and mastering capabilities have vastly improved since the last record. some of our new demos in their demo form sound better than the final versions of the last record, sonically.

i hope you'll also be pleased to know, if i didn't tell you, that we're going to start recording 2 new songs that won't be on the 2 new full-lengths for a 7" release here in the next 2-3 months :-) soon after those songs are recorded, we'll start doing final takes for the record. we have to complete 2 demos (one of which is "Bones) and get started on the demo of our big, epic album closer song, and then we'll be done demoing. we have 19 demos right now. it's kinda crazy haha

This song is different from the rest of the record. The record, to me, has a TGUK meets some Starting Line with some Moneen-ish elements thrown in.

my vibe from it has been Armor For Sleep (vocally) meets Spitalfield & JEW, musically, with some nice Midtown groove to it with the frequent soloing.

Fucking awesome song, been diggin it for weeks. Cannot wait to hear the rest of the album.

PS, get Jamie onboard mixing The Injured List. It could be a total home run.

fund us, baby :-) haha

Mike I agree with you, and "Crazy" is actually my favorite track on the album. I think getting it mixed professionally would really put it over the top. I'll have to ask him why he's so against it.

most if the issue's money. it also doesn't help that 3 of us go to college full-time and the other 2 have full-time jobs, plus James, whose done a lot more of the writing for the guitars this time around than he did with the last record, is going to school in New Zealand starting in February, so we have to get it all completely recorded by February. that's 22 songs for 2 full-lengths, plus 2 other tracks for a 7". with our schedules & limited funds, not to mention our somewhat inconvenient location, i just don't think it'd be possible for us to work out all the details & monetary issues within our timeline, ya know? :-(

See personally I wouldn't have them mix that album. While I think it would definitely make it sound amazing(especially with someone like Woolford mixing it), I just think it wouldnt be worth it. I do however think they need to have someone else mix their next thing for sure. It will put them in the league they need/deserve to be in. They should also have someone master it professionally too.

if we can afford professional mixing/mastering this time around, we'll consider it, but 2 grand isn't going to get us very far these days, plus we need some of that 2 grand for other expenses, ya know? we've only sold a little over 200 CD copies so far, so unless we sell another 500-700 of them in the next few months, money is going to continue to be a problem.

I'm pretty sure it's just a money issue, but I could be wrong.

yup haha

Did you know you're in the liner notes of the Injured List album?

:-)

[mybreakingpoint]

Thank you for making me so much more excited.
can i tell you how much i love you? haha i saw your sad thread with my lyrics from "Crazy" as the title, and now i see your user title, and that sort of thing just makes me really happy & i thought you should know that. so thank you.

[GetWellBoss]

i love this song, but people are seriously going to need to hear the whole record to "get it". i only recently got song titles, so i'm still going by track numbers, but songs 4 & 7 are two of the best pop-rock tunes i've heard in years. track 2 is really different in an AWESOME way. i'm distracted by drunk people right now or i'd go more in-depth, but seriously as soon as people hear track 4 and/or 7, they'll be floored just like i've been for months.

if we can afford professional mixing/mastering this time around, we'll consider it, but 2 grand isn't going to get us very far these days, plus we need some of that 2 grand for other expenses, ya know? we've only sold a little over 200 CD copies so far, so unless we sell another 500-700 of them in the next few months, money is going to continue to be a problem.





haha thanks man.

Well I can ask around and might be able to get you a deal for you for like a 10 song CD. I dont see why you can't do that for 2K or less possibly. If you're ever interested, just let me know. I'll get you the "bro" hook up. haha.

[mybreakingpoint]

haha thanks man.

Well I can ask around and might be able to get you a deal for you for like a 10 song CD. I dont see why you can't do that for 2K or less possibly. If you're ever interested, just let me know. I'll get you the "bro" hook up. haha.
haha that's sort of the other problem. we're recording 2 albums worth of material. 22 songs are album-ready, after cutting 10 others. we're doing 2 records, a big reason for that being our lead guitarist, who played such a big part in the writing process this time around, will be in New Zealand starting in February.

[anamericangod]

haha that's sort of the other problem. we're recording 2 albums worth of material. 22 songs are album-ready, after cutting 10 others. we're doing 2 records, a big reason for that being our lead guitarist, who played such a big part in the writing process this time around, will be in New Zealand starting in February.

So if I'm reading this correctly, you are doing 2 albums, and have no plans to remix/remaster the debut album.

I like the debut a lot, and my apologies for not having that review done yet. First week or two of school has been kinda wild.

I'm curious as to how much it would cost for you to remix/remaster There's Always Next Year. PM me if you don't feel like posting it in the thread.

