2014: "Tour 2" Debrief / Year End
This year has been crazy to say the least and next year is looking to be just as nuts. Here's everything going on lately.
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We're already heading back to Texas next month with Saosin and have confirmed more dates for 2015. The writing process for our first release on 6131 Records has already begun, release probably towards the end of 2015 / early 2016.
Here's a debrief of The Sanity Universal tour in November with Illustrations. And if you make it to the end...more 2014. Sorry, the less I post here, the longer the posts
Tour 2: Debrief
The United States in chronological order
Day 1 - Tempe, Arizona
Illustrations at 51 West
Nathan talking to X-Files people
Bond Breakfast
van jams
Nathan Country
Day 2 - Las Cruces, New Mexico
Illustrations at The Trainyard
Cam & Andrew
photos by Andrew Dominguez
Our friend "Toast"
Listened to the new Mossbreaker EP when pulling into Austin
photos by Andrew Dominguez
Lyed at Red 7
Day 5 - Dallas, Texas
Day 6 - Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri (Day Off)
Ian and I survived our overnight freeze in Denton, TX
Oklahoma
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Kansas (had to)
Kansas City, MO - We arrived. Bobby from Canyons and The Ghost is Clear Records put us up at his house for the next two nights. We were exhausted but Ron Pearlman was over clearly reading the room and keeping us awake. He loves Texas Instruments.
Day 7 - Kansas City, Missouri
Ian kitten whispering
Playing skate
Skating an abandoned Pizza restaurant adjacent to the venue
Cameron
Illustrations in Kansas City
Canyons in Kansas CIty
Seizures in Kansas City
Post show Albert & Nico
Post show Canyons, Illustrations, and Seizures
Day 8 - St. Louis, Missouri
Flyer designed by Britta Buescher
Illustrations in St. Louis
Seizures in St. Louis
At this point of the tour, the governor of Missouri declared a state of emergency the night we pulled into Kansas City, due to the anticipated Michael Brown protests. Our show in Kansas City went great and was well attended...however, when we pulled into St. Louis, it was a ghost town. National Guard were stationed along the streets with barricades already set up. With the recent van thefts in St. Louis, we were instructed to park on the sidewalk adjacent to the venue. The bands only played to the other bands, while some of us stayed outside with the vans. Britta, who designed the show flyer was there too. Hopefully we get to come back soon.
The only pictures I got in Indiana lol.
At 5:45am, we were being honked at by a truck driving next to us on the highway. He was pointing to something on the van. We pulled over at gas station (photo of beautiful gas station bathroom above) in Indianapolis and the headlight had fallen out and was dangling. It was 6°F outside and I had to fasten the light back on with duct tape and no gloves. We finally made it to Vic from Illustrations' grandma's house in Troy, Ohio around 10am. We spent the day resting, watching movies, and doing laundry before our show in Columbus.
Illustrations in Columbus
Seizures in Columbus
Day 10 - Champaign, Illinois
Matt King
The Sheds hoodie sighting in Life Exposed's pit
The boys battling Thee Death Tower
Vic earned this Steak n' Shake
Nathan is ready
Day 11 - Royal Oak, Michigan
Great Reversals in Royal Oak
Illustrations in Royal Oak
Seizures & Illustrations - Tour Complete
Parting ways with Illustrations was tough
Day 12 - Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska (Day Off)
Mississippi River
Just enterted Iowa, it's time to listen to Iowa
Iowa = wind, sticks, nothing
Nebraska = extreme winds and Denny's
In Omaha listening to Saddle Creek records
Meet new people
Vibe change, Mt. Ossa >
Day 13 - Denver, Colorado
Colorado storm, pictures don't do it justice
Caged Bird Songs in Denver
Seizures and Of Feather & Bone
We finally got a hotel in Wyoming lol
Day 14 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Seizures vs. the I-80
Seizures in Salt Lake City
We got back home to Orange County the day before Thanksgiving. Thanks to Illustrations for setting this up with us. And thanks to everyone who put us up / came out to a show.
2014 Year End
some other rad shows we played this year
I'm just getting over the bronchitis I had at our Glass House show, shout out to my Vick's vapor inhaler thing that I had plugged in on stage. I'm an idiot.
See you next year
- Cam