Coming this fall on fox: "Dog Dad"

Ok, so two things to ramble on about.

First, our friends in Maus have put some songs up from their upcoming demo. This band absolutely kills it. Hear for yourself here and then go see them at this show. The show is absolutely free and a bunch of great local Edmonton bands are breaking up after this show. Definitely worth your while and the price is right.

Second, we're playing a show with Begrime Exemious and Hominid on June 19th. Here is the poster. This show is going to be ridiculously heavy. Come check it out!



That is all for now.

-Durell

Matt IS the tetris master

So, i've been really lazy with updating this thing.

Last night, we played a show with Goose that most of the bands dropped off, but it was so much fun. A room with good people, two bands facing each other taking turns playing, it was a blast. The result of this Cope/Goose show is a Goose/Cope 7" split to be released on xTRUEx eventually. We're still working on the collab, but i'm sure we can get two or so songs together to make this happen. So, look out for that and look out for the Goose demo, which to my understanding is near complete. Those dudes are way too good!

Nate at xTRUEx has informed us that the test press versions of the 10" are to be expected within the week (hopefully). So, expect those to be available by mid to end of June.

Not really related to Cope, but i've been jamming with a new doom band called Cygnus featuring Derek (Begrime Exemious) and Gary Orthner (Hominid). People who like doom metal as the likes of Goatsnake, Electric Wizard, and St. Vitus would probably really dig this. Its loud and its groovy. Hopefully Cygnus will be able to play some shows by the end of June, beginning of July. I'll post updates about that band on here too.

That's all i can really think of right now.

-Durell

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