Did you know you're in the liner notes of the Injured List album?

Yup, sure did. Still waiting to get my hands on the physical release.

[GetWellBoss]

So if I'm reading this correctly, you are doing 2 albums, and have no plans to remix/remaster the debut album.

I like the debut a lot, and my apologies for not having that review done yet. First week or two of school has been kinda wild.

I'm curious as to how much it would cost for you to remix/remaster There's Always Next Year. PM me if you don't feel like posting it in the thread.



Yup, sure did. Still waiting to get my hands on the physical release.

You really want that to be remixed/remastered don't you?

[mybreakingpoint]

So if I'm reading this correctly, you are doing 2 albums, and have no plans to remix/remaster the debut album.

I like the debut a lot, and my apologies for not having that review done yet. First week or two of school has been kinda wild.

I'm curious as to how much it would cost for you to remix/remaster There's Always Next Year. PM me if you don't feel like posting it in the thread.



Yup, sure did. Still waiting to get my hands on the physical release.
yup, 2 records, and any plans to remix or remaster the debut went out the window when ashton's hard drive crached. we lost all the tracks to every song except maybe one or two? i think we still have "Wait", and maybe one other, other than that, we don't have the tracks anymore, thus making any alterations to them impossible. trust me, we've wanted to make changes to several songs, but it's a no go. :-(

and it's fine man, i understand. as soon as you can. :-) and i'm sorry i've been a slacker about getting your copy out to you. i'll be with james, who handles all the mailing of cd's, tomorrow and i'll have him do it ASAP.

but ya, we're almost done demoing all the songs for the 2 new albums, and we couldn't be more excited. and i'm really stoked for the 2 we're doing for the 7" as well. i'm just really excited about everything in general right now.

i feel like i accidentally hi-jacked this thread, but my excuse is just going to be that it lets me bump as much as possible.

[splitsecond]

just put out a triple disc Nathan Enders

[anamericangod]

You really want that to be remixed/remastered don't you?

Yes. I guess re-recorded (some tracks at least) with the proper treatment since nearly all the original files are gone?

yup, 2 records, and any plans to remix or remaster the debut went out the window when ashton's hard drive crached. we lost all the tracks to every song except maybe one or two? i think we still have "Wait", and maybe one other, other than that, we don't have the tracks anymore, thus making any alterations to them impossible. trust me, we've wanted to make changes to several songs, but it's a no go. :-(

and it's fine man, i understand. as soon as you can. :-) and i'm sorry i've been a slacker about getting your copy out to you. i'll be with james, who handles all the mailing of cd's, tomorrow and i'll have him do it ASAP.

but ya, we're almost done demoing all the songs for the 2 new albums, and we couldn't be more excited. and i'm really stoked for the 2 we're doing for the 7" as well. i'm just really excited about everything in general right now.

i feel like i accidentally hi-jacked this thread, but my excuse is just going to be that it lets me bump as much as possible.

Not to get too technical or whatever, but what happened to the hard drive and what is its current status? In a landfill somewhere?

[GetWellBoss]

yup, 2 records, and any plans to remix or remaster the debut went out the window when ashton's hard drive crached. we lost all the tracks to every song except maybe one or two? i think we still have "Wait", and maybe one other, other than that, we don't have the tracks anymore, thus making any alterations to them impossible. trust me, we've wanted to make changes to several songs, but it's a no go. :-(

and it's fine man, i understand. as soon as you can. :-) and i'm sorry i've been a slacker about getting your copy out to you. i'll be with james, who handles all the mailing of cd's, tomorrow and i'll have him do it ASAP.

but ya, we're almost done demoing all the songs for the 2 new albums, and we couldn't be more excited. and i'm really stoked for the 2 we're doing for the 7" as well. i'm just really excited about everything in general right now.

i feel like i accidentally hi-jacked this thread, but my excuse is just going to be that it lets me bump as much as possible.

No worries. You just need to buy 1000 copies of our CD now by yourself now. hahaha.

and i love when you say the word "bump". haha.

[mybreakingpoint]

just put out a triple disc Nathan Enders
hahahaha while actually possible with the number of songs i/we've got (something like 34 at last count), not all of them are necessarily album-worthy, but 24 of them definitely deserve to be released, so 2 full-lengths & a 7" works for that :-)

[mybreakingpoint]

Yes. I guess re-recorded (some tracks at least) with the proper treatment since nearly all the original files are gone?



