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HALLO! It's Tuesday. Fab said I should do a Band Appreciation post on Tuesdays, because the internet could obviously use some more Opinions™ on it.

Sabrina is Not in This Chat is a band from my favourite city in the world, Los Angeles, and they sound like they'd have landed perfectly on a dream bill sandwiched between Minutemen & Fugazi. They released their debut full-length, "Not Recommended for Sensitive Skin," back in January and it's one of those records that'll make wannabe musicians like us super jealous over how friggin' weird and original it is. Liquid tempos, nightmarish, angular riffs and that rhythm section, my gawd. I snapped it up on bandcamp about three tracks in.

Hey Fender the comments on your sponsored FB posts are proof positive that all dude guitarists should be summarily banned from the internet. Embarrassing.

Awright, we got sixteen. LP1 is written.

A year ago today we released the video (directed by the crazy talented Judith Lapara) for the closest thing we've got to a hit. Thanks to everyone who's streamed it so far - at about 85,000 plays across all yer darn platforms, this thing should technically be certified platinum in Canada*!

It was, of course, a big hit with the youtube bros. Favourite comment: "The music is good but the lyrics are cancer." Thanks, buddy!

*if they completely changed the rules and made several exceptions in our favour.

tfw when you spend $220 to get your favourite blackstar guitar cabinet fixed and you lug it all the way back to the jam space for practice and you play it for about twelve seconds and then your marshall amp head dies and you have to lug IT to the repair shop now and then your bass player buys you ice cream to cheer you up and it totally works

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Heyyyyy the split is up on Spotify now! Check out our two new songs on the latest split from PCT Musique and you could win a hundred million dollars! No you can’t why do I keep saying this ugh

-> https://open.spotify.com/album/40th4hH8F7SeOeKVgPfXZF?si=Q1AMa80fR5i-QWvnDmisPg

🎵I’ve got the Dead Speaker Cabinet Bluuuueeees🎵. “I Hate Men” is up near 14,000 listens on Spotify and we STILL have no roadies to wheel this thing to the repair shop for us. What even the heck

OH GEEZ IMPORTANT REMINDER! This Monday! The DelRay Music Lounge hosts us and a bunch of other bands for only ten stinkin’ bux at the door, or $6 in advance!

RSVP IMMEDIATELY: https://www.facebook.com/events/297331747537904/

our hearts are with survivors today and every day - those who speak out, those who need to stay silent, and those anywhere in between. we believe you.

my fellow dudes: can you imagine being grilled in front of the entire world like this? anyway, don't worry about it. you never will be.

66% of our band doesn’t even drink beer but we are already planning our trip to the 11th edition of Beau's All Natural Brewing Co. Oktoberfest in 2019. Thanks to all our buds old and new for the unforgettable weekend. Now please join us in praying that Ship of Fools got drunk enough to sleep soundly in their van since the tornado ate their darn tent. 🙏

that. was. a. day. DEEP BREATH: a drive through downtown montreal in the pouring rain. tornado warnings during sound check on an outdoor stage in rural ontario. actual tornadoes as soon as we start our set. we get shut down by the cops. there’s a three-hour wait in a large barn with a few hundred fellow weather refugees while dr. praetorius from “jesus christ vampire hunter” (look it up) does incredible/shirtless 80s karaoke in the back and i try to act casual standing next to jonathan torrens. loud, ceaseless, pummeling rain. cancelled sets. cancelled activities. wet, abandoned equipment. mud. sooo much mud. then, of course, finally: the moon. stars. a clearing breeze. the weather refugees emerge. The Flatliners rip a half hour set on the black forest stage, technically a consolation prize but more like an opening ceremony. an after party at the windsor tavern: we get to finish the set we’d started eight hours prior. the singalong is so loud i don’t hafta sing the last chorus of “i hate men.” Pseudo plays and they’re just the best. vankleek hill is the best. Beau's All Natural Brewing Co. is the best. kevin james (the brewer/event organizer not the mall cop) is the actual for real best. sleeping is also the best. g’night finally and see y’all back at the grounds tomorrow. we’ll be the dorks with plastic bags tied around our shoes. ❤️ ok

Welp. We made it through twenty seconds of the first song before the tornados cut us off and cancelled Oktoberfest for the night. But let’s look at the bright side: WE WERE OBJECTIVELY THE BEST BAND AT OKTOBERFEST TODAY! And please keep your snarky “also the worst” comments to yourself cuz I’m super depressed right now.

OHMYGOSH band sister Kitty Kate Confections made some band cat macarons for the PunkOttawa Flea Market this weekend and we made the cut!! Come see us at Beau's All Natural Brewing Co. Oktoberfest tonight at 5:30 and then check out the flea market tomorrow for some cute/delicious treats that taste like our band!

HEYHEYHEY it’s our first confirmed radio play for the new songs! Tune into the New Rock Hour on Rock 95 if you’re in/around Barrie or check the internets below for an internet version on the internet of your choice at TEN O’ROCK tonight yes TEN O’ROCK is what I said. Anyway what I meant was ten o’clock. ❤️

HEY WE GOT INTERVIEWED! To coincide with our appearance on the Black Forest stage next week at Beau's Oktoberfest 10th Edition, Chris rambles endlessly to Adam at Punknews.org about MRA blowback, not making friends (we don't not want to make friends, btw; plz be our friends) and stealing from Sloan.

yeah that sounds about right.

THIS FRIDAY! We’ve got 2 new songs on the 4th volume of the 3-way split series from PCT musique. Here’s a lil nibble, but stay tuned for the whole darn thing. Photos & video shot by Harley Haskett.

IMPORTANT SONGWRITING ADVICE: cats will help so get a cat

HEY! Do you wanna come hang with us at Beau's Oktoberfest for ZERO DOLLARBUX? That's practically free! I mean, you got yer The Flatliners, yer Cancer Bats, yer Sloan Music and yer TALK SHOW HOST all in one convenient spot. Also I think there's beer.

The fine folks over at Punknews.org are running a contest for a pair o' passes at the clickylink below, so I suggest you get clickin'.