HAPPY BIRTHDAY

THE STORM

The storm carved out a ditch
Which we filled with seeds and earth
And a tree grew to spread its branches over the place

I'm so glad for that storm
The hole that the pain had formed
Gave us so much room to pour our love into

I went to climb that tree
Now my clothes are stained with pitch
It was worth it to stretch my arms over that place.


THE TREE WITH THE LIGHTS IN IT

On and off and on and off as light pours through the trees
In and out and in and out
Exhale inhale you breathe

Light to dark there's left a mark:
A tree inside your eye
A flickering of branches hold your breath and then you sigh
"Now everything's lined up
All set to wind up
Don't try to fight it
It's all I know."


GOLD COIN

The ocean is your god-self
The sun is your god-self
God as air

Part of you is man
Part of you is god-self
The rest is just stumbling in the mist.


A FIELD GUIDE

My head was filled with wordless thoughts
Perched on a little ledge
Home in another world
A sea-length from my bed

And all around were sailing boats
I stowed them in my head
A foreign land of welcome sights
Familiar as my bed

Inside of my eyelid looks the same
No matter where my feet are
When my head's a mile away
It plants me where my feet are.

We are playing this Thursday, the 11th of September, at that new club in Manhattan Le Poisson Rouge. 158 Bleecker Street
w/ Crystal Stilts, Breathe Owl Breathe and Deastro. Get info and tickets here.

Our first full-length album will be released on September 23rd, and in honor of its release, we will be zipping around the States (and Vancouver!) with our buddies Ponytail. We leave on Tuesday, and chances are we will be in your town very soon!
Tue Sep 16 Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox

Wed Sep 17 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop

Thu Sep 18 Grand Rapids, MI - Division Avenue Arts

Fri Sep 19 Madison, WI - Forward Music Fest w/ Dan Deacon, Monotonix

Sat Sep 20 Champaign-Urbana, IL - Pygmalion Festival

Sun Sep 21 Rock Island, IL - Huckleberry's Pizza Parlor

Tue Sep 23 Chicago, IL - AV-aerie

Wed Sep 24 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock

Thu Sep 25 Grinnell, IA - Gardner Lounge (Grinnell College) w/ Ponytail

Fri Sep 26 Iowa City, IA - The Mill

Sat Sep 27 Denver, CO - Rhinoceropolis

Mon Sep 29 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court w/ Ponytail

Tue Sep 30 Missoula, MT - The Badlander w/ Ponytail

Thu Oct 2 Seattle, WA - Nectar Lounge w/ Ponytail, Oh Man!

Fri Oct 3 Anacortes, WA - Department of Safety w/ Ponytail

Sat Oct 4 Vancouver, BC - Richard's on Richards w/ Ponytail

Mon Oct 6 Portland, OR - Backspace w/ Ponytail

Wed Oct 8 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill w/ Ponytail

Fri Oct 10 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell

Sun Oct 12 Phoenix, AZ - Modified w/ Ponytail

Wed Oct 15 Austin, TX - Emo's

Thu Oct 16 Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree

Sat Oct 18 Cincinnati, OH - Weston Art Gallery w/ Burning Star Core