Not to get too technical or whatever, but what happened to the hard drive and what is its current status? In a landfill somewhere?

we still have it. i guess technically the problem is that an actual part inside of the hard-drive itself broke off & is apparently damn near impossible to replace or repair, or at least that's what we've been told by several folks who know their computer stuff. we could probably make it happen for a few hundred dollars, but at this point, i don't think any of us are willing to bother. those songs are pretty aged by now. half of the record are songs i've been playing live for almost 3 years now; several songs are upwards of 4-5 years old. we, and mostly me, are ready to move on to new songs, new material, just to move forward, you know? i'm so much more confident and in love with the new material we've been working on than i ever have been for the majority of the songs on that record. we've talked about re-recording a couple of them (do a really bluesy version of "Fall Apart"; do our org-core version of "Come Back Home", or do our double-timed version of "Wait" that doesn't have piano in it), but we'd probably only do it out of boredom if we didn't have anything else to record, but since we've got all this other material to work on, our hands are pretty full, i guess. :-(

No worries. You just need to buy 1000 copies of our CD now by yourself now. hahaha.

and i love when you say the word "bump". haha.

oh man, guess it's time to get rid of my beanie baby collection to get enough money.

and you make me blush.

[splitsecond]

hahahaha while actually possible with the number of songs i/we've got (something like 34 at last count), not all of them are necessarily album-worthy, but 24 of them definitely deserve to be released, so 2 full-lengths & a 7" works for that :-)

Thats a shitload of songs. I wish i could spend that much time writing.

[mybreakingpoint]

Thats a shitload of songs. I wish i could spend that much time writing.
well, i usually only write on the john, and since i've been drinking so much apple juice, i've really just been shitting them out lately.

no but, i've been in a really good groove in the last 6-10 months as far as writing goes, i've been really lucky, but i'm pretty much dried out again, like i was after the last record. i've tried to write again lately, but i can't do it; it feels like i keep writing the same songs over & over again, so i'm just taking a break & being content with the large collection of songs i have right now.

[FueledByFrodo]

??



haha why's that?
Every band you listed as sounding similar/an influence is incredible and really makes me want to hear the finished product.

can i tell you how much i love you? haha i saw your sad thread with my lyrics from "Crazy" as the title, and now i see your user title, and that sort of thing just makes me really happy & i thought you should know that. so thank you.
Ha no problem. And thank you for mentioning it. You already know I love the album and it's cool to be able to talk to the guy in a band I love.

[splitsecond]

well, i usually only write on the john, and since i've been drinking so much apple juice, i've really just been shitting them out lately.

no but, i've been in a really good groove in the last 6-10 months as far as writing goes, i've been really lucky, but i'm pretty much dried out again, like i was after the last record. i've tried to write again lately, but i can't do it; it feels like i keep writing the same songs over & over again, so i'm just taking a break & being content with the large collection of songs i have right now.

Yeah, I have just started to be able to put together progressions/riffs/etc for the first time since we recorded the record, so I know how it goes.

[anamericangod]

we still have it. i guess technically the problem is that an actual part inside of the hard-drive itself broke off & is apparently damn near impossible to replace or repair, or at least that's what we've been told by several folks who know their computer stuff. we could probably make it happen for a few hundred dollars, but at this point, i don't think any of us are willing to bother. those songs are pretty aged by now. half of the record are songs i've been playing live for almost 3 years now; several songs are upwards of 4-5 years old. we, and mostly me, are ready to move on to new songs, new material, just to move forward, you know? i'm so much more confident and in love with the new material we've been working on than i ever have been for the majority of the songs on that record. we've talked about re-recording a couple of them (do a really bluesy version of "Fall Apart"; do our org-core version of "Come Back Home", or do our double-timed version of "Wait" that doesn't have piano in it), but we'd probably only do it out of boredom if we didn't have anything else to record, but since we've got all this other material to work on, our hands are pretty full, i guess. :-(



oh man, guess it's time to get rid of my beanie baby collection to get enough money.

and you make me blush.

That's understandable.

Part of me will forever hope for a re-recorded version of "Crazy" with the proper treatment. I still can't enough of that song. Even my sisters love it. You guys have been playing the song for so long it wouldn't be too much of a longshot to have it as a b-side or extra track somewhere. You've already got 22 songs, why not 23!

[Lueda Alia]

I'm surprised I've somehow managed to not hear anything by The Injured List. I feel like I may have a long time ago, but I can't remember.

[TheGoodnightMoon]

i feel like i accidentally hi-jacked this thread, but my excuse is just going to be that it lets me bump as much as possible.

Yup, still waiting for my cd/shirt/liner note shoutout ;)

[Chris Fallon]

Thanks?



