safe travels to all our brilliant friends making their way to sxsw!

highline ballroom: a lot of fun/interesting things about playing highline ballroom: for starters they have a back-stage with a full spread of cold cuts, bottled water, fresh fruit, chips and other snacks; a nice, clean bathroom, comfortable seating and plenty of space to spread out, hang out and/or warm up. there is a separate station just off-stage for the monitor mixer, who quickly dialed in my request. before we started, an announcer introduced us, which felt a little like being in a boxing ring before a match. being announced really gives a unique focus to the sometimes nervous, rushed moments just before a performance. the stage is very large so you can dance and move around without the slightest concern of colliding with a band mate or being hit by a headstock.  according to friends in the crowd,  the main sound person continually improved the sound as our show progressed, though it was pretty good from the start. at the end of the show, while we gathered our cords and pedals, the announcer got back on the mic and asked for another round of applause for the band, gave merch and next show info, and then helped remove amps and gear, allowing the band to exit the stage with dignity. we had a great time and would definitely play highline ballroom again.

we had an incredible time last night at pianos. such a great enthusiastic crowd for our first show with tom on guitar! thank you thank you!

The meticulous songcraft of Louis Schefano. Noble and sensitive, like an alpha lion delivering a Coup de Grace to a wounded water buffalo before bringing it back to his den where his lioness lies in waiting. 

 david a. schneider 

 

some songs are not showing up as stream-able on the songs page. i can't access bandcamp.com from work so not sure how to remedy. what i can say is more songs are on the way! new and previously recorded/remixed songs. more songs more songs more songs...we are playing 4 new songs at pianos tomorrow night.

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laura & can't remember that to be released as double a-side 7" in april, 2012 on goodnight records.

the band  recorded 2 new songs for upcoming full length: wish something would happen & comfortable zone. photos here.

we are currently rehearsing other new songs for the album and upcoming shows.

laura

let's forget it and give it away
it takes a long time to be over to say
it's hard to be near you it's hard to deny you
when all the words that you wanted to hear
were spoken alright but they fell on deaf ears
i want to be near you i want to deny you
this is how you acknowledge the curse
you got your coat and your keys and your purse
that's the one thing that makes it worse, laura
we forgot it and gave it away
and everything seemed to be falling in place
by this december the crime was erased
with the one thing you needed to hear
it was spoken alright but it fell on deaf ears
i want to be near you i want to deny you


 deli magazine wrote about laura free download!


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lou-is performed at this year's clean air clear stars -
global cooling festival and will be joined by
festival headliner adam franklin on guitar and
backing vocals friday night (23rd)!