In summary.............
Well, after three days of intense driving, lots of dehydrated food and The Alkaline Trio we are back in the bay area. We are most happy to be back and happy to be getting back into the "real world." First off, thanks so much to all the bands and bookers who were really cool to us, we really appreciate it. One thing that was very suprising was the overwhelming level of generosity and hospitality that people showed us, it was way over the top. People overall were so cool to us and went out of there way to help us out and show us a good time, it really meant a lot to us and touched us very deeply.
First off, we regret to announce that August 13th will be our last show with Casey on bass, as we had known for awhile, he will be going to Yale law school in the fall. We are really happy for him and wish him the best of luck in the future. No bass player is lined up right now, but we have a few people we like. We'll be taking our time finding the right person and until then will have a good friend filling in for some really great upcoming shows in September and October. Casey has been great in the past year and a half and we'll have to find the right person to fill the spot.
We return here in SF with a sharper focus on making more/better music and an appreciation for what's out there in the US right now and how that relates to us as a band. We are also really excited to move forward as a band and really make some great music, the response we recieved on tour was overwhelmingly positive and we are so stoked to make new/better music. Nova has been writing at an intense clip and we've got some good ideas for some new stuff/concepts that both of us are really excited about trying out in the upcoming months. Having the time on tour to think about our music and the band has been invaluable to us and will serve us greatly in the future. Some cool things are planned for the rest of this year and there are some big ideas we'd like to tackle this year.
Nova and I are both learned a lot on this tour and are appreciative of all of the lessons we've been taught, it's really hard to sum it all up in a cute package other than to say that you can expect some really cool shit coming out of our camp in the future that we really believe in and are intensly devoted to. So, stay tuned and keep supporting us because we're listening and growing as a band in what a way that we think is a very great way. Thanks so much for all the support and love and have a rad day,

Matt