I sent the song to GPress on July 3rd. It went up for voting in the staff forum with like 10 or 15 other bands in a thread, and no one seemed to even know it was there. I was supposed to hear back about it and never did. I know Anton found it, and said he had already voted for the song and didn't even realize it was us (or something like that). As I said before it seems like staff is more interested in featuring other styles of music judging by what has gone up as unsigned showcases lately, and that is fine. But we have money to recoup, so waiting to get this song featured couldn't go on any longer, so here it is.
I remember hearing Anton talk about you guys in said poll before I even knew who you guys were (your band name). I heard a few things from other staffers (forget who), but once I actually found out who it was in the band, I was like "Duh!" Anyway, I remember a few of us said "yay" to you, so after that... no idea.

Sometime this weekend, I can post a song on your profile. I'll have you send me the album or song or whatever and I can do it. I'm pretty slammed with work until Monday, so if you can't wait for me, just PM or email it to me (chris.fallon@absolutepunk.net). I think I can be proactive here and see if something can get worked out -- hell, we do promos for The Injured List, why not you too?

[Jefferson Rank]

Chuck Klosterman?

[mybreakingpoint]

Yeah, I have just started to be able to put together progressions/riffs/etc for the first time since we recorded the record, so I know how it goes.

good, it's a great feeling to be able to start writing again. the weeks/months i go without writing anything have driven me crazy in the past.

That's understandable.

Part of me will forever hope for a re-recorded version of "Crazy" with the proper treatment. I still can't enough of that song. Even my sisters love it. You guys have been playing the song for so long it wouldn't be too much of a longshot to have it as a b-side or extra track somewhere. You've already got 22 songs, why not 23!

it's something we might consider in the future. if we did anything, it might be a re-working of the song with it either being more piano-driven, like the original version, or with the sythesized organ parts & slightly less dancy beats like how we play it live. i guess we'll have to see what happens, but i appreciate how much you enjoy the song & support us, man, it means a lot.

I'm surprised I've somehow managed to not hear anything by The Injured List. I feel like I may have a long time ago, but I can't remember.

i've been around long enough to have a general idea of your taste in music, so i'm not confident you'd really be terribly into it, but it'd e cool if you were :-)

Yup, still waiting for my cd/shirt/liner note shoutout ;)

i'm retarded :-(

I remember hearing Anton talk about you guys in said poll before I even knew who you guys were (your band name). I heard a few things from other staffers (forget who), but once I actually found out who it was in the band, I was like "Duh!" Anyway, I remember a few of us said "yay" to you, so after that... no idea.

Sometime this weekend, I can post a song on your profile. I'll have you send me the album or song or whatever and I can do it. I'm pretty slammed with work until Monday, so if you can't wait for me, just PM or email it to me (chris.fallon@absolutepunk.net). I think I can be proactive here and see if something can get worked out -- hell, we do promos for The Injured List, why not you too?

definitely.

and seriously, once everyone hears the whole record, the whole site will be buzzing about them.

[splitsecond]

and seriously, once everyone hears the whole record, the whole site will be buzzing about them.

It's like a lightning bolt hit the tip of my penis.

[GetWellBoss]

Every band you listed as sounding similar/an influence is incredible and really makes me want to hear the finished product.

haha ya well what can i say. haha. i mean that's what I think(and big mike), but other people might think a little differently. it all depends on what you are used to listening to. If you listen to TGUK a lot...well you're going to hear it. I would say that's our BIGGEST comparison.

I remember hearing Anton talk about you guys in said poll before I even knew who you guys were (your band name). I heard a few things from other staffers (forget who), but once I actually found out who it was in the band, I was like "Duh!" Anyway, I remember a few of us said "yay" to you, so after that... no idea.

Sometime this weekend, I can post a song on your profile. I'll have you send me the album or song or whatever and I can do it. I'm pretty slammed with work until Monday, so if you can't wait for me, just PM or email it to me (chris.fallon@absolutepunk.net). I think I can be proactive here and see if something can get worked out -- hell, we do promos for The Injured List, why not you too?

i sent you a link to the album already silly!!! i'll make a new link and PM it to you again right now. ready...GO!

Chuck Klosterman?
yes. i guess you can say it was inspired by that.

It's like a lightning bolt hit the tip of my penis.
is that a lightning rod? cause i just got zapped too by what nathan said.

[splitsecond]

is that a lightning rod? cause i just got zapped too by what nathan said.

if only it were a vagina rod i would be a much happier individual

[seraph1214]

I'm enjoying this song a lot. The chorus really stands out to me. Great job guys, look forward to hearing the album.

