Cambridge, Bristol, and Nottingham

Wow! Our first show in Cambridge came with chocolates, fruits, veggies, and an amazing dinner. Everyone was so nice! Last night, we played in Bristol where there was a guy who'd been to 250 shows last year and just been to a festival and was still at our show front row and center dancing. Kudos to him! The owner of the club gave us homemade Lemoncello (did I spell it correctly?) in exchange for our album. I wish you all could have tried this amazing drink, holy! After the show, we went back to the hotel and ran into a band called Detroit Social Club and had a drink with them in the lobby. Super sweet guys, they taught us what to say when we play in Newcastle, where they are from. Hmmm, but I can't seem to remember it now. Now we are sitting at the Bodega in Nottingham getting ready for show numero three here in the lovely UK. We've been totally spoiled so far, well fed, new friends, and awesome venues. :)

Longest trip, thanks United

Our day of travel began at 9:30am.

9:30am - picked up by good friend and taken to airport.
10:30am - mean United lady #1 threatened that we wouldn't be able to take our guitars on the plane, thanks mean United lady #1.
12:00pm - board plane and sit for one hour because there is complications with the door
1:00pm - told that plane cannot fly so we have to switch to a different plane, thanks United.
3:00pm- board United plane #2, served prison food and told there will be no movies on the flight, oh thanks so much United.
5:00pm - encounter more mean United stewardess ladies on board the plane, who roll their eyes when we ask for drinks, thanks again.
2am - arrive at London Heathrow.

At least they gave us appreciation vouchers?

Summary Part Two

Just back from a week with Bad Veins and Division Day, and we:

1_Learned how to play beer pong,
2_Won a match of band tennis
3_Learned how to say underwear in French (thanks Aaron!)
4_Made some new friends for life
5_Took lots of pictures
6_Went bird watching on Lake Shasta

Now off to the UK where we will:

1_Play lots of shows
2_Visit Castles
3_Eat at least five full english breakfasts
4_Eat confectionary bars
5_Make new friends
6_Take lots of pictures

Turtle the Tortoise

Just as we were about to step in the van to make the trek back to SF from LA, a woman yells out, "Hey, is this your turtle?" And there was this little guy racing across the street towards us as if we were long lost family. He came really close and just lingered near us so we brought out seven snap peas and a carrot for him. He seemed a little shy at first and then after he realized what was handed to him, he was in hog heaven! He ate everything patiently with such determination and joy! It felt so good to know we were bringing such happiness to little tortoise. He kept eating and eating and when we were out of snap peas, he just wanted to hang out with us in the grass. It was so hard not to take him home but San Francisco is too cold for a little desert tortoise. Hope to see you again little guy.

US and UK Tourdates!

We're so excited to be on the road again! Please check our myspace for a complete list of dates, we'll be hitting the west coast of the US before we head over to the UK to play a bunch of dates. XOXO

Our album is officially available in special record shops!

If you live in the UK and even more specifically in any of the cities below, you can purchase our album- the old fashioned way - at the record shop!!! I highly recommend this, 'cause there's no better satisfaction then going into a store and getting something to listen to immediately! :)

Digital Waves, Slough
Sister Ray, London
Crash, Leeds
Powerplay, Hereford
Spillers, Cardiff
Resident, Brighton
Rounder, Brighton
Rise, Bristol
Bluebird, London
Cramer, London
Rough Trade, London
Juno, London
Rapture, Oxford
E Head, Leamington Spa
Rise, Cheltenham
Fives, leigh on Sea
Norman Records, Leeds
One Up, Aberdeen
Picadilly, Manchester
Quirks, Wigan

Did you know...

freckles get darker in the summer? The sun has been rearing it's pretty face every day here in SF and now my freckles are also sprouting shades darker on my face. Coincidence? I think not. xo ann

And it's also no coincidence that there are various articles sprinkled throughout the web, as we prepare to embark on our month long tour US and UK for our album release. I'll keep posting stuff as I hear of them.

http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/features/track-by-track-lovelikefire-tear-ourselves-away