The Summer is Upon Us

It's May. It's sunny and practically summer now. Saves The Day is on. I am excited for the upcoming months.



-Durell

I Need More Magic In My Life

First off, i just wanted to say that i'm listening to Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution by Burnt by the Sun. Holy fuck, listen to this album if you haven't before! That aside, here is what we have been up to.

Writing for the collaboration 10" is complete. All we have to do is get the new songs down to the point of being able to play them comfortably enough to record and play live. Maybe there will be a new song added to the set for Ghost Throats, we'll see. The new songs are much faster and technical than the ep, but still heavy. The way i see it, the ep songs are the first ones we wrote as a band. Hell, some of the songs were even written when Orphy was playing drums. Throughout that writing process of the ep, we were still figuring out what we sounded like and what each member can bring to the table. Now that the ep is out and the 10" is on the way, and we've been playing those songs for a year now, i think its fair to say we have a pretty good idea of what we want to do other than trying to figure out what we want to do through trial and error song writing. Coming into the writing of the collab was refreshing and the shit we managed to write, i am genuinely excited about and even more excited to be able to play the songs live. So, i guess thats my little insight on new material that could very well be played as soon as our shows in May.

So with records and cd's and all that shit, we thought it'd be a good idea to get some shirts made. We've had a couple friends make some really good designs and now we just have to pick what we would like to use. So, as soon as i know what design(s) we're going to use, i'll post it on here.

The booking of tour continues to continue. I just posted all the dates we plan on playing on our myspace, and i'll post them here as well. If you or anyone you know can help us out with a show in any of these cities, please contact me via the Cope myspace or at burnceciliburn@hotmail.com.

Fri 07/17 - Squamish, BC
Sat 07/18 - Vancouver, BC
Sun 07/19 - *day off*
Mon 07/20 - Nelson, BC
Tue 07/21 - Calgary, AB
Wed 07/22 - *day off*
Thu 07/23 - Regina, SK
Fri 07/24 - Brandon, MB
Sat 07/25 - Winnipeg, MB
Sun 07/26 - *day off*
Mon 07/27 - Thunder Bay, ON
Tue 07/28 - *day off*
Wed 07/29 - Dauphin, MB
Thu 07/30 - Saskatoon, MB
Fri 07/31 - Edmonton, AB

That's it for now.

-Durell

Ghost Throats Fest '09

Well fuck, if you're able to make it to this show, but don't, you'll be kicking yourself in the ass all summer long.

GHOST THROATS FEST '09


BE THERE!

-Durell

Andrea's photos will tell the story

So our friend Andrea took some photos of us playing love is STILL love and they tell a pretty good story as to what happened. Take a look for yourself.











For the record, Cope does not encourage you to smash your drums and the venue you're playing/attending. Full responsibility was taken for all this and everyone seems to be on the same page. As hypocritical as this sounds right now, respect the venues that hosts all the sweet shows you like to go to. Though we managed to wreck the ceiling of Circles, we understood the consequences of such actions. Funds and labor will be donated from our end to reverse the damage we caused.

-Durell

Love is STILL love.....about last night.

Ron Burgundy: Boy, that escalated quickly... I mean, that really got out of hand fast. 
Champ Kind: It jumped up a notch. 
Ron Burgundy: It did, didn't it? 
Brick Tamland: Yeah, I stabbed a man in the heart. 
Ron Burgundy: I saw that. Brick killed a guy. Did you throw a trident? Brick Tamland: Yeah, there were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident. 
Ron Burgundy: Brick, I've been meaning to talk to you about that. You should find yourself a safehouse or a relative close by. Lay low for a while, because you're probably wanted for murder. 
-Kev

Shut the fuck up Donny

Please excuse the lame title of this entry. I didn't know what else to put and had just finished watching Lebowski, and well, there you have it. More importantly, we are playing the postponed "Love is love" show on Thursday, April 9th at Circles. At this show, there will be CDEP's for sale for $5. For additional information on the CDEP, just scroll on down to the previous entry.

Here is the poster for the April 9th show. Wolfgoat, the band with the most gear i've ever seen, we'll be playing at Circles, the smallest venue in Edmonton. I don't even know what to expect other than it being ridiculously loud. Come destroy your hearing capabilities.



That's it. See you on the 9th.

-Durell

Holy shit! It's actually done...

Well, hell froze over. The EP will be ready by the next show we play. PROMISE. Kev has been working endlessly on the CD versions of the EP and they are looking pretty rad. You can pick one up at a show for $5. Unfortunately, we're not playing until probably May, as university finals are just around the corner and half of Cope will be enduring them. As far as the 10" version is concerned, i just sent everything over to Nathan at xTRUEx so hopefully we'll have those available in the next coming months.

In the meantime, here are some details on the CD/EP.

Home made digi packs

4 alternate covers, graciously shot by Landon Speers

(also the 10" cover)

Track list:

1. You're Not The Same Person You Were When You Were Born... (0:47)

2. Ignis Fatuus (1:22)

3. Human Resources (2:14)

4. I Select Cases 3: 1-8 (2:03)

5. Costumes (2:40)

6. Roads Over Graves (2:33)

7. Fight Or Flight (4:41)

8. Dead Body (2:38)

9. ...And You Can't Stay Inside When It Constantly Storms (1:46)

Other than the EP, we played a really great show this past weekend with High Jinks and Withdrawal from Winnipeg. Thank you to everyone who made it out and witnessed me fly into a table of vegan cupcakes.

Booking of our Canadian tour with GSTS! continues. So far everything has been going well and we're getting really excited for the summer, as you should be too.

That's all i can think of right now.

Take care,

-Durell