[GetWellBoss]

I'm enjoying this song a lot. The chorus really stands out to me. Great job guys, look forward to hearing the album.

thanks a lot.

it's funny that you say that about the chorus. I have a friend who lives in LA and he showed it to this A&R guy at Hollywood Records for shits and giggles and the A&R guy said that it doesn't have a strong enough hook in the Chorus. He also said that about another song(#4 on our album) which I personally feel is one of our strongest songs we wrote. I laughed because we actually have no interest signing with them. I guess there won't be a Miley Cyrus/Atreyu/Augustine tour anytime in the near future...oh darn. hahaha.

[splitsecond]

thanks a lot.

it's funny that you say that about the chorus. I have a friend who lives in LA and he showed it to this A&R guy at Hollywood Records for shits and giggles and the A&R guy said that it doesn't have a strong enough hook in the Chorus. He also said that about another song(#4 on our album) which I personally feel is one of our strongest songs we wrote. I laughed because we actually have no interest signing with them. I guess there won't be a Miley Cyrus/Atreyu/Augustine tour anytime in the near future...oh darn. hahaha.

My dreams are ruined. That tour could literally be called the Hot Karl tour.

[bigmike]

we would, but at the end of this month we'll have maybe a little over 2 grand in our band account. correcting me if i'm wrong evan or ryan, but i'm pretty sure it cost them several thousand more than that to do what they did, and as much as we'd love to, we simply can't afford that, ya know? none of us personally have deep enough pockets, and unless we catch another lucky break, we don't won't have enough to get a record professionally recorded or mixed or mastered AND be able to afford getting a van so we can tour, which is what we're aiming for right now, ya know?

plus, you'll be pleased to hear (soon, i hope?) that ashton's mixing and mastering capabilities have vastly improved since the last record. some of our new demos in their demo form sound better than the final versions of the last record, sonically.

i hope you'll also be pleased to know, if i didn't tell you, that we're going to start recording 2 new songs that won't be on the 2 new full-lengths for a 7" release here in the next 2-3 months :-) soon after those songs are recorded, we'll start doing final takes for the record. we have to complete 2 demos (one of which is "Bones) and get started on the demo of our big, epic album closer song, and then we'll be done demoing. we have 19 demos right now. it's kinda crazy haha

most if the issue's money. it also doesn't help that 3 of us go to college full-time and the other 2 have full-time jobs, plus James, whose done a lot more of the writing for the guitars this time around than he did with the last record, is going to school in New Zealand starting in February, so we have to get it all completely recorded by February. that's 22 songs for 2 full-lengths, plus 2 other tracks for a 7". with our schedules & limited funds, not to mention our somewhat inconvenient location, i just don't think it'd be possible for us to work out all the details & monetary issues within our timeline, ya know? :-(



if we can afford professional mixing/mastering this time around, we'll consider it, but 2 grand isn't going to get us very far these days, plus we need some of that 2 grand for other expenses, ya know? we've only sold a little over 200 CD copies so far, so unless we sell another 500-700 of them in the next few months, money is going to continue to be a problem.
I hope I don't come across as overbearing about it, because the debut is very, very good for self-recorded and self-mixed. I don't doubt that Ashton's better and I'll probably be blown away by the next release at the mixing and whatnot. I just think/thought it'd be a great move for you guys to mix the next record and like Evan's band member said (is that Ryan?), a set of ears outside of the band, and coming in fresh, never hurts. Different viewpoint than the artists themselves, you know? If I were in the band, that'd be something I'd be interested in -- getting it professionally mixed. Augustine's cost much more than a grand because of the actual recording + mixing/mastering. To get it just straight-up mixed, it'd probably be way less. And I'm not saying it has to be Jamie Woolford. Who mixed the Your Best Friend record? I know they recorded in Chicago and for all that they have going on in there songs, I think they controlled the chaos sonically very well. Back-up vocals on a couple songs could be a bit more prominent, but that's just because I've seen them live and like the duel/tri-vocals they have going on with each one singing different lines.

I mean, I'm not trying to tell you how to run your band or anything, just stating my opinion. Not short on opinions, definitely.

