hello everyone! SPRAYNARD has a ton of shows lined up for april and may. check out the tour section to peep those deets, along with END OF A YEAR’s full US tour and current european tour.

we are expecting the repressing of BEARINGS’ debut 7″ in a few weeks. we will be doing 200 on white vinyl. i am not sure if we will do anything in the way of silk-screened jackets, but we’ll see! anyway, that and the END OF A YEAR / SHOOK ONES split aren’t available in the webstore until the represses for those come in.

also, runner up’s quest for world domination is going swimmingly, as our catalog will soon be available in distros in all corners of the world! i will put all of that info up online once most of them have the new releases and whatnot.

i know that they aren’t an RUR band, but the THE MENZINGERS are very good friends, and i just wanted to say that their new record is streaming on their myspace. it is my favorite stuff of their to date, and i’ll definitely be grabbing the new LP when it comes out.

i just got back from skating in san jose, where i pretty much destroyed my knee.  just great! fortunately, listening to the chinkees and doing label stuff isn’t very physically demanding. that said, here’s the skinny this week!

SPRAYNARD LPs are in and ready to ship! i will be sending those out this week. cool! i will try to include some extra goodies with the orders that have come in thus far. don’t forget that the album is available for free download at ifyoumakeit.com. i just looked and they almost have 2,000 downloads. that is crazy! but yeah, while you’re there, check out the other albums – i have yet to hear a bad record that was on IYMI.

END OF A YEAR is leaving pretty soon for a european tour that is taking them to some really cool places (like budapest). to say that i’m jealous is an understatement. a few weeks after they return from there, they’ll be departing for a full US tour. i have heard lots of people bum out about having never seen EOAY, so if you fall into that camp, this is your chance to set things right. all of those dates are available in the tour section.

don’t forget that DAVE HOUSE is in a new band called PACER. i eagerly await tunes!

so that’s pretty much it for now. what are some cool bands that you have been listening to lately? school has me feeling a little out of the general loop of things!

AHHH. a lot of stuff going on right now. i’m just going to run down the list for now, i’ll annotate this later!

-pre-order for the upcoming split 7″ between SPRAYNARD and the UK’s BREAK THE HABIT is up now through SALBY RECORDS. i have heard both sides and every song is awesome. you get a tape copy with it, which is cool, because then you have two ways that you still can’t put it on your computer. NICE! if you’ve already pre-ordered the LP, i am sure that we can work out a way so that you don’t have to pay for shipping on both.

-SPRAYNARD LP should be shipping pretty soon. NICE! still some pre-orders left if you want to get on that HOT PINK vinyl.

-andrew, who has been part of runner up since day one, has started a new label, HYDROGEN MAN RECORDS. expect lots of nasty political hardcore. NICE!

-DAVE HOUSE has started a new band called pacer with pavey. the two last played together in THE STEAL. i haven’t heard them yet, but i can only imagine that it will be incredible. their first show is with SHOOK ONES, which leads me to my next point…

-…SHOOK ONES are currently on a europe/UK tour. get on that! NICE!

-END OF A YEAR are going on a US tour in may. not for a while, but still NICE.

-BEARINGS is working on a new EP or LP. are we putting that out? i don’t know! no one has asked! NICE!

-HIGHTIDE HOTEL is working on a new LP. same story as above! NICE!

-BY SURPRISE is working on a new LP. same story as above! NICE!

-bands continue to be confirmed for the upcoming compilation LP to benefit the KRISTIN BROOKS HOPE CENTER. the lineup so far is looking amazing. can’t wait to get this out. will divulge more information on that in a little bit!