HOWL.

If you are reading this you need to click the picture above and you will be able to download this album for free. This band Empires is a great band. Guys from Chicago who are taking a different approach with their music and giving it away. I have a lot of respect for them because they have recorded and produced all of this themselves. That is an amazing accomplishment. It also won't hurt to let all your friends know as well.

This is my rant.

Today I was driving and I started listening to Saves the Day - Stay What You Are. That record is so amazing. Listening to it I realized so many weird things that I guess I never realized before. It was like i was rediscovering it or something. Probably haven't listened to that record in years and it still kicked my ass. Start to finish. There's this weird thing when recording a record. For some reason you find yourself listening to the most random stuff whether it be old or new or whatever. Today listening to that record inspired me again and also made me think about our record in a different way. A better way. For some reason I wanted to listen to that record today and I'm glad I did. Anyways the whole point of this rant is that today I realized more than ever how much music has affected my life and made me who I am. I'm sure that might go for a lot of people. God forbid if you're reading this and you do not own that record you need to download it or go buy it or whatever. It will change your life.

Black & White

Our guitar tech Evan Bovee got a cool film SLR camera. None of that digital stuff. Here are a couple pics he took of me in the UK last week.

D & D

I look super weird/gross in this pic but I kinda like it.

superstar.

Who needs sleep?

It's 5am here in Toronto. Im still awake. The good news is I updated my muxtape! The band news is that I'm still awake. Tomorrow we fly to London for the Give It A Name Festival. Should be cool. Paramore will probably hate on us some more. It'll be fun. I will have some pics and things coming soon. Definitely have to get some photos from Malibu up here. It's coming don't worry. Check out my jams in the meantime. I think you'll enjoy this mix.

MUXTAPE