[GetWellBoss]

I hope I don't come across as overbearing about it, because the debut is very, very good for self-recorded and self-mixed. I don't doubt that Ashton's better and I'll probably be blown away by the next release at the mixing and whatnot. I just think/thought it'd be a great move for you guys to mix the next record and like Evan's band member said (is that Ryan?), a set of ears outside of the band, and coming in fresh, never hurts. Different viewpoint than the artists themselves, you know? If I were in the band, that'd be something I'd be interested in -- getting it professionally mixed. Augustine's cost much more than a grand because of the actual recording + mixing/mastering. To get it just straight-up mixed, it'd probably be way less. And I'm not saying it has to be Jamie Woolford. Who mixed the Your Best Friend record? I know they recorded in Chicago and for all that they have going on in there songs, I think they controlled the chaos sonically very well. Back-up vocals on a couple songs could be a bit more prominent, but that's just because I've seen them live and like the duel/tri-vocals they have going on with each one singing different lines.

I mean, I'm not trying to tell you how to run your band or anything, just stating my opinion. Not short on opinions, definitely.

way to bring me into this. haha.

ya, well realistically the issue is having a 22 song release. That's going to be expensive mixing/mastering wise. What I would do is cut it down to 10-12 songs(have those mixed/mastered "professionally") then release the others(mixed/mastered by Ashton) for free as either b-side EPs or better yet promos for the album. like release one every friday driving people to your website and building a fan base. Then after 10-12 weeks of that BAM release the fully done album. Hell you can even make it a double CD for the physical copy and just the "professional" one for the digital copy. Whatever floats your boat. But that's what I would do if i had a label and a band with that many songs. Nathan you can sign to my label. I have no money and no distro, just great ideas like that. haha.

it is Ryan by the way :-)

[Anton Djamoos]

Hint: the more comments a news reply gets for a smaller band, the more labels tend to notice.

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1308162

[MSIndulgence]

not sure if it's the label you're looking at / want but S-Curve records have literally no bands on their label..[It's the label We The Kings are on] and the people who work at the label are pretty cool people. Submitting your work to them could help a bit. I mean they signed Care Bears On Fire (http://www.myspace.com/carebearsonfire) so i'm thinking you got a really good shot. Submitting a song or two to them wouldn't hurt. If you don't like the label it's cool, just thought it may help.

[splitsecond]

Hint: the more comments a news reply gets for a smaller band, the more labels tend to notice.

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1308162

Thanks dude, I sincerely appreciate it

not sure if it's the label you're looking at / want but S-Curve records have literally no bands on their label..[It's the label We The Kings are on] and the people who work at the label are pretty cool people. Submitting your work to them could help a bit. I mean they signed Care Bears On Fire (http://www.myspace.com/carebearsonfire) so i'm thinking you got a really good shot. Submitting a song or two to them wouldn't hurt. If you don't like the label it's cool, just thought it may help.

I will check them out, that's a good tip.

[GuitarR0cker1]

I have to say if this album of yours sounds anything like TGUK, I will lose my shit.

[bigmike]

I have to say if this album of yours sounds anything like TGUK, I will lose my shit.
It does. Vocals in certain songs give off big TGUK vibes to me. I feel like the second track has some nice TGUK feel to the vocals, off the top of my head.

[GetWellBoss]

Hint: the more comments a news reply gets for a smaller band, the more labels tend to notice.

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1308162

thanks for doing this. it is GREATLY appreciated. so it seems you're a fan of the stuff?

on a random and slightly creepy side note: i played Zelda Wind Waker yesterday on my day off accompanied by Razia's Shadow and I thought of you randomly. hahaha.

[bigmike]

I think that goes beyond "slightly creepy." Just sayin'!

[GetWellBoss]

I think that goes beyond "slightly creepy." Just sayin'!

don't be jealous that it wasn't about you.

[bigmike]

don't be jealous that it wasn't about you.
Too obvious?

[irthesteve]

turn the news post into a chat thread and BOOM recognition

[GetWellBoss]

turn the news post into a chat thread and BOOM recognition

Huh?

[irthesteve]

Huh?
turn the news post (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1308162) into a chat (where you talk to each other) thread, and BOOM (BOOM), recognition (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=53302542#post53302 542)

[GetWellBoss]

turn the news post (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1308162) into a chat (where you talk to each other) thread, and BOOM (BOOM), recognition (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=53302542#post53302 542)

Got it. See you there :-) haha

[poi]

listened to this song about 8 times in a row yesterday, if theres a full length im excited for it. its also good to find a good pop punk band from az.

[Spicoli hey bud]

Is this the illegitimate child of that band.... XesquireX?

[GetWellBoss]

listened to this song about 8 times in a row yesterday, if theres a full length im excited for it. its also good to find a good pop punk band from az.

sweet thanks. Ya, there is a full length done and we are just trying to figure out what we are doing with it. follow this and some other threads we have out there and you'll definitely know when it's out.

Is this the illegitimate child of that band.... XesquireX?

uhm..never heard of them so I'm going to say no.

