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broken

~ Adam Johnston

I’m not sure how else to introduce this except to just put it right here:

It’s our first ever single, our first ever original song, and a diversion from jazz-ish into something else. There’s a longer backstory, but basically Adam wrote this song, who brought it to the band, who encouraged Caryn to sing it (she’ll still insist that Adam sing the demo version in some live shows), which led to recording it with Scott, who encouraged us to put it out. And now here it is. It’s about real, literal occurrences (even the heart-on-plane reference), but it all distills down to this message that we can all break without being broken. We’re all in a continual process of healing. Sometimes you write something for a specific someone and then realize it’s for everyone, maybe especially yourself.

We’re out in the world this weekend: duo show at Pendry in Park City this evening and a trio show at Two Bit in Ogden on Saturday evening. Check out the gig calendar. We’ll give this its post-release live debut.

Oh, right, almost forgot: Broken is the first in a string of singles for the upcoming album.

finishing up the year

~ Adam Johnston

Sometimes we play in quiet basements with fancy equipment and a few close friends.

Photo courtesy of Deann @ The Ogdenite

And later the same week we wear Santa hats and play for a theater full of enthusiastic audience members.

And this Saturday we close out our year of gigs with a trio set at the Two Bit Bistro, 6-8p on December 20. We’ll pull out some seasonal flavors and some of our own perennial favorites, and we’ll tell you more about what we’ve been up to. Enjoy the lights, good food and drink, and the lights of downtown.

We’re up to something.

~ Adam Johnston

We’ve been in the planning stages for a long time, but just yesterday when we started texting each other about what snacks we were going to bring and which microphone we chose, that’s when it felt very real.

Not to give away surprises, but to show just how big of a deal this is, take a look at Diva carrying gear.

Rare sighting of Caryn carrying a drummer’s gear.

What would instigate such a thing? We’ll just leave this here for you to wonder and anticipate. You can come pester us at gigs coming up, too.

happy new year!

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Okay, so we’re a little late. But here’s the first thing we played together in weeks, live from the Gandy Dancer stage. We probably hadn’t played this in a couple years, so it was kind of a leap of faith to start with this, two weeks after the new year.

from the Gandy Dancer, 14 January 2023

We’ll see people again out in the world on Saturday, January 28th, from 4-7pm at Compass Rose Lodge for their Apres Ski Series.

videos of us in handcuffs

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We’ve been keeping this under wraps, but we’re pretty excited to see that it’s now coming out into all your streaming platforms. Introducing:

Videos of Us in Handcuffs

Album art by Leslie Hetland — isn’t it spectacular?!
Title inspired by Ian’s musing that he wanted us to get arrested during a gig.
(Listen to the last track of the EP to hear his daydream while drumming.)

We’ve put together the track list and commentary on our “liner notes” page, but probably you should just listen in on your favorite streaming platform. And listen often: We get about one-tenth of a cent for each of your streams. Go crazy.

Better yet, come visit us and pick up a real CD at a future gig in the new year! We’ve got some shows coming up and we’ll even play all of these songs and many, many more. For now, we’re just really excited that we were able to press the record button, mix our own sounds, and distribute them into your car stereos, earbuds, and living rooms. Enjoy!