tonight @ crash mansion

hi everybody,

we’re playing tonight at crash mansion for the indaba cmj party.  details:

8pm
199 bowery
18+ to enter, 21+ to drink
free

should be fun — see you all there.  you could go and hang there all day…here’s the line up:

12.30pm   Low Anthem
1.20pm The Silent Years
2.10pm Chester French
3.00pm Princeton
3.50pm Deastro
4.40pm Wakey! Wakey!
5.30pm All The Saints
6.20pm Motel Motel
7.10pm Scissors For Lefty
8.00pm  A Brief Smile
8.30pm DJ Smash
8.50pm Menya
9.40pm Micachu
10.10pm The Pragmatic
10.40pm Freezepop
11.50pm Vinyl Life

-a brief smile

music slut redesign party (CMJ / Tuesday Oct. 21st)

love is noise pop - this saturday

poster

love is noise pop

You Can (drink) Under My Umbrella

…ella….ella….eh…eh…eh

Come see us at SPIKE HILL in Brooklyn on Thursday, September 25. We take the stage at 11pm. For more information visit our shows page

bigger lies - download at rcrdlbl

we released a new track. it will be on the first of three three-song eps that will be coming out this fall/winter. right now it is available to download and stream exclusively through rcrdlbl:

rcrdlbl: bigger lies exclusive download

the song was recorded principally at my house, some vocal recording was done where i work and some instrument recording was done where we practice (republik studios, brooklyn), and it was mixed by dl and i where i work. recording the glockenspiel was my favorite part.

get ready for the rest of this ep to come out in october. followed by ep #2. followed by #3.

upcoming shows

sept. 25th @ spike hill
more information soon…

oct. 18th @ pianos
love is noise pop festival with autodrone
(http://www.myspace.com/nycnoisepop)

oct. 21st @ pianos
the music slut party (http://www.themusicslut.com)

Shark Bites Summer Adventure!

I, dl, recently went on an extremely dangerous shark fishing adventure somewhere in the atlantic. here is me fighting a monster:

!

a megalodon that we caught:

I kid you not, lives were almost lost. If it weren’t for the quick thinking of captains Charlie and Ryan, Russell here might have lost his hands:

Honeycomb Shrinking: vocal record

photo

new bass

 

a vast improvement

an improvement

mercury lounge this THURSDAY

Since it’s early in the week and you’re probably figuring out your plans for the next week, we wanted to remind you what you’re hopefully going to be doing on Thursday evening:

A Brief Smile @ Mercury Lounge
7:30PM (Promptly)
E. Houston St. @ Ave. A

Buy tickets in advance at Mercury Lounge or here:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/000040C4CF50B3A1?artistid=1229225&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

We’re really trying to get as much support out for this show as possible…so if you haven’t seen us play before, or if just haven’t been to a show in a while — this is the one to come to. Also, for those who come regularly, we’ll be playing a bunch of new songs.

And just ask us if you have any questions about the night.

links:
http://www.myspace.com/boundstems
http://www.myspace.com/exitclov
http://www.myspace.com/youngrivalmusic
http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com