[GetWellBoss]

also. if we get the front page news post up to 100 replies(preferably with new people posting) by the time it leaves the front page today/tomorrow, I'll post a new never heard before song on our imeem (http://imeem.com/augustinerock) account for a few days for everyone to preview. (ill even let big mike suggest an option). So tell all your friends.

[abusedcat]

I really dig it.
I'd love to work with Jamie Woolford -Three Hundred is a great record.
Nathans vocals are doooope!

[GetWellBoss]

I really dig it.
I'd love to work with Jamie Woolford -Three Hundred is a great record.
Nathans vocals are doooope!

thanks man. It was a blast working with him. He has a GREAT ear for things.

I love what Nathan did too.

[splitsecond]

Is this the illegitimate child of that band.... XesquireX?

I see what you did there

[Linda Ferreira]

Self Promotion Spotlight: Augustine (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1309362)

[GetWellBoss]

Self Promotion Spotlight: Augustine (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1309362)

thanks :-)

[GetWellBoss]

Nice I will give it a listen, thanks man.

EDIT: Song sounds very good. Nice pop-punk revival man. Pop-punk resurgence 2009!!!!!!!!!!

woah this is fucking awesome.. let me know when i can buy your album, i will totally give this a shitload of last.fm spins

I like it.

Fuck yeah. Really liking it.

Yeah, those are two of my favorites on the record.

Love the track. If you guys play nearby I'll fight any other plans or whatnot to make it for sure. It'd be cool to play a show with you guys too, but we're really just not on the same level. You're where I wish my band was.

I really like it. Nathan sounds awesome too. When's the album coming out?

Sounds good. Nathan sounds really good.

Maybe if your band wasn't poocrap then I would care. Even just a little bit.

If it is, that's awesome.

I like the song, but like someone else mentioned this song has a very similar sound to a lot of stuff already released. Maybe as an album it will be better, but just listening to the single it doesn't stand out. I will definitely check out the album as a whole though as I am still a sucker for generic pop punk.

Fucking awesome song, been diggin it for weeks. Cannot wait to hear the rest of the album.

PS, get Jamie onboard mixing The Injured List. It could be a total home run.

If this is an insult to you, I apologize, but it reminds me of early Forgive Durden (mainly the vocals) with early Fueled by Ramen stuff. I guess Jamie's presence doesn't hurt for that reason.

Anyway, I know I've done a bad job at sticking to my word about getting in touch, but I think it's good late-90's emo/pop-punk that should please people who know and enjoy that sound. I don't do anything like Unsigned Showcase or Exclusives, so you're better off emailing GPress or Julia for stuff like that. Not sure if you've spoken to Blake or not. I don't really deal with much else besides reviews haha

can i tell you how much i love you? haha i saw your sad thread with my lyrics from "Crazy" as the title, and now i see your user title, and that sort of thing just makes me really happy & i thought you should know that. so thank you.

I'm enjoying this song a lot. The chorus really stands out to me. Great job guys, look forward to hearing the album.

Hint: the more comments a news reply gets for a smaller band, the more labels tend to notice.

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1308162

turn the news post into a chat thread and BOOM recognition

listened to this song about 8 times in a row yesterday, if theres a full length im excited for it. its also good to find a good pop punk band from az.

I really dig it.
I'd love to work with Jamie Woolford -Three Hundred is a great record.
Nathans vocals are doooope!

Alright. So we are going to be doing this thing that we post a new song every weekend, JUST for the weekend until the album is released. It will be up Friday-Sunday and then taken down. We will obviously make another thread for this, but I just wanted to give you guys the heads up. Since bigmike has heard the album in it's entire glory, he gets first pick on the next song we place up this weekend(Goes up on 09/11/09). Thread will go up Friday morning either by myself or Evan.

here is where the songs will be posted(mostly because of better sound quality): imeem.com/augustinerock

and yes. I just quoted ALL of you. Don't make me go through this (http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=902032) thread too.

[BrennanHickson]

Does the name of the song stem from Chuck Klosterman's book? Just curious.

[GetWellBoss]

Does the name of the song stem from Chuck Klosterman's book? Just curious.

yes. It's in reference to the book.

[mybreakingpoint]

yes. It's in reference to the book.
did this really get moved to self-promotion? really? really?

[GetWellBoss]

did this really get moved to self-promotion? really? really?

yup. that's how we got posted 2 times on the front page in 24 hours.

New song this weekend though :-)

[mybreakingpoint]

yup. that's how we got posted 2 times on the front page in 24 hours.

New song this weekend though :-)
my vote's for number four, or maybe number seven. i still don't know the song names very well.

if mike chooses this one, i want to choose the next one :-)

[GetWellBoss]

my vote's for number four, or maybe number seven. i still don't know the song names very well.

if mike chooses this one, i want to choose the next one :-)

mike has chosen. we already released number 7 and number 4 is our first single....so pick again please :-) hahaha. you're up next, PM me your pick and we'll chat.

Edit: That is if i numbered them correctly. hahaha.

[mybreakingpoint]

mike has chosen. we already released number 7 and number 4 is our first single....so pick again please :-) hahaha. you're up next, PM me your pick and we'll chat.

Edit: That is if i numbered them correctly. hahaha.
i thought killing yourself to live was the only one you'd "released" so far? am i behind?

[GetWellBoss]

i thought killing yourself to live was the only one you'd "released" so far? am i behind?

yup. We released The Casting Call(#7) first for a look at our new album. That's why it's up on our myspace/imeem.

Shoot me a PM with a pick. I think i know which one you will pick though(you said you liked it along with the 4,7 and 9 on the album). But you'll be up for the weekend of the 18th.

[mybreakingpoint]

yup. We released The Casting Call(#7) first for a look at our new album. That's why it's up on our myspace/imeem.

Shoot me a PM with a pick. I think i know which one you will pick though(you said you liked it along with the 4,7 and 9 on the album). But you'll be up for the weekend of the 18th.
alright, i'm gonna give myself a couple of refresher spins and then i'll let you know. :-)

making any tour plans yet?

[GetWellBoss]

alright, i'm gonna give myself a couple of refresher spins and then i'll let you know. :-)

making any tour plans yet?

i wish. sadly we are all broke right now. we might do some short tours and such. i think our #1 goal is building a fanbase in Phoenix now. Also we are planning some pretty sweet pre-order stuff.

we COULD always fly out there and do 4-5 days of shows using your guys' equipment :-) haha.

[bigmike]

my vote's for number four, or maybe number seven. i still don't know the song names very well.

if mike chooses this one, i want to choose the next one :-)
I'm interested to hear what song you pick.
i wish. sadly we are all broke right now. we might do some short tours and such. i think our #1 goal is building a fanbase in Phoenix now. Also we are planning some pretty sweet pre-order stuff.

we COULD always fly out there and do 4-5 days of shows using your guys' equipment :-) haha.
Fly out for Nathan's birthday and play with Wintson Audio and (possibly) Your Best Friend. Bars of Gold might even be playing. That would be phenomenal.

[GetWellBoss]

I'm interested to hear what song you pick.

Fly out for Nathan's birthday and play with Wintson Audio and (possibly) Your Best Friend. Bars of Gold might even be playing. That would be phenomenal.

When is that?

If I would, I could. I would love to get there and Pittsburgh for a show or two. The issue is breaking our bank accounts(cause it would be out of our own pockets, not the band fund). Also equipment would be an issue. I don't mind sharing with someone cause my set up is cake(i would just bring my bass), it's everyone elses that is the issue. Especially drums. Maybe we could do an acoustic set? I don't know. it would be awesome though.

[bigmike]

When is that?

If I would, I could. I would love to get there and Pittsburgh for a show or two. The issue is breaking our bank accounts(cause it would be out of our own pockets, not the band fund). Also equipment would be an issue. I don't mind sharing with someone cause my set up is cake(i would just bring my bass), it's everyone elses that is the issue. Especially drums. Maybe we could do an acoustic set? I don't know. it would be awesome though.
November, I believe.I want to say he said November 9th.

[GetWellBoss]

i thought killing yourself to live was the only one you'd "released" so far? am i behind?

I'm interested to hear what song you pick.

Fly out for Nathan's birthday and play with Wintson Audio and (possibly) Your Best Friend. Bars of Gold might even be playing. That would be phenomenal.

http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1318512

merry christmas

[deadlynumber7]

hey i checked this out, not really my cup of tea music wise but its clear you all know your stuff, and are skilled. good luck wiht the album,

[GetWellBoss]

hey i checked this out, not really my cup of tea music wise but its clear you all know your stuff, and are skilled. good luck wiht the album,

hey thanks! We are super happy with how the album came out with too. Just so you know the album has more of a variety of songs in which we will be playing the upcoming weeks or so. I'm not really sure onwhat your music tastes are, but we all came from different music backgrounds, so it shows throughout the whole album. So hopefully you get the chance to hear the whole thing(we should be putting it up in about a month or so). To keep up to date with our weekend releases, you should check out this (http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1318512)thread.

Thanks again for listening to it and the compliment!